Text One

Text Two
 METHODIST ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL
A Programme of Bangladesh Methodist Church Trust

Final Examination 2020-2021

STD IX
English Language B
Duration: 3:00 Hours Full Marks : 100

Section A

Refer to Text One

1. State at least one way in which the writer drew attention to himself in the ticket queue.
(Mark for Question 1 = 1)
2. Look at paragraph three, lines 11 to 16, and pick out one detail which show what the writer
had been looking forward.
(Mark for Question 2 = 1)
3. Explain how Kevin Voigt presents his experience of losing his wallet and credit card while
visiting Japan.
You should support your answer with close reference to the passage, including brief
quotations.
(Mark for Question 3 = 10)

Refer to Text Two

4. ‘Think like a criminal’ (Headline, column 1) Why do you think the writer advises us to do
this?
(Mark for Question 4 = 1)
5. Identify two places where theft or fraud is likely to happen.
(Mark for Question 5 = 2)
6. Explain how the writer persuades his readers about being cautious of their belongings while
making a trip abroad or elsewhere.
You should support your answer with close reference to the passage, including brief
quotations.
(Mark for Question 6 = 10)

Refer to BOTH Text One and Text Two

7. Compare how the writers of BOTH Text One and Text Two convey their ideas and
perspectives about how thefts occur.
Support your answer with examples from both texts.
(Mark for Question 7 = 15)
 Section B

8. Imagine that you have been asked to give a talk to a group of your friends advising them
about keeping their valuable possessions in the safeguard while abroad.
You should include –
• spot where usually the thefts occur
• what you should not do
• what you should do
Think carefully about the purpose and the audience to whom it is intended.

(Mark for Question 8 = 30)

Section C

Do not re-tell events from Text One or Text Two in the Extracts Booklet.

Write approximately 400 words on one of the following:

EITHER
9. ‘A home is more than just a house.’ Discuss.

OR
10. Write a story that begins ‘I was too excited to sleep’.

OR
11. Describe about a time when you, or someone you know, needed help

(Total mark for Section C = 30)