DINAJPUR BOARD—2013
Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)
[Answer any eight questions out of nine]
1. Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use the negatives where necessary.1×5=5
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Everyone (a) _____ success in life but very few can (b) _____it. One of the main reasons for this failure is that many people (c) _____take risks. We must remember that life (d)_____ not a bed of roses. It is full of troubles and problems. We (e) _____ face them with courage.
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.1×5=5
Education is not confined (a) _____schools, colleges and universities only. The family, society and the whole world (b) —— large educate us. What we learn (c) —— experience in our practical life is no less important than what we learn from our educational institutions formally. Education begins (d) —— birth and ends only at death. We continue to learn (e) —— our whole life.
3. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross(x)where an article is not needed..5×10=5
At present, Bangladesh faces (a) —— number of (b) —— problems. Of all these problems (c) —— population problem is (d) _____ most acute one. Population is undoubtedly (e) _____great asset to (f) _____country. But when (g) _____country fails to feed and provide them with (h) _____bare necessities of life, they become (i) _____burden. Similar is (j) _____case with Bangladesh.
4. Make meaningful sentences with the following idioms and phrases (any five).1×5=5
keep body and soul together, at stake, black sheep, of one’s own accord, at all, learn by heart, hue and cry.
5.Rewrite the following in the reported speech.5
He said, “I can chop some wood today.” I said, “But I have a boy coming from the orphanage.” “I’m the boy.” “You? But you’re small,” “Size doesn’t matter chopping wood,” he said.
6. Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed.1×5=5
(a) Jim and Delia sacrificed their dearest possessions in order to buy nice Christmas presents for each other. (Make it compound) (b) Delia had an ardent desire to give her husband a worthy gift. (Make it complex) (c) Jim also thought how he could give his wife a nice gift. (Make it simple) (d) Delia saved a scanty amount of money for this. (Make it passive) (e) Jim was one of the sincerest husbands that we have ever known. (Make it positive)
7.Fill in the blanks with tag questions.1×5=5
(a) Let’s have a walk in the open air,_____?
(b) I’m in the habit of walking in the morning, _____?
(c) Morning entertains everybody with fresh air,_____?
(d) None should miss this opportunity, _____?
(e) Try to form the habit of rising early in the morning, _____?
8.Complete the following sentences.1×5=5
(a) Nobody can succeed in life without_____.
(b) The boy is strong enough_____.
(c) Scarcely had the teacher completed the lecture_____.
(d) Five years have passed since_____.
(e) He acted as if_____.
9.Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list.1×5=5
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although
but
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Every citizen has some duties and responsibilities for his country and nation (a) _____most of the people are indifferent to these. We have achieved our freedom and national identity at the cost of a tremendous sacrifice (b) _____is still evaluated nationally, (c) —— some unpatriotic people seem to be forgetful of our national history, (d) _____we all should render selfless service for society. (e) _____, we will be hated by our future generations.
Part B : Composition (60 Marks)
10.Suppose, you are a reporter of a daily newspaper, and you have been asked to make a report on traffic jam. Write a report on it.10
11.Write a short composition on any one of the following.15
(a) Deforestation;
(b) Television;
(c) Students and Social Service.
12. Make a dialogue between you and your elder brother about your future course of studies.10
13.Write an application to the Principal of your college seeking permission to stage a drama in the college auditorium.10
14. Complete the story with the following cue.15
Once a dove was sitting on a tree. It was “singing in a melodious voice. A hunter aimed at it. In the meantime an ant came