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English 1st Paper

HSC Examination-2024
Total Marks: 100
Test Items Item Marks
Part I: Reading (60 Marks)
1. A. MCQ 5
B. Answering Questions 15
2. Information Transfer/Flow Chart 5
3. Summary Writing 10
4. With Clues (Unseen) 5
5. Without Clues (Unseen) 10
6. Re-arrange (Unseen) 10
Part II: Writing (40 Marks)
7. Interpreting Graph/chart 15
8. Story Writing 15
9. Informal Letter 10

English 2nd Paper

HSC Examination-2024
Total Marks: 100
Part-A: Grammar (60 marks)
1) Gap filling (Prepositions). ......................................................... 5
2) Special uses of Clues and Phrases............................................. 5
3) Completing sentences............................................................... 10
4) Right form of verbs .................................................................... 7
5) Passage narration........................................................................ 7
6) Modifiers .................................................................................... 5
7) Sentence connectors ................................................................... 7
8) Synonym and antonym............................................................... 7
9) Punctuation ................................................................................. 7

Part-B: Composition (40 marks)

10) Formal Letter Writing (Application/Email). ............................ 10
11) Writing Paragraph (listing/description).....................................15
12) Writing Paragraph (compare and contrast/cause and effect)…15
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Part I: Reading
Seen passage 1: MCQ & Short Answer Questions
Title Source
1. Nelson Mandela guided ……. Unit-1, Lesson-2
2. Valentina Tereshkova was……. Unit-1, Lesson-3
3. Education gives us….. Unit-2, Lesson-1
4. Education aims to..... Unit-2, Lesson-3
5. Dream have fascinated …… Unit-3, Lesson-1
6. I have a dream that one day..... Unit-3, Lesson-3
7. Sheikh Kamal…… Unit-4, Lesson-1
8. Adolescents constitute…… Unit-6, Lesson-2
9. We spend money..... Unit-7, Lesson-5
10.Ecotourism is broadly ….. Unit-9, Lesson-3

Seen passage 2: Information Transfer/Flow Chart

Title Source
1. I declared that/The history of Bengal….. Unit-1, Lesson-1
2. Nelson Mandela played a prominent role….. Unit-1, Lesson-2
3. Education gives us….. Unit-2, Lesson-1
4. Education aims to..... Unit-2, Lesson-3
5. The Negro is still not free..... Unit-3, Lesson-3
6. Sheikh kamal, the eldest son of…. Unit-4, Lesson-1
7. At daylight I was half wakened..... Unit-5, Lesson-3
8. The time of adolescence is a period of..... Unit-6, Lesson-1
9. In Bangladesh, the legal age/When a girl gets married.... Unit-6, Lesson-2
10.The island of Saint Martin’s is the only….. Unit-9, Lesson-3
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Seen passage 3: Summary Writing

Title Source
1. Nelson Mandela guided….. Unit-1, Lesson-2
2. Education gives us….. Unit-2, Lesson-1
3. Education aims to….. Unit-2, Lesson-3
4. Dreams have fascinated..... Unit-3, Lesson-1
5. Hold fast to dreams ..... (Poem) Unit-3, Lesson-2
6. Sundays too my father got…..(Poem) Unit-5, Lesson-2
7. Adolescents constitute…… Unit-6, Lesson-2
8. I love to rise in a summer morn…..(Poem) Unit-6, Lesson-3
9. Junk foods are processed….. Unit-7, Lesson-3
10.The act of thinking deeply..... Unit-7, Lesson-4
11.We spend money….. Unit-7, Lesson-5
12.Ecotourism is a booming business..... Unit-11, Lesson-3
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Cloze Test with Clues

1. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
add breathe need plant prevent preserve

produce protect provide take give wash

Trees are very useful to human beings. They (a) the rich top soil from being
(b) away by rain, water and floods. You can see trees being (c) along
mountain slopes, on roadside, in parks and gardens. Trees give us shade. They
(d) life to place with their colorful flowers, beautiful leaves, fruits and thick
trunks. They (e) shelters for birds and animals. They give us timber, medicine,
paper, gum and many other useful things. They (f) in carbon dioxide and (g)
oxygen. As you know, by now that a man (h) oxygen to (i) and live. Trees
are our best friends. We should (j) them and plant more trees around us.
Answer
a) prevent/protect b) washed c) planted d) add e) provide
f) take g) give h) needs i) breathe j) preserve

2. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
mankind endanger be save concern mean

protection destroy species perish spoil change

All species are important for maintaining ecological balance. If one is lost, the
whole natural environment gets (a) . We should (b) our wildlife to protect
the environment from being (c) . Many countries are now taking action to
protect their (d) wildlife. Mankind must develop a (e) for wild creatures
and must ensure that they will not (f) . (g) wild creatures means
destroying ourselves. It is high time we (h) them. Love for animals
(i) love for (j) .

Answer
a) changed b) protect c) spoilt d) endangered e) concern
f) perish g) Destroying h) saved i) means j) mankind
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3. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
solve ensure in vain address Work balance harass

must for paramount originate Upliftment call never

(a) illiteracy problem is the (b) task of the hour. We must educate all of
our people (c) our balanced development, otherwise all of our development
plans must go (d) . If we can educate our people, half of our problems will be
automatically (e) . That's why, education is (f) the nerve of
development. All strength and power to (g) the development of the country
(h) from education. So, we (i) give topmost priority on education
sector if we really want the (j) of our dear motherland.

Answer
a) addressing b) paramount c) for d) in vain e) solved
f) called g) ensure h) originate i) must j) upliftment

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
communicate be different convey message through

based same distribute Form contrary direct

Electronic mail or 'e-mail' is the communication of textual messages via

electronic means. Another mode of electronic (a) is telex. Telex
communication (b) terminal to terminal. 'E-mail' (c) from telex as it
(d) messages user to user (e) using the computer. Destined (f)
are sent to the (g) terminal where an operator (h) it in a printed (i)
in telex. On the (j) , ‘e-mail’ delivers its messages directly in an individual's
electronic mail boxes based in computer.

Answer
a) communication b) is c) differs d) conveys e) directly
f) messages g) same h) distributes i) form j) contrary
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5. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
ready same proud blue depends rational

flesh mention inferior Class Birth work

Man's dignity depends upon his works. Man is a (a) being on earth. He is to
(b) for others. He should not be (c) if he is of (d) blood. He should
be (e) to help any (f) of man. The man whom he is helping may be (g)
to him by (h) . But after all, he is a man. He has the (i) blood and
flesh as the above (j) man.

Answer
a) rational b) work c) proud d) blue e) ready
f) class g) inferior h) birth i) same j) mentioned

6. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
poisonous of preserve Greatest Be more

refresh stern by Production contamination health

Food adulteration is one of the (a) problems in the recent time in our
country. Different food and food products, vegetables, fruits and fishes are being
(b) (c) the unscrupulous and profit monger businessmen and green grocers.
However, we, the general people (d) the victims (e) all sorts of pangs
and serious diseases. The businessmen use (f) chemicals such as DDT, Aldrin,
Heptachlor just to make their products (g) attractive or to (h)
them for a long time. So it is time the authority concerned took (i) steps
to stop such food adulteration. Proper monitoring, supervision, and public
awareness should be compulsory from (j) level to consumers.

Answer
a) greatest b) contaminated c) by d) are e) of
f) poisonous g) more h) preserve i) stern j) production
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7. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
count enter change establish Opt acknowledge presence

work reliance education recognise social unnecessary cocoons

One very conspicuous (a) of working women outside home. Of course it has
to be (c) that women have always worked within the household but this (d)
is not counted as `work'. It is unfortunate that women's role in agricultural
societies has not been (e) either. Whether it is due to economic necessity or
the urge to (f) as an individual identity or both, nowadays many women are
(g) the outside workforce. They are joining in a wide range of professions.
Moreover, it is not only (h) women who are (i) to work but women with
little or no education have come out of their (j) to earn and become self-
reliant.

