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[According to the Syllabus of 2004-2005]
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—03-06-2009 EXAMINATION—2008 ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
New
evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters. In November
1999, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results
of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found
that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract
burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.
Green tea
can even help prevent tooth decay! Just as its bacteria-destroying
abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria
that causes dental plaque. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing
green tea from deodorants to creams are starting to appear on the
market.
Bangladesh
produces generally black tea like India and Sri Lanka. However, the
country manufactures about 3m kg of green tea annually in one garden,
Jagcherra Tea Estate of James Finlay. A major portion of the tea is
exported to Pakistan. Due to its astringent flavour it is not popular to
western markets. They favour green tea of Mellowed qualities which is
produced from small leaf China variety by China and Japan. So the rise
of internal consumption would be a key factor for the expansion of green
tea in Bangladesh.
(a) Write answers to the following questions: 2×2=4(i) What good things have been talked about regarding green tea?
(ii) What tea is popular to western markets?
(b) What is the main idea and what are the supporting ideas of the passage? 4
(c) Write down the meanings of the following words/phrases in English and make sentences in your own language (any four) :
evidence; appear on; due to; astringent; favour; consumption.
(d) What is the key-word in the first sentence of the passage? How does it help you understand the meaning of the sentence? 4
(e) Summarise the passage. 4
2. Correct the following sentences : 5
(a) Stay here until I do not come.
(b) The girl resembles to her mother.
(c) This is the best of the two.
(d) Would you mind to have a cup of tea?
(e) You should stick at your principle.
3. Change any five of the following words as directed and make sentences with changed words:
1×5=5
difficult (noun); pride (adjective); moral (adverb); desirable (noun); beauty (verb): trouble (adjective); production (verb).
4. Supply a suitable word to fill in the blank in each of the following sentences (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) The house is too costly_____me to buy.
(b) Two years have passed_____I saw him.
(c) Barking dogs_____bite.
(d) All that glitters_____not gold.
(e) Necessity is the mother of_____.
5. Correct the form of verbs within the brackets and use them in the gaps : 5
We (to start) – for Dhaka early in the morning. Our bus (to run) – fast. We saw
farmers (to work)-in the fields. The man (to seat)-beside me looked thoughtful. For
his only son (to go)-to leave Bangladesh soon.
6. Give the synonyms of the following words and make sentences of your own (any five) : 1×5=5 destroy, nervous; ugly; quite; faithful; completely; selfish.
Or, Add prefix or suffix to the following words and make sentences with them (any five) : rich; strength; case; success; examine; implement; little.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) I want to talk to Mr. Tawhid.
(b) The girl looks like a rose.
(c) ‘Everybody hates a liar.
(d) Our college was built in 1956.
(e) Charity begins at home.
(f) Her elder sister is a magistrate.
(g) He lifted the box carefully.
8. Rearrange the following words to make sentences : 5
(a) towns a problem is in all traffic jam.
(b) 1971 became it in independent.
(c) intends abroad he to go.
(d) martyrs are they called.
(e) letter receive your to very am I glad.
9. Punctuate the following passage : 5 it is this style of clear expressive vitality that won immediate admiration from readers and set the tone for the later essayists
10. Translate into English : 5
11. (a) Suppose, you are Principal of a college. Your college will be closed on account of Degree Pass Examination. Now, write a notice about it.
Or, (b) Suppose you own an apartment at Banani. You want to let it. Now, write an advertisement for a daily.
12. Write a paragraph on any one of the following by writing topic sentence and developing ideas : 8
(a) Price hike;
(b) Digital Bangladesh;
(c) Climate change.
Or, Write a report for the newspaper on load-shedding in your locality.
13. Write an application to the Registrar of the National University requesting him to correct the spelling mistake of your name and a subject code in your Registration Card. 8
Or, Write a letter to your friend informing what you would like to do after your graduation.
14. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) Natural calamities in Bangladesh;
(b) Students and social service;
(c) Life in a village.
[According to the Syllabus of 2003-2004]
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—03-06-2009
E XAMINATION—2008
ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Men
usually want to have their own way. They want to think and act as they
like. No one, however, can have his own way all the time. A man cannot
live in society without considering the interests of others as well as
his own interests. ‘Society’ means a group ©f people with the same laws
and the same ways of life. People in society may make their own
decisions, but these decisions ought not to be unjust or harmful to
others. One man’s decisions may so easily harm another person. For
example, a motorist may be in a hurry to get to a friend’s house. He
sets out driving at full speed like a competitor in a motor race. There
are other vehicles and also pedestrians on the road. Suddenly there is a
crash. Too many road accidents happen through the thoughtlessness of
selfish drivers. We have governments, the police and the law courts to
prevent or to punish such criminal acts. But in addition all men ought
to observe certain rules of conduct. Every man ought to behave with
consideration for other men. He ought not to steal, cheat or destroy the
property of others. There is no place for this sort of behaviour in a
civilized society. Men in a free society have certain privileges. The
government and the police do not watch all their movements. Men in a
free society may think as they please. They may even choose their own
government. In return for these privileges they ought not to act
selfishly. They ought always to respect the rights of others. Wherever
they may live— whether in a town or in a village— in a large or a small
community, they ought not to behave thoughtlessly. The happiness of a
community depends on the behaviour of its individual members.
