SSC English 2nd Paper Dhaka Board 2023 Solution
BOARD QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER
এস.এস.সি ইংরেজি ২য় পত্র পরীক্ষার জন্য সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিষয় হলো grammar-based questions যেমন gap filling, transformation, tag question, verb form এবং punctuation। এই ধরনের প্রশ্ন নিয়মিত অনুশীলন করলে সহজেই ভালো নম্বর পাওয়া যায়। এই পোস্টে ঢাকা বোর্ড ২০২৩ এর সম্পূর্ণ প্রশ্নের সঠিক সমাধান এবং প্রতিটি প্রশ্নের সহজ ব্যাখ্যা দেওয়া হয়েছে, যাতে শিক্ষার্থীরা দ্রুত বুঝতে ও মনে রাখতে পারে।
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Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions, articles and zero articles (a, an, the or ✖️):
Rangamati is one of (a) ________ most attractive hilly districts of Bangladesh. It is located (b) ________ the western bank of Kaptai lake. Most of the visitors visit the place for its (c) ________ eyecatching natural beauty. Nature has adorned this town (d) ________ all the elements of beauty. (e) ________ hills covered with green trees present (f) ________ unique sight. There are many tourist spots here. The suspension bridge of Rangamati is (g) ________ attraction for the tourists. It is also a home of several (h) ________ ethnic groups. (i) ________ trip to Rangamati would be (j) ________ outstanding experience for the nature lovers.
Answer:
(a) the (b) on (c) ✖️ (d) with (e) The (f) a (g) an (h) ✖️ (i) A (j) an
Short Explain of The Answer:
(a) the → one of the + superlative adjective rule.
“most attractive” superlative, তাই the হবে।
(b) on → on the bank of একটি fixed phrase।
“the western bank of Kaptai Lake” বলায় on ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(c) ✖️ (No Article) → Natural beauty একটি uncountable/general noun phrase।
সাধারণ অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হওয়ায় article লাগে না।
(d) with → adorned with একটি fixed expression।
Meaning: “সৌন্দর্যের উপাদান দিয়ে সাজানো”।
(e) The → নির্দিষ্ট পাহাড়গুলোর কথা বলা হয়েছে।
তাই The hills হবে।
(f) a → a unique sight = একটি অনন্য দৃশ্য।
Singular countable noun হওয়ায় a ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(g) an → attraction শব্দটি vowel sound (ə) দিয়ে শুরু।
তাই an attraction হবে।
(h) ✖️ (No Article) → Ethnic groups plural noun, সাধারণ অর্থে ব্যবহৃত।
তাই article প্রয়োজন নেই।
(i) A → A trip = একটি ভ্রমণ।
Singular countable noun হওয়ায় A হবে।
(j) an → outstanding vowel sound (aʊ) দিয়ে শুরু।
তাই an outstanding experience হবে
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Fill in the blanks with the words from the box:
| independent | nature | neighbour | large | share |
| number | abode | source | to | Asia |
Bangladesh is a south (a) ________ country. It is blessed with (b) ________ beauty. Natural resources abound in this country. Bangladesh (c) ________ boundary with India and Myanmar. The three sides of the country are surrounded by these two (d) ________ . The Bay of Bengal is (e) ________ the south of Bangladesh. The majority of the (f) ________ mangrove forest Sundarbans lies in this country. This forest is the (g) ________ of the world famous Royal Bengal Tiger. A (h) ________ of rivers criss-crossed this forest. It is also a great (i) ________ of natural wealth. Bangladesh got her (j) ________ through a nine month long freedom war.
Answer:
(a) Asian (b) natural (c) shares (d) neighbours (e) to (f) large (g) abode (h) number (i) source (j) independence
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) Asian → “Asia” থেকে adjective form Asian হবে।
Bangladesh is an Asian country.
(b) natural → “nature” এর adjective form natural।
natural beauty একটি common collocation।
(c) shares → Subject “Bangladesh” singular, তাই verb shares হবে।
Bangladesh shares boundary with India and Myanmar.
(d) neighbours → India ও Myanmar দুইটি neighbouring country।
Plural হওয়ায় neighbours হবে।
(e) to → Fixed expression: to the south of।
The Bay of Bengal is to the south of Bangladesh.
(f) large → Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world।
Box থেকে large ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(g) abode → abode অর্থ dwelling place/home।
Sundarbans is the abode of the Royal Bengal Tiger.
(h) number → Fixed phrase: a number of = অনেক।
A number of rivers criss-cross this forest.