Answer
a) change b) presence c) acknowledged d) work e) recognised
f) establish g) entering h) educated i) opting j) cocoons

8. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
drink eat available nutrition satisfy happen lack

need heart balanced knowledge preserve mind for

While (a) food we should bear in (b) that we do not eat just to (c)
hunger or to fill the belly. We eat to (d) our health. For good health a
man (e) good food. Sometimes, it so (f) that people who live even in
the midst of plenty do not eat the food they need for good health, because they
have no (g) of science and (h) . They do not know how to select a (i)
diet from the many items of food that are (j) to them.

Answer
a) eating b) mind c) satisfy d) preserve e) needs
f) happens g) knowledge h) nutrition i) balanced j) available
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9. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
transmit electronic simultaneous store sent actually

improve personal establish base mode Communication

E-mail means (a) mail. It is an electronic (b) of communication. E- mail

(c) is user to user but telex communication is terminal to terminal. Telephone
connection often takes a lot of time to be (d) . In telex communication both the
caller and the called must be present (e) . But e- mail is a computer (f)
system and the messages that are (g) via computer become (h) in the
mail box of an individual's (i) computer without the need of his being (j)
present. Thus, e-mail saves both time and money.

Answer
a) electronic b) mode c) communication d) established e) simultaneously
f) based g) sent h) stored i) personal j) actually

10. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
learning big outlook Real Kinds practical

lot light start Inactive control interaction

Our bookish knowledge becomes (a) when we apply it in the (b) life.
In our practical life, we mix with different (c) of people and we learn their
(d) manners and other things. The world is (e) . If we keep our eyes and
ears open, we can learn a (f) of things. The outside world gives us a wide scope
of (g) and (h) . The things received at schools and colleges are but a (i)
of our education. We can have (j) education outside classroom through
experience.

Answer
a) real b) practical c) kinds d) outlook e) big
f) lot g) learning h) interaction i) start j) real
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11. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
waste learn unload Repeat Load quick

inform inspire light Unless Flame accumulation

A lamp can never (a) another lamp (b) it continues to burn its own (c)
. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, merely (d) his lessons
to students. He can just (e) their minds but cannot (f) them. Truth not only
must (g) , but also (h) . If the inspiration dies out and the information only
accumulates, then truth loses its infinity. The greater part of our
(i) in the school has been (j) because for most of our teachers, their subjects
are like dead specimens of once living beings, with which they have a learned
acquaintance, but no communication of life and love.

Answer
a) light b) unless c) flame d) repeats e) load
f) quicken g) inform h) inspire i) learning j) waste

12. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
all necessary budget Use Rise begins
follow answer have through careful carefully
Students should be strategic about their examination. It is (a) for an examinee
to (b) some instructions. He should go (c) the whole question before he (d)
to write. He must take a (e) of his time so that he can (f)
enough time to answer (g) questions. He must write his answer (h)
. He should be (i) about his handwriting. He can (j) double
spacing if his handwriting is tiny or very large.

Answer
a) necessary b) follow c) through d) begins e) budget
f) have g) all h) carefully i) careful j) use
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13. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
call among define Deaths Cause interpersonal
nature serious within economic armed aggressive
Conflict can be (a) as clash of values and ideas among other things and the
most serious form of conflict is (b) clashes that results in lots of (c) and
casualties. There can be conflict (d) us, which is (e) intrapersonal conflict.
The conflict between or (f) persons is called (g) conflict. Constraint of
resources is also a (h) of conflict and it is known as (i) conflict. Conflict
is a very common phenomenon, but sometimes it takes (j) forms.
Answer
a) defined b) armed c) deaths d) within e) called
f) among g) interpersonal h) cause i) economic j) serious

14. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
recur safe opine Aware develop precaution
minimize lie compulsory straight loss possibility
It's a matter of great concern that Bangladesh (a) in the active earthquake
zone. Most of the Bangladeshis are fully (b) of its severity. Experts are
alarmed by the (c) of quakes during recent years. But they give no (d)
answer to the question of (e) about the buildings of Dhaka city. Since there
is every (f) of earthquakes in Bangladesh, experts call for taking adequate
(g) measures to (h) losses. Rajuk (i) that an earthquake-resistant
building code should be (j) .

