Seen Comprehension (Question Nos. 1, 2 & 3)

***1. Zahir Raihan was one (U-10,L-4) 

***2. Pritilata Waddedar was (U-10,L-3) 

***3. Human can neither (U-2,L-3) 

***4. Meherjan lives in a (U-1,L-1) 

***5. The Maldives is famous (U-6,L-3) 

***6. Bangladesh is now in the grip (U-2,L-2)

*7. Traditional childhood pastime (U-3,L-3)

**8. Loneliness is a universal (U-13,L-1) 

**9. Art should comfort the (U-16,L-0) 

**10. There are various (U-13,L-1) 

***11. The Republic of Maldives (U-6,L-3) 

*12. Graffiti's potency lies in (U-16,L-0) 

13. In recent times, graffiti 

14. On July 16, 2024, Abu Sayeed, an unarmed

15. There are various demographic factors …..

16. Bhutan is called …….

17. There is change in people’s preferences ….

18. Everyone must play a part ……

***1. Jibananda Das was born 

***2. William Wordsworth was 

***3. Stephen Hawking is 

***4. John Milton was one 

***5. The great men were 

***6. Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq 

***7. Charles Babbage was an

**8. Louis Pasteur was a 

**9. Abraham Lincoln was the 

**10. SAARC is a regional 

**11. Kazi Nazrul Islam was 

**12. Neil A. Armstrong 

**13. Nobel price 

**14. Munshi Abdur Rouf

15. Nelson Mandela

16. Albert Einstein 

17. Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda

18. Mark Zuckerberg

19. Alessandro Volta

20. George Bernard Shaw

21. Munir Chowdhury

22. SAARC is a regional

***1. A Kind Hearted Boy (One day, a school saw an old woman who was begging) [R B - 2025, D B-2024]

***2. A schoolboy saw an old man lying on the road....... [R B-2023]

***3. A poor rickshaw puller wins lottery....... [C B-2024, S B-2023]

***4. A poor rickshaw puller found a purse dropped by a passer-by...... [Dj B-2024, C B-2020]

***5. A schoolboy saw a boy of his age working in a workshop. [J B-2020]

***6. Look before You Leap (Sofia a garments worker)....... [Ctg B-2024]

***7. Tamim, a student of class ten, heard a drowning girl shouting "Help! Help! Save me!"....... [S B-2024]

***8. One day, Ayat, a schoolboy, found a bundle of money on his way to school. [JB - 2025, DB-2023]

***9. Dilara, a poor girl, hopes to bring about a change to her family by receiving higher education....... [S B - 2025, B B-2024]

***10. A boy noticed a small railway slipper about to collapse....... [Ctg B-2023]

11. Rumana, a student of class ten in D city, found a lock hanging on the door....... [M B-2023]

***12. Honest Woodcutter [C B-2025]

13. The pied piper of Hamelin....... [M B-2024]

***14. King Midas & His Golden Touch [D B - 2025, R B-2024, Ctg B-2020]

***15. A thirsty crow....... [Dj B-2023, J B-2023, R B-2020, S B-2020]

***16. A Greedy Farmer and his Wonderful Goose 

***17. The Liar Cowboy 

18. Outward Appearance is Not All (Sheikh Saadi) [M B-2020]

19. Dividing the bread (Two Rats & The Monkey) [B B-2020]

***20. Bayazid and His Thirsty Mother [B B-2025]

***21. Slow & Steady Wins the Race 

22. Unity is Strength 

23. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

Writing Dialogues (Question No. 11)

***1. ____about merits and demerits of using mobile phone [J B - 2025, C B-2024, 2023, M B-2023, Dj B-2023, Ctg B-2023, Dj B-2022]

Paragraph Writing

***1. Traffic Jam [J B - 2025, M B-2023]

Or. A Traffic Jam You Experienced [C B- 2019]

