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HSC English 2nd Dhaka Board Questions-2019

Updated: May 18

Dhaka Board

English Second Paper

Subject Code: 108

Time––3 hours; Full marks––100

[N. B. ––The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions.]

Dhaka Board – 2019

English Second Paper

Part A: Grammar (Marks 60)

1. Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (x) in those blanks :

(a) — parliament house of Bangladesh is (b) — exquisitely designed building. In fact, it is (c) — wonder of modern architecture and technology. It is one of (d) — largest and most spectacular parliament buildings in (e) — world. It is (f) — highly expensive building. (g) — maintenance cost of the parliament house is about 50 million taka per year. An American architect (h) — Louis I Kahn designed this (i) — building. Everyday many (j) — visitor comes to visit the building.

2. Complete the text with suitable prepositions :

Mr. Reza works (a) — a clerk in a local school. He is poor but honest. His honesty is known (b) — everyone in his locality. He often suffers (c) — hunger. He is deprived (d) — comfort and many other things. Nevertheless, he does not long (e) — wealth. He never hankers (f) — name and fame. He leads his life (g) — honest means. He is satisfied (h) — what he has. But sometimes he runs into debt and poverty is responsible (i) — this debt. However, he does not like to depend (j) — others.

3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box :

would you mind there it is high time would rather what does … look like

as soon as was born as if unless have to

(a) Your enemies are looking for you. — you left this place.

(b) It is raining heavily. — closing the window?

(c) Rifat often behaves — he were a prince. It becomes very difficult for me to tolerate him.

(d) Humayon Ahmed was a teacher, author, dramatist and filmmaker. He — on 13 November 1948.

(e) — you work hard, you will not make a good result.

(f) I — resign my job than tolerate injustice. I have moral courage to raise voice against Injustice.

(g) Son :— a satellite —?

Father : I have heard of it but never got a chance to see it.

(h) We informed the police — the incident took place. But the police didn’t arrive even after two hours.

(i) Our society is full of bad persons. We — remain aware of them.

(j) — is a hue and cry on the road. Something must have happened.

4. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases:

(a) We are late. The class will start soon. Walk fast lest—

(b) There goes a proverb that —. So, we must make proper use of time.

(c) The condition of Mitu’s father was not well. If I knew his mobile number, —

(d) Though Bangladesh is a small country, —. We are proud of our world heritage sites.

(e) We are a free nation now. 1971 is the year when—

(f) English is an international language. —you cannot get a good job.

(g) I found a box in the room. The box was too heavy for—

(h) I was really in a great danger. He came here with a view to —

(i) I can’t recall his name. It is long since—

(j) Time will decide everything. Do your best—

5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context.

Cricket is a popular game. Both the young and the old (a) — (get) pleasure from this game. In lact. cricket (b) — (call) the gentlemen’s game. It (c) — (entertain) us with politeness and discipline. A sense of brotherhood and fraternity (d) — (create) among the playing nations through it. At present cricket is the most popular game in Bangladesh. The English (e) — (play) it here in this subcontinent and since then it (f) — (become) an integral part of our entertainment. Our team (g) — (consist) of skilled players. They already (h) — (show) their performance in several matches. But it is a matter of sorrow that sometimes our players (i) — (play) so poorly that our countrymen (j) — (become) astonished.

6. Read the text and change the sentences as directed:

You must have heard the name of Bayazid Bostami. (a) He was one of the greatest saints of Islam. (positive) One night he was learning his lessons. (b) At that time his mother asked him for a glass of water. (passive) (c) There was no drinking water in the house, so he went out to fetch it. (complex) (d) When he came back, he found his mother sleeping. (compound) Then he passed the whole night standing with a glass of water beside his mother. (e) He showed a great love and respect to his mother. (exclamatory)

7. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches :

“Where do you like to go, sir?” asked the ticket seller. “Cox’s Bazar,” replied the stranger. “How many tickets do you need?” “I will buy five tickets.” “Take these tickets. They will cost three thousand taka,” said the ticket seller.

8. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph, where necessary. Re-write the sentences so that all pronoun references are clear:

Autism is a physical disorder of the brain wig causes a lifelong developmental disability. Unfortunately, a number of boys and girls become victim of it after their birth. Children with autism vary widely in activities, abilities, behaviors etc. and the symptoms may appear differently in film. The sorrows and sufferings of the parents of those know no bounds. Though the autistic children are quite different in activities from the normal children, they should not be neglected. Rather, we have a great responsibility towards them.

9. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Arsenic is a (a) — (pre-modify the noun) substance. It is (b) — (use an intensifier to pre-modily the adjective) dangerous for human health. (c) — (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) substance is found in the water of the tubewell. There are (d) — (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) villages in (e) — (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) country. Most of our (f) — (use a noun-adjective to pre-modify the noun) people drink tubewell water. As a result, many of them are suffering from arsenic problem. This problem is (g) — (pre-modify the verb) found in North Bengal. We should take proper measures (h) — (post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase). Government is trying to mark the tubewells having arsenie (i) — (use a participle to post modify the verb) red colour. People should be refrained from drinking water of (j) — (use demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) tubewells. Otherwise, they will suffer from arsenicosis.

10. Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words/sentence connectors:

Trees are a vital part of our environment. (a) — they bear a great impact on the climate. (b) — We are not kind and careful about them. (c) — we destroy trees at random. (d) — one day the country will bear the consequence of greenhouse effect. (e) — ours is an agricultural country. Our economny depends on agriculture. (f) — trees play a vital role on our climate. (g) — Trees keep soil strong and protect it. (h) — trees save us from flood and many other natural calamities. (i) — trees provide us timber which is of great use specially in construction works and for making furniture (j) — trees are our best friends.

11. Read the following passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below:

After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first human being to travel to (a) outer space in 1961, the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space (b) Proletarian Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Since the successful (c) launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963. Tereshkova (d) began (e) preparing for her own fight. On 16 June 1963, she was dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication life support checks, she was scaled inside Vostok-5. Finishng a two-hour countdown, Vostok-5 launch (f) faultlessly. Although Tereshkova experience (g) nausea and physic (h) discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent almost three days in space. She also (i) maintained a fight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were (j) later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.

(a)outer (antonym): (b) proletarian (synonym): (c) launch (synonym): (d) began (antonym): (e) prepare (synonym: (f) faultless (antonym): (g) nausea (synonym): (h) discomfort (antonym). (i) maintain (synonym): (j) later (antonym).

12. There are ten errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors:

Student: Excuse me sir I want to discuss with you some grammatical problems.

Teacher: What class are you in?

Student: Sir I am in class XII am a newly admitted student here.

Teacher: Okay, tell me your problems.

Student: I want to understand the difference between a phrase and a clause.

Teacher: Dont worry: ml help you understand the difference.

Part B: Composition (Marks 40)

13. On behalf of the students of your class write an application to the Principal of your college for providing multimedia facilities in the classroom. 8

HSC Board Question English Second Paper

14. Suppose, you are a reporter of an English Daily. Now, write a report for your newspaper on food adulteration and its damning consequences. 8

15. Write a paragraph on ‘Environment Pollution’. Use about 150 words. 10

16. Internet is influencing both positively and negatively our young generation. Write a composition on the ‘Uses and Abuses of Internet’. Write at least 200 words but don’t exceed 250 words

Key

Solution To Dhaka Board-2019

English Second Paper

Part-A

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

2.(a) as (b) to (c) from (d) of (e) for (f) after (g) by (h) with (i) for j) on/upon

3. (a) it is high time (b) Would you mind (c) as if (d) was born (e) Unless (f) would rather (g) What does' look like (h) as soon as (i) have to j) there

4.(a) We are late. The class will start soon. Walk fast lest we should miss the class. (b)There goes a proverb that a stitch in time saves nine. So, we must make proper use of time.

(c) The condition of Mitu's father was not well. If I knew his mobile number, I would inform her.

(d) Though Bangladesh is a small country, it has a number of world heritage sites. We are proud of our world heritage sites.

(e) We are a free nation now. 1971 is the year when we got our independence.

(f) English is an international language. Without the knowledge of English, you cannot get a good job.

(g) I found a box in the room. The box was too heavy for me to lift.

(h) I was really in a great danger. He came here with a view to helping me.

(i) I can't recall his name. It is long since we met last.

j) Time will decide everything. Do your best and wait for the result.

5.(a) get (b) is called (c) entertains (d) is created (e) played (f) has become (g) consists (h) have already shown (i) play j) become

6. (a) Very few saints of Islam were as great as he.

(b) At that time he was asked for a glass of water by his mother.

(c) Since/As there was no drinking water in the house, he went out to fetch it.

(d) He came back and found his mother sleeping.

(e) What a love and respect he showed to his mother!

7. The ticket seller asked the stranger respectfully where he (S) liked to go. The stranger replied that he (S) liked to go to Cox's Bazar. Then the ticket seller asked the stranger how many tickets he (S) needed. He (S) replied that he (S) would buy five tickets. The ticket seller told him (S) to take those tickets. He (T) added that they cost three thousand taka.

8. Autism is a physical disorder of the brain which causes a lifelong developmental disability. Unfortunately, a number of boys and girls become victim of autism after their birth. Children with autism vary widely in their activities, abilities, behaviors etc. and the symptoms may appear differently in them. The sorrows and sufferings of the parents of those children / the autistic children know no bounds. Though the autistic children are quite different in activities from the normal children, they should not be neglected. Rather, we have a great responsibility towards autistic children.

9. (a) poisonous (b) very (c) This (d) many (e) our (f) village (g) largely (h) to get rid of this problem (i) using / painting j) these

10. (a) Therefore/ As a matter of fact (b) But (c) On the contrary /rather (d) as a result (e) As/Since (fl Needless to say / In fact (g) for example (h) Furthermore (i) Besides j) Above all / Truly speaking

11. (a) inner (b) working-class/common (c) introduction/ inauguration (d) get ready (e) ended (f) faulty (g) vomiting / sickness (h) comfort (i) sustain/retain/continue (j) earlier

12. Student : Excuse me, sir? I want to discuss with you some grammatical problems. ,