Answer
a) lies b) aware c) recurrence d) straight e) safety
f) possibility g) precautionary h) minimize i) opines j) developed
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15. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word.
warming cut rise Anticipation habitats increase
extinction recklessly severe Imperative particularly catastrophe
The destruction of forests and other (a) is causing the (b) of various plants
and animals every day. In the last 25 years alone the world has lost one- third of
its natural wealth. Forests are being (c) down. Moreover, they are being burnt
(d) resulting in an (e) in carbon dioxide and ultimately the water level is
(f) as a consequence of global (g) . It is (h) that the new century will
face an overwhelming environment (i) . It is therefore (j)
to check the reckless, pollution of the environment.

Answer

a) habitats b) extinction c) cut d) recklessly e) increase

f) rising g) warming h) anticipated i) catastrophe j) imperative

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Cloze Test Without clues

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
All things that make up the environment are (a) .The way in which people,
animals and plants are related to each other and to their (b) is known as (c)
.The ecosystem is a (d) web that links animals, plants and every other
life (e) in the biosphere. All these things (f) together. The system is in
a steady state of (g) balance which means that by (h) any one part of the
web, you can affect all the other parts. For example, the (i) of forests may
have serious ecological (j) on humans and animals.
Answer: a) interrelated b) surroundings c) ecology d) complex e) form/existing
f) work g) dynamic h) altering i) destruction j) consequences
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is a small country, it has a (a) population. Most people here live
below the (b) line and cannot therefore (c) to educate their children. Many
poor children (d) drop out of school after just a few years or simply do not go
to (e) at all. Despite this situation we have far too many (f) to educate
compared to the number of (g) available. Bangladesh needs more schools,
colleges and (h) to provide for the increasing number of (i) . But owing
to financial and resource constraints, the government cannot fund the
(j) numbers of educational institutions.

Answer: a) huge/vast b) poverty c) afford d) either e) school f) students/children

g) school/institutions h) universities i) students j) requisite
3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
For international communication, a common language is (a) . There are many
(b) for which English has achieved the (c) of being that language.
Now English has (d) the national borders to (e) people who speak other
language. It is no longer the (f) possession of British or American or other
native speakers, but a language that belongs to (g) people. This phenomenon has
led to a (h) variety of English around the world. As more and more people
speak English, more and more varieties have (i) which are strongly (j) by
the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the respective mother tongues.

Answer: a) necessary b) reasons c) status d) crossed e) reach

f) only g) all h) great i) emerged j) influenced
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4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

We all know what a dream is. Generally we dream during our sleep. Some dreams
are sweet or (a) . When we dream something extremely bad, we call it a (b)
. Dreams have no (c) . They are soft and (d) . The dream we have
during the day time is called (e) . Dreams have fascinated philosophers for
thousands of years, but none could (f) specifically what dream actually is.
Dreams can be extraordinarily (g) or very vague. While many theories have
been proposed, no consensus has emerged. It is important to consider that science
is still (h) the exact purpose and function of sleep itself. Some researchers
suggest that dreams have no (i) purpose, while others believe that (j) is
essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being.

Answer: a) romantic b) nightmare c) colour d) silvery e) day-dream

f) define g) vivid h) unravelling i) real j) dreaming

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

There goes a proverb that the child is the (a) of the man. Today's child is the
(b) of a nation. He will (c) the country. The whole (d) depends on
their proper (e) . It is our fundamental (f) to rouse their (g) talent.
A sound environment is (h) both in the family and the society so that a child
(i) up physically, mentally and spiritually. Only then it will be (j)
to build up a beautiful and developed country.
Answer: a) father b) future c) lead d) nation e) education/growth
f) duty g) hidden/latent h) required i) can grow j) possible

6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Bangladesh is a land of (a) beauty. Its beauty is so captivating that a stranger
cannot but be (b) looking at this endless variety. Nature has (c)
showered its blessings on this country. The rivers, hills and forests are rich in
natural (d) . The people of this country feel a strong (e) for their motherland.
They love their motherland from the (f) of heart. They work hard to (g) its
economic condition and to remove poverty. Most of them toil hard from dawn to
dusk to accelerate the pace of (h) . The progress of this country lies in the (i)
of common people. They are the (j) of a beautiful and prosperous Bangladesh.