(a) Write answers to the following questions :(i) Why can men not always have their own way? 2.5×2=5
(ii) What is very important to remember for men living in a civilized society?
(b) Write down the meaning of the following words/phrases in English and make sentences of your own : 5 thoughtlessness; in a hurry; pedestrians; set out; competitor.
(c) Add prefix or suffix to the following words and make sentences of your own : 5 selfish; respect; please; happiness; interesting.
(d) What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage? 5
(e) Write a summary of the passage. 5
2. (a) Correct any five of the following sentences : 1×5=5
(i) He made to do it.
(ii) We discussed about the problem.
(iii) He is some better today.
(iv) It is time we eat our lunch.
(v) Do you finish the work yet?
(vi) He was absent in the meeting.
(vii) Karim told me a liar.
Or, Combine each of the following groups of sentences into one (any two) : 2.5×2=5
(i) It was a dark night. He set out from home. He did this in disgust His to fight for the country.
(ii) It was winter. I went to Dhaka. I visited many places.
(iii) English is an international language. We need it in Bangladesh. We must learn it.
(b) Suppose, you will not be able to take classes on Sunday. Now, write a notice about it. 4
Or, Suppose, you are the co-ordinator of an exhibition to be held from July 2008. Now, write an advertisement for a daily.
3. Write a paragraph on any one of the following : 8
(a) Computer;
(b) Brain drain:
(c) Leisure.
Or, Write a dialogue between two friends on watching an interesting TV programme.
4. Write an application to the Principal of a college for the post of a lecturer in English. 8
Or, Write a letter to your friend telling him what you want to do after the graduation.
5. Write an essay on any one of the following: 15
(a) Tree plantation;
(b) Problem of illiteracy in Bangladesh;
(c) Poverty alleviation.
6. Rearrange the words to make sentences : 5
(a) aunt lived with she her.
(b) received Socrates education a good.
(c) warfare skilled he was in.
(d) education had not much he.
(e) kingdom was ruling tired of King Lear his.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 5
(i) I borrowed his car.
(ii) My sister is a doctor.
(iii) I love my mother very much.
(iv) He is fond of playing cricket.
(v) They caught the mouse by means of a trap.
(vi) Bashir comes here every week, (viii) Dhaka is thirty miles from here.
8. Use articles where necessary in the gaps : 5
One of____snake charmers was playing on____flute and____other was beating a drum.
As____music grew louder and louder, more people from here and there joined____crowd.
9. Correct the form of verbs within the brackets and use them in the gaps : 5
As women (constitutes) – almost 50 per cent of our population, they should also be
(include) – in our development programmes. For the development of the country full
participation of the women in the economic activities (be) – essential. Women have
already (prove)–their efficiency in some areas. They (worked) – not only in the
agricultural fields now but also in the mills and factories.
10. (i) Write the antonyms of the following and make sentences with them (any five) : 5
(a) Attractive; (b) Bless; (c) Cancel; (d) Cheap; (e) Despair; (f) Enmity; (g) Light.
Or, (ii) Change the word as directed and make sentences with them (any five) :
Education (adjective); Rich (verb); Believe (noun); Human (adverb); Consider (noun); Noble (verb); Duty (adjective).
11. Punctuate the following : 5
the young man said to the man that he could not stay any longer he added that the king had sent him to do a very important work addressing the young man as friend the man told him to tell him what his important work was he also said that he could also help him
12. Translate into English : 5
[According to the Syllabus of 1997-1998]
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—03-06-2009 EXAMINATION—2008 ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions in your own language :
A speech
community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who make
up the community share a common language. Often they live side by side
as they do in a neighbourhood, a village, or a city. More often they
form a whole country. Many nations are composed of a single major speech
community, for example Italy, Sweden and Japan. National boundaries
however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech
community. Some nations, for example Russia and India are made up of
many speech communities. Some speech communities, for example, Arabic,
Spanish, and English, extend across national boundaries. A speech
community, then, is any group of people who speak the same language no
matter where they happen to live. We may so, say that anyone who speaks
English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience, we may
classify the speakers into two groups : one in which the speakers use
English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn
English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce and
so on.
(a) Write answers to the following questions : 2.5×2=5(i) What do you understand by speech community?
(ii) How can you classify the community?
(b) Make your own sentences with the following phrases (any five) : 5
similar to; side by side; compose of; make up; belong to, classify into; for the purpose of.
(c) Change any five of the following words as directed and make your own sentences : 5
community (adjective); nation (adverb); speech (verb); extend (noun); classify (noun); use (adjective); education (verb),
(d) Make a précis of the passage. 10
2. Find out the determiner, modifier, head word, finite verb and present participle in the following sentence : 5
The angry lawyer walked out of the room, taking the child with her.