(i) source → source of natural wealth অর্থ প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদের উৎস।
তাই source হবে।
(j) independence → “independent” এর noun form independence।
Bangladesh got her independence in 1971.
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Make six sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below:
| (a) Global warming | (i) is rising | (i) mainly responsible for it. |
| (b) Irresponsible activities of human beings | (ii) refers | (ii) due to global warming. |
| (c) Sea level | (iii) are | (iii) to the increase in the temperature of the globe. |
| (d) As a result, the coastal areas | (iv) must come | (iv) temperature rise to a great extent. |
| (e) Using of renewable energy | (v) are going | (v) to an agreement to fight against this disaster. |
| (f) So, world leaders | (vi) can reduce | (vi) to be vulnerable. |
Answer:
(a) Global warming refers to the increase in the temperature of the globe.
(b) Irresponsible activities of human beings are mainly responsible for it.
(c) Sea level is rising due to global warming.
(d) As a result, the coastal areas are going to be vulnerable.
(e) Using of renewable energy can reduce temperature rise to a great extent.
(f) So, world leaders must come to an agreement to fight against this disaster.
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) Global warming refers to the increase in the temperature of the globe.
এখানে “refers to” ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে কারণ Global warming-এর definition দেওয়া হয়েছে। অর্থাৎ পৃথিবীর তাপমাত্রা বৃদ্ধি পাওয়াকেই global warming বলে।
(b) Irresponsible activities of human beings are mainly responsible for it.
Subject “activities” plural হওয়ায় “are” বসেছে। মানুষের অসচেতন কাজকর্মই global warming-এর প্রধান কারণ।
(c) Sea level is rising due to global warming.
Sea level singular noun, তাই “is rising” ব্যবহার হয়েছে। Global warming-এর কারণে বরফ গলে সমুদ্রপৃষ্ঠের উচ্চতা বাড়ছে।
(d) As a result, the coastal areas are going to be vulnerable.
Coastal areas plural হওয়ায় “are going to be” বসেছে। এর ফলে উপকূলীয় অঞ্চলগুলো ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ হয়ে পড়বে।
(e) Using of renewable energy can reduce temperature rise to a great extent.
Modal verb “can” এর পরে verb-এর base form “reduce” ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। Renewable energy ব্যবহার করলে তাপমাত্রা বৃদ্ধির হার কমানো সম্ভব।
(f) So, world leaders must come to an agreement to fight against this disaster.
“must” obligation বা necessity বোঝায়। তাই বিশ্বনেতাদের এই দুর্যোগ মোকাবিলায় একমত হতে হবে।
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Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box:
| obey | ensure | be | expect | refer |
| have | require | respect | hamper | reflect |
Social value (a) ________ to customs, beliefs, special practices and norms. It (b) ________ the culture of a nation. It (c) ________ great educative value in our life. In the past, people were very much conscious of (d) ________ social value in each and every walk of life. Earlier each and every person (e) ________ very careful of social value. But at present our social value is in a great threat. Young people don’t (f) ________ duly to their elders that results in social degradation. As a result, peace and order and decent life are greatly (g) ________ . So with a view to (h) ________ peace and order in the society, social value is badly (i) ________ . Without social value we can’t (j) ________ decent, comfortable, happy and peaceful life.
Answer:
(a) refers (b) reflects (c) has (d) obeying (e) was (f) respect (g) hampered (h) ensuring (i) required (j) expect
Short Explain of The Answer:
(a) refers
Refer to মানে বোঝায় বা নির্দেশ করে। Social value কী বোঝায় তা বলা হচ্ছে, তাই refers হবে।
(b) reflects
Reflects অর্থ প্রতিফলিত করে। Social value একটি জাতির culture-কে reflect করে।
(c) has
Subject “It” singular, তাই has ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। Social value educative value ধারণ করে।
(d) obeying
Conscious of এর পরে verb-এর ing form বসে। তাই obeying হবে।
(e) was
Earlier/Past time বোঝানো হয়েছে, তাই was ব্যবহার হয়েছে।
(f) respect
Don’t এর পরে verb-এর base form বসে। তাই respect হবে।
(g) hampered
Peace and order ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হচ্ছে। তাই passive sense-এ hampered (বাধাগ্রস্ত) হবে।
(h) ensuring
With a view to এর পরে verb+ing বসে। তাই ensuring হবে।
(i) required
Social value-এর প্রয়োজন আছে বোঝাতে required ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(j) expect
Can’t এর পরে verb-এর base form বসে। তাই expect হবে।
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Change the sentences according to directions:
(a) The moon is the only sub-planet of the Earth. (Interrogative)
(b) It is very charming to look at. (Exclamatory)
(c) Everybody is charmed with its beauty. (Active)
(d) Who doesn’t like the moon? (Affirmative)
(e) The moon is the most beautiful thing. (Positive)
(f) Only the moon shines at night. (Negative)
(g) Poets have composed many poems about the beauty of it. (Passive)
(h) What an exciting scene the full-moon presents! (Assertive)
(i) The moon is not as big as the earth. (Comparative)
(j) We should go out at night to enjoy a moonlit night. (Imperative)
Answer:
(a) Isn’t the moon the only sub-planet of the Earth?
