HSC Model Question Answer

   

                          
                                                     HSC Model Question Answer

Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)

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

plaster

take

advise

suffer

make

slip

do

A fortnight before the summer break, Poly stopped (a) ______ interest in studies. She and her friends (b) ______ an ambitious plan to visit some places. But on the very first day her mother (c) ______ in the kitchen and broke her ankle. Her whole leg (d) ______ and she (e) ______ bed rest for three weeks.

2.     Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

My dear Rahat,

I have been in Dhaka (a) ______ a couple of days and have already visited a number (b) ______ interesting places. ‘Aparajeo Bangla’ is indeed a glorious tribute (c) ______ the supreme sacrifices as well as achievements of our freedom fighters. We always remember the martyrs who laid (d) ______ their lives (e) _______ the sake of their motherland. No more today.

Yours truly,

Rubel

3.     Fill in the gaps with linking words.

but

eventually

then

soon

though

just

before

as

One day (a) ______ daylight I was surprised to see the light of a fire on the shore about two miles away. I stopped in alarm, (d) _____ dashed ‘back to my castle, pulling the ladder over after me. For two hours I did not move, (c) _______ I was too excited to stay longer. I climbed over the wall, and with my telescope crept along close to the ground. I (d) ______ discovered there were no fewer than nine savages sitting round a small fire they had made and cruelly feasting on their prisoners. Their canoes were lying on the shore. The cannibals finished their dreadful meal and (e) _______ went off on their boats.

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

Here is (a) _______ story about (b) ______ English king. This king lived in English many years ago. His name was Alfred. Alfred was (c) ______ good king because he helped his people. You know England is (d) _____ land of the English people. But in those days, there were also people in England from (e) _______ other land, Denmark. They wanted to take away England from the English people. So, there were fights between these two nations. In (f) ______ one fight Alfred fought all the day but in the end he had to run away. All (g) _______ day he walked and at night he slept under a big banyan tree. Next day he looked for a house. He found (h) _______litter house in the field and went up to the door. (i) ___ ____ old woman opened (j) _______ door and gave him shelter and food.

5.     Rewrite the following in the reported speech.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. The programmed starts at 10 o’clock. All the students will gather in the Main Hall,” said the receptionist. “How do I find the Main Hall?” said the student. “Walk along the Language Laboratory and then pass the library, which is next to the Language Lab, on the same side, and facing you is the Main Hall,” said the receptionist.

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

The play ‘Revenge’ is an excellent one-act play. (a) It contains four scenes based on Greek Mythology (Complex). (b) The people of Ozama Island led a happy life and it was the time of thousand years ago (Simple). (c) The people of Ozama Island cut the trees indiscriminately (Passive). (d) As the people of the island were very cruel, they suffered a lot for want of food and rain (Compound). (e) At the end, people could not but plant trees (Affirmative).

7.     Complete the following sentences.

(a)  Television serials are getting so popular ______.

(b)  Despite the widespread popularity, television serials have some ____.

(c)   Those television programmes are affecting not only the attitudes of our youths but also ______.

(d)  Television programmes have to be entertaining as well as ______.

(e)   By telecasting good programmes, television can play a great role in ______.

8.     Make tag questions from the given sentences.

a)     Environment pollution is the most serious of the present world. We all know the enormity of the problem, _______?

b)    You are right. Water, air and sound pollution, cutting down and burning forests, excessive industries, factories and vehicles have coasts are also in a worse state today than they were before, _______.

c)     Obviously. The forests, wetlands seas and coasts are in a worse state today than they were before, ________?

d)    Yes, it is. Carbon dioxide is increasing and water level is rising as a consequence of global warming, _______?

e)     Undoubtedly, there should be a movement towards taxing environmental pollution on the ‘Pollution Pays’ principle, _______?

ANSWER

Part A : Grammar

1.     Right form of verbs

(a) taking; (b) made; (c) slipped; (d) was plastered; (e) was advised.

2.     Appropriate prepositions

(a) for; (b) of; (c) to; (d) down; (e) for.

3.     Use of linking words

(a) at; (b) soon; (c) but; (d) eventually; (e) then.

4.     Use of articles

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

5.     Changing the form of speech

The receptionist apologized to the student to keep him (stu) waiting. Added that the programme started at 10 O’clock. He (re) also added that all the students would gather in the Main Hall. The student asked how he would fine the Main Hall. The receptionist suggested him to walk a     long the language laboratory and then to pass the library, which was next to the language lab, on the same side and facing him (stu) would be the main hall.

6.     Transformation of sentences

a)     It contains four scenes which are based on Greek Mythology.

b)    Thousand years ago the people of Ozama Island led a happy life.

c)     The trees were cut indiscriminately by the people of Ozama Island.

d)    The people of the Island were very cruel and so suffered a lot for want of food and rain.

e)     At the end people had to plant trees.

7.     Completing sentences

a)     Television serials are getting so popular that the children become addicted to them.

b)    Despite the widespread popularity, television serials have some demerits also.

c)     Those television programmes are affecting not only the attitudes of our youths but also their dress style.

d)    Television programmes have to be entertaining as well as educative.

e)     By telecasting good programmes, television can play a great role in respect of entertainment.

8.     Tag questions

a)     Environment pollution is the most serious of the present world. We all know the enormity of the problem, don’t we?

b)    You are right. Water, air and sound pollution, cutting down and burning forests, excessive industries, factories and vehicles have coasts are also in a worse state today than they were before, haven’t they?

c)     Obviously. The forests, wetlands seas and coasts are in a worse state today than they were before, aren’t they?

d)    Yes, it is. Carbon dioxide is increasing and water level is rising as a consequence of global warming, aren’t they?

e)     Undoubtedly, there should be a movement towards taxing environmental pollution on the ‘Pollution Pays’ principle, shouldn’t there?