3. Fill in each gap with an appropriate word (any five) : 5
(a) The sooner,-better.
(b) I can’t help-this.
(c) She spoke English-the English.
(d) They found the sum-.
(e) It is no good-him for help.
(f) Try to follow-I say.
(g) A drowning man catches-a straw.
4. Correct any five of the following : 5
(a) He resigned from the post.
(b) My father has arrived last night.
(c) He avails the opportunity.
(d) Each of the members has submitted their report.
(e) Twenty years are a long time.
(f) He feels comparatively better today.
(g) Let you and I go there.
5. Transform any five of the following sentences as directed : 5
(a) Mita drives a blue car. (interrogative)
(b) The storm damaged the roof. (passive)
(c) They saw him climbing over the fences, (compound)
(d) How pretty the bride looks! (assertive)
(e) As Matin was sick, he could not attend the party. (simple)
(f) Anna Karenina is the best novel I have read. (comparative)
(g) We shall never forget those who laid down their lives for the country. (affirmative)
6. Combine each of the following group of sentences into one (any two) : 2.5×2=5
(a) Jerry was a poor boy. He was only five. He lived in an orphanage.
(b) The sailors were angry with the ancient mariner. He killed the albatross. He did it without any reason.
(c) The porter was a young bachelor. He lived in Baghdad. He was surprised to see the beautiful lady.
7. Make appropriate Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) Maria left a message for Anika.
(b) John was happy to live in Paris.
(c) Liz wanted to know the answer.
(d) Robin went to Cox’s Bazar for a change.
(e) This book is one of the best selling now.
(f) It was a nice journey.
(g) We passed through the zoo.
8. Frame sentences expressing the following attitudes/ emotions (any five) : 5
(a) invitation;
(b) command;
(c) request;
(d) apology;
(e) advice;
(f) wish;
(g) regret.
9. Write a paragraph on any one of the following : 10
(a) Friendship;
(b) Democracy;
(c) Pahela Baishakh.
10. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to spend the coming winter vacation with you. 10
Or, Write an application to the Chairman of your Union Parishad for the construction of a bridge.
11. Translate into English : 10
12. (a) Amplify any one of the following : 10
(i) Slow and steady wins the race.
(ii) Rome was not built in a day.
Or, (b) Write a dialogue between you and your friend about the necessity of learning English.
HONOURS (non-credit) EXAM—2007
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE : 11-01-2009 EXAMINATION—2007 ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)
Subject Code: NCE-0100 [Old and New Syllabus] Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Read the passage below and answer the following questions :
Education
means mental and moral training. It is the light that clears off the
darkness of ignorance from our mental horizon. The development of a
nation totally depends on its system of education. The percentage of
literacy of our country is 52. But it is very painful that though the
government takes steps to increase the development of education, it
gradually decreases. The students do not concentrate their mind to
studies. Violence takes place in the educational institutions. Those who
have passed the exam during this critical period are not well-educated.
There is lack of proper planning in our education system. The
educational institutions are planless. The teachers do not give proper
attention to their classes, rather they give more attention to coaching
centres. As a consequence, the students become derailed to get rid of
this indiscipline. To improve the standard of education in our country
the students as well as the high officials of the government should come
forward and work heartily to achieve the desired goal.
1. Write answers to the following questions : 2×3=6(a) What do you mean by education?
(b) What are the problems in our education system?
(c) Who should come forward to improve the education system?
2. Show appropriate use of the following idioms and phrases in sentences of your own (any four) : 4
clears off; lack of: takes place: as a consequence; to get rid of; heartily.
3. Change the following words as directed and make sentences with them (any five) : 5
achieve (to noun): development (to verb); mental (to adverb); heartily (to adjective); ignorance (to verb): depend (to adjective); co-operate (to noun).
Or, Write synonym of the following words and make your own sentences with them (any five):
love, beautiful, success, hard, quick, high, little.
4. Make a précis of the passage. 10
Or, Make a summary of the passage.
5. Find out headword, finite, determiner, infinite and participle phrase from the following sentences : 5
The learned professor teaching English in our college has gone to Dhaka to meet his friends.
Or, Write a poster for your favourite candidate in the election.
6. Supply a suitable word to fill in the blanks in each of the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) Ice-on water.
(b) His brother is______MBBS.
(c) Karim is too______a boy to believe.
(d) The committee consists______ten members.
(e) ______does not love her/his mother?
(f) He talks as if he______a policeman.
(g) Open ______ page 50.
(h) He speaks English like______ English.
7. Correct the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) Everyone was paid one’s salary.
(b) Either her friends or Ruby have come.
(c) Would you mind to come here?
(d) Rustom fought as a hero.
(e) I shall refrain to annoy you.
(f) Neither you nor I or anyone else knows it.
(g) The stone is very hard to be broken.
