Model Test 26 : SSC English 2nd Paper

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words0.5 × 10 = 5

Almost (a) ______ school has its magazine. It serves to focus (b) ______ on the corporate life of the school. It also (c) ______ students with a medium (d) ______ self-expression. It is a (e) ______ aid to the fostering of (f) ______ extra-academic (g) ______ in the school. There is yet (h) ______ reason. In these days it is being (i) ______ more and more that the student of today is the citizen of (j) ______.

2. Fill in the blanks with words from the box0.5 × 10 = 5

• in
• plenty
• press
• requisite
• inherit
• rapid
• like
• finish
• backward
• developed

You may need to change the forms of some words. You may need to use one word more than once.

No nation can make (a) ______ progress without industrialisation. Ours is an (b) ______ country backward (c) ______ industry. One reason of our industrial (d) ______ lies in the fact that Bangladesh (e) ______ little in the field of industries. We have (f) ______ of raw-materials (g) ______ jute and hide but we have not the (h) ______ number of mills and factories to turn them into (i) ______ products ready for export. Hence there is the (j) ______ need of rapid industrialisation of Bangladesh.

3. Make five sentences using parts from each column1 × 5 = 5

Choose the correct phrase from the options to complete each sentence.

• is worship.
• are said to be essential in our busy life.
• is tiresome.
• increase our health and slacken our dutifulness.
• are likely to tell upon the efficiency of work and make work more delightful.

1. a. Work ______
2. b. Still holidays ______
3. c. To work without pause ______
4. d. Holidays ______
5. e. Strenuous activities without regular break ______

4. Complete the text with the right form of the verbs0.5 × 10 = 5

• die
• cause
• keep
• go
• destroy
• keep
• need
• cause
• name
• get

There are various kinds of fever. Dengue is one of them. It (a) ______ by biting of mosquito (b) ______ Aedes. It (c) ______ serious health hazard. Vomiting, high temperature, blood platelets etc. make the patient tormented. Many patients (d) ______ if blood platelets (e) ______ below 50. Much care and proper treatment (f) ______ to save dengue affected patients. In order to (g) ______ ourselves free from dengue we (h) ______ our environment clean. Living place of Aedes larva should (i) ______. With an eye to (j) ______ ourselves aloof from mosquito bite. The use of curtain is essential.

5. Change the narrative style of the following text5

What do you know about Rohingya? said the teacher. We know little about them. Please tell us something, said the students. Let us discuss about this tribe today, said he. O.K, sir. That will be very fine, said the students. May God save them from this danger, said the teacher.

Rewrite the passage in indirect speech.

6. Change the sentences according to directions1 × 10 = 10

7. Complete the sentences1 × 5 = 5

Complete each sentence appropriately.

8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or both0.5 × 10 = 5

Write the correct form of the word in parentheses.

9. Make tag questions of these statements1 × 5 = 5

Write the tag question at the end of each sentence.

10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors1 × 5 = 5

(a) ______ a student learns his lessons properly, an examination is tough for him. (b) ______ if he takes a proper preparation, the examination is easy to him. The night before an examination is (c) ______ not joyous. (d) ______, it is something like a bad dream. (e) ______ a student reads properly, sometimes the fear of examinations haunts him.

11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary5

shakespeare an english playwright poet and actor is widely regarded as the worlds greatest dramatist he is often called englands national poet and the bard of avon or simply the bard he was born on 23 april 1564 in stratford on avon

Rewrite the passage with correct capitals and punctuation marks.

12. Write a CV with a cover letter for the post of a Senior Officer8

Suppose, you are Amin/Amina of 20 Station Road, Cumilla and you have passed MBA from Dhaka University. Now write a CV with a cover letter for the post of a Senior Officer to the Managing Director of Sonali Bank. Your CV should not exceed one page.

13. Write an application for a seat in the school hostel10

Suppose, you are Labib/Labiba. You read in Cumilla Govt. School, Cumilla. You are suffering from accommodation problem. You would like to stay in the school hostel. Now write an application to the Headmaster of your school for a seat in the school hostel.

14. Write a Paragraph on Our National Flag10

Write a paragraph on Our National Flag in about 250 words.

15. Write a composition on The Uses and Abuses of Television12

Write a composition on The uses and abuses of television.