***2. Load Shedding [C B-2023]

***3. The Life of a Farmer [C B-2024, B B-2022, D B-2024, Ctg B-2024, Dj B- 2019, S B- 2019]

***Or. The Life of a Rickshaw Puller [Ctg B-2023]

***Or. The Life of a Street Hawker [S B-2020, J B-2023, C B-2023]

Or. The Life of a Day Labour / Street Begger 

***4. Tree Plantation [M B 2025, Ctg B - 2025, D B-2023, B B-2023, D B-2020, M B-2023, J B-2020]

***Or. Deforestation [D B 2025, M B-2020, S B-2020, B B-2020, M B-2020]

***5. Water Pollution [B B - 2025, C B-2022, Dj B-2022, Dj B-2020]

***Or. Environment Pollution [B B 2025, C B-2024]

***6. A Rainy Day [S B 2025, R B - 2025, R B-2024]

***7. A Winter Morning [Ctg B-2023, Dj B-2024, Dj B-2023, B B-2023, All B- 2018]

***8. Our National Flag [Dj B - 2025, S B-2024, R B-2023, 2024, M B-2024, J B- 2019]

***9. A School Library [Ctg B 2025, D B-2022]

***Or. Your School Library [D B-2023]

***10. A Tea Stall [R B 2025, D B-2024, M B-2022, B B-2024, Ctg B-2020]

***11. A Street Accident You Witnessed [Ctg B-2020]

***Or. Street Accident/ Road Accident/ Causes of Road Accidents in Bangladesh [Ctg B-2024, D B-2020, C B-2020]

***12. A Book Fair [S B-2024, R B-2022, Ctg B- 2019]

***Or. A  Book Fair Your Have Recently Visited [J B 2025, Dj B-2024, S B-2022, R B-2020, S B-2023, B B-2020, D B- 2019]

***13. Your School Magazine [D B - 2025, M B-2024, Dj B-2020]

***Or. A School Magazine [J B-2024, R B- 2019]

14. Smart Phone [J B-2024]

15. A Moonlit Night [C B-2025]

16. Early Rising [S B-2023, J B-2022, J B-2020]

***17. Importance of Learning English [C B 2025, J B-2023]

18. The Importance of Learning Computer [B B-2024]

19. The Importance of Co-curricular Activities in a School [S B-2025]

20. A Railway Station [Dj B-2023]

21. Drug Addiction [C B-2020]

22. Dengue Fever [M B - 2025, R B-2020]

23. Your Homeland [Dj B-2025]

***1. Describing co-curricular activities of your school [R B - 2025, Ctg B-2024]

***2. What you intend to do after your exam [D B - 2025, Ctg B - 2025, C B-2024, Ctg B-2020]

***3. Thanking for sending you a nice birthday gift [B B - 2025, R B-2020, S B-2020]

***Or. Thanking for hospitality [C B-2023, D B-2022, C B-2020]

***4. Preparation for exam/ Progress of studies [D B-2024, C B-2022, B B-2022, Ctg B-2022]

***5. Inviting to join a picnic [Dj B-2023, S B-2022]

***Or. Inviting to attend the wedding ceremony [M B-2022]

***Or. Inviting to attend your birthday party [C B-2025]

***6. Importance of taking physical exercise [Ctg B-2023, D B-2020]

Or. Importance of games and sports [M B-2025]

***Or. Importance of reading newspaper [J B 2025, R B-2022, J B-2022, M B-2020]

Or. Importance of learning computer [B B-2023]

Or. Importance of learning English [Dj B-2025]

***7. Congratulating on brilliant success [S B-2024]

8. Consoling on his / her father's death. 

9. How to develop / improve skill in English language

Or. How to do well in the exam [J B-2024]

10. Advising to avoid evil company [M B-2024]

***11. Describing prize giving ceremony [D B-2023, J B-2023, S B-2023]

12. Describing a road accident you have recently witnessed. [Dj B-2022]

Or. Causes and effects of road accidents and how to solve this problem [S B - 2025, B B-2024]

***13. Advising brother to be more attentive to his studies [M B-2023]

14. Describing your hostel life [R B-2023, J B-2020]

***15. Describing how you spent your last summer vacation [B B-2020]

16. Describing the ins and outs of your study tour [Dj B-2020]

Application / Formal Letter

***1. For increasing library facilities [J B-2024, S B-2024, S B-2022, M B-2020]

***1. Students and Social Services/ Duties of a Student [B B 2025, Dj B 2025, Ctg B 2025, M B-2025, M B-2020, S B-2020, J B- 2019]

***2. A Journey You Have Recently Made [D B 2025, C B-2024]

Or. A Journey by Boat [Dj B- 2019]

***3. The Importance of Reading Newspaper [S B 2025, D B-2024, 2020, S B-2024, B B-2024, 2020, Ctg B-2020]

***4. Your Favourite Hobby [R B-2024, Dj B-2024, 2020, J B-2020, All B- 2018]

5. Science in Everyday Life [R B- 2019, S B- 2019]

Or. Wonders of Modern Science 

***6. The Importance of Physical Exercise [C B 2025, C B-2020]

***7. Your Aim in Life / Your Future Plan [R B 2025, D B- 2019]

***8. Your Favourite Game [Ctg B-2024, 2019]

***9. The Season You Like Most [J B 2025, M B-2024, J B-2024]

10. A Village Market

11. A Village Fair

12. The Uses of Computer [C B- 2019]

13. Population Problem in Bangladesh

14. Your Childhood Memories

15. Floods in Bangladesh

Answering Questions from Poems:

O Me! O Life!

***a) What do 'plodding and sordid' mean in the poem?

***b) What kind of questions trouble the poet in the poem “O Me! O Life!”? 

c) What does the poet mean by ‘endless train of faithless’?

d) Why does the poet call himself foolish and faithless?

e) What does ‘eyes that vainly crave the light’ symbolize?

f) What is the poet’s ultimate realization in the poem “O Me! O Life!”? 

g) What does the poet mean by ‘useless years’ in the poem “O Me! O Life!?

Books

***a) What do books hold between their covers?

b) What does the poet compare books to in the poem?

***c) What does the poet say about the good things that reading a book can do to you? 

d) What does the poet say about the body and mind while reading a book?

***e) Why does the poet call a book ‘a magic box’?

Two Mothers Remembered

a) What is the main theme of the poem “Two Mothers Remembered”?

