Jessore Board 2023

Grammar Part

1.

Complete the text with suitable prepositions:

Books are really our best friends as we can rely (a) ____ them when we are bored, upset, depressed, lonely or annoyed. They share (b) ____ us information and knowledge whenever we need. They enable us to have a glimpse (c) ____ cultures, traditions, arts, history, geography, health, psychology and many other subjects and aspects of life. Good books always guide us (d) ____ the right path (e) ____ life. Reading good books helps us understand the world (f) ____ us better. While reading books, we build new and creative thoughts, images and opinions (g) ____ our mind. This habit helps us explore life (h) ____ different perspectives. In other words, it has several positive effects (i) ____ our body, mind and soul. In fact, the habit of reading is one (j) ____ the best qualities that a person can possess.

2.

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

was born	as soon as	would rather	what does ..... lookk like	had better
what's ..... like	have to/ has to	let alone	there	it

(a) Manners make a man. Students ____ practise good manners in everyday life.

(b) You look exhausted. You ____ take rest to refresh yourself.

(c) Raihan has not yet got 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine, ____ booster dose.

(d) Our spring is very charming. During spring, various kinds of flowers bloom. ____ seems that everything has got a new life.

(e) Ria : ____ the frozen mountain peak ____?
Purnima : It looks like a white dome.

(f) Kazi Nazrul Islam is our rebel poet. He ____ in Churulia of West Bengal.

(g) The sky is cloudy and it may storm at any moment. So, we should start our journey ____ possible.

(h) ____ your family ____? I belong to a nuclear family.

(i) I ____ learn than quarrel with them.

(j) ____ was a time when people used to travel on foot or riding animals.

3.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases:

(a) Florence Nightingale wanted to be a nurse with a view to ______.

(b) If I had the wings of a bird, I ______.

(c) Unity is strength. United we stand, ______.

(d) Time plays a very crucial role in human life. We cannot prosper in life unless ______.

(e) Whenever my uncle comes to our house, he ______. I have never seen him coming to our house empty-handed.

(f) It is high time you ______. It is detrimental to health.

(g) The box is very heavy. Are you strong enough ______?

(h) John is fond of reading. Whenever he goes to the book fair, ______.

(i) Rima is a good singer. She sings so well that ______.

(j) Since Bangladesh is an agricultural country, ______. We should put emphasis on our agricultural sectors.

4.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

Dhaka, the world’s densest and fastest growing city, (a) ____ (face) unbearable traffic jams. There (b) ____ (be) many reasons for this. The ever increasing number of vehicles and population (c) ____ (be) the main reason. During a traffic jam, people (d) ____ (has) to suffer much. They have to (e) ____ (move) inch by inch. They have to wait on roads hours after hours (f) ____ (face) unbearable sufferings. Again, the roads of Dhaka city (g) ____ (be not) spacious. Only seven percent of Dhaka city is (h) ____ (cover) by roads, compared with around 25 percent of Paris and Vienna. If anybody falls in a traffic jam, he (i) ____ (not know) when he will reach home. Sometimes, a distance of 1km (j) ____ (take) an hour to cross. Office and school goers find it very difficult (k) ____ (reach) their destination in time. Our government (l) ____ (try) heart and soul to solve this problem. Flyovers (m) ____ (build) in different places in order to control traffic jam. Besides, traffic police and sergeants (n) ____ (see) filing cases against vehicles breaking road transport rules. But still it is becoming impossible to control traffic jam.

5.

Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

“I have won a lottery and got 10 lakh taka,” said Samira.
“Congratulations!” I said. “What do you intend to do with the large amount of money?”
“I want to serve my poor village people. So, I have made up my mind to establish a hospital in our rural area,” Samira replied.
“Thank you,” I said. “I shall also help you in this respect.”

6.

Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Language plays a (a) ____ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) important role in our life. We use language from the time we wake up (b) ____ (post-modify the verb) till we go to bed at night. We use language not only in our (c) ____ (pre-modify the noun) hours, but also in our dreams. We use language (d) ____ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) what we feel and to say what we like or dislike. We also use language (e) ____ (post modify the verb with an infinitive) information. Language is (f) ____ (pre-modify the adjective) present in our life. It is an (g) ____ (pre-modify the noun) part of our life. As an (h) ____ (pre-modify the noun) nation we also have a language. But we had to struggle (i) ____ (use adverb to post-modify the verb) to establish the right to our language. Many (j) ____ (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) sons of our country sacrificed their lives for our mother-tongue.

7.

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

Leisure is the moment (a) ______ a man is totally free from his work. In leisure, a man is (b) ______ free from work but also from worries and tension. (c) ______, it is a time, (d) ______ a man is his own master and the mind is relaxed (e) ______ the body is at rest. (f) ______ our life is full of duties. By performing our duties one after another, it seems (g) ______ our life is an exhausting business. This is the tragedy of our life that we cannot avoid our work and worries. (h) ______, leisure helps us to break this chain and enable us to refresh ourselves and revive our spirit. Leisure breaks the monotony of existence with a touch of variety. (i) ______ we look into developed countries, we will see that people love to spend their leisure in different ways. (j) ______, they never idle away their leisure time. (k) ______, it is seen that some people love to go for travelling, some enjoy sight-seeing in different places. (l) ______, some people spend their free time playing different types of games. (m) ______ leisure is always a source of joy. (n) ______, everybody should try to find leisure to enjoy it to make the life happy and peaceful.

8.

Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below:

Illiteracy is a curse. It retards all development work of a country. It is said that an illiterate nation gropes in darkness with no definite goal. In fact, an illiterate person is conservative, superstitious and blind. He can contribute very little to his society and country. He is unconscious and unaware of his right and responsibilities. The whole country is responsible for this. Most of our people are illiterate and poor. In fact, illiteracy, caused by poverty, stands in the way of success. All should be practical and pragmatic while addressing this problem. Effective measures must be taken by all concerned to remove illiteracy and thus make the nation enlightened.

(a) curse (antonym)
(b) retards (synonym)
(c) illiterate (antonym)
(d) darkness (antonym)
(e) goal (synonym)
(f) conservative (antonym)
(g) little (synonym)
(h) unconscious (synonym)
(i) whole (synonym)
(j) success (antonym)
(k) responsibilities (synonym)
(l) measure (synonym)
(m) poor (antonym)
(n) remove (synonym)

9.

There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors:

Rodela: Hello Rahela what are you doing
Rahela : Im reading a newspaper
Rodela : Do you read them regularly
Rahela : Yes everyday before breakfast Dont you
Rodela : No I don’t. Whats the use of it
Rahela : Newspaper is an indispensable part of our life It helps us in many ways.

Writting Part

10.

Suppose, you are a student of class XII of ‘X’ college. Write an application to the principal of your college for ensuring safe drinking water in the college campus.

11.

Write a paragraph on ‘The Padma Bridge’, within 200 words.

12.

Write a paragraph on ‘The causes and effects of failure in English’ within 200 words.

Jessore Board 2023

English 2nd Paper