Grammar 1. Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary. 5 make, dig, give, break, choose Dear Rafiq, Here I am going to give you a description how we made a flower garden in front of our school. We (a) - a piece of land which (b) - by the principal himself. The tools needed for making garden (c) - and the students started working with the tools. The land (d) - and the big piece of earth (e) - into small pieces. Yours Ever Rashid. 2. Put in suitable preposition in the blanks. 5 A religious minded man has firm faith (a) - Allah. He believes (b) - the saying of the holy prophet. He believes that Allah exists (c) - everything. He devotes himself (d) - religious activities more and more. He always abides (e) - the principles of Islam. 3. Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an articles in not needed. 0.5x10=5 There is a big (a) - dighi near (b) - Satgombuj Mosque. (c) - dighi is called (d) - ‡hora Dighi. It is said that (e) - horse was made to run before digging (f) - Dighi. The horse ran straight and stood covering a certain distance. (g) - distance covered by (h) - horse was accepted as (i) - length of the Dighi. This is why the dighi is called the ‡hora (j) - Dighi. 4. Complete the following sentence with the phrase or idioms from the list. 5 Learn by heart, man of letters, of no use, in case of, kith and kin, take to task, pandoras box (a) You should try again - failure. (b) He is well-treated by his -. (c) Student who - cannot do good in the examination. (d) Professor Huq is a -. (e) The Book was - to me as I could not read it. 5. Rewrite the following in the reported speech.5 Have you killed the rats? said the Mayor. Yes, I have, said the piper. Give me the promised money. How funny you are! said the Mayor, We cannot give you so money. Take only fifty. 6. Read the following passage and transform the underline sentence as directed in brackets. 1x5=5 How charming a moonlit night is! (Assertive) It presents a beautiful sight. (Exclamatory) It dazzles our eyes and soothes our heart. People of all ages enjoy a moonlit night. (Passive) Little boys and girls make merriment and amuse themselves. (simple) Poets of all languages have sung highly of a moonlit night. In a word a moonlit night is very pleasant. (Negative). 7. Add tag question to the following sentence. 1x5=5 a) It may rain today, -? b) I am late, -? c) I am not late, -? d) Nobody phoned, -? e) The mother rose in her, -? 8. Complete these sentences. 1x5=5 a) No sooner had the doctor gone -. b) - which cost two pence. c) Come to my house -. d) Unless you study vigorously -. e) We ran for shelter -. Composition 9. Write a paragraph about Your School Magazine by answering the following questions. 10 a) What is a School Magazine? b) What does it contain? c) How are the topics for the Magazine selected? d) Why is a School Magazine important? 10. Write a composition in about 200 words on any one of the following topics. 15 (a) Student Life (b) A Village Fair. 11. Suppose you are a student of class IX in Sonapur High School. Recently your father has been transferred to Nurpur in Chittagong. But you want to continue your study up to your annual examination in Sonapur High School. Now write an application to your Headmaster/ Headmistress for a seat in your School hostel. 10 12. Read the paragraph and write a dialogue between Kamal and Hasans advice to Kamal how he can make a good result in the examination. 10 Kamal cannot do well in the examination. He crams when the exam approaches. On the other hand, Hasan always makes a good result because he makes notes himself, memories them and writes them again and again. He has good command over English. He always tries to understand what he reads. Kamal goes to Hasan to seek his advice how to make a good result in the examination. 13. Read the following story. It is not complete. Use your imagination: what happened after he has touched the apple, what was his feeling, what happened to his daughter after his entry into the house. Now complete the story and give it a title. 15 Once upon a time there was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold. Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man. A wise ‡od granted his wish promptly..
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