Part A :
Grammar (40 Marks) [Answer any 8 questions out of 9]
1.
Complete the
following passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct
tense. Use the negatives where necessary.
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go
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show
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do
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ask
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punish
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make
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throw
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Once a person (a) _____ to a saint and
asked him (b) _____ God as he finds Him nowhere. He further (c) _____ him why
man (d) _____ for his crime since he (e) _____ to do only as God wishes.
2.
Fill in the
blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Dear Laura,
You kn0ow, the world we live (a) _____
full (b) _____ different things. There
are many things (c) _____ us. All these things make (d) _____ the environment.
We should not turn a good, clean environment (e) _____ a bad polluted one.
George Bush,
Washington DC.
3.
Use articles
where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed.
We know (a) _____ man is (b) _____
rational creature. It is (c) _____ rationality in him makes him (d) _____
different species. He can differentiate between (e) _____ right and (f) _____
wrong. This is why (g) _____ man is considered (h) _____ the best creation of
(i) _____ Creator of (j) _____ universe.
4.
Fill in the
blanks with suitable linking words from the list.
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with
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and
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Notwithstanding
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concerning
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that
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during
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since
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17th SAARC Summit ended (a)
_____ the 20 points Addu Declation in Maldives. (b) _____ The Summit started
with theme “Building bridges” . Now steps are taken to implement SAARC visa (c)
_____ Asian currency for this region like The European Union. One of the basic
issues SAARC Seed Bank Establishment, signed in the Summit, can meet any
shortage of food (d)_____ times of adversity. (e) _____ we hope the bilateral
meeting between the Premiers of Bangladesh and India will melt the ice of the
deadlock on the Tista sharing.
5.
Make
meaningful sentences with the following idioms.
Fall on deaf ears, month to feed, move
heaven and earth, pull someone’s leg, light at the end of the tunnel, see aye
to eye with, feel a cold shiver on someone’s spine.
6.
Rewrite the
following in the reported speech.
Sentry A : Better ask him. (Calls to
sergeant) Will this be a good place for a placard? (No answer)”
Sentry B : Will we put a notice here?
(No answer)
7.
Read the
following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in
brackets :
(a)Wherever you go: I shall follow
you (Simple). (b) Come anytime (Complex). (c) People say that it
takes two to make a quarrel (Passive). (d) She loves you (Negative
without changing the meaning). (e) Only ph D holders are eligible to apply
for the post (Complex).
8.
Fill in the
blanks with tag questions :
a) What a pity!
____?
b) You may fall
unless you study, _____?
c) Let me come
in, _____?
d) It hardly
rains in the winter, _____?
e) He dare not
come, _____?
9.
Complete the
following sentences:
a) In Bangladesh
14 December is a day _____.
b) I wish _____.
c) What is
Jotted, _____.
d) Dream is a
psychological process which _____.
e) It is high
time for him _____.
ANSWER
Part
A : Grammar
1.
Right form of
verbs
(a) went; (b) to show; (c) asked; (d)
is punished; (e) is made.
2.
Appropriate
prepositions
(a) in; (b) of; (c) around;(d) up; (e)
into.
3.
Use of
articles
(a) x; (b) a; (c) the; (d) a; (e) x;
(f) x; (g) x; (h) x; (i) the; (j) the.
4.
Use of linking
words
(a) with; (b) Since; (c) and; (d)
during; (e) Not with standing.
5.
Making
sentences with phrases & idioms
Fall
on deaf ears : Her advice to her younger brother fell on deaf ears.
Mouth
to feed : Our country is not in a position to have more mouth to feed.
Move
heaven and earth : The businessman moved heaven and earth to fulfill his mission.
Pull
someone’s leg : The joker pulled my leg by telling me a false story.
Light
at the end of the tunnel : After undergoing much sufferings, we could at last find
the light at the end of the tunnel.
See
eye to eye with: The Principal is not willing to see eye to eye with the
students over the issue of the examination schedule.
Feel
a cold shiver on someone’s spine : Seeing the police the old woman felt
a cold shiver on her spine.
6.
Changing the
form of speech
Sentry A told sentry B that it was
better to ask him (sergent). He called the sergeant and asked him whether that
would be a good place for a placard. But the sergeant was silent. Then sentry B
asked the sergeant whether they would put a notice there. The sergeant remained
silent then too.
7.
Transformation
of sentences
a) I Shall follow
you everywhere.
b) Come when you
like.
c) It is said
that it takes two to make a quarrel.
d) She does not
hate you.
e) Those who are
only ph.D holders are eligible to apply for the post.
8.
Tag questions
a) What a pity! Isn’t
it?
b) You may fail
unless you study, mayn’t you?
c) Let me come
in, won’t you?
d) It hardly
rains in the winter, does it?
e) He dare not
come, dare he?
9.
Completing
sentences
a) Inn Bangladesh
14 December is a day on which a good number of intellectuals were
killed.
b) I wish I
were the king of our country.
c) What is
lotted, cannot be blotted.
d) Dream is a
psychological process which seems to be a reality in sleep.
e) It is high
time for him that he took a decision regarding his marriage.
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