(b) How charming it is to look at!
(c) Its beauty charms everybody.
(d) Everybody likes the moon.
(e) No other thing is as beautiful as the moon.
(f) Nothing but the moon shines at night.
(g) Many poems have been composed about the beauty of it by poets.
(h) The full-moon presents a very exciting scene.
(i) The earth is bigger than the moon.
(j) Let us go out at night to enjoy a moonlit night.
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) Isn’t the moon the only sub-planet of the Earth?
Assertive sentence-কে Interrogative করা হয়েছে। Meaning একই রেখে question form ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(b) How charming it is to look at!
Exclamatory sentence emotion বা admiration প্রকাশ করে। তাই How + adjective structure ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(c) Its beauty charms everybody.
Active voice-এ subject কাজটি করে। এখানে its beauty subject হয়ে charms verb ব্যবহার হয়েছে।
(d) Everybody likes the moon.
Negative question “Who doesn’t like…” এর affirmative form হলো Everybody likes…।
(e) No other thing is as beautiful as the moon.
Superlative degree (the most beautiful) থেকে Positive degree (as…as) করা হয়েছে।
(f) Nothing but the moon shines at night.
Only-এর Negative form করতে Nothing but ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(g) Many poems have been composed about the beauty of it by poets.
Active থেকে Passive করতে object Many poems subject হয়েছে এবং have been composed ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(h) The full-moon presents a very exciting scene.
Exclamatory sentence-কে সাধারণ statement বা Assertive sentence-এ পরিবর্তন করা হয়েছে।
(i) The earth is bigger than the moon.
Positive degree (not as…as) থেকে Comparative degree (bigger than) করা হয়েছে।
(j) Let us go out at night to enjoy a moonlit night.
Suggestion বা advice বোঝাতে Imperative sentence-এ Let us ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
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Complete the following sentences :
(a) “Industry is the key to success” _____________________
(b) If we want to build up our career, _____________________
(c) _____________________, we can reach our expected destination.
(d) A hard working student is sure _____________________
(e) It is high time _____________________
Answer:
(a) “Industry is the key to success” is a saying.
(b) If we want to build up our career, we must work hard.
(c) If we work hard, we can reach our expected destination.
(d) A hard-working student is sure to succeed in life.
(e) It is high time we started working seriously.
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) “Industry is the key to success” is a saying.
এখানে একটি proverb/quotation দেওয়া আছে, তাই শেষে বলা হয়েছে এটি একটি saying।
(b) If we want to build up our career, we must work hard.
If clause (condition) থাকলে result বোঝাতে must + verb ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(c) If we work hard, we can reach our expected destination.
First conditional structure: If + present → can + base verb ব্যবহার হয়েছে।
(d) A hard-working student is sure to succeed in life.
is sure to + verb structure certainty বোঝায়, তাই “sure to succeed” ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(e) It is high time we started working seriously.
It is high time + past form verb (started) ব্যবহার হয়, যদিও meaning present বা urgent action বোঝায়।
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Complete the text adding prefixes, suffixes or both with the root words given in the parenthesis.
Knowledge (a) _____________ (light) our mind. It enables a man to have (b) _____________ (master) over all forces of nature. There are so many wild beasts which are (c) _____________ (strong) than man. There are forces in nature such as (d) _____________ (light) and thunder, flood and earthquake etc. which can destroy a man and (e) _____________ (civil) in a moment. But a man rules over them all and makes them serve (f) _____________ (accord) to his wish. He makes use of the solar power to (g) _____________ (bright) the night. He is the (h) _____________ (conquer) of time and space. All discoveries and (i) _____________ (invent) are the results of (j) _____________ (know). It makes him (k) _____________ (doubt) the mightiest of all the (l) _____________ (create) in the universe. To maintain (m) _____________ (superior), man has to work (n) _____________ (through) his life.