8. Transform the following sentences as directed in the brackets (any five) : 5
a] Robert Bruce, the king of Scotland, sat in a lonely hall. (Compound)
(b) He lay down on the ground and saw a spider trying to reach the ceding. (Simple)
(c) When he tried to reach the ceiling, he dropped frequently. (Compound)
(d) The spider did not give up the struggle. (Passive)
(e) It tried again and again. (Interrogative)
(f) Saquib is the best student in the class. (Comparative)
(g) You are very fortunate. (Exclamatory)
Or, Punctuate and capitalize the following passage.
fahim said to me have you finished reading the book i gave you yesterday yes have finished reading the book i replied what an interesting book it is i said will you return the book to me today he asked
9. Combine each of the following groups of sentences into one sentence (any two) : 5
(a) Hamlet was the young prince of Denmark. He heard the news of his father’s murder. He pretended madness to take revenge.
(b) The jackal was pursued by the dogs. It was very hungry. They were well fed. It was caught.
(c) Tipu Sultan was a great hero. He was the son of his lion-hearted father Haider Ali. He fought to the last drop of blood.
Or, Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences :
(a) Times is cigarette a smoking of curse modern.
(b) Adversity sweet are the uses of.
(c) Different could be leisure ways enjoyed in.
(d) Evening open one by I summer an window sitting was.
(e) Road the came down taxi then a just slowly.
10. Make an appropriate Wh-question for each of the following answers (any five) : 5
(a) I’m fine. Thank you.
(b) My brother is thirty years old.
(c) I get up at six in the morning.
(d) Monetary problems have hampered his education.
(e) I am going to Khulna.
(f) I hurt Abed while removing the furniture.
(g) I was caught in a traffic jam.
11. Frame sentences expressing the following attitudes/ emotions (any five) : 5
(a) apology; (b) advice; (c) warning; (d) condolence; (e) obligation; (f) disagreement; (g) request.
Or, Write a notice for 1st year students of Honours telling that the classes will remain suspended till the test examination is over.
12. Write a paragraph on any one : 10
(a) Leadership in democracy; (b) Satellite TV channels; (c) An evening walk by a riverside.
Or, An inter-college debate competition has been successfully arranged recently in your college. Write a report for the press on this subject.
13. Write an application to the principal of your college requesting him/her to install a canteen. 10
Or, Write a letter of sympathy to a friend undergoing treatment in hospital.
15. Amplify the following ideas : 10
(a) There is a will, there is a way.
(b) A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Or, Write a short essay on any one of the following :
(a) Empowerment of women; (b) Your favourite novelist.
Or, Write a dialogue between a salesman and a customer.
[According to the Syllabus of 2004-2005]
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—17-05-2008 EXAMINATION—2007/08 ENGLISH COMPULSORY Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
Change is
life, change is progress, and change is culture and civilization, while
stagnation is the arrest of development and nothing but decay, death and
destruction. Nothing great in this world is static: everything noble is
dynamic. True it is in all walks and spheres of life. Evolution and
revolution is the law of Nature : it is at the root of all progress, all
formation, all development. Time has always been on the move and there
are upsand downs, rises and falls of human civilization, human culture,
and there is man’s taste and zest, inclinations and motives, likings and
dislikings. Monotony is distaste; variety is the spice of life; change
is life and its zest, its interest, its meanings. In human institutions
rise and fall happen and old order and discipline, old rules and
regulations, old system and process—everything yields to new and
surrenders to new conditions and demands. If there were no change, our
life would be dull, dreary and meaningless. Our life is livable,
romantic and desirable only because of change and alteration,
modification and revision, newness and novelty. And because of this
change of taste and zest, motives and inclinations we have seen kingdoms
and democratic state, capitalism and socialism, nationalism and
internationalism. To speak bluntly, the secret of a nation’s strength
rests basically on its capacity for change and re-adjustment.
Here we
should not forget to note that there have been radical changes and
gradual changes in human history of civilization. In either case of
violent or smooth change human civilization may be beset with dangers
and difficulties, odds and disadvantages but the laws of life and Nature
continue working; nothing remains in its state.
In short,
the old ideas and old values of life become weakened and disintegrated.
With the progress of time new ideas and new values of life, no matter
social, political, cultural, religious, emerge out of the debris of the
old.
(a) Write answers to the following questions : 2×2=4(i) What does change signify?
(ii) What happens to everything old in the evolution of things?
(b) What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage? 4
(c) Write down the meanings of the following words/phrases in English and make sentences in your own language (any four) : 1×4=4
stagnation, static, ups and downs, dreary, radical, development, monotony.
(d) What is the key-word in the last, sentence of the passage? How does it help you understand the meaning of this sentence? 4
(e) Write a summary of the passage. 4
2. Correct the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) Having finished the page, the book was shut.
(b) Is he capable to do it?
(c) He insisted to go there.
(d) I saw a dead cow walking in the field.
(e) He will avail the opportunity.
