ENGLISH — SECOND PAPER
Subject Code: 108
According to the Syllabus of 2026
Time: 3 hours
Full Marks: 100
Part A — Grammar (Questions 1–9)
1. 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. (Marks 1×10=10)
special | to | a | the | exchange | alone | feeling | suit | any | in
Loneliness means staying alone without (a) ______ company. Man is (b) ______ social being. He cannot live (c) ______. He wants the company of others (d) ______ of his friends and relatives. When a man misses the company of anyone in (e) ______ society, he feels lonely. Loneliness is a kind of (f) ______. Sometimes we feel lonely (g) ______ the midst of many people because we do not find any (h) ______ situation to (i) ______ views with them. This kind of loneliness is very painful (j) ______ us.
Answer:
(a) any
(b) a
(c) alone
(d) especially
(e) the
(f) feeling
(g) in
(h) suitable
(i) exchange
(j) to
ব্যাখ্যা:
(a) any — Without any company অর্থ কোনো সঙ্গ ছাড়াই।
(b) a — Social consonant sound দিয়ে শুরু হয়েছে। তাই a social being হবে।
(c) alone — Live alone অর্থ একা বাস করা।
(d) especially — Especially অর্থ বিশেষ করে। এখানে special শব্দটির adverb form প্রয়োজন।
(e) the — এখানে নির্দিষ্ট অর্থে the society ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(f) feeling — A kind of feeling অর্থ একধরনের অনুভূতি।
(g) in — সঠিক phrase হলো in the midst of, অর্থ মাঝখানে।
(h) suitable — Suitable অর্থ উপযুক্ত। এটি suit শব্দটির adjective form।
(i) exchange — Exchange views অর্থ মতামত বিনিময় করা।
(j) to — Painful to us অর্থ আমাদের জন্য কষ্টদায়ক।
2. Make five meaningful sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below. (1×5=5)
| Column A | Column B | Column C |
|---|---|---|
| Man’s dignity | depends | upon his works. |
| Man | be | a rational being on earth. |
| He | should | not be proud if he is of blue blood. |
| be ready to help any class of man. | ||
| to work for others. |
Answers:
(a) Man’s dignity depends upon his works.
(b) Man is a rational being on earth.
(c) He should not be proud if he is of blue blood.
(d) He should be ready to help any class of man.
(e) Man is to work for others.
3. Complete the following text with the right forms of the verbs given in the box. (Marks 1×10=10)
report | learn | replace | earn | come | control | manipulate | paralyze | take | gallop
Price of essentials is such a crucial factor that it directly (a) ______ the life and living of the majority people. The measures so far (b) ______ by the government (c) ______ appreciation from the people. But it is (d) ______ by despair as the majority of the people (e) ______ under the crushing burden of (f) ______ prices. It (g) ______ that the business syndicate (h) ______ the market prices and so the retailers (i) ______ out of their evil mechanism. Some selfish men are (j) ______ to have been involved in illegal activities.
Answer:
(a) controls
(b) taken
(c) have earned
(d) replaced
(e) are paralyzed
(f) galloping
(g) is reported
(h) manipulates
(i) cannot come
(j) reported
ব্যাখ্যা:
(a) controls — Subject হলো it, যা price বা মূল্যকে নির্দেশ করে। Present simple tense-এ third-person singular subject-এর সঙ্গে verb-এর শেষে -s যোগ হয়।
(b) taken — The measures taken by the government অর্থ সরকার কর্তৃক গৃহীত পদক্ষেপগুলো। এখানে past participle ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(c) have earned — The measures plural subject, তাই present perfect tense-এ have earned হবে।
(d) replaced — Replace অর্থ প্রতিস্থাপন করা। এখানে is replaced passive construction।
(e) are paralyzed — The majority of the people এখানে plural অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। তাই are paralyzed হবে।
(f) galloping — Galloping prices অর্থ দ্রুত বেড়ে চলা দাম।
(g) is reported — It is reported that… অর্থ ‘জানা গেছে যে’ বা ‘প্রতিবেদনে বলা হয়েছে যে’।
(h) manipulates — The business syndicate singular subject হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। তাই manipulate নয়, manipulates হবে।
(i) cannot come — Cannot come out of অর্থ কোনো পরিস্থিতি বা প্রভাব থেকে বের হতে না পারা। এখানে বোঝানো হয়েছে, বাজার নিয়ন্ত্রণকারী সিন্ডিকেটের কৌশল থেকে খুচরা বিক্রেতারা বের হতে পারছে না।
(j) reported — Are reported to have been involved অর্থ ‘জানা গেছে যে তারা জড়িত ছিল’।
4. Change the following sentences according to the directions given in the brackets. (Marks 1×10=10)
(a) Success is the result of hard work. (Make Interrogative sentence)
(b) Everyone wants success. (Make Negative sentence)
(c) Hard work leads to success. (Make Complex sentence)
(d) Success is earned through perseverance and determination. (Make Compound sentence)
(e) Success requires dedication and everyone knows it. (Make Complex sentence)
(f) We must continue working hard so that we can achieve success. (Make Simple sentence)
(g) Success is not assured without effort. (Make Affirmative sentence)
(h) The journey to success is very difficult. (Make Exclamatory sentence)
(i) It takes time if we want to achieve success. (Make Simple sentence)
(j) Success requires both patience and effort. (Make Negative sentence)
Answers with explanations:
(a) Isn’t success the result of hard work?
