Right from of verb, preposition, article, idioms, narration, transformation of sentences, tag question and completing sentences

Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)

1.     Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tense. Use negatives where necessary.

look

mingle

adulterate

punish

sell

direct

catch

The issue of food adulteration has dawn the attention of general public at present. There is hardly any food in our country that is not (a) _________ in one way or another. Sub-standard foods (b) ________ in most of the hotels. Very recently government (c) _________ in mobile court to (d) __ ________ into the horrible pictures of adulteration. They (e) _________ dishonest hoteliers red handed for using unhygienic food ingredients.

2.     Read the following letter and fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

Dear Kamelia,

You wanted to know about my experience (a) _________ the cyclone, SIDR. I had planned to go to Khulna but because (b) _________ bad weather I cancelled my plan and stayed in Dhaka. The sky above Dhaka was cloudy the whole day (c) __________ the 10^th November. There was rain off and on. Again and again I watched television news to know (d) _ _________ the latest development of the cyclone, SIDR. My thoughts went to the people in the coastal area who were being hit (e) _________ the full force of cyclone.

 Taka care of yourself.

Yours ever,

Nabila.

3.     Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed.

Education is one of (a) __________ basic needs for (b) __________ human being. (c) _________ poor socio- economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people’s inaccessibility to  (d) _________ education. If all the people were educated, they could live (e) _________ healthy and planned (f) ________ life. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect (g) _________ environment and carry out our social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt (h) ________ rational attitude. It provides us with (i) ______ _____ enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is (j) ____ _______ prerequisite for social development.

4.     Make meaningful sentences with the following idioms (any five).

5.     Rewrite the following in the reported speech.

6.     Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in brackets.

7.     Fill in the blanks with tag questions.

8.     Complete the following sentences.