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এস.এস.সি ইংরেজি ২য় পত্র কুমিল্লা বোর্ড ২০২০ সমাধান

SSC English 2nd Paper Cumilla Board 2020 Solution

BOARD QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

Cumilla Board 2020

English Second Paper

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once.

dull	the	success	both	victory
if	we	them	keen	easily

Without effort, there can be no (a) …….. in life. Life loses its interest (b) ……. there is no struggle. Games become (c) …….., if there is no competition in (d) …….. and if the result can be (e) …….. foreseen. No matter we win (f) ……. game or lose it. The (g) …….. the contest, the greater the interest. A (h) …….. is not a real triumph unless (i) ……. the sides are equally strong. Whether (j) …….. like it or not, life is a continuous competitive examination.

Answer:

(a) success (b) if (c) dull (d) them (e) easily (f) the (g) keener (h) victory (i) both (j) we.

Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

Education is one of the basic (a) ……. of a human being and is (b) ……. for every kind of development. It (c) ……. us to make right choices in (d) …….. It enhances our ability to raise (e) …….., store food, protect the environment and (f) ……. out our social responsibilities. It provides (g) …….. with an enlightened awareness about things. (h) …….. education has to be defined. It (i) ……. not merely getting degrees from schools, (j) ……. and universities. It is something more lasting, more humane.

Answer:

(a) needs (b) necessary (c) enables (d) life (e) crops (f) carry (g) us (h) But (i) is (j) colleges.

Make five sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below.

Drug addiction	is are have leads means	taking heroin, opium, etc.
The drugs		a man to death.
Young boys and girls		strong attraction for any harmful thing.
The frequent taking of these drugs		grasped the young generation of our country.
		not only a national but also a global problem.

Answer:

(a) Drug addiction means strong attraction for any harmful thing.

(b) Drug addiction is not only a national but also a global problem.

(c) The drugs have grasped the young generation of our country.

(d) Young boys and girls are taking heroin, opium, etc.

(e) The frequent taking a man to death.

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

contribute	confine	keep	prove	work
develop	receive	become	adapt	be

According to the history, women in the past were (a) …… within the four walls. But at present, they (b) ….. no longer captive to their parents’ or husbands’ house. With the passage of time, the outlook and attitude have been (c) …… as men and women are (d) …… themselves to the changing society. By (e) …… education, they are (f) …… pilots, doctors, engineers, high officials, etc. They are (g) ……. hand in hand with men in all worthy programmes. They are now able to (h) …… their worth. They (i) …… much to the economy of the country. Now, it has come to the realization of men that no development is possible by (j) …… half of our population idle at home.

Answer:

(a) confined (b) are (c) developed (d) adopting (e) receiving (f) becoming (g) working (h) prove

(i) are contributing (j) keeping.

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Change the narrative style of the following text.

The new teacher entered the classroom and said, “Can you tell me what I should do now?” “No, Sir,” one of the students said. The teacher smiled and said, “Try to guess.” “You should introduce yourself to us,” another student said. “Thank you,” said the teacher, “You are really brilliant.”

Answer:

The new teacher entered the classroom and asked the students if they could tell him what he should do. One of the students respectfully replied in the negative. The teacher smiled and told them to try to guess. Then another student said that he (T) should introduce himself (T) to them. At this, the teacher thanked him and commented that he (S) was really brilliant.

Change the sentences according to directions.

(a) Health is wealth. (Make complex sentence)

(b) A healthy poor man is happier than a sick moneyed man. (Use positive degree)

(d) He can succeed in life. (Make interrogative sentence)

(e) So, everybody cannot but be conscious of his health. (Make affirmative sentence)

(f) Everybody must take care of his health all the time. (Make negative sentence)

(g) Health can be improved by regular physical exercise and a balanced diet. (Use active voice)

(h) People who are poor cannot afford to take a balanced diet. (Make simple sentences)

(i) They are very concerned with the quantity of food. (Make exclamatory)

(j) Everybody should know it that malnutrition causes weakness. (Use passive voices)

Answer:

(a) It is health which is wealth.

(b) A sick moneyed man is not so happy as a healthy poor man.

(c) A healthy man is an asset to his family but an unhealthy man is a liability.

(d) Can’t he succeed in life?

(e) So, everybody must be conscious of his health.

(f) Everybody cannot but take care of his health all the time.

(g) We can improve health by regular physical exercise and a balance diet.

(h) Poor people cannot afford to take a balanced diet.

(i) How concerned they are with the quantity of food!

(j) It should be known to everybody that weakness is caused by malnutrition.

Complete the sentences.

(a) Unless you study attentively …….

(b) It is a long time since …….

(d) 1971 is the year when …….

(e) Danger comes where ……..

Answer:

(a) Unless you study attentively you will not be able to make a good result.

(b) It is a long time since I visited my friend in Dhaka.

(d) 1971 is the year when we got our independence.

(e) Danger comes where danger is feared.

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

Most of the books of famous (a) ….. (write) are put on sale in the book fair. Most of the (b) …… (visit) buy different (c) ……. (publish). Almost no visitor returns from the fair without making any purchase. The (d) ….. (buy) like to buy at a fair price. Our book fair is always (e) …… (crowd). As (f) ….. (vary) books are (g) …… (play) in a fair, the buyers get a scope to choose books. They buy (h) …… (choose) books after a long search. This facility is (i) …… (available) in any place other than a book fair. A book fair is always (j) ….. (come) to the students.

Answer:

(a) writers (b) visitors (c) publishers (d) buyers (e) crowded (f) various (g) displayed (h) chosen

(i) unavailable (j) welcoming.

Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) The freedom fighters are the real heroes, ……?

(b) Nothing is greater than their sacrifice, ……?

(d) We should never neglect them, ……?

(e) Every citizen of Bangladesh must have due respect for them, ……?

Answer:

(a) The freedom fighters are the real heroes, aren’t they?.

(b) Nothing is greater than their sacrifice, is it?

(d) We should never neglect them, should we?

(e) Every citizen of Bangladesh must have due respect for them, mustn’t they?

Complete the passage using suitable connectors.

None can deny the importance of tree plantation (a) …… our lives on earth inevitably depend on it. (b) ……it is a matter of sorrow that we are cutting down trees indiscriminately. (c) …… tress are planted, soon our country, will turn into a desert. (d) ……. there will be an adverse change in the climate. (e) ……, we should plant more and more trees for our own sake.

Answer:

(a) because (b) But (c) Unless (d) and (e) So.