(f) They will discuss about the matter.
(g) He was accused for murder.
3. Change any five of the following words as directed and make sentences with them: 1×5=5 important (noun); independent (adjective); realization (verb); exposure (verb); evolve (noun); disaster (adjective); die (noun).
4. Supply a suitable word to fill in the blank in each of the following sentences (any five): 1×5=5
(a) Sweet_____the fruits of adversity.
(b) What do children_________most?
(c) Read diligently lest_______.
(d) A railway station is the place____________.
(e) Many farmers are so poor that they cannot keep______together.
(f) Empty vessels______much.
(g) He behaved as if he______a fool.
5. Use articles in the following sentences : 5
(a)-Sunderbans has been declared as (b)____World Heritage Site by (c)_______UNESCO.
There is (d)______great variety of plants and wild animals in this mangrove forest. This
forest is specially known around (e)____world for (f)______Royal Bengal Tigers.
6. Give the antonym of the following words and make your own sentences (any five): 1×5=5 notorious, humane, cease, trust, devout, malevolent, rejoice.
Or, Add prefix or suffix to the following words and make sentences of your own (any five) : bright, pure, attentive, solvent, noble, regular, polite.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 1×5=5
(a) I have been out of the country for two years.
(b) He saw me the day before yesterday.
(c) I found him in the park.
(d) A good dictionary gives the usage of a word.
(e) The bank closes at 4 p.m.
(f) I am doing this for a reason.
(g) I talked to Nishu.
8. Rearrange the following words to make sentences : 5
(a) The police arrived no sooner than the fight had begun.
(b) Fair is foul, is foul fair.
(c) As people king consider him.
(d) Nothing seems to he do have to.
(e) Old Newton now years was fifty.
9. Punctuate the following passage : 5 The scientist shouted that he had done it addressing the scientist as sir the assistant congratulated him on what he had done the scientist replied that he had done something new
10. Translate into English : 5
11. (a) Write a notice to make the visitors cautious about the animals of the zoo. 4
Or, (b) Suppose, relief goods have been sent to your locality. These are not distributed
properly. Now write a memo to the TNO of your Upazila.
12. Write a paragraph on any one of the following by writing topic sentence and developing ideas : 8
(a) Grameen Bank;
(b) The curse of dowry;
(c) Drug addiction.
Or, Write a report for the newspaper on water logging in different parts of Dhaka.
13. You want to apply for the post of a lecturer. Write an application along with a resume. 8
Or, Write a letter to your friend describing the city you live in.
14. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) UN peace keeping operations;
(b) Education in private universities;
(c) The world as a global village.
[According to the Syllabus of 2003-2004]
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—17-05-2008 EXAMINATION—2007/08 ENGLISH COMPULSORY (NON-CREDIT) Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Most of
our students cannot write out their examination papers fairly. As they
cannot understand the questions properly, they often beat about the bush
and cram their answers with irrelevant and unnecessary details.
Sometimes they also fail to arrange their answer neatly, cleanly and
systematically. Although the teacher suggests that their answer should
be brief and precise, they often lengthen them unnecessarily. Where size
does not matter at all, they have a silly notion that the more they
write, the more marks they will get. The reality is just the opposite;
their long answers generally become disgusting and unsavoury. Such
answers always earn unhappy marks.
In order
to get expected marks, all you should do, is to understand the questions
well and answer them just to the point. Don’t worry, if your answers
are fairly short. You should not play any time they may sound
discordant. Be sure your sentences make sense. Above all, you need a
neat presentation. To answer the short comprehensive questions, you
should not copy anything blindly from the passage. Try to answer the
questions more or less in your own English. Frame your answers exactly
in the same tense and aspect on the questions are in. Don’t forget to
write short and simple sentences. Plain and clean English is not bad.
(a) What is the purpose of the passage? 5(b) Write down the meaning of the following words in English and make your own sentences with them : 5
(i) Irrelevant
(ii) Cram
(iii) Precise
(iv) Disgusting
(v) Lengthen
(c) What do you understand from the following long sentences? 2-5 x2=5
(i) As they cannot understand the questions properly, they often beat about the bush and cram their answers with irrelevant and unnecessary details.
(ii) Where size does not matter at all, they have a silly notion that the more they
write, the more marks they will get.
(d) Write down the main idea and supporting ideas of the passage. 5
(e) Summarise the passage. 5
2. (a) Correct any five of the following sentences : 1×5=5
(i) He speaks English like English.
(ii) You drank a hot cup tea.
(iii) Now, I feel uneasy.
(iv) See the word in the dictionary.
(v) The girl prefers dance than sing.
(vi) He is devoid common sense.
(vii) The speaker lectured about population problem.
Or, Combine each of the following groups/sentences into one (any two) : 2.5 x2=5
(i) The porter was young. He was a bachelor. He lived in the city of Bagdad.
(ii) I saw the lady guest, she was unattractive. I was disappointed.