বাক্যটিতে is auxiliary verb-টি subject success-এর আগে বসেছে। Transformation exercises-এ অর্থ অপরিবর্তিত রাখতে affirmative statement-কে negative interrogative-এ রূপান্তর করা যায়।
(b) There is no one who does not want success.
Everyone অর্থ প্রত্যেকে। Negative transformation-এ There is no one who does not… ব্যবহার করা যায়। বাক্যটির মূল অর্থ—সবাই সফলতা চায়—অপরিবর্তিত থাকে।
(c) It is hard work that leads to success.
It is … that … একটি emphatic structure। এখানে that leads to success subordinate clause, তাই বাক্যটি complex sentence।
(d) A person must persevere and remain determined, and thus success is earned.
প্রথম clause: A person must persevere and remain determined.
দ্বিতীয় clause: Success is earned.
দুটি independent clause-কে coordinating conjunction and দিয়ে যুক্ত করা হয়েছে। তাই এটি compound sentence।
এখানে persevere অর্থ অধ্যবসায় করা এবং remain determined অর্থ দৃঢ়প্রতিজ্ঞ থাকা।
(e) Everyone knows that success requires dedication.
That success requires dedication একটি noun clause, যা knows verb-এর object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। তাই বাক্যটি complex sentence।
(f) We must continue working hard to achieve success.
So that we can achieve success subordinate clause-টিকে to achieve success infinitive phrase দিয়ে প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে। তাই বাক্যটি simple sentence।
(g) Success is assured only with effort.
Not … without গঠনটি affirmative করতে only with ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে। তবে এটি পরীক্ষামুখী transformation; বাস্তব জীবনে চেষ্টা করলেই সফলতা নিশ্চিত হয় না।
(h) How difficult the journey to success is!
Very difficult যুক্ত বাক্যকে exclamatory করতে How + adjective + subject + verb! গঠন ব্যবহার করা হয়েছে।
(i) Achieving success takes time.
Achieving success একটি gerund phrase, যা subject হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে। এতে বাক্যটি simple sentence হয়েছে।
(j) Success cannot be achieved without both patience and effort.
Cannot … without ব্যবহার করে negative sentence তৈরি করা হয়েছে। অর্থ হলো, ধৈর্য ও প্রচেষ্টা—দুটিই ছাড়া সফলতা অর্জন করা যায় না।
5. Make tag questions of these statements. (Marks 1×5=5)
(a) Life is very uncertain on earth, ______?
(b) Nobody knows when death comes, ______?
(c) But we hardly realize this truth, ______?
(d) Our deeds and actions show probably we will never depart, ______?
(e) We must do the well-being of mankind, ______?
Answers with explanations:
(a) isn’t it?
মূল বাক্যে is আছে এবং বাক্যটি affirmative। তাই tag হবে negative: isn’t it?
(b) do they?
