RAJSHAHI 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 thenegatives where necessary. 1×5=5
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Once I (a) _____a full moonlit night. I came out of my reading room and sat on the lawn. To me nature (b) _____in her magic beauty. Her objects (c) _____to flash with heavenly radiance. I found a kind of harmony between the world and the heaven. People (d) _____in the yard and (e) _____themselves gossiping.
2. Read the following letter and fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. 1×5=5
Dear Sumon,
I’m going to tell you (a) _____the proper use of holidays. They give us relief (b) _____ heavy pressure of regular work or normal duties. They help us get rid (c) _____the din and bustle of life. We know that to work (d) _____pause is tiresome. So, holidays are essential (e) _____our life.
3. Use articles in the following passage where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed.
.5×10=5
Mosquito menace is one of (a) _____most talked topics, (b) _____fear and nuisance of mosquito is called (c) _____mosquito menace. For (d) _____city dwellers it is (e) _____constant nuisance. Particularly at (f) _____night, it becomes more when thousands of mosquitoes start singing around (g) —— us. Even during daytimes, we are not free from (h) _____attack of mosquitoes. To prevent (i) _____nuisance caused by mosquitoes, we have to be alert and work in (j) _____assorted efforts.
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate linking words from thelistbelow. 1×5=5
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(a) _____taking food, we should bear in mind (b)_____ we do not eat just to satisfy hunger (c) —— to fill the belly. We eat to preserve our health. Some people (d) _____live in the midst of plenty, do not eat the food they need for good health (e) _____they have no knowledge of the science of health and nutrition.
5. Make the meaningful sentences with the following idioms and phrases (any five). 1×5=5
of one’s own accord; as far as; for the sake of; look forward to; at the sight of; beggar description; in the long run.
6. Rewrite the following in the reported speech. 5
The writer said to Jerry, “Your roller-skates look very nice. Who has bought them for you?”
“My mother.” “Is she alive?”
“Yes, she lives in Mannville”.
7. Read the followingpassage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in the brackets.1×5=5
(a) Cricket is a very exciting game(Exclamatory). (b) People of all ages enjoy this game(Passive). (c) At present cricket is the most popular game in our country (Positive). (d) Bangladesh is one of the weakest TestPlaying Countries (Comparative). So, most of the people do not like watching test cricket. (e) They are fond of watching “Twenty-twenty cricket(Interrogative).
8.Form tag questions for the following.1×5=5
(a) Time and tide wait for none,_____?
(b) Health is wealth, _____?
(c) An unhealthy man cannot prosper in life,——?
(d) Everybody dislikes him, _____?
(e) They feel her absence, _____?
9.Complete the following sentences.1×5=5
(a) The old man was too weak to-.
(b) No sooner had we reached the station–.
(c) You will not prosper unless-.
(d) He is not only intelligent-.
(e) It was long since-.
Part B : Composition(60Marks)
10.Write a paragraph on “Environmental Pollution” by answering the questions below.10
(a) What is environment?
(b) Why is our environment being polluted?
(c) What are the effects of polluted environment?
(d) What are the measures to be taken to save environment from pollution?
(e) What is your opinion about pollution-free environment?
11. Write a short composition that tells about ‘your first day at college’. 15
12. Write a dialogue between a customer and a salesman in a shoe shop. 10
13. Write a letter to your friend telling him about a natural sight that you have enjoyed very recently. 10
14.Complete the story following the cue.15
Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a shop. Holding it in his mouth, he was running beside a stream. When the dog was crossing a bridge over the stream, it discovered an image in the water