Answer: a) natural b) amazed c) abundantly d) beauty e) affection f) core/depth

f) develop/upgrade h) progress i) efforts j) architects
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7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Sports are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events
are (a) from time to time. Most of these events are (b) by multinational
manufacturing (c) and business firms. They pay for the sports events in (d)
for the right to (e) their products during those events. These events are
(f) worldwide by satellite and people all over the world watch them (g)
. As a (h) , the sponsors' products receive maximum media (i) . Thus,
sports help the (j) of trade and commerce.

Answer: a) organised b) sponsored c) companies d) exchange e) promote

f) telecast g) live h) result i) coverage j) promotion

8. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Introverts and extroverts are two (a) of people (b) in the society. An
(c) is quite opposite to an extrovert. Without (d) extrovert no one can
(e) life in the country. What we have (f) from the (g) of Sohel and
Farid gives us the quality of (h) . What Farid has done in the bus (i)
introvert. Fahima is (j) the extrovert quality.

Answer: a) types b) living/existing c) introvert d) being/becoming e) lead/enjoy

f) seen g) stories h) introvert i) shows/implies j) having/possessing

9. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Diaspora is an age-old (a) . In recent times, Rohingya (b) has attracted
a lot of attention. More than one million Rohingyas have (c) from Myanmar
to Bangladesh. Their migration is (d) to the adverse conditions in Rakhine
State of Myanmar - the ancestral homeland of the Rohingyas. The government of
Bangladesh has (e) this huge number of refugees on humanitarian (f) .
But these people are a huge (g) on our economy and on our (h) . The
world community should extend their full support to the (i) Rohingyas so that
they can (i) return to their homeland.

Answer: a) phenomenon b) diaspora c) migrated d) due/owing e) sheltered

f) grounds g) burden h) safety/society i) displaced j) rightfully
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10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Sincerity is the best way of achieving success. One can go a long way if one does
anything with sincerity. People who are sincere in their work are (a) of making
anything success. The great men are also sincere because they (b) that
sincerity is the (c) to success. Those who are not (d) can never (e)
a long way in the world. The poor people are not always sincere because they
do to know the (f) of sincerity. If they knew it, they would (g) a good
use of it. Sincerity means not only to do work (h) but also with dutifulness,
honesty, modesty and good behaviour. If all of us (i) sincere, our country will
(j) be prosperous.

Answer: a) capable/worthy b) know/believe c) key/way d) sincere e) go

f) value/importance g) make h) timely i) become j) surely
11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
Rabindranath Tagore was a man of (a) genius. He was (b) a poet and a
novelist (c) a playwright, a composer, a painter and a philosopher. He was
awarded the Nobel Prize for (d) 'Gitanjali' into English. Those translations
earned him a great (e) in the West. As a humanist, Tagore accused the
British (f) and pleaded for the (g) of India from Britain. Tagore was highly
influential in (h) the best of Indian culture to the West and vice-versa. He (i)
himself to literature at a very early age. After coming back from England, he
began to write (j) in all branches of literature.

Answer: a) versatile b) not only c) but also d) translating e) reputation

f) rule g) freedom h) advocating i) devoted j) successfully
12. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
Modern life (a) much on transport. We can very well (b) how important
transport is when it is (c) by natural calamities or during socio-political crises.
In fact, transport has made it (d) for us to reach places previously (e)
. It has (f) helped the flourishment of trade and commerce and to (g)
new knowledge and ideas. (h) transport has (i) friendship and
understanding among nations and people (j) the globe.

Answer: a) depends b) realize c) destroyed d) possible e) difficult

f) amply g) gather h) Moreover i) developed j) around
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13. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.

Jerry, an orphan of twelve, (a) in an orphanage. The authoress hired a cabin
belonging (b) the orphanage. Jerry came to her cabin to chop (c) for the
fireplace. He also (d) some extra work for (e) . Once Jerry (f) a
cubby-hole where he put (g) kindling and medium wood so (h) the authoress
might (i) dry fire materials ready in case (j) sudden wet weather.

