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HSC-2014
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) _____ is 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
- Right form of verbs
(a) went; (b) to show; (c) asked; (d) is punished; (e) is made.
- Appropriate prepositions
(a) in; (b) of; (c) around;(d) up; (e) into.
- Use of articles
(a) x; (b) a; (c) the; (d) a; (e) x; (f) x; (g) x; (h) x; (i)
the; (j) the.
- Use of linking words
(a) with; (b) Since; (c) and; (d) during; (e) Notwithstanding.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
HSC-2014 MODEL TEST EXAMINATION
Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)
1. Complete
the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses.
Use negative where necessary.
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call
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write
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provide
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relate
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reading
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understand
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be
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Although language usage (a) _____ a teacher with the information
about a child’s development and (b) _____ a means for socialization, previous
experience with language is probably most important as it (c) _____ to the
specific task (d) ____ reading. Reading is a language process requiring the (e)
____ of written language.
2. Fill
in the gaps with appropriate prepositions.
Population growth belongs (a) ____ one of the major causes
responsible (b) _____ the environmental degradation. Although the growth rate
in the world has (c) _____ some extent slowed (d) _____ still it adds 77
million human beings (e) _____ the world population.
3. Use
articles where necessary and put a cross (x) where article is not needed.
Patriotism means (a) ____ love for one’s (b) ____ country. It’s
(c) ____ noble virtue. It removes (d _____ mean-mindedness of (e) ____man. It
also inspires (f) ____ man to shed (g) _____ last drop of blood from the body
to defend (h) ____ freedom of (i) _____ country. A man devoid of patriotic
feelings is inferior to (j) _____ beast.
4. Make
sentences with any five of the following idioms.
Die out, white elephant, play truant, red tape, make good,
beggar description, fall flat.
5. Change
the speech in the following passage.
“Prince of the Faithful”, replied the vizier, “they are
doubtless a company of drunkard. If we go in, I fear that some hard may befall
you.” “We must go in”, insisted the Caliph. “You shall invent some pretext for
entrance.”
6. Change
the underlined sentences as directed.
(a) Plato is the most celebrated. Honored and revered of all
philosophers of the western world (Positive). (b) He Athens twenty-four years
ago (Complex). (c) He is said to be the greatest of all philosophers (Active).
(d) The praise of plato has been expressed in figures of speech, which compete
with one another in their eloquence (Simple). (e) He is the father of western
philosophy (Negative).
7. Fill
in the blanks with question tags.
a)
I’m
pleased with his conduct, ______?
b)
Neither
of them complained, ______?
c)
We
ought to love our country, ______?
d)
Everybody
is liable to error, ______?
e)
Do study
attentively, ______?
8. Complete
the incomplete sentences below.
a)
If
we drink arsenic polluted water _____.
b)
Surface
water is safe when _____.
c)
Pond
water is not safe as _____.
d)
______
because they are not conscious.
e)
Since
there is scarcity of pure water _____.
ANSWER
Part A : Grammar
1. Right
form of verbs
(a) provides; (b) is; (c) Is related; (d) called; (e)
understanding.
2. Appropriate
prepositions
(a) to; (b) for; (c) to; (d) down; (e) to.
3. Use
of articles
(a) x; (b) x; (c) a; (d) the; (e) a; (f) a; (g) the; (h) the;
(i) the; (j) a.
4. Making
sentences with phrases & idioms
Die out : Many old customs are gradually dying
out.
A whiter elephant : Setting up a nuclear project will
become a white elephant in out county.
Play truant : He was punished for plying truant from
school.
Red tape : Many people cannot set up industries in
the country because of red tape formalities.
Make good : You will have to make good the loss if
your construction work damages my house.
Beggar description : The sufferings of the flood- affected
people beggar description.
Fall flat : My advice fell flat upon him.
5. Changing
the form of speech
Addressing the Caliph as the prince of the Faithful, the vizier
replied that they were undoubtedly a company of drunkards. He also warned the
Caliph that if they went in, he feared that some harm might befall him. But the
Caliph insisted that they must go in and told the vizier that he (v) would
invent for entrance. Jafar said that he heard and obeyed.
6. Transformation
of sentences
a)
No
other philosopher of the western world is so celebrated, honoured and revered
as Plato.
b)
It
was twenty four years ago that he lived in Athens.
c)
People
call him the greatest of all philosophy?
d)
The
praise of Plato has been expressed in figures of speech to compete with one
another in their eloquence.
e)
Isn’t
the father of western philosophy?
7. Tag
questions
a)
I’m
pleased with his conduct, ain’t/aren’t I?
b)
Neither
of them complained, did they?
c)
We
ought to love our country, oughtn’t we?
d)
Everybody
is liable to error, aren’t they?
e)
Do
study attentively, won’t you?
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Completing sentences
a)
If
we drink arsenic- polluted water, we are sure to fall sick.
b)
Surface
water is safe when it is boiled.
c)
Pond
water is not safe as different types of filthy things are mixed with it.
d)
The
illiterate people of our country fall a prey to various diseases because they are not conscious of their
health.
e)
Since
there is scarcity of pure water, everybody living there fetches drinking
water from the tube well of the neighbouring village.
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