Fulshaind Bl High School & College

Test Examination- 2025

Subject: English 2nd Paper

Time: 3 hours Full Marks: 100

Part -A: Grammar [Marks: 60]

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions: 05*10= 10

Mr. Shawon works (a)______ a clerk in a local hospital. He is poor but honest. His honesty is
known (b) _____ everyone in his locality. He often suffers (c)___ hunger. He is deprived (d)
___ comfort and many other things. Nevertheless, he does not long (e) ____ wealth. He
never hankers (f) ___ name and fame. He leads his life (g) ___ honest means. He is satisfied
(h)____ what he has. But sometimes he runs into debt and poverty is responsible (i) ____
this debt. However, he does not like to depend (j) ___ others.

2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box. 0.5*10=5

Had better let alone as if as soon as was born

What does….. look like there would you mind it would rather

(a) The room appears to be suffocating. _____ opening the windows.

(b) It is raining outside. You ____ take an umbrella.
(c) He can’t read newspaper, ____ edit a newspaper.
(d) ______ lived a wise man but he was not well known to all.
(e) You look tired. _____ appears to me that you have worked hard
(f) Sani is a symbol of versatile genius. He ____ in a poor family.
(g) ______ a dinosaur ______ ? Have you ever seen it?
(h) He proceeded ____ he had never seen me. His defiant behaviour offended me.
(i) Panic seized me ____ I heard his roaring voice.
(j) Though I am in dire need of money, I ____ die than seek any financial help from him

3. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases. 1*10=10

(a) Florence Nightingale wanted to be a nurse with a view to _________________
(b) If I had the wings of a bird ____________
(c) Unity is strength. United we stand,____________
(d) Time plays a very crucial role in human life. We can’t prosper in life unless _________
(e) Whenever my uncle comes to our house, he_________. I have never seen him
coming to our house empty-handed.
(f) It is high time you________. It is detrimental to health.
(g) The box is very heavy. Are you strong enough ________?
 (h) Naba is fond of reading. Whenever she goes to the book fair,__________
(i) Rima is a good singer. She sings so well that ________
(j) If you study heart and soul, _________.
4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and
context. 0.5*14=7

Tigers (a)_______(know) as ferocious animals. But they hardly (b) ______ (kill) any animal
when they are not hungry. Usually the tigers (c)_______(reside) in the deep forest. They are
hardly (d)______ (see) in the open unless there (e)_____ (to be) a strong necessity. They
often remain (f)_______ (hide) under the deep green in search of the prey. Whenever they
(g)______(discern) any prospective prey, they take a pose to (h) ______(fall) upon it. Tigers
often (I)______(unite) themselves to (j)_______(attack) their prey from different directions.
An adult tiger (k) _______(devour) 20 to 30 kilograms of meat at a single meal. In our
sundarbans the number of tigers (l) _______(decrease) day by day. Poaching and illegal
trafficking (m) ______(to be) the main reasons of decrease. So the concerned authority
should be (n)______ (commit) to take action to protect the tigers.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.

”Why are your children crying, my daughter?” said the Caliph. “They have been starving “,
said the woman. “Do you have none else in the world?” “My husband died a few months
ago. He left them neither any money nor any property. So they are in distress. They have to
starve whenever I fail to collect any thing for them to eat.”

6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank space. 0.5*10=5

A library is a (a) _______ (pre-modify the noun) house of knowledge. The students (b)
______ (use a participle) in all classes visit it in their leisure period. Usually a college library
is housed in two rooms. (c)_______(pre-modify the noun) almirahs are placed in one room.
The other room is the (d)______(use a participle to modify the noun) room where
magazines, journals and newspapers are placed. Hundreds of books are arranged (e)_____
(post modify the verb). So any types of book can be traced in no time. The books cater to the
needs and interests (f) ______ (use a prepositional phrase). Generally there are two
separate sections in the library. One of them contains reference books like (g) _____ ( use
nouns) etc. The other section contains books (h) _____ (use a prepositional phrase). Every
student has a (I) _______ (use a noun adjective to modify noun) card. The reading room is
always crowded (j) _____ (post modify the verb) in the afternoon.

7. Use appropriate connectors in the blank space of the following passage. 0.5*14=7

Teaching is a noble profession. (a) _____ to be a teacher, one must possess some noble
qualities too. (b) ______, he should be a student. (c) ______ teaching is related to
knowledge, he can’t acquire knowledge (d) _____ he is a student. (e) _____ a teacher thinks
(f) _____ he knows everything, he can’t be a good teacher. (g) ____, thirst for knowledge is
the second best quality of a teacher. (h) ____, a teacher should be a physiologist. Different
students have different ways of learning. (I) ______ the teacher needs to teach his students
by studying their psychology. Fourthly a teacher should have the good delivery power. (j)
___, his voice should be clear (k) ____ artistic. (l) _____, a teacher should an actor (m) ____
he needs to behave according to the classroom situation. And (n) _____, a teacher must be a
good human being.

8. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words directed
below. 0.5*14=7

He is optimistic of his success. He works hard and abide by his teachers’ guidelines. He
understands that it is important to be diligent. He doesn’t rely on anyone and believes that
honesty and hard work can help one reach the peak of success. He harbours the faith that a
laborious man is sure to shine.

(a) Optimistic (antonym) (b) success (antonym) (c) hard (synonym) (d) guidelines
(synonym) (e) understand (synonym) (f) important (antonym) (g) diligent ( synonym)
(h) rely(synonym) (I) honesty (antonym) (j) help (antonym) (k) peak (synonym) (l)
harbour (synonym) (m) laborious (antonym) (n) shine (synonym).
9. There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text.
Rewrite the text correcting the errors. 0.5*14=7

He said i can chop some wood today, you but youre small said I. Size dont matter chopping
wood some of the big boys dont chop good, ive been chopping wood at the orphanage a
long time.

Part- B: Composition [Marks : 40]

10. Suppose, you are a student of a college in Sylhet. Many students in your library works
during study in library. Now write an application to your principal for increasing
library facilities. 10
11. Write a paragraph on ‘ Diaspora in the present context of Bangladesh’ around 200
words. 15
12. Write a compare and contrast paragraph on , Technical Education and General
Education’ around 200 words. 15