Part – A: Grammar (30 Marks)

1.       Use articles where necessary. Put a cross where an article is not needed.

Mr. Rahman is …………….. English teacher.  He is an MA in…………….. English. He is ………….. expert in English. He speaks English like ……………….. English . He is very popular with ……………… students.

Or,          Fill in the gaps with right form of verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary.

Sacrifice

Work

Follow

Like

Know

Give

Have

Love for one’s country ---------------- as patriotism. Every man ------------- great love for his country. Many of our freedom fighters -------------- their lives in 1971 for the sake of our country due to this noble virtue.  At present, still there are some people who -------------- relentlessly for the sake of our country. We ---------- their footprint.

2.       Fill in each blank of the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary.

What

Name

Do

Happiness

Have

Importance

Psychological

Money cannot buy -------------. Happiness is absolutely a -------------- thing. It is the --------------- of a feeling. It means the contentment of the mind. The man who is satisfied with ------------- he has is really a happy one. Happiness cannot be purchased but the ----------- of money cannot be ignored.

3.       Read the following table and make five meaningful sentences.

Water		A wonderful gift	Of hydrogen and oxygen.
Pure water		The precondition	For human body.
Polluted water	Is	An important element	Of Allah.
It		Very harmful	To life.
		A scientific combination	Of nature.

                               

4.       Complete the following sentences.

Traffic jam is a great problem ----------------. It hampers the normal life of those ------------. It is traffic jam that -------------------. The worst suffers are those -------------------. It is a high time ---------.

5.       Change the underlined sentences as directed in the bracket.

(a)    Cricket is a very exciting game. (Exclamatory) (b) People of all ages enjoy this game. (Passive) (c) Cricket is the most popular game in Bangladesh. (Positive) (d) Cricket is not a cheap game. (Affirmative) (e) The performance of Bangladesh team is satisfactory. (Negative)

6.       Correct the following mistakes.

Mr. Rahman is one of the well known person in the village. He is known to my brother and I. He is a English teacher. He teach English in her school. Everyone respect him.

Or,   Fill in each gap adding prefix or suffix with suitable words from the box.

Direct

Fail

Depend

Lively

Beauty

Bangladesh is our birth land. It is small but --------------. It is an agricultural country. Most of the people of this country --------------- or indirectly depend on agriculture for their ---------------. Many important industries are -------------- on agricultural products. -------------- Of crops causes sufferings to the entire people.