SSC English 2nd Paper Board Questions

Secondary School Certificate Examination 2024

Cumilla Board

Sub Code 108

English (Compulsory) 2nd Paper

Time : 3 hours

Total Marks : 100

[According to the syllabus of 2024]

 [N.B.–The Figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part A : Grammar (60 marks)

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. 0.5x10=5

Adolescence or puberty is a period after childhood. During this period physical and mental (a) _____ of boys and girls is so (b) _____ that they need proper amount of (c) _____ food. But many boys and girls are not (d) _____ of this fact. So often they suffer from (e) _____ which hampers their (f) _____ growth. Even some parents do not have the (g) _____ to provide their children with the (h) _____ they need. Sometimes it happens (i) _____ to the parents' reluctance, unawareness or (j) _____.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 0.5x10=5

Man is a social being. So he lives (a) _____ a society. Mutual understanding and cooperation are (b) _____ to ensure a peaceful society. (c) _____ produce ideal members of a (d) _____, an ideal family contributes a (e) _____. A child's future behaviour is greatly influenced (f) _____ the culture of his family. (g) _____ a child is born and brought (h) _____ in a rude and chaotic environment, he also becomes (i) _____ in behaviour and creates (j) _____ and indiscipline in the society.

3. Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below. 1x5=5

4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box: 0.5x10=5

Proper time management makes it possible to complete any work timely. If a person (a) _____ his works into smaller portions and (b) _____ them accordingly, the whole work will be (c) _____ in time. Time is not (d) _____ because of doing the work in a planned way. As a result, enough time (e) _____. Besides proper use of time (f) _____ by doing the work in this process. As each piece of work (g) _____ quickly, opportunity to do additional works (h) _____. Again due to time management, no part of work (i) _____ difficult and no work (j) _____ pending.

5. Change the narrative style of the following text.  5

The teacher entered the classroom and said, "Dear students, are all of you present today?" "Except Rina, all are present, sir," said the captain. "She has not come because of her mother's illness." "Oh! What a sad news it is! May her mother come round soon," said the teacher.

6. Change the sentences according to directions. 1x10=10

(a) Strategy is the most important thing in the examination. (Comparative)

(b) No answer in the exam should be elaborated unnecessarily. (Active) 

(c) When a student gets the question paper, he should read it attentively. (Simple)

(d) Initially the questions may seem difficult. (Negative)

(e) A student should try to answer all the questions to do good in the exam. (Complex)

(f) If a student answers all the questions correctly, he will get good marks. (Simple)

(g) A student should not write irrelevant answers. (Affirmative) 

(h) How irritated the examiners become to see such irrelevant answers! (Assertive)

(i) The examinee should not waste time by doing so. (Passive)

(j) By following the process, every student can achieve a good result in an examination. (Negative)

7. Complete the following sentences. 1x5=5

(a) Five years have passed since _____.

(b) Hurry up lest _____.

(c) We love and help one another as if _____.

(d) We can learn moral values if _____.

(e) Students stopped playing after _____.

8. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis: 0.5x10=5

The other name of water is life. Clean water is (a) _____ (drink) _____. Dirty water is (b) _____ (safe) _____. Clean water is (c) _____ (contaminate) and (d) _____ (suit) _____ for drinking. Bangladesh is a (e) _____ (river) _____ country. But we get (f) _____ (adequate) _____ water for use. The water of most of our rivers is (g) _____ (filth) _____ and (h) _____ (poison) _____. We should keep surface water clean for our health and (i) _____ (long) _____. The government should play an (j) _____ (act) _____ role to keep water safe.

9. Make tag questions of these statements. 1x5=5

(a) Slow and steady wins the race, _____?

(b) The mother has risen in her to see the orphan, _____?

(c) He hardly cast a vote for me, _____?

(d) Kindly do me a favour, _____?

(e) I need not go there, _____?

10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 1x5=5

It is known to all (a) _____ about half of our population are women. They are entitled to equal rights and privileges (b) _____ men enjoy. (c) _____ in reality, they do not get their dues. For the true development of our country, they should be given proper education and training. (d) _____ every woman is a potential mother and her influence on her children is very great. (e) _____, we should pay proper attention to our womenfolk.

11. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text: 5

how dare you wake me up the lion roared i shall kill you for that please let me go the mouse cried.

Part B: Composition (40 marks) 

12. Suppose, you are Rimon/Rima of 40/A Station Road, Dinajpur. You have completed MBA from a renowned university. You have seen a vacancy advertisement in a reputed newspaper for the position of a Public Relation Officer in a life insurance company. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post. Your CV should not exceed one page. 8

13. Suppose, you are Milon/Mili, a student of Pragati Bidya Niketon, Jhenidah. Your school needs a multimedia classroom with internet facilities. As technology is an integral part of modern education. Now, write an application to your Headmaster on behalf of all the students of the school requesting him to take necessary steps for setting up a multimedia classroom with internet facility in your school. 10

14. Write a paragraph on "Environment Pollution" in about 250 words. 10

15. Write a composition on "A Journey You have Recently Made."  12