(iii) Shakespeare is a dramatist. He is very great. He has written many dramas.
(b) Suppose, there is corruption everywhere in the country. Make a poster to create public awareness. 4
Or, Suppose, you are the owner of a flat. You want to let it. Now prepare an advertisement.
3. (i) Write a paragraph on any one of the following : 8
(a) Friendship;
(b) Equal rights of women;
(c) Internet.
Or, (ii) Write a dialogue between two friends on learning communicative English.
4. (i) Write an application to the authority for the post of a suitable job. 8
Or, (ii) Write a letter to your foreign-friend inviting him to visit Bangladesh.
5. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) Recreation : tension-free life;
(b) Women education;
(c) Grow more food.
6. Rearrange the words to make sentences : 5
(a) lies in contentment happiness.
(b) on earth everybody to be happy wants.
(c) nobody but happy can be.
(d) is from free nobody and avarice greed.
(e) nobody therefore can contented be.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 5
(i) Her efforts proved successful.
(ii) This house belongs to my father.
(iii) We should respect our seniors.
(iv) Our mistake caused the explosion.
(v) He delivered his lecture at the end of the meeting.
(vi) He went to the airport to receive his friend.
(vii) I saw the man last at his native village.
8. Use articles where necessary in the gaps : 5
I saw- film last night. – film was about- soldier and – beautiful girl. The
soldier was in love with-girl but-girl was in love with-teacher. So-soldier
shot-teacher and married-girl.
9. Correct the form of verbs within the brackets and use them in the gaps : 5
My parents (be)-dear to me. Both of them (be)-highly educated. My father (to work)
- at a govt, college and my mother is a bank-officer. They are (to engage) — in
professional activities. At night, we (to get) —— together and feel happy.
10. (i) Write the antonyms of the following and make sentences with them (any five) : 5
| (a) | Wrong. |
| (b) | Majority. |
| (c) | Surrender. |
| (d) | Shallow. |
| (e) | Qualified. |
| (f) | Maximum. |
| (g) | Knowledge. |
Development (Verb), Wisdom (Adjective), Weak (Verb), Success (Adverb), Prefer (Noun), Rich (Verb), Progress (Adj.).
11. Punctuate the following passage : 5 death is inevitable everybody knows it yet everybody forgets it for the necessity of life again someone becomes immortal by welcoming the death with smiling face someone dies many times before death
12. Translate into English : 5
HONOURS (non-credit) EXAM—2006
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION
DATE—29-01-2008 EXAMINATION—2006 ENGLISH (COMPULSORY) Subject Code: 9999
[According to the Syllabus of 2003-04 & 2004-05] Time—3 hours Full
marks—100
[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
One
fascinating benefit to travel to foreign places is learning how customs
differ from country to country. As a case in point, there are
interesting cultural variations among peoples in such matters as work,
play and education. In the United States, for example, most business and
industries operate a forty-hour week for their individual employees,
although a large number of firms remain open over hundred hours a week
by making use of two or three groups of different workers. For
leisure-time entertainment, Americans indulge in a great range of sports
(hunting, fishing, golf, tennis, baseball, football, etc.) as well as
other social and recreational activities participated in by men and
women together. The custom of non-separation of the sexes is also the
general rule in American schools, from the first grade all the way
through the university.
(a) (i) What benefit does a traveller get from foreign travel? 2×2 = 4(ii) How do the Americans pass their leisure-time?
(b) What is the main idea and what are the supporting ideas in this passage? 4
(c) Make up your own sentences with the following words (any four): 1×4 = 4
Individual; Differ; Entertainment; Custom; Variations; Participate.
(d) What is the key-word in the first sentence? How does it help you guess the main idea of the passage? 4
(e) Summarise the passage. 4
2. (i) Correct any five of the following sentences : 5
(a) I went to the man’s house whom you saw.
(b) The man was charged for murder.
(c) Do you know how does corruption eats up a nation?
(d) He was so insolent that I did not hear him.
(e) She is wiser than I think.
(f) He is an important member in the committee.
(g) Do not pride in your wealth.
(ii) (a) Make a poster of a music-concert organised to help the Sidr-affected people. 4
Or, (b) Suppose a private university wants to appoint part-time teachers of English.
Make an advertisement for this.
Or, (c) One of your friends has recently died in an accident. Prepare a notice for a
condolence meeting.
3. (i) Write a paragraph on any one of the following : 8
(a) Uses and abuses of mobile phone;
(b) Ways of fighting corruption;
(c) Child-trafficking.
Or, (ii) The dustbins in your locality are not cleaned regularly. Write a report for the press on this subject.
4. (i) Write an application to the manager of a private bank for the post of an officer as advertised in a newspaper. 8
Or, (ii) Write a letter to your friend inviting him to attend your elder sister’s marriage ceremony.
Or, (iii) Write an application to the principal of your college requesting him to allow the college play-ground for a friendly football match.
5. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) Patriotism;
(b) Tree plantation;
(c) If I were a politician.