Nobody negative meaning প্রকাশ করে, তাই tag positive হবে। Nobody থাকলে tag-এ সাধারণত they ব্যবহৃত হয়। মূল বাক্যে present simple tense আছে, তাই do ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(c) do we?
Hardly একটি negative adverb, যার অর্থ প্রায় না। তাই tag positive হবে: do we?
(d) don’t they?
মূল clause হলো Our deeds and actions show। Subject plural (our deeds and actions) এবং verb affirmative (show)। তাই tag হবে don’t they?
নোট: বাক্যটির wording অস্পষ্ট। যদি tag-টি we will never depart অংশের ওপর ভিত্তি করে করতে বলা হতো, তাহলে will we? হতে পারত। তবে মূল clause ধরে don’t they? অধিক যুক্তিসংগত।
(e) mustn’t we?
মূল বাক্যে modal auxiliary must আছে এবং বাক্যটি affirmative। তাই tag হবে negative: mustn’t we?
6. Complete the text by adding suffixes, prefixes or both to the root words given in the parentheses. (Marks 1×5=5)
The true aim of education is the (a) ______ (harmony) development of body, soul and mind. But (b) ______ (book) knowledge is (c) ______ (sufficient) in this regard. Without (d) ______ (curricular) activities like debate, (e) ______ (public) of magazine and cultural activities, our education remains incomplete.
Answer:
(a) harmonious
(b) bookish
(c) insufficient
(d) co-curricular
(e) publication
ব্যাখ্যা:
(a) harmonious — Harmony noun; এখানে adjective প্রয়োজন। Harmonious অর্থ সামঞ্জস্যপূর্ণ।
(b) bookish — Bookish knowledge বলতে বইনির্ভর বা তাত্ত্বিক জ্ঞান বোঝানো হয়েছে।
(c) insufficient — Sufficient অর্থ পর্যাপ্ত। Negative prefix in- যোগ করলে insufficient হয়, অর্থ অপর্যাপ্ত।
(d) co-curricular — Co- prefix-এর অর্থ সঙ্গে বা পাশাপাশি। Co-curricular activities বলতে পাঠ্যক্রমের পাশাপাশি পরিচালিত কার্যক্রম বোঝায়।
(e) publication — Public থেকে publication noun তৈরি হয়। অর্থ প্রকাশনা।
7. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions. (Marks 1×5=5)
The Olympic Games were named (a) ______ the town of Olympia in Greece. It was (b) ______ Olympia where the games were first held long before the Christian era began. In those days Greece was divided (c) ______ many cities and men of different cities used to fight one another most (d) ______ the time. A man named Iphitos became concerned (e) ______ such wasteful strifes.
Answer:
(a) after
(b) in
(c) into
(d) of
(e) about
ব্যাখ্যা:
(a) after — Named after অর্থ কারও বা কোনো স্থানের নাম অনুসারে নামকরণ করা।
(b) in — In Olympia অর্থ Olympia-তে। এখানে স্থান বোঝাতে in ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
(c) into — Divided into অর্থ বিভিন্ন অংশে বিভক্ত।
(d) of — Most of the time একটি প্রচলিত phrase, যার অর্থ অধিকাংশ সময়।
(e) about — Concerned about অর্থ কোনো বিষয় নিয়ে উদ্বিগ্ন।
8. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. (Marks 1×5=5)
Computer virus is a terror to the users of computer. (a) ______ it is not biological virus, it disturbs the plain operation of a computer. Computer virus is usually a programme to delete the files which are saved (b) ______ useful memories. Sometimes the virus attacks the hard disk (c) ______ harms it. (d) ______ things happen (e) ______ no operation is possible after the attack.
Answer:
(a) Though
(b) as
(c) and
(d) If
(e) then
ব্যাখ্যা:
(a) Though — অর্থ যদিও। এটি contrast বা বৈপরীত্য বোঝায়।
(b) as — অর্থ হিসেবে। তবে files which are saved as useful memories বাক্যাংশটি স্বাভাবিক ইংরেজিতে দুর্বল। এখানে প্রশ্নের wording আরও স্পষ্ট হওয়া প্রয়োজন।
(c) and — দুটি কাজ যুক্ত করতে and ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে: ভাইরাস হার্ড ডিস্কে আক্রমণ করে এবং সেটির ক্ষতি করে।
(d) If — অর্থ যদি। এটি শর্ত বোঝায়।
(e) then — If … then … শর্ত ও ফলাফল বোঝাতে ব্যবহৃত হয়।
9. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text. (Marks 5)
the man said to mohsin my family have been starving for a couple of days i have gone from door to door in quest of work but i have found no work mohsin said take the bunch of keys and open the almirah have as much money as you require
Answer:
The man said to Mohsin, “My family have been starving for a couple of days. I have gone from door to door in quest of work, but I have found no work.” Mohsin said, “Take the bunch of keys and open the almirah. Have as much money as you require.”
