Answer Key
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1.
Complete the following sentences.
(a) As an SSC student, you should read
properly so that you can make a good result.
(b) Fortune smiles upon those, who are
industrious.
(c) Had I recognized him, I would have
talked to him.
(d) He talks to everyone as if
nothing happened.
(e) We must not be lazy lest we should fail in our life.
2.
Complete the following sentences.
(a) There are many reasons why we cannot
utilize resources.
(b) Faults are thick where love is thin.
(c) Unless you have good health, you cannot
live a healthy life.
(d) A proverb goes that time and
tide wait for none.
(e) Time is so valuable that we should not waste it.
3.
Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.
(give, contribute, march, come, nurture, participate, count, provide, do, walk)
Women
today (a) ---- equally in society. If the big number of population (b) ------ and
(c) ----- good education, they certainly (d) ---- better both in houses and in
the office. A nation (e) ----- further if male and female-folks (f) ------
together. This is undoubtedly true that women (g) ------ to family
individually. But they (h) ---- out of the confines (বন্দিদশা)
of the family and (i) ----- in the activities of the society. So formal,
non-formal education, trainings are obviously necessary. To meet the need of
the society women are to (j) ------ with education and trainings so that they
can make valuable contribution to the development of the society.
Answers: (a) are counted; (b) is nurtured (শিক্ষাদান করা); (c) given; (d) will do; (e) will march (অগ্রসর হওয়া); (f) walk; (g) contribute; (h) have come; (i) are participating; (j) provide.
4.
Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.
(have, be, tremble, say, cross, come, know, ask, begin, drown)
One day, a scholar (a)------ a river with a boat. Suddenly a ghastly (ভয়ানক) wind (b) ----- to blow. The
scholar (c) ------ with fear. The boatman (d) ----- him if he (e) ----- how to swim. The answer from the scholar (f) ------ negative. Then the boatman (g) ------, “Very soon you are going to (h) -----. You (i) ----- a lot of knowledge but it (j) ----- to use at the moment.”
Answers: (a) was crossing; (b) began; (c) was trembling; (d) asked; (e) knew; (f) was; (g) said; (h) drown; (i) may have; (j) won’t come.
5.
Change the narrative style of the following text.
"Where are you going to spend tonight?" Jani asked her. “I don't know yet but I am looking for a hotel”, she replied, "Can you help me for one more time?" "I am always ready to help you," Shel said.
Answer: Jani asked her where she was going to spend that
night. She replied that she didn’t know yet but she was looking for a hotel and
she asked if he (J) could her for one more time. He (J) said that he was always
ready to help her.
6.
Change the narrative style of the following text.
The teacher said to the students, "Listen to me." "Learn your lessons regularly and make homework at home." The learners said, "Yes, Sir". He also said, "Make proper use of your time." "Yes, Sir," they answered.
Answer: The teacher advised the students to listen to him and to learn their lessons regularly and make homework at home. The learners respectfully replied in the affirmative. Then he also advised to make proper use of their time. They answered respectfully in the positive.
