Name : SPORSHO _________ TUESDAY WEEKLY TEST___________SUBJECT :

ENGLISH Marks: 50

Sentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice. 5

1. They have analyzed the situation.

2. I have sent the report.

3. We saw him talking to the headmaster.

4. A cold fear gripped us.

5. I will buy the tickets for your return journey.

Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositions. 5

3. There were --------------------- twenty children in the class. (about / above)

6. He came in -------------------- you. (after / over)

9. He aimed the ball --------------------- the stumps. (on / at)

10. She applied the plaster ----------------- the cut. (to / in)

7. The ladder was standing ---------------------- the wall. (against / at)

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Read the following text and answer the following questions : 1, 2.

The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The
majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The others live in the regions of
Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in rural areas. They
practise Jhum cultivation. They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.
They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their
own mother tongues. Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the
Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The Khasias and the
Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.

Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics.

They have their own lifestyles. They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called
'machang'. Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat.
Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men
wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. Women weave their own clothes.
Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre
and fair. Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums and
bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

1.         Choose the best answer from the alternatives :            5

a)         The word 'ethnic' stands for——.

            i. aboriginal      ii. abroginal      iii. abrogenial  iv. abrogineal 

b)         —— ethnic people in Bangladesh reside in Chittagong hill tracts.

            i. minimum      ii. little                         iii. few iv. maximum

c)         Majority of the ethnic people are engaged in —— for livelihood.

            i. laboring        ii. farming        iii. business      iv. fishing

d)         The people of —— area are very familiar with the process of 'Jhum' cultivation.

            i. urban            ii. country         iii. hill tracts    iv. villages

e)         The ethnic people use —— language.

            i. Bangla          ii. English                    iii. native          iv. Global

2. Answer the following questions:                                          10

a) Where do the majority of ethnic people live?

b) How do they practice 'Jhum' cultivation?

c) What does the word 'machang' refer?

d) What are the name of the districts where ethnic people live?

3. Write a paragraph on ‘A Book Fair” 15

4. Hand Writing 5
Name: SPONDON __________Tuesday Weekly Exam _____Subject: Math Marks: 50