1. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.
a) My aunt who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor.
b) My aunt, who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor.
c) My aunt who lives in Sylhet, is doctor.
d) My aunt who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor.
Ans: b) My aunt, who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor.
[ We use comma in both ends after an appositive phrase. An appositive is a bonus information.]
2. Change into reported form: She said to me, ‘Why don’t you come on Monday?’
a) She told me to not go on Monday.
b) She said me why did not she go on Monday.
c) She asked me why I did not go on Monday.
d) She asked me not to go that day.
Ans: c) She asked me why I did not go on Monday.
[ Wh যুক্ত Direct speech কে Indirect speech (reported) করার সময় Sub + asked (v2 usually) + obj. + Wh + 2nd clause এর sub (obj. এর সাথে মিল রেখে) + verb (change of tense according to 1st clause) + remaining part.]
3. Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a-
a) lyric
b) sonnet
c) ode
d) ballad
Ans: d) ballad
[ Ode = প্রশান্তিমূলক গীতি-কবিতা।
Ballad = প্রাচীন কাহিনী-সংবলিত কবিতা।
The difference between ode and ballad is that ode is a short poetical work to be set to music or sung while ballad is a kind of long narrative poem, adapted for recitation or sometimes singing.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the best representatives of the English ballad tradition.]
4. The poet William Blake has compared the schoolboy to-
a) a prisoner
b) a great scholar
c) a caged bird
d) a brave warrior
Ans: c) a caged bird
[ The poem The Schoolboy by William Blake is written from the perspective of a young boy who hates going to school in a “disciplined way” and rather desires to be like the birds. For him, the school is just like a prison which does not allow the creativity of a person to flourish.]
5. In the sentence, ‘The rescuers snatched the children from a perfect storm‘; the underlined phrase means-
a) gusty wind
b) the worst situation
c) grave illness
d) a great challenge
Ans: b) the worst situation
[The idiom perfect storm means an extremely bad situation in which many bad things happen at the same time.
Examples:
➜ A perfect storm of criticism broke out against him.
➜ The pandemic brought a perfect storm for the restaurant business.]
6. The word ‘Emancipation’ means-
a) advocate
b) liberation
c) engage
d) portrait
Ans: b) liberation
[ Emancipation = মুক্তি, স্বাধীনতা
advocate = আইনজীবী
liberation = স্বাধীনতা
engage = নিযুক্ত করা
portrait = প্রতিকৃতি, স্পষ্ট বর্ণনা ]
7. We have not been given ____ update on the patient’s condition.
a) some
b) none
c) any
d) much
Ans: c) any
[ Much and many are quantifiers. They suggest a large quantity of something. Some and any are known as “general determiners”. They refer to an indefinite or unknown quantity of something. Both may be used with countable and uncountable nouns. However, if the sentence is in negative sense, we use any instead of some.
➜ We don’t need any rice.
➜ We have some rice in the cupboard.]
8. There is a liberation sculpture ____ Arts building of the University o Dhaka.
a) before
b) in front of
c) beside
d) at the back
Ans: b) in front of
[ in front of means a position facing someone / something. It is opposite of behind.
➜ He parked his car in front of my house.
➜ He was nervous in front of me.
Beside means at the side of/ next to something.
➜ The car beside the cycle is mine.
➜ He was standing beside the shop.]
9. ‘People lauded Mandela’s humanity, kindness and dignity’. In this sentence, the present form of the underlined word is –
a) laude
b) led
c) lead
d) laud
Ans: d) laud
[ laud = গুণকীর্তন করা।
laud – lauded – lauded ]
10. The word ‘Diaspora’ is related to-
a) appearance
b) concentration
c) entrance
d) migration
Ans: d) migration
[ Diaspora = অভিবাসী।
Diaspora means movement or migration of people away from their ancestral homeland.]
11. Choose the best interrogative form of: ‘Everyone hates acid-throwing.’
a) Do anyone like acid-throwing?
b) Is there anyone who can hate acid-throwing?
c) Who does accept acid-throwing?
d) Does any like acid-throwing?
Ans: d) Does any like acid-throwing?
[ Everyone/ everybody/ all যুক্ত Assertive sentence কে interrogative এ রুপান্তর করার সময় Everyone/ everybody/ all এর পরিবর্তে do/ did / does + anyone + verb এর antonym (base form) + verb এর পরের অংশ + question mark বসে। অথবা,
Everyone/ everybody/ all এর পরিবর্তে who বসে + Subject and tense অনুযায়ী don’t/ didn’t/ doesn’t বসে + verb এর base form + verb এর পরের অংশ + question mark বসে।
Example:
➜ Everyone likes flower. (interrogative)
= Does anyone dislike flower? or,
= Who doesn’t like flower?]
12. An elected member can take the decision. The underlined word is used as a/an-
a) verb
b) adverb
c) conjunction
d) adjective
Ans: d) adjective
[ An elected member in the given sentence is a noun phrase. A noun phrase is basically a phrase that acts as a noun. A noun phrase typically includes a noun and its modifiers. The modifiers that come before the noun are articles, possessive noun / pronouns, adjectives, participles. So, the word “elected” is the modifier of the noun “member” and thus, acting as an adjective.
Other examples:
➜ My elder brother got married yesterday.
➜ That big old house is for sale.]
13. Choose the correct spelling from the following.
a) Assurance
b) Asurrance
c) Assurrance
d) Assurrence
Ans: a) Assurance
[ Assurance = নিশ্চয়তা, প্রতিশ্রুতি ]
14. The synonym of the word ‘Original’ is-
a) amusing
b) artificial
c) true
d) accumulate
Ans: c) true
[ Original = আসল
amusing = চিত্তাকর্ষক
artificial = কৃত্রিম
True = সত্য, খাঁটি
accumulate = একত্রিত করা ]
15. ‘Shubho ate four pieces of Hilsha fish at dinner.’ The passive form of the sentence is-
a) Four pieces of Hilsha fish at dinner were ate by Shubho.
b) At dinner four pieces of Hilsha fish Shubho ate.
c) Four pieces of Hilsha fish were eating by Shubho at dinner.
d) At dinner four pieces of Hilsha fish were eaten by Shubho.
Ans: d) At dinner four pieces of Hilsha fish were eaten by Shubho.
[ Basic rules to make an active statement passive:
Step 1: New Subject (previously object).
Step 2: Minimum one auxiliary verb (or, +1 aux. verb) depending on tense and number.
Step 3: Verb 3 (Past participle form).
Step 4: by (or, with, to) depending on the sentence.
Step 5: New object (previously subject).
Step 6: extension (starting with preposition). This extension can be used at the start or at the end of the sentence.]
16. Orpheu’s parents were-
a) Apollo and Muse Calliope
b) Jupiter and Athena
c) Hercules and Athena
d) Venus and Apollo
Ans: a) Apollo and Muse Calliope
[ Orpheus was a musician, poet and prophet in Greek mythology. His parents were Apollo (the king of Thrace) and Muse Calliope. As he grew older, it became apparent that Orpheus was extremely gifted with music. He could play any instrument perfectly and his singing voice was so beautiful that it could charm animals, trees and even rocks.]
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