Sylhet Board 2022

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

Friendship is (a) ______ great human virtue. It is (b) ______ love and affection between two persons. It binds more than one person (c) ______ good relationship and inspires each other to share (d) ______ joys and sorrows (e) ______ life. Man is (f) ______ social being. He cannot live alone. So, he wants (g) ______ company. He yearns (h) ______ giving and receiving love and affection. Friendship grows between the persons (i) ______ similar taste, feelings and thoughts. It grows out of mutual understanding and give and take. It generally grows (j) ______ two persons of the same age.

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

Communicative competence in English is urgently (a) ______ in our country. The present world (b) ______ fast and (c) ______ on with the advancement of technology. With a view to (d) ______ pace with the present world, we cannot help (e) ______ English. The present curriculum has (f) ______ learning English by (g) ______ the books (h) ______ with modern information. But readers should be (i) ______ to read more supplementary books. (j) ______ an ICT based skill can be very productive to keep pace with this advanced world.

Change the sentences according to directions:

(a) Honesty is the best way of leading life. (Positive)

(b) This noble virtue is always appreciated. (Active)

(c) Honesty can open a door of peace before a person. (Negative)

(d) Honesty is a very important virtue. (Exclamatory)

(e) So, we should never be dishonest. (Imperative)

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

Money occupies a unique position in our modern (a) ______ (capital) economy. In its (b) ______ (absent), the whole (c) ______ (prosper) economic life would collapse like a packet of cards. Money is used as a medium of (d) ______ (change). It promotes (e) ______ (specialise) which increases (f) ______ (product) and efficiency. But money cannot buy (g) ______ (happy). Money is a must for our life. But it is not necessary to bring happiness. Happiness is (h) ______ (absolute) a psychological thing. It is the name of a feeling. It means the (i) ______ (content) of the mind. He who has (j) ______ (satisfy) with what he has is really a happy one.