HSC DHAKA Board - 2022 English 2nd Paper Question with Answer

HSC Second Paper Board question

DHAKA BOARD-2022

ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) SECOND PAPER

Part A: Grammar (30 Marks)

1. Complete the text with suitable prepositions. .5×10=5

Camels are one of the few animals that can live in a desert. Camels have humps (a) their backs. They store fat (b) these humps. The fat gives them energy. Because camels do not store water, fat helps produce water when camels move (c) the dry desert. They can go (d) several months without water. Camels eat grass to get moisture. The camels are as useful (e) the people of the desert as the buffalo are (f) the grasslands. The meat of the camel is good to eat. People make cloth (g) of camel hair. Shoes are made (h) – the hides. The camels are also good (i) travel in the desert. Some people travel the desert (j) camels, to make a living.

2. Complete the following sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box. .5×10=5

what’s….. like have to/has to what does…. look like there would rather

had better let alone was born as soon as it

(a) We have not decided yet where we are going. — booked the tickets.

(b) I — lead a simple life than earn a lot of money illegally.

(c) — has been many years since I saw him.

(d) Have you ever seen an octopus? — it —?

(e) Socrates was a great Greek philosopher. He — in 469 BC.

(f) The sailors were terrified. — were no birds or animals in that snow covered country.

(g) He is not at home now. — he returns, I will ring you.

(h) I hear you have joined a new job. your new boss?

(i) You are always late in attending class. You — be on time.

(j) I — get to the railway station by five or else I may miss the train.

3. Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) I could not recognise you at first. It was many years since we —.

(b) Water is polluted in different ways. It is high time we —.

(c) I think you are not regular in studies. Be attentive lest —.

(d) Birds fly in the sky freely. Had I the wings of a bird —.

(e) There are many obstacles in our way to success. We must work hard so that —.

4. Read the text and fill in the gaps with correct form of verbs as per subject and context. .5×10=5

When I was a child, I (a) (be) afraid of the dark, and I always (b) (go) to sleep with a light on. Even then, I feared that monsters (c) (climb) in through my bedroom window and kill me. And every sound I (d) (hear) struck fear into me. Often, I ran away from the room and (e) (sleep) on the floor at the foot of my parent’s bed. Now that I (f) (be) almost twenty years old. I obviously do better than what I (g) (do) as a child. However, I (h) (be) still scared of bedtime. I dislike (i) (sleep) alone, and I still keep a tiny night-light on. And before I go to bed. I double-check every door and every window to make sure that they (j) (be) locked. Indeed, imaginary beings do not invade from outside, they exist in our superstitious beliefs.

5. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.

“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!” You’re quite a humorist,” she cried gaily, jumping into a cab.

6. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage. .5×10=5

Once there lived a grasshopper and an ant. The ant was hard working. (a) -the grasshopper was lazy. (b) he idled away his time dancing and sleeping. (c) -, he sometimes advised the ant not to work so hard. (d) the ant paid no heed to the grasshopper. (e) he continued to work hard gathering food for the coming winter. (f) winter came, covering everything with snow. The surface of the earth went under the snow-cover. (g) – the grasshopper could not find any food. (h) he had nothing in stock. (i), he went to the ant for help. The ant gave him some food for the day. (j) -, the long winter was ahead, and the grasshopper was really worried about his survival.

Part B: Composition (20 Marks)

7. Suppose, you sent five packages of books to Khulna through Zebra Courier Service. One package was missing at the time of delivery. Now, write a letter to the customer service manager complaining about missing goods. 10

8. Write a paragraph on ‘On-campus class and online class’ showing their respective merits and demerits within 200 words. 10

Key

Dhaka Board-2022

English Second Paper

Part-A

1. (a) on (b) in (c) through (d) for (e) to (f) for (g) out (h) of (i) for j) on

2. (a) let alone (b) would rather (c) it (d) what does look like (e) was born (f) There (g) As soon as (h) What's like (i) had better j) have to

3. (a) I could not recognise you at first. It was many years since we had met last.

(b) Water is polluted in different ways. It is high time we prevented water pollution.

(c) I think you are not regular in studies. Be attentive lest you should fail in the examination.

(d) Birds fly in the sky freely. Had I the wings of a bird I would fly in the sky.

(e) There are many obstacles in our way to success. We must work hard so that we can succeed in life.

4. (a) was (b) would go (c) would (d) would hear (e) slept f) l am (g) did (h) am (i) sleeping j) are

5. As we shook hands, she told me to follow her example and never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I retorted that I would do better than that. I added that I would eat nothing for dinner that night. Jumping into a cab, she cried gaily and called me a humorist. She again said that I was quite a humorist.

6 (a) On the contrary (b)'Therefore (c) Even/Moreover (d) However (e) On the contrary (f) Then (g) Hence/so (h) Moreover/Besides (i) Therefore j) Thus/Finally