6. Rearrange the words to make sentences : 5
(a) in first calendar is Baishakh month Bangla the.
(b) over celebrated Baishakh country all the Pahela is.
(c) as to life comes new us it a.
(d) gathering Mela a is annual Baishakhi an.
(e) day we greet on everyone this.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five): 5
(a) Children play cricket on Sundays.
(b) He visits his mother every week.
(c) She can speak Bangla, English and French.
(d) He is entrusted with a noble task.
(e) She comes from Khulna.
{f) The boy cant go out because of severe cold. ‘
(g) The doctor suggested the patient not to eat fats.
8. Use articles where necessary : 5
Education is – backbone of- nation. No nation can prosper keeping – large
section of her population illiterate. Primary education forms-basis of one’s life. -
educated citizen can read book, newspapers etc.
9. Use the correct form of verb within brackets (any five): 5
(a) You have (do) a wrong to him.
(b) He (strike) me so hard that I fell down.
(c) He as well as his friends (be) selfish.
(d) He .(lie) down as he was tired.
(e) The river has (overflow) its banks.
(f) I cannot help (laugh).
(g) The fruit (taste) sweet.
10. (i) Give the antonyms of the following and make sentences with them (any five) : 5
(a) complex; (b) false; (c) coward; (d) humility; (e) innocent; (f) reckless: (g) accept, (ii) Change the words as directed and make sentences with them (any five) : 5
improve (noun); neglect (adjective); strong (verb); wisdom (adverb): reason (adjective); poor (noun); success (verb).
11. Punctuate the following passage : 5
as such
the language used in these items will not be the same readers too do not
expect to see a similar language used in reporting a medical discovery
and another report on the countrys increasing crime situation
12. Translate into English: 5
HONOURS (non-credit) EXAM—2006
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—11-11-2007 EXAMINATION—2006
ABANDONED
Time—3 hours
ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)
Subject Code : 9999 [According to New Syllabus]
Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Tagore
says, “Education is a piece of diamond and culture is the emission of
light therefrom.” So, a well-educated man must be cultured too. People
should be cultured in appropriate sense and culture should be moulded
with dice of our own tradition. The term ‘culture’ is very broad. It
comprises music, literature, drama and other aspects of fine arts. The
true picture of a country is projected in its culture. In the arena of
culture indigenous culture plays a very vital role. In the creation and
propagation of culture patronization also plays a vital role.
Since the
dawn of civilization culture has a glorious and magnificent history in
the realm of life-style and thought. It is spiritual, philosophical and
self-sacrificing with no barriers in living’and thought. Culture
reflects the way of living, eating, talking and learning for enriching
peoples creative endeavour towards handi-craft, music, dancing,
folk-songs and skills of making various types of musical instruments.
Bangladesh
has a distinct culture and tradition. This culture and tradition is
rooted in its soil. Its land and people are interdependent. Our culture
echoes the religious belief that we have inherited from our ancestors.
The Liberation War in 1971 and the Language Movement in 1952 are the
glorious bright sides of our cultural history. As a nation though we are
economically poor, its facet has the luster of a meaningful struggle
for survival on earth.
(a) (i) Why is the term ‘culture’ very broad? 2×2=4(ii) How is the culture of Bangladesh distinct?
(b) Write down the main idea and supporting ideas of the above passage. 4
(c) Write down the meaning of the following words in English and make your own sentences with the base words (any four) : 1×4=4
emission, comprise, arena, patronization, barrier, distinct, ancestor.
(d) What is the key-word in the first sentence of the passage? How does it help you to understand the meaning of the sentence? 4
(e) Write a summary of this passage. 4
2.(i) Supply a suitable word to fill the blank in each of the following sentences (any five): 5
(a) He started earlier lest he _____miss the train.
(b) Please look _____the word in the dictionary.
(c) _____reading more, you cannot pass.
(d) He kept the man _____outside for a long time.
(e) I like the _____of the books.
(f) What cannot be _____must be endured?
(g) Can I _____something to your shopping list?
(ii) (a) Write a poster to collect money and other commodities for helping the flood
affected people. 4
Or, (b) A seminar will be held on October 18, 2007 at Osmani Milanayatan on ‘Arsenic
Pollution’. To create awareness about it, write slogans for festoons.
Or, (c) Suppose, you are a public relation officer of a Travel and Tours Organisation.
Now, write an advertisement in the dailies highlighting the facilities of the
organisation.
3. (i) Write a paragraph on any one of the following by writing topic sentence and developing ideas : 8
(a) Child Labour in Bangladesh; (b) E-mail; (c) Self-reliance.
(ii) Write a report for the newspaper on the blood-donation programme in your locality. You want to apply for a computer operator in an office. Write an application mentioning your operational skills in computer along with your resume. 8
Or Write an application to the Principal of your college for increasing library facilities.
5. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) Patriotism; (b) Compulsory Primary Education; (c) Our National Festivals.