Answer: a) lived b) to c) wood d) did e) authoress

f) found g) some h) that i) find/have j) of
14. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
One day a lad went to a famous teacher and having expressed his desire to (a)
knowledge, begged him to (b) him in the arts and sciences. The learned man,
wishing to (c) out what sort of ability the lad (d) , asked him where
God (e) . The lad replied, “I will answer you, if you will first (f) me
where He is (g) .” The sage, from his sensible (h) , thought highly of the
boy's (i) and according to his (j) perfected him in his studies. Thus, the
wisdom of the wise manifests itself early.

Answer: a) acquire b) teach c) find d) possessed/had e) is

f) tell g) not h) reply i) wisdom/intellect j) ability
g)
15. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap.
Man pollutes water, another vital (a) of the environment by dumping (b)
into it. Farmers (c) chemicals washed away by rain and flood (d) mixed
with water in river, canals and pond. Water is also (e) by mills and factories
when they throw their (f) chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals.
Water vehicles also pollute rivers by dumping oil, food waste and human waste
(g) them. Insanitary latrines (h) on river and canal banks are also (i)
for further pollution. In this way, various (j) of waste and filth pollute water.

Answer: a) element b) waste/rubbish c) use d) get e) polluted

f) toxic g) into h) standing/built i) responsible j) types/kinds

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Rearranging
1. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
b) The king called him to the palace.
c) At this, the king got furious and condemned him to death.
d) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.
e) Once, there was a king.
f) With ready wit, he said, "The stars declare that I'll die only a week before
your death."
g) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for
execution.
h) The king then asked, "How long would you like to live?"
i) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.
j) He then thought for a while some ways of escape.

Answer: e + a + d+ b + i + c + g + h + j + f
2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) One day, he was very hungry.
b) The grapes were too high for him to reach.
c) Again and again he jumped.
d) At last, he entered into a vineyard.
e) Once upon a time, there lived a fox in a forest.
f) But each time, he failed to reach the grapes.
g) At last being tired, he went away saying that the grapes were sour.
h) He took a run and jumped to reach the bunch of grapes but could not
reach it.
i) He searched food everywhere but he did not get any food.
j) There were ripe grapes hanging up on the vine.

Answer: e + a + i + d + j + h + b + c + f + g
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3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

a) The last words of the speech are: "Government of the people, by the people,
for the people shall not perish from the earth."
b) Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America.
c) On the 10th of November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place
called Gettysburg.
d) It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in English language.
e) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
f) On the envelope, it was what he was going to say at the meeting.
g) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
h) He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelope.
i) In the train, he was busy with writing something.
j) In fact, the speech on the envelope is now famous as "Gettysburg Address".

Answer: b + c + e + i + h + f + j + d + a + g
4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) In 1880, Rabindranath was called back to India.
b) He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali.
c) He returned home without any qualification of distinction.
d) He wrote Gitanjali, a collection of Bengali songs of superior quality.
e) Rabinadranath Tagore was born in 1861 into a respectable family at
Jorasanko in Kolkata.
f) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he reached London to attend school.
g) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.
h) The experience had a lasting effect on his later life.
i) However, he never gave up his habit of writing poetry.
j) He gathered much experience from his stay in London.

Answer: e + g + f + j + h + a + c + i + d + b
5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) They were aliens in their own country and were subjected to all sorts of
indignities.
b) The blacks were treated cruelly,
c) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.
d) They were denied all basic human rights.
e) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.
f) Eventually, the great leader realised the goal of liberating his own people.
g) He was thrown behind the prison bar.
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h) Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

i) But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit.
j) In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world who struggled against
apartheid throughout his whole life.

Answer: h + j + b + d + a + e + c + g + i + f
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) Then he invited applications.
b) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.
c) Long ago, there lived a Sultan in a country.
d) Then he found the desired man.
e) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his tax collector.
f) A number of people applied for the job.
g) All the applicants blushed and refused except one.
h) So, he asked for the wise counselor's advice.
i) When they all arrived, the Sultan asked them to dance.
j) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept.

