PRACTICE SHEET FOR S.S.C.

EXAMINEES, 2025 ( ENGLISH FIRST AND SECOND PAPER )

(10) Using connectors--(SECOND Paper)
1.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Dengue fever is a serious disease (a) ___________________is caused by a kind of virus called 'Dengue Virus'. (b)
___________________, this virus was identified in Africa (c) ___________________now it has spread all over. (d)
___________________in most cases dengue fever has its remedy, it is better to prevent it. (e) ________________we keep
our dwelling houses clean and people are conscious of it, we can easily avoid this disease.
2.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Like the people of professions, a teacher has got some duties to perform daily. He gets up early in the morning and
does his homework. (a) _____________ he takes academic preparation. If he is an English teacher, he reads the text
very well and makes notes on important matters. (b) ______________it is time for school, he starts for the school. In
the classroom he tries his best to present everything in lucid and simple English. (c) __________ , he supplies notes to
the students. (d) _______________ the off time he reads English newspaper, magazines etc. At school he does various
works and spends a busy time. At night he again reads books and takes a good preparation. (e) ______________ a
teacher passes his daily life.
3.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
(a) ___________ I was born in a village, my family shifted to a town (b) ___________ there was no good school in the
village. (c) ___________ I was only five, I was admitted into a school (d) ___________ was famous in the town. (e)
___________ the school was not near to our house.
4.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Gold is a bright precious metal. There are many metals cheaper (a) ________________ gold but look like it. They glitter
for sometime and fade in the course of time. In our society there are so many people (b) ________________ are
outwardly very gentle and nice. (c) ________________ after a period of time their real identity is revealed. They don’t
have intrinsic value (d) ________________ morality. A genuine thing always remains same and never be changed. (e)
________________, all that glitters is no gold.
5.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Bangladesh is a small country (a)_________ she has a huge population. (b)_________, in our country population is
increasing at random. (c)________it is crying need to check the rapid growth of our population. Most of the village
people are illiterate (d)__________ superstitious. They are having the age-old idea of taking so many children. We
have to take pragmatic steps to make them aware about the negative effect of over population. (e)_________ it will
be impossible for us to control population explosion.
6.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Women are nowadays as important as men in society. They constitute nearly half of our total population. (a) ____,
there can be no denying the fact (b) ___ they too possess equal rights and duties (c) ___ men do. They have noble
missions to fulfill as men. (d) _________________they get opportunity, their genius, powers (e) ____ capacities will
bloom fully.
7.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Most of our students cannot write out their examination paper fairly well. (a) ___________they cannot understand the
questions properly, they often memorize their answers. (b) _______________, they also fail to arrange their answers
neatly, clearly and precisely. (c) ____________ they often lengthen them unnecessarily. They have a silly notion that
the more they write the more will be their marks. (d) __________ the reality is just the opposite. (e) _____________
understand the questions well and answer them just to the point, they have to give up the idea of memorizing.
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8.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Rural life ad urban life have many common sides. (a) ________________ differences between them are greater. Rural
people do not have adequate educational and medical facilities. (b) ________________ , they face problems with their
communication network. (c) ________________ the urban people enjoy a lot of educational and medical facilities. (d)
________________, the people of cities and towns enjoy a smooth and easy communication system. (e) ____________,
rural life is deprived of modern facilities whereas urban life is as modern as enjoyable.
9.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
The moon is a very familiar figure to all of us. She awakens a feeling of love and tenderness in our hearts. (a)
_____________ the infant in arm stretches out its hands to grab this beautiful object. (b) ___________her appeal is not
confined to only children. The full moon has always played an important role in literature. (c)________ science has
different things to tell about the moon. (d) ____________ on a clear night, we look out on the magic of moon light, it is
often difficult for us to realize (e) _______the moon is shining in borrowed feathers.
10.Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Water is an important element of the environment. (a) ________________ it is essential for living, it is called life. But
polluted water is harmful (b) _______________ it causes dangerous disease. Polluted water causes not only diseases
(c) _____________ death. (d) ___________polluted water is dangerous, illiterate people drink it. We should prevent water
pollution (e) _______________we may remain safe.
11. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
IIIiteracy is a great problem in Bangladesh. Most of the people of our country cannot read or write. (a)
________________, the literacy rate in Bangladesh is too low. (b) _____________ it is too poor to be imagined. Some other
problems like poverty, unemployment and terrorism are (c) _____________ rising due to illiteracy. There are many
reasons responsible for our illiteracy. (d) _____________ we can mention poverty (e) ______________ the root cause.
12. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
As the super being, man has a lot of duties to mankind. To perform his duty, he has to select a profession, a future
career. I have also selected my future career (a) _______________ I can reach my goal. There are varieties of careers
(b) ____________ can give riches and name and fame. (c) ______________ I have selected a simple one. It is a teaching.
(d) ____________ teachers are the builders of nations, they can reform the society (e) ______________ lead the nation
skillfully.
13. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Mount Everest has always fascinated climbers. (a) _________ climbing mountains like the Everest is difficult and
dangerous (b) _______ there is snow all over. There might be snow-slides and cracks under the ice and snow. (c)
______, the climbers have to face strong winds (d) ______ bitter cold. But mountaineers are daring people. They are
not daunted by difficulties and dangers. Mountains always look exciting and challenging to them and they feel (e)
_____ they must go and climb them .
14. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Population explosion is a threat. The growth of population in our country is (a) _____________ high that our land
cannot bear. It creates many problems, one of these problems. Is unemployment problem. (b) ___________ they are
getting education, they are not getting jobs. They remain unemployed (c) _____________ the positions in the job fields
are limited. (d) ______________ we fail to control growth rate, our future will be more difficult than the present. So we
should try to control the growth (e) _____________ we can live happily.
15. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
(a) _______ a baby and an old person are very different in point of age and experience, they are much similar in respect of physical
ability, mental strength economic condition. A baby physically immature and depends on the adults around him for physical movement.
(b)____, an old person may be weak and he depends on others for his movement. (c) _____ a baby possesses a little mental strength and
can hardly exercise it. Likewise, an old person kicks mental strength. (d)____ , a baby has to depend on his parents for all financial
support. An old person too, depends on his sons and daughters for economic assistance. (e)____ a baby and an old person have much in
common.
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16. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Paper has become an inseparable item of modern civilization. (a) ___ it is removed from earth, our life will be
motionless. For writing anything (b) _____ we need is paper. Not only books, newspapers, etc are printed on paper (c)
_____ various information is put or printed on it. (d) ____ , we can put our present thought in paper for future.
Considering these all, we should remain grateful to paper (e)____ its inventor
17. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Many schools have a uniform. Students sometimes do not like the idea of wearing uniforms (a) ______________ there
are arguments for and against. One argument for school uniform is that you didn’t have to waste time in the
morning thinking what to put on. (b) ______________, if pupils were allowed to wear cloths according to their own
choice, they would tend to wear expensive cloths. (c) ______________, some cloths may not be suitable for schools. (d)
______________, a person’s choice of cloths reflects his/her personality and taste. (e) ______________, wearing a school
dress does not allow a person to express his/her individuality in this way.
18. Complete the passage using suitable connectors:
People usually want to have their own way. They want to think and act (a) _________ they like. (b) ____________ one
can’t have one’s own way all the time. A person can’t live in an environment without considering the interest of
others (c) ___________ his own interest. People in society may take their own decision, (d) __________ these decisions
should not be unjust (e) ___________ harmful to others.
19. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
In our society we find a group of people who are fond of sky high talking. They often say that they do much better
(a) ________________ that. (b) ____________ they are good for nothing. (c) ______________ such kind of people are asked to
show their performance, they quarrel with their tools. (d) ______________ a man of action talks less and advises
others to talk less and work more. A man of action need not talk about his ability (e) ______________ he is not
inactive.
20. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
Paper has become an inseparable item of modern civilization. (a) ___ it is removed from earth, our life will be
motionless. For writing anything (b) _____ we need is paper. Not only books, newspapers, etc are printed on paper (c)
_____ various information is put or printed on it. (d) ____ , we can put our present thought in paper for future.
Considering these all, we should remain grateful to paper (e)____ its inventor.
21. Complete the passage using suitable connectors.
It is often said that our large population is our number one problem. (a) ___________ it is not true. (b) ___________,
large population can be turned into a unique manpower in a country. (c) ___________, China can be cited. (d)
___________ her population is more than 120 million, she is progressing day by day. (e) ___________, we are lagging
behind.