Suggestion For English (Pretest)

English 1st Paper- 50 Marks

Part 1: Reading (30 Marks)
1. a) Multiple choice questions 0.5×10 = 05
b) Short answer questions 2× 5 =10
2. Information transfer/flow chart 1×5 = 05
Unit Three: Lifestyle (New)
Lesson 1: Manners Around the World (New) (B*, E*)
Lesson 2: Etiquette Netiquette (New)
Lesson 3: Food Trends (New) (E*)
Lesson 4: Fitness (New) (D*)
Lesson 5: Spending (New) (B**)
Unit Five: Youthful Achievers (New)
Lesson 1: Sheikh Kamal: Life of an Achiever (New) (B*)
Lesson 2: Affectionate, Lively and Always Smiling Sheikh Kamal (New)
Lesson 3: Brojen Das: On Conquering the English Channel (New) (A*)
Lesson 4: Scaling a Mountain Peak or Riding Your Dream? (New) (B**)
Lesson 5: The Unbeaten Girls (New) (B***)
Unit Twelve: Education and Life (New)
Lesson 1: Why Education (New) (B***)
Lesson 2: The Parrot’s Tale (New) (B*)
Lesson 3: Civic Engagement (New) (B***)
Lesson 4: A Warrior of Light (New)
3. Cloze test without clues (unseen) 1×10 = 10
i) We all know what a dream is…..
ii) In recent years there have been many…
iii) The persona of a traffic policeman has..
iv) Adoloscents_____ on their……
v) There goes a proverb/saying that the child is…
vi) Diaspora is an age-old____ ………
vii) We know that all species are ___ …….
viii) In Britain, road and transport rules are ____ …..
ix) Dream is a series of thoughts, images and sensations _____
x) In our country, women are the worst……
xi) Rabindranath Tagore was a man of……
xii) Bangladesh is a land of _____ beauty…..
xiii) Sincerity is the best way of achieving success….
xiv) Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define…..
xv) The proper ____ of study involves………
xvi) Sports are a popular form of entertainment…..
xvii) Many events of great importance_____ during
xviii) Hospitality has long been a part of our___
xix) Teaching in Bangladesh is still not up to the world standard….
xx) Television has become a____ source of entertainment…..
xxi) Our liberation is the ____ achievement in our national life…..
xxii) One very ____ change in our society is the presence……
xxiii) Modern life ____ much on transport…..
xxiv) Jerry, an orphan of twelve, ____ in an orphanage….
xxv) One day a lad went to a famous teacher and having…..
xxvi) Bangladesh is a small country, it has a _____ population……
xxvii) Man pollutes water, another vital_____ of the ………
xxviii) Air and water are two important ____ of the……
xxix) Introverts and extroverts are two ____ of people……
xxx) E-mail has brought about_____ in modern …….
xxxi) If we ____ forests and cut ……
xxxii) Learning a language is ____ riding a bicycle…..
xxxiii) Today women ____ an important role in all …….
xxxiv) Language plays a very_____ role in our life…….
xxxv) Electricity is ____ a part of our everyday life…..
xxxvi) A large number of people____ English……
xxxvii) For international communication a common language….
xxxviii) Student life is a life of _____ for future struggle……
xxxix) Kuakata is truly a _____ beach and it is…….
xl) Kuakata is one of the_____ spotswhich allow……..
xli) An ideal university should not be made…..
xlii) The absence of a ____ tie does not mean…..
xliii) The process of globalization obviously requires a common language…..
xliv) Money is power and can do much good and evil……
xlv) All things that make up the environment are_____ ……….
Part 2: Guided Writing (20 Marks)
4. Interpreting graph/chart 10
Graph:
i) A student’s obtained marks in ___ subjects in the exam
ii) Preferred subjects of the students
iii) The choice of profession by educated people
iv) The importance and usage of English
v) Different types of pastime activities of the students

vi) The population of the country from the year____ to _____

vii) The literacy rate from ____ to _____
viii) Girls education rate from ____ to _____
ix) The internet users from ____ to ____
x) Population growth rate from ____ to ____
xi) The number of people living below the line of poverty from ___ to ___

