English 2nd Paper নটরডেম কলেজ 2023
Complete the text with suitable prepositions.
Many people long (a) ___ success, but they often forget that hard work runs parallel (b) ___ it. Those who are keen (c) ___ achieving their goals are popular (d) ___ others, as they are driven and inspiring. However, success sometimes requires sacrifice, and it can be difficult to part (e) ___ things we hold dear. We must be careful not to let our attachments blind us (f) ___ what truly matters, lest we fall (g) ___ oblivion. Despite this, it is human nature to hanker (h) ___ things we desire, and sometimes we fill our lives (i) ___ the brim with them. As we navigate through life, we should strive to preside (j) ___ our desires and seek balance, so that we may find happiness and fulfillment.
Suppose, you are a student of the Department of English, Dhaka University. Bangla Academy has organized a seminar on 'language study'. You are interested to participate in the seminar. Now send an e-mail to the organizers seeking detailed information about the seminar.
There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors.
I ran out into the garden Granny I shouted Look at the picture I found it in the box of the old things whose picture is it I jumped on the bed beside my grandmother and she walloped me on the bottom and said now Ive lost count of my stitches and the next time you do that ill make you finish the scarf yourself
Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.
Students at school read books to please their teacher. (a) ___ the teacher says that this, that or the other is a good book (b) ___ that it is sign of good taste to enjoy it, many students get the book. (c) ___ they read it. Some students may genuinely like the book, (d) ___ they feel grateful to the teacher for recommending the book for reading. (e) ___ many students will not honestly like it. (f) ___, they will persuade themselves (g) ___ they like it. (h) ___ that does a great deal of harm. (i) ___ they take a dislike to the writer of the book (j) ___ they think that there is something wrong with them. (k) ___ reading books create room for expanding knowledge (l) ___ skills. (m) ___ it has been a must to increase the interest of the students to read books (n) ___ academics can't bring success regarding the issue.
Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below.
And as for our martyrs and those who have been wounded, we in the Awami League will do everything we can to assist them and their loved ones. If you have the means, please give what little you can to our Relief Committee. To owners of factories whose workers had participated in the General Strike the last seven days I have this to say : make sure that they are paid wages for those days. To government employees I have this to tell: you'll have to listen to my directives. Till our country is liberated, taxes and custom duties won't be collected. No one will pay them either.
(a) martyrs (antonym)
(b) wounded (antonym)
(c) assist (antonym)
(d) loved (synonym)
(e) give (antonym)
(f) owners (antonym)
(g) paid (antonym)
(h) wages (synonym)
(i) employees (antonym)
(j) listen (synonym)
(k) directives (synonym)
(l) custom (synonym)
(m) collected (antonym)
(n) pay (antonym)