Answer: c + e + h + a + f + b + j + i + g + d
7. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) "Please, let me go to my country."
b) An English boy was making a small boat.
c) "I shall cross the sea and go to my country by this boat."
d) He made all the arrangements to send him to his country.
e) Suddenly, he noticed a wonderful thing.
f) Napoleon was charmed by the words of the small boy.
g) "I haven't seen my mother for a long time."
h) The boy said, "My country is on the other side of the sea."
i) One day, Napoleon, the king of France, was walking along the seashore.
j) The boy was brought before him, and he asked him what he would do
with such a small boat.

Answer: i + e + b + j + h + g + c + a + f + d
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8. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

a) One prize is awarded in each field.
b) The prize is instituted by a man who was the inventor of the science of
destruction.
c) Nobel Prize is the world's most important prize.
d) He is Alfred Bernard Nobel.
e) Though he is a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
f) Nobel Prizes are awarded every year for outstanding achievements in the
field of science, literature and for promoting world peace.
g) The prize is given to persons with most outstanding contribution.
h) If there are more than one recipients of the prize in one field, the prize
money is equally distributed amongst all the winners.
i) Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.
j) He was born in Stockholm on 21" October, 1833 and he died on 10th
December, 1896.

Answer: c + b + d + j + e + f + i + g + a + h
9. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) This dauntless spider climbed the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts,
inspiring Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.
b) The enemies were defeated and Bruce regained his kingdom.
c) The spider failed again and again to succeed but did not give up hope.
d) Once, Bruce was lying in the cave and saw a spider trying hard to reach the
ceiling.
e) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
f) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
g) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
h) He had to flee from his kingdom and took shelter in a remote cave to save
his life.
i) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
j) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.

Answer: g + i + f + h + j + d + c + a + e + b
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10. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

a) Socrates joined them in their laughter.
b) One day, the woman became more furious than ever.
c) She began to insult the great scholar of Greece.
d) He quietly remarked, "I was expecting this. I know that after thunder
comes rain."
e) The wife found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word.
f) She went up to him with a bucket full of water and poured much water on
him.
g) Socrates went outside.
h) He sat on the doorstep of his residence looking out on the street.
i) Socrates had a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.
j) The passers-by in the street were much amused at the incident.

Answer: i + b + c + g + h + e + f + j + a + d
11. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) Porus came forward with his people and fought courageously, but
unfortunately, he was defeated in the battle.
b) Alexander, the conqueror of the world, once crossed the Khyber Pass and
reached India.
c) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his prompt and bold reply and
allowed him to rule his country as before.
d) "Like a king" was the reply of Porus.
e) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab.
f) There ruled a king called Porus.
g) He wanted to conquer the land of Porus.
h) Then he was taken prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.
i) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated by him.
j) He was brought before Alexander.

Answer: b + e + f + g + a + h + j + i + d + c
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12. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

a) The grocer sent his son with the fruit-seller.
b) "Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights," said the
fruit-seller.
c) Then one day, the fruit-seller said to the grocer, "I am going to the town to
do some shopping. Please, send your son with me to carry my things."
d) "You liar, how can a crow carry away such a big boy?" the grocer shouted
angrily.
e) After a few days, when the fruit-seller asked the grocer to return his balance
and weights, the grocer said, "The mice ate away your balance and weights.
So, I can't return them."
f) The next day, the fruit-seller came back alone from the town.
g) One day, a grocer borrowed a balance and weights from a fruit-seller.
h) "Where is my son?" asked the grocer.
i) The lame excuse of the dishonest grocer made the fruit- seller very angry.
j) "A crow carried your son away," replied the fruit-seller.

Answer: g + e + i + c + a + f + h + j + d + b
13. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) The lion was relieved of his pain.
b) To escape torture, one day, he fled from his master's house.
c) Coming near the lion, he took the lion's paw in his hand and removed a big
thorn from it.
d) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
e) Once, he was caught by a slave merchant who sold him to a rich man in
another country.
f) The lion seemed to be wounded as he was groaning.
g) He took shelter in a cave that belonged to a lion.
h) In the evening, the lion entered the cave.
i) The man was very rude and cruel.
j) There lived a young man named Androcles.

