Barisal Board 2022

Fill in the blanks with prepositions and articles (a, an, the & zero article):

Metro rail is (a) ______ mega project in the development history (b) ______ Bangladesh. To make traffic (c) ______ movement easy and smooth in the city of Dhaka, metro rail is sure to play (d) ______ great role. The mega city of almost two crore people is struggling badly with its narrow and (e) ______ overcrowded roads. But metro rail is sure to come as a sigh of relief. With its (f) ______ uninterrupted movement, it will carry sixty thousand passengers per hour (g) ______ both ends. 16th December, 2022 is going to be (h) ______ unforgettable day for (i) ______ dwellers of Dhaka city. (j) ______ this day, the red and green coloured coaches of metro rail will take the passengers to their destinations with ease and comfort.

Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box:

1st January (a) ______ now as the book festival in Bangladesh. On this day, students (b) ______ in schools and madrasahs get new text books free of cost. Books (c) ______ the most important teaching aids for the students. If students (d) ______ books in time, their academic progress will be greatly hampered. So, the present government (e) ______ this epoch-making programme. This programme will undoubtedly play a vital role in (f) ______ the standard of education. By getting books on this day, students can start (g) ______ their preparation from the very beginning of the academic year. Guardians of the students also become happy to (h) ______ new books in the hands of their children. So, this programme should be (i) ______ for building an educated nation. The people of Bangladesh (j) ______ ever grateful to the present government for taking this noble initiative.

Change the sentences according to directions:

(a) Flower cultivation is very profitable now. (Exclamatory)

(b) Many people cultivate flowers for earning money. (Passive)

(c) At present, there is a great demand of flowers. (Interrogative)

(d) Everybody becomes glad to get flowers. (Negative)

(e) In some cases, flowers are more welcoming than any other gift. (Positive)

Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis:

Mango is a very popular fruit in Bangladesh. This (a) ______ (season) fruit is very tasty and juicy. There are (b) ______ (vary) types of mangoes. Among these, Himshagor and Amropali are (c) ______ (know). Mango is (d) ______ (favour) to most of the people. Actually, there is (e) ______ (hard) any person who does not like mango. Most of the (f) ______ (ripe) mangoes are sour. But, they become sweet and tasty when they are ripe. Mango cultivation is very (g) ______ (profit) in Bangladesh. But all areas are not (h) ______ (suit) for mango cultivation. It is widely cultivated in Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabgonj and Satkhira districts. Mango farmers (i) ______ (come) very glad when the production is huge. They dream of improving their (j) ______ (economy) condition by selling their mangoes at a good price.