English 2nd Paper রংপুর ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ 2024
1. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below.
Children’s rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to the young, including their right to association with both biological parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for food, universal state-paid education, health care and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child. The children are vulnerable to all sorts of ruin and deception. So, their rights must be guaranteed by any means.
(a) right (synonym)
(b) particular (synonym)
(c) special (antonym)
(d) young (antonym)
(c) identity (synonym)
(f) needs (synonym)
(g) appropriate (antonym)
(h) development (antonym)
(i) vulnerable (antonym)
(j) guaranteed (antonym)
(k) means (synonym)
(l) crime (antonym)
(m) attention (synonym)
(n) Biological (synonym)
2. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
We know that (a)___(use quantifier pre-modify the noun) species are important for maintaining (b)___(pre-modify the noun) balance. If one is lost, the entire natural environment changes (c)___(post-modify the verb). In order to protect the environment from being spoilt, we should protect (d)___(use possessive to pre-modify the noun) wildlife. (e)___(use determiner to pre-modify the noun phrase) good news is that many countries are taking action (f)___(use infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb). George Lay, (g)___(use appositive to post modify the noun) writes. “Mankind must develop a concern for wild creatures and determine that (h)___(use demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) wild species will not perish (i)___(use prepositional phrase us post modifier).” We have to save wild animals (j)___(use a relative clause as a post modifier).
3. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors.
Sajid: hurrah weve won the match.
Sifat: What match Sajid
Sajid: The football match between your school team and our school team.
Sifat: oh my almighty How did it happen?
Sajid: We won by 3 goals to one (1).
Sifat: I thought our team was better than yours.
Sajid: The result shows who is better.
Sifat: Anyway well do better next year.
Sajid: Best of luck sifat.
4. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.
| There | What’s it like | Call it a day | Was born | What does...look like |
| Have to | Let alone | As if | Had better | Would rather |
(a) Jane is more intelligent than Lucy. I think I _____ marry Jane than Lucy.
(b) The play finished 15 minutes ago. The actors are still standing on the stage. They _____ leave the stage.
(c) _____ is a saying that an idle man’s brain is a devil’s workshop. Laziness brings about ruin.
(d ) Abraham Lincoln _____ on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
(d) Most of the villages in our country are deprived of electricity. So, people cannot even use an electric fan, _____ an air conditioner.
(e) English is not her native tongue. But she speaks English. _____ it were her native tongue.
(f) You have broken the rule. So, you _____ face the authority.
(g) We were busy with the new project all day. So, let’s _____.
(i) _____ living with the river gypsies? You must realize their sufferings.
(j) Son: Dad, _____electricity _____? Dad: Sorry dear, no idea. It cannot be seen with eyes.
5. Complete the text with suitable prepositions
Ours is a riverine country. Rivers are everywhere (a)___. Our life literature, economy, and culture. But are the rivers (b)___ good shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A few are already dead and several are going (c)___ the pangs of death. The river. Buriganga is an example (d)___ The Daily Sun’ describes what has happened (e)___ a dying river. A report published in the river Buriganga and why. Its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air (f)___. The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it was a tributary (g)___ the Ganges and flowed (h)___ the Bay of Bengal (i)___ the river Dhaleswari.Gradually, it lost its link (j)___ the Ganges and got the name Buriganga.