English 2nd Paper বাংলাদেশ নৌ বাহিনী কলেজ, চট্টগ্রাম 2024

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

Would	It	Was	What’s-like	There
Had better	What does-look like	Have to/has to	As soon as	Was born

(a) Give him the good new___you meet him.
(b) He is always inactive.___is his sister who ran the marathon
(c) Our learners develop very poor writing skills. They cannot write fairly well even in Bangla___ in English.
(d) Your family___?Our family is not so big.
(e) We___ help him then walk home. He really needs our help.
(f) ___ a deer ___?Really it is very beautiful to look at.
(g) Rivers are the great source of water.___are many rivers in Bangladesh.
(h) The condition of your mother is bad. You___take her to a hospital.
(i) Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist. He___in 1771.
(j) It is a popular restaurant. We___take our lunch here.

2. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors.

Son: Did you keep a diary during the Liberation War.
Father: Yes I did
Son: Can I have a look at it.
Father:Im afraid Ive lost it.
Son:Father can you remember anything about it
Father:Yes I remember one event there were lots of sounds andbangs outside one night. You wanted to look out but we didn’t let you
Son:Why
Father:Because it was very dangerous
Son:I cant remember anything.
Father:Its natural.No one can remember all from early childhood.

3. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.

Health is one of the most important phenomena in human life.(a)___a healthy man can earn money and accumulate wealth.(b)___health is compared to wealth(c)___it is health than can give us bliss and make us happy.(d)___,health alone can enable us to enjoy our life to the full.(e)___,it is not easy to have a sound health. For this, we have to maintain certain rules and habits.(f)___,we have to takes balanced diet.(g)___.we must take physical exercise regularly.(h)___,we have to be Carly risers. (i)___ we have to lead a decent life. We have to avoid excessive tension or anxiety.(j)___.anxiety tells upon about our health.(k)___, everyday we have to spend some time in praying.(l)___.prayer is essential for our mental health.(m)___,we must maintain cleanliness.(n)___, we can attain good health and consequently, wealth too.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.

Shaheed Dr.Shamsuzzoha (a)___(Consider) to be the first intellectual who (b)___(attain) martyrdom during the pre-liberation period of Bangladesh.(c)___(follow)the killing of Sergeant Zohurul Hague in prison by the Ayub Khan government, aflame of protest(d)___(spread)
throughout erstwhile East Pakistan.On Friday 17, section 144(e)___(impose) on Rajshahi City.The students of Rajshahi University who had(f)___(join)the protest,(g)___(take)out a procession in violation of section 144. They were(h)___(lock) in the clash with police. As a result, several students (i)___(injure).On (j)___(hear)this,Dr.Zoha, proctor of the university rushed to the spot(k)___(take) the injured students to hospital. Next morning, on February 18, tension grew on the campus. With a view to(I)___(pacify) the situation the armed forces(m)___(deploy) in front of the university main gate.The main gate was kept(n)___(lock) to prevent the agitating students from going out.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.

My father said to me, ”Why are you so sad, my hero?””father, we are beaten in Inter college cricket final by a big margin. My father said,” Think positive. You must take lessons from this defeat. Father, how hard we practised! But it didn’t click” I said. My father said, ”right. But from now on you start practicing more seriously.”I will try to follow your instructions.”