Chattogram Board 2022

Grammar Part

1.

Complete the text with suitable prepositions:

Email has brought (a) ______ a revolution (b) ______ modern communication. Messages can be transmitted (c) ______ one country to another (d) ______ seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Trade and commerce has become greatly dependent (e) ______ this speedy mode (f) ______ communication. It has, however, not reached everyone, especially (g) ______ developing countries (h) ______ ours, as most people cannot afford (i) ______ have a personal computer. But even here, people have started using commercially operated email facilities (j) ______ important purposes.

2.

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

had better	there	have to	would rather	let alone
was born	it	what does ......... look like	what’s ......... like	as soon as

(a) The examination is close at hand. I .......... study seriously.
(b) Zahir Raihan was one of the most talented filmmakers in Bangladesh. He .......... on August 19, 1935.
(c) You do not know how poor Sohel is. He cannot buy a cell phone .......... a desktop.
(d) Your mother is ill. So, I think you .......... go home early.
(e) We have spent much time. We should now conclude .......... possible.
(f) .......... the earth ..........? It looks like an apple.
(g) .......... is no fish in the pond. It is used as a swimming pool.
(h) We .......... sacrifice our lives than live under the subordination of another country. It is a different taste to live in an independent country.
(i) .......... it .......... swimming in the river? For the first time, it seems new experience for all.
(j) People are getting sweated easily today. .......... seems the humidity is higher.

3.

Complete the sentences with suitable clauses/phrases:

(a) .......... is lost forever. So, we should utilize time properly.

(b) All around us are not friends. In fact, friends .......... are real friends.

(c) For higher education, we should learn English. So, it is high time .......... .

(d) Neighbours are those persons who live adjacent to us. As man cannot live alone, .......... .

(e) Birds fly in the sky. I wish .......... .

4.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs:

Parents (a) ________ (be) the blessings of God to us. When a child (b) ________ (bear), their joys (c) ________ (know) no bounds. They begin to (d) ________ (start) (e) ________ (think) of (f) ________ (nurse) and (g) ________ (bring) up their child. Children (h) ________ (remain) safe under the custody of their parents since their birth. Parents never mind (i) ________ (take) pains for the upbringing of their offspring’s. We (j) ________ (offend) our parents.

5.

Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

He said, “I can chop some wood today.” “You? But you’re small.” “Size don’t matter, chopping wood,” Jerry said. “Some of the big boys don’t chop good. I’ve been chopping wood at the orphanage for a long time.”

6.

Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

We want success (a) ______ prosperity in life. (b) ______ we do not do what are needed in achieving these. (c) ______ we want to make our life glorious, we must follow some rules. (d) ______ , we have to be industrious. (e) ______ , without hard work, success in life is impossible. (f) ______ we should be sincere in our activities. Some people think that good luck is at the root of all achievements in life. (g) ______ to them nothing is further from truth than it. (h) ______ every success in life depends totally on our activities. (i) ______ we spend time in idleness, we must suffer. (j) ______ we should be honest in life because this virtue helps us greatly to gain our goal.

Writing Part

7.

Write an application to the Principal of your college for increasing library facilities in your college library.

8.

Write a cause and effect paragraph on “Indiscriminate Cutting of Trees”. Briefly point out the causes of this large-scale deforestation and its effect on our environment. You must complete this paragraph within 200 words.

Chattogram Board 2022

English 2nd Paper