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SSC English Second Paper Model Question- 14

English Second paper

Total Marks - 100

Time : 3 Hours

(Answer all the questions. Figures in the margin indicate full marks.)

Part A: Grammar (Marks 60)

1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once. 1×10 = 10

between, saying, physical, I, on, an, person, ity, or, participation, beneficial

Sports are very essential (a) ______ us. There are various types (b) ______ sports. Among them cricket, football, volleyball, swimming etc. are very popular. All types of sports are (c) ______ to us. There is relation (d) ______ the body and the mind. “A sound mind lies in a sound body” is a wise (e) ______. In order to win success in life, we should have sound health which depends (f) ______ regular (g) ______ in games and sports. Sports keep us (h) ______ fit. Sports exercise (i) ______ important influence in forming one’s (j) ______.

2. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.1×5 = 5

Marco Polo	made	him one of history’s great travelers.
He	was	an adventurous man.
On a summer day	Poo was	ready to take risks.
The emperor	gave	him a golden medal.
He	was tired	and hungry.

3. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. 1×10 = 10

call, describe, imagine, bring, use, go, get, depend, say, be

A proverb (a) ______ that water (b) ______ life. Actually, the importance of water cannot be (c) ______ in words. The existence of any living thing cannot (d) ______ without water. We cannot do a single day without it. It (e) ______ for various purposes. Our agriculture which (f) ______ to be the blood of our economy fully (g) ______ on water. Sometimes water (h) ______ untold sufferings for our farmers. If the rainfall (i) ______ timely and moderate, they (j) ______ bumper crops.

4. Change the sentences according to directions given in the brackets:1×10 = 10

(a) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveler to survive. (Make Complex Sentence)(b) He came to a house to ask for food. (Make Compound Sentence)(c) There lived an old woman in the house. (Make Complex Sentence)(d) The woman was very sympathetic to Taimur. (Make Exclamatory Sentence)(e) She gave him some food to eat. (Make Complex Sentence)(f) The food was very hot. (Make Negative Sentence)(g) Taimur was too hungry to wait. (Make Compound Sentence)(h) As he was very hungry, he started eating quickly despite the heat. (Make Simple Sentence)(i) Taimur learned a valuable lesson from this experience. (Make Interrogative Sentence)(j) The old woman’s kindness made Taimur feel grateful. (Make Negative Sentence)

5. Make tag questions of these statements:1×5 = 5

(a) I am very sorry, Jalal. I am very late, ______?(b) I couldn’t reach in time because of traffic jam, ______?(c) Oh? Don’t worry. The train is late, ______?(d) Then we can have a cup of tea, ______?(e) Yes. Let’s go to the canteen, ______?

6. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or both with the root words given in the parenthesis:1×5 = 5

Helen Keller, a world-acclaimed (a) ______ (sight) handicapped woman, was one of the (b) ______ (wonder) characters of the 19th century. She was born on 27 June 1880 at Tuscumbia in America as a (c) ______ (health) and normal child. At the age of one and a half years, Helen Keller was attacked by ‘Brain Fever’. Helen Keller lost her eyesight through this disease. She became sightless and she (d) ______ (partial) lost her power of hearing. The day which was an (e) ______ (forgettable) day of her life was March, a day of 1887, when a mistress, Anne Sullivan, took the charge of Helen as a student. She took the charge because she became also blind at the age of twenty but she got back her eyesight.

7. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions:1×5 = 5

The boy was confident (a) ______ his success as he was not averse (b) ______ hard work. He was accustomed (c) ______ hard work. He went (d) ______ with his studies. He made the best use (e) ______ his time.

8. Complete the passage using suitable connectors:1×5 = 5

(a) I was coming to Dhaka from Khulna by launch. The weather was very fine and the sky was clear.(b) ______ we all the passengers were in a jolly mood. We all were enjoying the beautiful natural scenery on either side of the river.(c) ______ after the sun set, the weather turned foul. There were deep clouds in the sky.(d) ______ a serious storm rose. We all the passengers were terribly upset. The launch was not very big,(e) ______ there was no lifeboat in the launch. We all began to take the name of the Almighty Allah.

9. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text:5

one day rina told her mother would you like to see our school garden yes i would mrs rehana salam replied how good exclaimed rina then i will show you everything

Part B: Writing (Marks 40)

10. Trees are very useful to us. We should plant trees more and more for a better, happier, and healthier life. Now write a paragraph in 250 words on “Tree Plantation.”[10 marks]

11. Suppose there are not sufficient facilities in the common room of your school. Now write an application to the Headmaster for increasing common room facilities.[10 marks]

12. Write a composition about “Student Life.”[20 marks]

✅ Answer Key

Part-A

1.     (a) for (b) of (c) beneficial (d) between (e) saying (fl on (g) participation (h) physically (i) an j) personality

2 (a) Marco Polo was an adventurous man.

(b)          He travelled by land and sea, over mountains and across deserts.

(c)           On a summer, Polo reached the palace of Kublai Khan, the Emperor of China.

(d)          Marco Polo was warmly,received by the Emperor of China,

(e)           The Emperor made him one of his officers.

3.     (a) goes (b) is called (c) described (d) can not be imagined (e) is used (9 is said (g) depends (h) brings (i) is j) get

4. (a) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveler so that he could survive.

(b)          He came to a house and asked for food.

(c)           In the house there lived a woman who was old.

(d)          How sympathetic the woman was to Taimurl

(e)           She gave him food so that he could eat.

(f)            The food was not cold.             

(g)          Taimur was very hungry, and he could not wait.

(h)          Being very hungry, he started eating quickly despite the heat.

(i)            Didn't Taimur learn a valuable lesson from this experience?

j) The old woman's kindness did not make Taimur feel ungrateful.

5.  I am very sorry, Jalal. I am very, late, (a) aren't I? I couldn't reach in time because of traffic jam, (b) could I? Don't worry. The train is late, (c) isn't it?

Then we can have a cup of tea, (d) can't we?

Yes, Let's go to the canteen, (e) shall we?

6.             (a) sightless (b) wonderful (c) healthy (d) partially (e) unforgettable

7.             (a) of (b) to (c) to (d) on (e) of

8.             (a) once (b) so (c) suddenly (d) then (e) again

9. One day Rina told her mother, "Would you like to see our school garden?" "Yes, I would," Mrs. Rehana Salam replied. "How goodl" exclaimed Rina. "Then I will show you everything."

Part-B

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