ব্যাখ্যা:
a) বাক্যের প্রথম শব্দ এবং নামের প্রথম অক্ষর capital letter হবে: The, Mohsin।
b) Direct speech শুরু হওয়ার আগে reporting clause-এর পরে comma বসে: The man said to Mohsin,।
c) বক্তার সরাসরি বলা কথা quotation marks-এর মধ্যে লিখতে হয়।
d) দুটি independent clause-কে but দিয়ে যুক্ত করা হয়েছে, তাই but-এর আগে comma বসেছে।
e) Take the bunch of keys and open the almirah. এবং Have as much money as you require.—দুটি নির্দেশমূলক বাক্য, তাই প্রতিটির শেষে full stop বসেছে।
f) Almirah সাধারণ noun, তাই এখানে capital letter প্রয়োজন নেই।
Part B—Composition
Marks—40
10. Paragraph: Load-Shedding (140 Words)
Load-Shedding
Load-shedding means the temporary suspension of electricity supply in a particular area due to a shortage of power. It has become a common problem in our daily life. The main causes of load-shedding are insufficient power generation, increasing demand for electricity and poor management of the power sector. It creates serious problems in everyday life. Students cannot study properly, especially at night. Factories and industries face difficulties in production, while hospitals and offices also suffer. During summer, people suffer terribly because fans and air conditioners stop working. It also affects agriculture as farmers cannot operate irrigation pumps regularly. To solve this problem, the government should increase power generation and improve electricity distribution. Solar power and other renewable energy sources can play an important role. We should also avoid the unnecessary use of electricity. Proper planning and public awareness are essential to reduce load-shedding. (144 words)
11. Application for a Seat in the School Hostel
Date: 30 October 2026
To
The Headmaster
Mirzapur High School
Chattogram.
Subject: Prayer for a seat in the school hostel.
Sir,
With due respect, I beg to state that I am a student of class ten in your school. My father is a government employee. Recently, he has been transferred to Dhaka. However, I want to continue my studies in this renowned institution. Unfortunately, it is not possible for me to stay with my family in Dhaka and attend your school regularly. Therefore, I need accommodation in the school hostel. I assure you that I will abide by all the rules and regulations of the hostel.
I, therefore, pray and hope that you would kindly allot me a seat in the school hostel and oblige thereby.
Yours obediently,
Shamim
Class: Ten
Roll: 01
12. Composition: Population Problem of Bangladesh (230 Words)
Population Problem of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Although it is a small country, it has a huge population. When the population exceeds the available resources and opportunities, it becomes a serious problem. Unfortunately, Bangladesh is still struggling with this challenge.
There are several causes of population growth in our country. Poverty, illiteracy, early marriage, social superstitions and lack of awareness are some of the major causes. Many people, especially in rural areas, are unaware of the benefits of family planning.
The population problem creates numerous difficulties. It puts enormous pressure on our limited natural resources. Unemployment is increasing because sufficient job opportunities are not available for everyone. Educational institutions, hospitals and housing facilities cannot meet the growing demand. Moreover, traffic congestion, environmental pollution, poverty and malnutrition are becoming serious concerns. Agricultural land is also decreasing as more people need houses and other facilities.
However, a large population can become an asset if people are properly educated and trained. To solve this problem, the government should expand education, particularly female education. People should be made aware of family planning, and early marriage must be discouraged. More employment opportunities should be created through industrialisation and skill development. Both government and non-government organisations should work together to raise public awareness.
In conclusion, population is a major challenge for Bangladesh. With proper planning, education and awareness, we can turn our large population into a skilled and productive human resource. (244 words)