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SSC English Second Paper Model Question- 21

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)

from, be, or, know, of, the, in, appear

Coronaviruses are a large family (a) _______ viruses which may cause illness (b) _______ animals or humans. (c) _______ humans, several coronaviruses are (d) _______ to cause respiratory infections ranging (e) _______ the common cold to more severe diseases. Covid-19 is the infectious disease caused (f) _______ the most recently discovered coronavirus. “CO” stands (g) _______ corona; “VI” for virus; “19” the year in which it (h) _______. This new virus and disease (i) _______ unknown before (j) _______ outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

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

Column A	Column B	Column C
Most recently, authorities	comes	to Coronavirus Disease 2019.
It	means	a new coronavirus outbreak in China that has now become a global threat.
Covid-19	identified	name Covid-19.
The word "coronavirus"	refers	to “halo” or “crown.”
"Corona" in Latin	has	come from the crown-like projections of the virus.

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

recover, infect, be, touch, transmit, cause, be, fall, cause, exhale

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) (a) _______ an infectious disease (b) _______ by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people who (c) _______ sick with Covid-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and (d) _______ without special treatment. The virus that (e) _______ Covid-19 is mainly (f) _______ through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or (g) _______. These droplets are too heavy to hang in the air, and quickly (h) _______ on floors or surfaces. You can be (i) _______ by breathing in the virus if you (j) _______ within close proximity of someone who has Covid-19, or by touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes, nose or mouth.

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

(a) Honesty is the best policy. (Make Complex Sentence)(b) An honest person is more respected than a dishonest one. (Make Negative Sentence)(c) Though honesty is a great virtue, it is not always easy to practice. (Make Compound Sentence)(d) Everyone admires an honest person. (Make Interrogative Sentence)(e) One cannot but value honesty in life. (Make Affirmative Sentence)(f) Honesty always brings peace and happiness. (Make Negative Sentence)(g) No one can achieve true success without being honest. (Make Affirmative Sentence)(h) Those who are honest are trusted by others. (Make Simple Sentence)(i) Honest people live a very peaceful life. (Make Exclamatory Sentence)(j) Everybody should know that dishonesty leads to failure. (Make Compound Sentence)

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

(a) Nobody is safe from Covid-19, ______?(b) I think everybody knows it, ______?(c) The careless are always affected easily, ______?(d) Let's motivate them to be careful, ______?(e) By maintaining some rules, we can keep Covid-19 away, ______?

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

Symptoms of Covid-19 include sneezing, (a) _______ (run) nose, fatigue, cough, fever, sore throat etc. (b) _______ (general), symptoms vary from person to person. Young children, people aged 65 years or older, and (c) _______ (woman) who are pregnant have the highest risk of developing (d) _______ (complicate) due to Covid-19. To prevent (e) _______ (transmit), people should stay inside and rest while symptoms are active. They should also avoid close contact with other people.

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

Our English teacher is popular (a) _______ us (b) _______ his skill. He has proficiency (c) _______ English. He is friendly (d) _______ us. He is sincere (e) _______ his duties. Really, he is worthy of praise for his nice behaviour.

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

Bangladesh must source a decent emergency support fund to help its workers, employers, parents, marginal people, and hosted refugees. It has already received fast-track support of USD 100 million from the World Bank; (a) _______ this is far from the actual amount needed for this country of 180 million people. (b) _______, the country has recently unveiled an economic stimulus package of 8 billion USD to counter the adverse effects of the pandemic. The country may temporarily postpone all non-essential developmental works (c) _______ gather a modest amount of money to support its people in fighting this crisis. (d) _______, top business organizations and international funders should come forward to help Bangladesh fight the Covid-19 challenge. Only a supportive and empathetic collaborative effort can help the world, (e) _______ the low and lower-middle-income countries like Bangladesh, overcome this crisis.

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

the incubation period of covIdI9 time between exposure to the virus and the development of the symptoms is on average five to six days with a range from two to 14 days studies Including modelling suggest that the large majority of symptomatic cases are expected to have an incubation period of between two and 12 days this is important for determining the timing of testing

Part B : Writing (Marks 40)

10.          Suppose, one of your friends has been hospitalized. You went to visit him. Now, write a paragraph in 250 words on "Your visit to a hospital to see your ailing friends."         10

11.   Write an application to the Headmaster of your school for a testimonial.             10

12.          Write a composition about "Coronavirus / Covid-19".      20

 

✅ Answer Key

Part-A

1.       (a) be (b) in (c) of (d) through (e) with (fl in (g) a (h) by (i) decreasing 0) of

2.       (a) Everyone should get the vaccine against Covid-19 once they are eligible.

(b)          It will help to protect both themselves and their community.

(c)           Vaccines do not offer complete protection from Covid-19.

(d)          Vaccines offer excellent protection against moderate to severe disease, hospitalization, and death.

(e)           You are also less likely to infect others once you have been vaccinated.

3.     (a) confirmed (b) been (c) has (d) include (e) surging (0 succumbed (g) ramped (h) follow (i) dwindles 0) made

4. (a) I. am not unsure that man is the maker of his own fortune.

(b)          A man has to make a proper use of his time to shine in life.

(c)           Everybody knows it.

(d)          How miserably the lazy suffer in the long runl

(e)           Isn't killing time more harmful than committing suicide?

(fl Our life is nothing but a sum total of hours, days, and years.

(g) Youth is the most valuable season of life.

•(h) It is in youth when our mind can be shaped easily.

(i) Shouldn't we utilize our time properly in youth?

0)          It is the seedtime of life and everyone knows it.

5. (a) Some people infected with the virus have no symptoms, have they/ do they?

(b)          When the virus does cause symptoms, common ones include fever, body ache, dry cough, fatigue, chills, headache, sore throat, loss of appetite, and loss of smell, don't they?

(c)           In some people, Covid- 19 causes more severe symptoms like high fever, severe cough, and shortness of breath, doesn't it?

(d)          People with Covid-19 can also experience neurological symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, or both, can't they?

(e)           These may occur with or without respiratory symptoms, mayn't they?

6,        (a) extremely (b) infections (c) official (d) responsible (e) disease

7.        (a) for (b) of (c) to (d) up (e) to

(a) but (b) Besides (c) Moreover (d) On the other hand (e) Therefore

9. We don't know for certain if the Covid-19 virus spreads through air conditioning. But we do know that when it's hot and humid, people are more likely to stay indoors, with the windows closed — giving the virus more opportunity to spread.

Part-B

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