ইংরেজী ২য় পত্র-রাজউক উত্তরা মডেল কলেজ-২০২৩

1. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.

(a) Deforestation is a matter of great concern. We ____ take immediate steps against cutting down trees at random.

(b) To tell a lie is a great sin. We - die than tell a lie. Otherwise, none will believe us.

(c) ____ your cousin ____?

(d) ____ mother heard the news, she cried loudly. She lost her child in a car accident.

(e) Rome was not built in a day. ____ took a long time and hard labour to build this city.

(f) Abdur Rahman is a poor man. He cannot buy a shirt, ____ a car.

(g) Kazi Nazrul Islam is our rebel poet. He ____ in Churulia of West Bengal.

(h) Rina's dress looks very dirty. It is old enough. She ____ buy a new dress.

(i) Rana : Hi Robi ____ a peacock ____ ?

Robi : It's a very nice bird. It knows how to dance.

(j) Cox's Bazar is a popular tourist hub. ____ are many nice hotels for tourists.

2. Change the narrative style of the following text.

Sohel asked Alok, "Friend, have you ever visited the National Memorial at Savar in Dhaka? Wow; how splendid it is!". "Sorry, I haven't yet gone there. But I must visit there after the HSC exam is over." "It has been built in memory of the martyrs of our Liberation War. May God bless their souls," Sohel said.

3. Complete sentences with clauses/phrases.

(a) Industry is the key to success. If you work hard, ____.

(b) Corruption is the main hindrance to development. It is high time ____.

(c) Zahir is an HSC candidate. He is studying hard lest ____.

(d) There are a good number of reasons why ____. English is a foreign language is the main reason.

(e) Birds fly in the sky. I wish ____.

(f) No sooner had we reached there than ____. Unless we went there earlier, we would miss the beginning of the programme.

(g) It is not good ____. A man is known by the company he keeps.

(h) Mr. Jahangir is a quack. He behaves as if ____.

(i) It is very cold outside. You had better ____.

(j) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. Would that ____.

4. Illiteracy is a curse. It retards all development work of a country. It is said that an illiterate nation gropes in darkness with no definite goal. In fact, an illiterate person is conservative, superstitious and blind. He can contribute very little to his country. He is unconscious and unaware of his rights and responsibilities. The whole country is responsible for this. Most of our people are illiterate and poor. In fact, illiteracy caused by poverty, stands in the way of success. All should be practical and pragmatic while addressing this problem. Effective measures should be taken by all concerned to remove illiteracy and thus make the nation enlightened. However, a new curriculum has been introduced in 2023 with a view to making a radical change in education sector.

(a) curse (antonym); (b) retards (synonym); (c) darkness (antonym); (d) conservative (antonym); (e) contribute (antonym); (f) unconscious (synonym); (g) rights (synonym); (h) success (antonym); (i) pragmatic (synonym); (j) address (synonym); (k) measures (synonym); (l) remove (antonym), (m) enlightened (synonym), (n) radical (synonym).

5. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following:

(a) ____ most of our students cannot write out their examination paper fairly. (b)____ they cannot understand the questions properly; they often beat about the bush and cram their answers with irrelevant and unnecessary details. (c) ____, they fail to arrange their answers neatly, clearly and systematically. (d) ____ the teacher suggests that their answers should be brief and precise, they often lengthen unnecessarily where size does not matter at all. (e) ____, they have a silly notion that the more they write the more will be their marks. (f) ____ the reality is just the opposite; their long answers (g) ____ become disgusting. (h) ____, such answers always earn unhappy marks. (i)____ you want to get unexpected marks, all you should do is to understand the questions well and answer them just to the point. Don't worry (j) ____ your answers are fairly short. (k) ____, try to answer the questions more or less in your own English. (l) ____ your handwriting should be legible.(m) ____, you will get poor marks in the exam. (n)____ every student should be wise in writing answers in the exam hall.