Answer: j + e + i + d + b + g + h + f + c + a
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14. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

a) Einstein walked all the way with a suitcase in one hand violin in the other.
b) Accordingly, the queen sent some gorgeously dressed officials to the station
to receive him.
c) They could not think that Einstein would come in a simple dress.
d) When Einstein got down from the train at Brussels, he could not think that
many gorgeously dressed officials were there to receive him.
e) "I did not think that anybody would send a car for me," replied the greatest
scientist.
f) They went back and told the queen that Einstein had not come by the train.
g) When he reached the destination, the queen told him that she had sent a car
for him.
h) Once, the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
i) The world famous scientist Einstein led a very simple life.
j) The officials also expected him in a rich aristocratic dress.

Answer: i + h + b + d + j + c + f + a + g + e
15. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:
a) As a student, Luther King was very brilliant.
b) He donated all the money for the development of the Negro Nation.
c) After marriage, Luther King worked as a clergyman in the Baptist church of
Alabama.
d) He was born on 15 January 1929 in the Atlantic City.
e) He was shot dead in 1966 when he was only 37 years old.
f) He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for leading the racial problem of
America in a non-violent and peaceful way.
g) In this time, he married an extraordinary learned woman called Coretta Scott.
h) Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader in the history of freedom and rise
of the Negro Nation.
i) He was imprisoned for his movement against the colour difference.
j) He obtained his doctorate degree from Boston University.

Answer: h + d + a + j + g + c + i + f + b + e

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Interpreting Graph/Chart
1. The choice of profession/career by different educated people
2. The sources of environment pollution/air pollution in a city
3. The gradual rate of mobile/internet users in Bangladesh
4. The number of people living below the poverty line
5. The literacy rate of Bangladesh
6. The percentage of a family’s household income distributed into different
categories
7. The population growth rate of Bangladesh
8. The percentage of travelleres travelling in different transports
9. The selling rates of books in a book fair
10. The engagement of child labour in different sectors

Completing Story
1. Money Can’t Bring Happiness
2. Honesty of a Boy/Girl
3. An Ant and a Dove
4. Dress Doesn’t Make a Man Great
5. What is play to One is Death to Another
6. The Judgment of a Wise Judge
7. A Sly Fox and a Foolish Crow
8. The Scholar and the Boatman
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Informal Letter

1. A letter to your younger brother advising him to refrain from drug

addiction/evil company/not to share fake or baseless news
2. Advising not to waste time using Facebook/mobile and reply
3. Benefits of reading newspaper
4. Preparation for the exam/ Planning after HSC exam
5. Advising not to adopt unfair means in the examination
6. Narrating the scenic beauty of Bangladesh
7. How to be competent in English
8. About the importance of outdoor games and sports
9. Congratulating your friend on her getting first position in English debate
competition
10. A condolence message to your friend

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Formal Letter: Application/Mail

Application
1. For providing multimedia facilities in the classroom/Digital
classroom/Sound system for the large classrooms
2. Computer lab/English language club/English debating club
3. For ensuring safe drinking water in the college campus
4. Increasing library facilities
5. Taking measures againt outsiders
6. Prohibition of using cell phone in the classroom and exam hall
7. To UP Chairman for issuing an online birth certificate copy
Complaint Letter
1. Complaint against the insufficient water supply in your locality/Sinking
tube well
2. To UP Chairman/Mayor for repairing a damaged road/bridge
E-mail
1. To the Admission Section asking about admission procedure for overseas
students
2. For detail of an English Language Course

Writing Paragraph
Listing/Description
1. Importance of Female Education
2. An Ideal student/Duties of a Student
3. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge/ Dhaka Metro Rail
4. Importance of Moral Values
5. Importance of Learning English
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Writing Paragraph
Compare & Contrast/Cause & effect
1. The Uses and Abuses of Internet/Facebook/Mobile
2. Online and Offline Class
3. The Causes and Effects of Road Accidents in Bangladesh
4. The causes of Recent Price Hike and Its Effects
5. Causes and effects of Drug Addiction
6. Causes and effects of Food Adulteration
7. Environment Pollution/Air Pollution/Water Pollution
8. The causes and results of Climate Change/Global Warming
9. Deforestation/Tree Plantation
10. Load-Shedding

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