Chittagong Board 2025

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once:

The present world is very competitive. Therefore, you need to be (a) ______. As a student, you should have full (b) ______ on your studies. You should not (c) ______ callous (d) ______ your studies. Nothing can (e) ______ for your loss (f) ______ wasting time. There is no (g) ______ the fact that (h) ______ depends on hard labour. Therefore, you must shake (i) ______ your idleness. Idleness brings (j) ______ ruin.

Fill in the blanks with suitable words:

It is said that a true friend is (a) ______ asset. He stands (b) ______ his friends in time (c) ______ danger. He is not (d) ______ greedy person. He (e) ______ wishes for the welfare of (f) ______ friend. But it is a matter (g) ______ regret that a true friend is very (h) ______ today. A selfish man cannot be a (i) ______ friend. He always thinks of his (j) ______ interest.

Make five sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below:

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

The price hike of household products (a) ______ now a great problem for us. Everyday we (b) ______ it. Most of the people (c) ______ low income (d) ______ in danger. They (e) ______ of purchasing meat and fish as they (f) ______ require enough money. We are to (g) ______ over buying even simple products. Many times the buyers (h) ______ are cheated. The sellers cheat the buyers at the time of (i) ______ something. Some steps have (j) ______ by the government to identify the culprits.