Answer:
(a) enlightens (b) mastery (c) stronger (d) lightning (e) civilization (f) according (g) brighten (h) conqueror (i) inventions (j) knowledge (k) undoubtedly (l) creatures (m) superiority (n) throughout
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) enlightens
light → enlighten করা হয়েছে prefix “en-” যোগ করে। Meaning: knowledge mind-কে আলোকিত করে।
(b) mastery
master → mastery suffix “-y” যোগ করে noun বানানো হয়েছে। It means full control.
(c) stronger
strong → stronger comparative form ব্যবহার হয়েছে, কারণ man vs wild beasts comparison করা হয়েছে।
(d) lightning
light → lightning suffix “-ning” দিয়ে nature phenomenon বোঝানো হয়েছে (lightning & thunder).
(e) civilization
civil → civilization suffix “-ization” যোগ করে noun বানানো হয়েছে (advanced society).
(f) according
accord → according suffix “-ing” দিয়ে phrase তৈরি হয়েছে (according to).
(g) brighten
bright → brighten verb form করা হয়েছে, meaning light increase করা।
(h) conqueror
conquer → conqueror suffix “-or” যোগ করে person (doer) বোঝানো হয়েছে।
(i) inventions
invent → inventions suffix “-ion + s” দিয়ে plural noun (discoveries).
(j) knowledge
know → knowledge suffix “-ledge” দিয়ে abstract noun তৈরি হয়েছে।
(k) undoubtedly
doubt → undoubtedly prefix “un-” + suffix “-ly” দিয়ে adverb তৈরি হয়েছে (without doubt).
(l) creatures
create → creatures suffix “-ure + s” দিয়ে living beings বোঝানো হয়েছে।
(m) superiority
superior → superiority suffix “-ity” দিয়ে noun (quality/state) বানানো হয়েছে।
(n) throughout
phrase form ব্যবহার হয়েছে, meaning: whole life time.
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Make tag questions of these statements :
(a) Modesty is a great virtue, ____________ ?
(b) The modest always respect their superiors, ____________ ?
(c) Everybody likes a modest person, ____________ ?
(d) A modest student hardly fails to reach his goal, ____________ ?
(e) Let’s try to be modest in our way of life, ____________ ?
(f) Avoid the immodest companions, ____________ ?
(g) An ideal student is always modest in his behaviour, ____________ ?
Answer:
(a) Modesty is a great virtue, isn’t it?
(b) The modest always respect their superiors, don’t they?
(c) Everybody likes a modest person, don’t they?
(d) A modest student hardly fails to reach his goal, does he?
(e) Let’s try to be modest in our way of life, shall we?
(f) Avoid the immodest companions, will you/ won’t you?
(g) An ideal student is always modest in his behaviour, isn’t he/she?
Short Explain of the Answer:
(a) isn’t it?
Sentence positive, তাই negative tag ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে। “Modesty” singular noun, so isn’t it.
(b) don’t they?
Subject “The modest” plural people বোঝায়, তাই pronoun they + auxiliary don’t।
(c) don’t they?
“Everybody” singular মনে হলেও meaning plural (all people), তাই tag don’t they।
(d) does he?
“hardly” negative sense বোঝায়, তাই tag positive হয় → does he।
(e) shall we?
“Let’s” থাকলে tag always shall we হয় (suggestion/offer).
(f) will you / won’t you?
Imperative sentence, তাই polite request tag ব্যবহার হয়: will you / won’t you।
(g) isn’t he/she?
“is always” positive, তাই negative tag isn’t he/she। Subject gender unknown, তাই he/she both possible।
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Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text:
mehdi said to nitu whats your programme after the text examination nitu said i have decided to visit the padma bridge what an excellent idea it is
Answer:
Mehdi said to Nitu, “What’s your programme after the text examination?” Nitu said, “I have decided to visit the Padma Bridge.” “What an excellent idea it is!”
Short Explain of the Answer:
Mehdi said to Nitu, “What’s your programme after the text examination?”
এখানে direct speech ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে, তাই quotation mark (“ ”) বসানো হয়েছে। “What’s” এ apostrophe এসেছে contraction (what is) এর জন্য এবং sentence question হওয়ায় question mark (?) ব্যবহার হয়েছে।
Nitu said, “I have decided to visit the Padma Bridge.”
Proper noun Padma Bridge capital letter দিয়ে লেখা হয়েছে। Direct speech হওয়ায় comma + quotation mark ব্যবহার হয়েছে এবং sentence normal statement তাই full stop (.)।
“What an excellent idea it is!”
এটি exclamatory sentence, তাই What + emotion structure এবং শেষে **exclamation mark (!) ** ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
