Part A: Grammar (40
Marks) [Answer any 8 questions out of 9]
- Complete
the following passage using correct form of verbs from the list, use negative where
necessary
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go
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have
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is
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anticipate
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be
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ask
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tell
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like
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I
(a) _____ never in the habit of (b) _____to market. But on last Friday I had to
go (c) _____asked by mother. I made a list of the would-be-bought items. Going
to market I became verb astonished as the prices (d) ______ higher then what I
(e) _____.
2.
Read the following passage and fill in the gaps with
suitable
prepositions.
Though
he is blind (a)____ one eye but he is not blind (b)_____ his son’s faults.
Unlike other parents, he never takes pride (c)_____ his son’s success. He
always advises his son to be abided (d) _____
Social
and to refrain himself (e)_____ doing any bad deed.
3.
Add tags to the following statements.
a)
Kindly do me a
favour, ____?
b)
Let’s have a
walk, ____?
c)
Nobody likes him,
____?
d)
I am guilty for
this, ____?
e)
He could not pass
last year, ____?
4.
Compete the following sentences by using clauses.
a)
____ since I saw
you last.
b)
Who can tell me
where ____?
c)
If he had studied
attentively ____?
d)
This is the high
time ____?
e)
____ he could not finish the task.
5.
Use appropriate linker in each gap.
We
should hate the sin (a) ____ not the
sinner. The sinners are persons (b)____ we are. We should motivate (c)____
correct them. It may so happen (d)____ one day they will be better humans
(e)____ what we are.
6.
Read the following sentences and transform them as
directed in brackets.
a)
Cox’s Bazar is
one of the most beautiful sea beaches in the word. (Use comparative degree)
b)
Tourists from
home and abroad visit this beach every year. (Change into passive)
c)
They come here to
enjoy themselves. (Complex sentence)
d)
There are many
Iuxurious hotels and motels so that the tourists can safely stay in. (Simple
sentence)
e)
Our govt. should
take more steps to make it more beautiful. (Passive voice)
7.
Complete the following sentences using idioms/phrase
from the list given in the box.
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a)
I shall _____ to
do the work.
b)
We hope to _____.
c)
His _____ is
known to me.
d)
He will
come_____.
e)
Sufferings of the
poor during the winter season _____.
8.
Rewrite the following passage in reported speech.
“What
type of behaviour do you expect from me?” The kind said to the captive, The
behaviour of a kind to a kind” was the answer. “How can I show kingly treatment
to a criminal?” said the kind. Please do not forget that you too ascended this
throne by committing a more serious crime,” the captive replied.
9.
Use articles where necessary. Give a cross(x) where no
article is needed.
(a)____
English is (b) ____ international language that must be learnt by all (c)____
people of (d)____ word. One is blind today without (e) ___help of English is
not only the language of (g) ____ English, it is now a global language.
Moreover, there are now many kinds of English but (h) ____ English of
(i)____English is still (j)____ best.
ANSWER
1.
Right form of verbs
a) am; b) going; c) being; d) were/went;
e) was anticipated.
2.
Appropriate prepositions
a)
of; b) to; c) in;
d) by; e)from.
3.
Tag questions
a)
Kindly do me a
favour, will you/won’t you?
b)
Let’s have a
walk, shall we?
c)
Nobody likes him,
do they?
d)
I am guilty for
this, aren’t I?
e)
He could not pass
last year, could he?
4.
Completing sentences
a)
Many days have
passed, since I saw you last.
b)
Who can tell me
where he is.
c)
If he had studied
attentively he would have made a brilliant result.
d)
This is the high
time we did the work.
e)
As he was late he could not finish the task.
5.
Use of linking words
a)
but; b) as; c) and; d) that; e) than.
6.
Transformation of sentences
a)
Cox’s Bazar is
more beautiful than most other sea beaches in the word.
b)
This beach is
visited every year by tourists from home and abroad.
c)
They come here so
that they can enjoy themselves.
d)
There are many
Iuxurious hotels and motels for the tourists to stay in safely.
e)
More steps should
be taken to make it more beautiful by our government.
7.
Use of phrases & idioms
a)leave no stone unturned; b) carry
the day; c) ins and outs; d) in
no time; e) beggar description.
8.
Changing the from of speech
The
king asked the captive whet type of behaviour he (C) expected from him (K). The
captive replied that he (C) expected to have the behaviour of the kind from him
(K). At this the king asked him not to forget that he (K) too had ascended that
throne by committing a more serious crime.
9.
Use of articles
a)
x; b) an; c) the; d) the; e) the; f) an; g) the; h) x; i) the; j) the.
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