***b) What does “full circle” mean in the poem “Two Mothers Remembered”?

***c) How does the poet portray the mother-daughter bond?

***d) How are the two mothers different yet the same?

e) According to the poem “Two Mothers Remembered” what should children do to their mother and why?

The Sands of Dee

***a) What was the weather like when Mary went to bring the cattle home in the poem “The Sands of Dee”?

b) Narrate the story of Mary in your own words.

***c) How is Mary’s hair described in the poem?

***d) Why is the foam described as ‘cruel and hungry’ in the poem “The Sands of Dee”?

***e) What do the boatmen still hear in the poem “The Sands of Dee”?

Time You Old Gipsy Man

***a) What does the speaker offer to Time in return for staying?

b) What is the significance of “Last week in Babylon, Last in Rome”? 

***c) Why does the poet call time an “Old Gipsy Man”?

d) How does the poet personify Time in the poem “Time, You Old Gipsy Man”?

e) What does the caravan represent in the poem “Time, You Old Gipsy Man”?

***f) What is meant by “blind in the womb”?

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

a) What is the significance of “the darkest evening of the year”?

***b) What do the woods symbolize in the poem?

***c) What is the meaning of “miles to go before I sleep”?

d) Where do you think the poet is going in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”?

e) Why did the poet stop by the woods in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy evening” Why is he going there?

f) What is the significance of ‘sleep’ in the poem?

***g) What promises is the poet talking about? / “But I have promises to keep” Explain this line based on the poem.

Solitude

a) How does the poem “Solitude” reflect the poet’s view of society?

b) What does the poet mean by “Rejoice, and men will seek you” in the poem “Solitude”?

c) What does the poet say about death in the poem “Solitude”?

***d) How is human nature portrayed in the poem “Solitude”?

e) Why does the poet emphasize sharing joys over sorrows in the poem “Solitude”?

***f) How does the poem “Solitude” reflect the reality of human relationship?

***g) Why do the mountains echo the songs that we sing but not our sighs, according to the poem “Solitude”?

***h) What lesson can we learn from the poem “Solitude”?

Answering Questions from Stories:

Mr. Moti 

a) Why is the rooster called Mr. Moti?

b) Why is the story “Mr. Moti” a Bangladeshi story? Which war is referred to in the story?

c) What do you think about mother son relationship according to the story “Mr. Moti”? 

d) How has the author intensified motherly feeling in the story “Mr. Moti”?

e) Why does Amin want to go to war?

f) What is the relationship between Sonaban and and Moti?

g) Is the author trying to compare the son with the rooster? What are the reasons for doing so?

The wheel of Cyclone

a) Describe the weather of 17th March, 1978 in your own words.

b) What steps did the author take to save himself when the cyclone hit North Delhi?

c) Why did the author change direction while returning to his room?

d) How did the author save himself during the cyclone?

The Purple Jar (Part-1)

a) Make a list of things Rosamond wanted to buy?

b) Why was Rosamond a little disheartened?

c) Why do you think Rosamond wanted to buy all the things? 

d) What sort of woman is Rosamond’s mother? How can you understand it?

e) Do you support the attitude of Rosamond’s mother that we should not buy the things which are not necessary?

The Purple Jar (Part-2)

a) What did Rosamond see in the chemist’s shop? What attracted Rosamond most?

b) Why did Rosamond’s mother want to buy her only one thing? What did Rosamond decide to buy at last?

c) Do you support that Rosamond’s mother was right to insist her to choose only one thing? Why/ Why not?

d) What were the two things Rosamond wanted to buy?

The Purple Jar (Part-3)

a) Why didn’t Rosamond examine the jar before buying it?

b) What did Rosamond take the jar for?

c) How did Rosamond come to know that the purple was in fact a plain white glass jar?

d) Do you think Rosamond’s mother didn’t know about the coloured water of the jar? Why did she let Rosamond buy it?

e) What made Rosamond disappointed?

A Pound of Flesh 

a) Why was Bassanio short of money all the time? Why did he go to Antonio?

b) Why did Antonio go to Shylock?

c) What are the qualities of Portia that brought her fame?

d) How did Bassanio lead his life?

e) What type of man was Shylock?

The Three Caskets 

a) Why did Portia’s father make a strange plan? 

b) Who succeeded to marry Portia? How?

c) Why did Bassanio’s and Portia’s happiness turn into sorrow?

d) Do you support the idea of Bassanio that bad men appear good and they hide their inner ugliness under fine clothes?

e) What is the reason of Bassanio’s choosing the right casket? 

The Trial 

a) Who was Portia? What do you know about her?

b) What did Portia say regarding mercy in the story “The Trial”?

c) How did Portia save Antonio’s life?

d) Sketch the character of Antonio.

e) “But God will only have mercy on us if we have mercy on others”—what does the sentence express?

The Story of an Hour 

a) How did Mr. Mallard die, according to the rumour?

b) How did Mrs. Mallard react after getting the death news?

c) What do you mean by the statement “a joy that kills” in “The Story of an Hour?

d) Why did Mrs. Mallard go to her room alone?

e) Why did Mrs. Mallard sit motionless in the chair?