English 2nd paper Model Test 3 Questions with Answers for HSC Course:
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Model Test-3 English 2nd Paper
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable
articles (a / an/ the ). If it is not necessary to use article, put a cross (×)
in those blanks. 5
Long, long ago, a) ----- mirror was found in b) ----- paddy
field by c) ----- old farmer. Neither
this farmer nor anybody else in d) ---- area had ever seen a mirror. So, when
e) ------ farmer looked into f) ------ mirror, he was surprised to see g)
------ man looking straight at him. Now, h) ----- farmer closely
i) ----- resembled his father who had died many years ago. He thought that it
was his father j) ---- inside and saluted him with love and respect.
Answer to the question no. 1: articles:
a) a b) a c) an d) the
e) the f) the g) a h) the
i) × j) ×
2. Complete the text with appropriate prepositions: 5
Our country is best a) -------
b) many problems. Dowry is one b) -----
them. Many parents of our country are compelled c) ------ give dowry when they marry d) ----- their
daughters. In fact, it prevails e) -----
every class of our society. Many innocent girls fall, victims, f) -----
all forms g) ----- abuses h) ------ case their parents fail to satisfy the
bridegrooms’ family. Only proper education can help a girl to stand i) ------
her own feet and fight j) ------ this curse.
Answer to the question no. 2: suitable prepositions:
a) with b) of c) to d) off e) in f) to g) of h) in i) on
j) against
3. Complete the sentences using suitable
phrases / words given in the box. 5
had
better
|
there
|
have
to
|
would
rather
|
let
alone
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as
if
|
lest
|
what
does ... look like
|
what
if
|
as
soon as
|
a) The
examination is close at hand. I ------- study seriously.
b) The man
knows nothing. But he speaks ----- he had vast knowledge.
c) Aka cannot
afford to buy a cell phone, ------ a Desktop.
d) It is
getting dark. You ----- go back home.
e) The boy
was making a noise in the class. But -------- the teacher entered the class, he
kept quiet.
f) ------- the earth ------ ?
g) ----- no
fish in the pond. It is used as a swimming pool.
h) It is a
great sin to tell a lie. I ------- die than tell a lie.
i) The
building broke down after I had left. ---- --- I stayed there.
j) Tamim was
late a bit to start for the college. He started walking fast ------ he might miss the first class.
Answer to the question no. 3 – completing sentences with
suitable phrases/words:
a) have to b) as if c) let alone d) had better e) as soon
as f) What does ..... look like g) There h) would rather i) what if j) lest.
4. Complete the sentences using
suitable clauses / phrases: 5
a) You need to try hard. If you try ------- .
b) It is his bad luck. He could not succeed though ------- .
c) Poets are very imaginative. I wish --------- .
d) I found the boy crying. I asked him the reason of his
crying but ------- .
e) How time does fly. Three years have passed since ------ .
f) She thought that ------ . But she passed and got the job.
g) Last evening, I happened to meet one of my old friends
while ------ . I took him with me.
h) Students go to library so that .........
i) 1971 is the year when ------ .
j) I personally know her. She is the woman who ------- .
Answer to the question no. 4 : Completing sentences with
suitable clauses / phrases:
a) You need to try hard. If you try, you will be successful.
b) It is his bad luck. He could not succeed though he tried his level best.
c) Poets are very imaginative. I wish I were a poet.
d) I found the boy
crying. I asked him the reason of his crying but he
did not tell anything.
e) How time does fly. Three years have passed since I met her in Kolkata.
f) She thought that she would
fail in the job interview. But
she passed and got the job.
g) Last evening, I happened to meet one of my old friends
while I was going to the market . I took him
with me.
h) Students go to library so that they can make
notes.
i) 1971 is the year when Bangladesh
got independence .
j) I personally know her. She is the woman who loves to
speak the truth.
5. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the
correct from of verbs as per subject and context: 5
One very conspicuous change in our society a) ------ (be)
the presence of working women outside the home. Of course, it b) -------
(acknowledge) that women have always c) ------ (work) within the household but
this commonly d) ------ (count) as work. Even their role in agricultural societies
e) ------ (recognize) either. From the urge f) -------- (establish) their own
identity, many of them are now g) ----- (enter) the outside workforce. They h)
-------- (join) a wide range of professions. Moreover, it is not only educated
women who i) ------ (opt) to work but women with little or no education j)
------(come) out of their cocoons to become self-reliant.
Answer to the question no 5: right from of the verbs: a) is b) is
acknowledged / has to be
acknowledged c) worked d) is not
counted e) has not been recognized f) to establish g) entering
h) are joining i) are opting j) have come.
6. Read the text and change he
sentences as directed: 5
a) Most people seem to have an innate fear of failure but
failure is really your best friend. (complex)
b) People who succeed also fail a great deal because they make a lot of
attempts. (Compound) c) Failure is as important as success. (Negative). d)
There is nothing wrong or shameful in failing. (Interrogative) e) You can
always make adjustments along the way. (Passive)
Answer to the question no: transformation of sentences:
a) Though most people seem
to have an innate fear of failure, failure is really our best friend. b) The successful
people make a lot of attempts but they also fail a great deal. c) Failure is not less important than
success. d) Is there anything wrong or
shameful in failing? e) Adjustments along the way can always be made by you.
7. Change the narrative style by
using indirect speeches: 5
“Follow my example.” she said as we shook hands, “and never
eat more than one thing for luncheon. “I’ll do better than that.” I retorted.
“I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight.” “Humorist!” she cried gaily, jumping
into the cab. “You are a humorist!”
Answer to the question no 7: Narration / Indirect speech:
As we shook hands, she advised me to follow her example
and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted / I replied that
I would do better than that and added that I would eat nothing for dinner that
night. Then jumping into the cab, she cried gaily and said that I was a
humorist.
8. Identify the unclear
pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the
sentence so that all pronoun references are clear. 5
Once two women came to King Solomon’s court with a baby and
each of them claimed that they were the mother of that baby. He thought for a while and got a brilliant
idea. He ordered one of his men to cut the baby into two equal halves and give
one half to them. The real mother of the baby became very nervous by this, but
the other woman was totally untouched by the event. The king noticed the change in the face of her
and handed over the baby to her and punished the other woman.
Answer to the question no 8: Clearing unclear pronoun:
Once two women came to King Solomon’s court with a baby and
each of them claimed that she was the mother of that baby. Solomon
thought for a while and got a brilliant idea. He ordered one of his men to cut
the baby into two equal halves and give one half to each
of them. The real mother of the baby became very nervous by this,
but the other woman was totally untouched by the event. The king noticed the change in the face of the real mother and
handed over the baby to her and punished the unreal
/ fake mother.
9. Read the following text and use
modifiers as directed in the blank space: 5
Education a) ----- (use appositive as post – modifier) is
essential for development. We can improve b) ------ (use possessive adjective)
mind. An c) -----(pre-modify the noun) person has the ability d) ----- (use
infinitive phrase as post-modifier). One can refine one’s sensibility e) ------
(use present participle as post-modifier).
Actually the educated are able to bring about f) ------ (use
pre-modifier) development. On the other hand, an g) ------- (use adjective as
pre-modifier) person h) ------ (use adverb as pre-modifier) lag behind. So, the
educated should come forward i) ------ (use prepositional phrase as modifier)
to educate all the society to unload j) ------- (use determiner as pre-modifier)
owes to the country.
Answer to the question no 9: using modifiers:
a) the light of darkness / the backbone of any nation b)
our c) educated d) to make the people literate / to help the illiterate to be
literate. e) acquiring proper education
/ achieving education f) rapid / huge / real
g) illiterate / uneducated h) always / definitely / surely i) in order j) the
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