xii) Gradual increasing rate of the internal users from __ to ____

xiii) An increase in the number of overseas students from __ to __

xiv) The number of Internet users in town and village from __to___
xv) Mobile phone and internet users from ___ to ___
xvi) On the score of a cricket match between A and B
Chart:
i) Sources of USA Electricity in 1980
ii) Sources of environmental/air pollution
iii) Percentage of travellers/students in different transportation
iv) The time allocation of daily activities
v) Family’s household income distributed into different categories
vi) Export sectors that earn foreign money
vii) Consumption of power supply for different sectors
viii) Passing rates of different subjects
ix) Health, marriage and knowledge related hazards of the adolescent girls
Table:
i) COVID-19 Pandemic cases and deaths by 5 countries
Line chart:
ii) COVID-19 infection rate
5. Story Writing 10
i) Money cannot bring happiness.
There lived a happy cobbler………
ii) Where there is a will there is way.
A crow became very thirsty……..
iii) Slow and steady wins the race.
There lived a hare and a tortoise in a forest………
iv) The honesty of a boy or girl.
A boy or girl found a moneybag on the road……
v) To rescue a drowning boy.
Planning to go on a picnic, suddenly….
vi) Unity is strength. Or, United we stand, divided we fall.
An old farmer had four sons….
vii) Failure is the pillar of success.
The king of Scotland, Robert Bruce………
vii) Who will bell the cat?
A number of mice lived in an old house…..
 ix) An instance of devotion to Mother.
There lived an widow in Bostam…….
x) A foolish crow and a cunning fox.
A crow stole a piece of meat…..
xi) Honesty is the best policy.
Once there lived a wood cutter. He was very poor but honest……
xii) A liar shepherd.
There lived a shepherd boy in a certain village…..
xiii) Dress doesn’t make one great.
Sheikh Saadi was a great poet in Iran. ……
xiv) Grasp all, lose all.
Once a farmer had a goose……

xv) An ant and a dove.

There lived an ant beside the stream….
xvi) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
There lived two close friends in a certain village…..
xvii) The lion and the mouse.
One day a lion was sleeping in its cave……
xviii) Grapes are sour.
Once a hungry fox was searching for food in the forest….
xix) It was late at night. All of a sudden my phone rang….
xx) Parul/ a girl/ a boy was from a very poor family. But s/he was
brilliant…
 English 2nd Paper- 50 Marks
Part A: Grammar (30 Marks)
1. Gap filling activities without clues (for prepositions) 0.5×10=05
2. Use of modifiers 0.5×10=05
3. Use of sentence connectors 0.5×10=05
4. Use of synonym and antonym 0.5×10=05
5. Narrative style (direct to indirect and vice versa) 05
6. Punctuation 0.5×10=05
Part B: Composition (20 Marks)
7. Formal letter writing/Email 10
** For the test item 10, the following making complaints / seeking information
letters are important
Making complaints
i. complaining against antisocial activities
ii. complaining insufficient drinking water in college campus,
iii. complaining to an online seller for supplying a different or defective/damaged
product
Seeking Information
i. seeking information about admission procedure in a foreign institution,
ii. seeking information about a tour package
iii. seeking information for full ride scholarship of a foreign university
Application
i. for multimedia facilities/ sound system/ electric fans in the classroom,
ii. for increasing library/ common room/indoor games facilities,
iii. for a testimonial,
iv. for a cleanliness programme/ blood donation camp in the college campus,
 v. for a study tour,
vi. for a seat in the college hostel,
vii. for changing discipline/section/elective subject,
viii. or holding freshers’ reception/ a cultural programme/ drama in the college,

8. Writing paragraph (by listing/ description) within 200 words 10

** Test item 11 may be set on these following topics
i. The Historic Speech of 7th March,
ii. Climate Change
iii. Digital Bangladesh
iv. Etiquette and Manner,
v. Adolescence,
vi. COVID-19 Pandemic,
vii. A Book Fair
viii. Drug Addiction,
ix. Metro Rail
x. Bangladesh’s Independence or Liberation War
xi. Environment Pollution,
xii. Human Rights,
xiii. The Padma Bridge,
xiv. Juvenile Deliquency,
xv. Qualities of an Ideal Student,
xvi. Childhood Memories,