HSC

HSC

Test Examination- 2011; English : Paper II

Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)

1.     Complete the passage with suitable words from the list. Put them in the correct tense.

Stand

experience

seem

look

appear

sit

enjoy

Once I (a) _________ a full moonlit night. I came out of my reading room and sat on the lawn in front of the reading room. To me nature (b) _ _______ in her magical beauty. The objects (c)_________ to flash with heavenly radiance. I found a kind of harmony between the word and the heaven. People (d) _________ in the yard (e) _________ them selves gossiping.

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

I think you are aware (a) _________ globalization. It is mainly associated (b) _________ business, trade and international relation but it has a far reaching effect (c) ________ culture of developing nations (d) ________ the amazing advancement of sophisticate communication media, rapid technological process and nimble transportation facilities. The world is getting smaller day by day. The current of globalization is now encroaching (e) ________ our national culture.

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

Today Bangladesh faces (a) ________ number of (b) ________ problems. Of all these problems (c) _________ population problems is (d) _________ most acute one. Population is no doubt (e) _________ great asset of (f) _________ country but when (g) _________ country fails to feed and provide them with (h) _________ suitable jobs, they become (i) _________ burden. Similar is (j) _________ case with Bangladesh.

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

Skim through, at the eleventh hour, nip in the bud, hue and cry, know no bounds, fight shy of, beggar description.

5.     Rewrite the following in the reported speech.

“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “I buy hair” said Madam. “Take your hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.” “Twenty dollars” said madam. “Give it me quick,” said Della;

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

a)     We eat to preserve our health (complex)

b)    People who live in plenty do not eat the right kind of food. (Make it simple)

c)     The bee is the busiest of all insects. (Positive)

d)    It stores honey in the hives (passive)

e)     In winter, it remains idle but it works hard in spring. (complex)

7.     Fill in the blanks with tag questions.

a)     Every mother loves her child, _________?

b)    Men should not tell a lie, _________?

c)     We ought to finish this exercise soon, _________?

d)    There’s been an accident, __________?

e)     Let’s have a discussion, __________?

8.     Complete the following sentences.

a)     We work hard so that _________.

b)    He is satisfied with what _________.

c)     ________that time and tide wait for none.

d)    Since I am an early riser _________.

e)     I studied hard lest __________.

ANSWER

Part A : Grammar

1.     Right form of verbs

(a) experienced; (b) appeared; (c) seemed; (d) standing; (e) enjoyed.

2.     Appropriate prepositions

(a) of; (b) with; (c) on; (d) with; (e) on/ upon.

3.     Use of articles

(a) a; (b) x; (c) the; (d) the; (e) a; (f) a; (g) the; (h) x; (i) a; (j) the.

4.     Making sentences with phrases & idioms

Skim through : We should not merely skim through our textbooks.

At the eleventh hour : He came to the meeting at the eleventh hour.

Nip in the bud : All his hopes were nipped in the bud.

Hue and cry : As soon as the teacher went out, the students raised a hue and cry.

Know no bounds : Her sufferings know no bounds.

Fight shy of : He always fights shy of me.

Beggar description : The sufferings of the flood affected people beggar description.

5.     Changing the form of speech

Della asked Madame if she (M) would buy her (D) hair. In reply Madame said that she (M) bought hair. Then she (M) told her (D) to take her (D) hat off and let them have a sight at the looks of it. After that Madame said that she (M) would give her (d) twenty dollars for her (d) hair. Della agreed and requested her (M) to give it to her quickly.

6.     Transformation of sentences

a)     We eat so that we can preserve our health.

b)    People living in plenty do not eat the right kind of food.

c)     No other insect is as busy as the bee.

d)    Honey is stored in the hives by it.

e)     Though it remains idle in winter, it works hard in spring.

7.     Tag questions

a.     Every mother loves her child, don’t they?

b.     Men should not tell a lie, should they?

c.      We ought to finish this exercise soon, oughtn’t we?

d.     There’s been an accident, hasn’t there?

e.      Let’s have a discussion, shall we?

8.     Completing sentences

a.     We work hard so that we can shine in life.

b.     He is satisfied with what he has.

c.      There is a proverb that time and tide wait for none.

d.     Since I am an early riser I get enough time to study.

e.      I studied hard lest I should fail in the exam.