6. Rearrange the words to make sentences : 5
(a) sailed york great new for titanic ship the.
(b) compartments she water had tight sixteen.
(c) unsinkable so it as regarded was.
(d) voyage her down but went on she first.
(e) sinking titanic the always will tragic of remembered be the.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) There are five books on the table.
(b) The bank closes at 4 p.m.
(c) Dinajpur is famous for fine rice.
(d) My son’s success made me happy.
(e) Everybody wishes to be happy.
(f) It is quarter to eleven now.
(g) By the side of a lake the park stands.
8. Use articles in the following passage : 5
William Wordsworth, (a)________ second son of (b) —- attorney-at-law read in (c) _____university named Cambridge. He wrote a remarkable poem on (d)______French Revolution. (e) _______English are proud of him.
9. Use the correct form of verb in the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) The rain (stop) before the guests came, (b) Charity (begin) at home, (c) You had better (to speak) the truth, (d) What you (read) at this moment? (e) It is many years since I (see) you last, (f) Had I been a rich man, I (help).the poor, (g) I got the letter (open) by him.
10. (i) Give the antonym of the following words and make sentences with the base words
(any four) : 5
Spacious, Decay. Eminent, Issue, Allow, Triumph, Barren, (ii) Change the words as directed and make sentences with the base words (any five) : 5 Beauty (verb). Friend (adjective), Know (noun), Magic (adverb), Enter (noun). Boy (adjective), Courage (verb).
11. Punctuate the following passage : 5
overhearing their whispers the caliph said to the dervishes are you not of this house then no they replied we have never been in this place before
12. Translate into English : 5
HONOURS (non-credit) EXAM—2005
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
EXAMINATION DATE—24-08-2006 EXAMINATION—2005 ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)
Subject Code : 100 [According to New Syllabus] Time—3 hours Full marks—100
[N.B.—The figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
Newspaper
writing is quite different from other forms of writing like Academic
Writing and Creative Writing. Newspapers are read everyday by a large
number of people from all sections of the society. Therefore the
language used in any newspaper has to be factual and easy. Prospective
writers for a newspaper must understand that while reading a newspaper, a
person would be annoyed if he or she has to frequently look up
dictionary. Also the reader is keen to know the actual happening, the
real story, not a news story made up by the reporter’s own imagination.
However, some forms of newspaper writing, namely, features and
sub-editorials may differ from news stories in style and tone. Normally
full-time reporters do the difficult job of reporting. They gather the
days important news from different locations throughout the day and file
the news stories normally in the evening. These stories range from
political news to sports news and economic news; as well as diplomatic
news or news of scientific discoveries. As such, the language used in
these items will not be the same. Readers too do not expect to see a
similar language used in reporting a medical discovery and another
report on the country’s increasing crime situation.
(a) (i) What should be the language of a newspaper? 2×2=4(ii) When does a newspaper reader get annoyed?
(b) What is the main idea and what are the supporting ideas in this passage? 4
(c) Write down the meaning of the following words in English and make your own sentences with them (any four) : 1×4=4
factual, annoyed, prospective, keen, frequently, location, discovery.
(d) What is the key-word in the last sentence of the passage? How does it help you understand the meaning of this sentence? 4
(e) Write a summary of this passage. 4
2. (i) Correct the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) John went to Scotland for playing golf.
(b) The minister gave a valuable speech.
(c) Industry is the key of success.
(d) Mary speaks French very good.
(e) I see often my uncle.
(f) Lucy is lawyer, like her father.
(g) What you would like to drink?
(ii) (a) Your English teacher is sick. She/he will may be able to take class on Monday.
Write a notice for the students of Hons. Part 1. 4
Or, (b) Write a poster to create awareness against unfair means in examination. Or, (c) Write a memo in which the manager of a firm requests his subordinates to attend
a farewell meeting of one of the members of the staff.
3. (i) Write a paragraph on any one of the following by writing topic sentence and
developing ideas : 8
(a) Admission in Universities of Bangladesh; (b) My Favourite Book; (c) Session Jam. Or, (ii) Write a report for the newspaper on the cultural week in your college.
4. (a) You want to apply for a job. Write an application along with your resume. 8 Or, (b) Write a letter to your pen-friend in Australia telling him/her about the celebration of
“Pahela Baishakh”.
Or, (c) Write a letter to the principal of your college requesting him/her to take necessary steps to clean the campus as there is menace to dengue.
5. Write an essay on any one of the following : 15
(a) The Dowry System; (b) Reading Newspaper—as a habit; (c) A Trip to a Village on a Holiday.
6. Rearrange the words to make sentences : 5
(a) town nice Stratford is a small.
(b) winter is quiet it in.
(c) birthplace Shakespeare is it of the.
(d) usually is full of it tourists.
(e) come people visit the great birthplace dramatist of to the.
7. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five): 5
(a) I would like to drink coffee.
(b) Tim went to London last winter.
(c) My doctor has advised me to lose weight.
(d) Peter is capable of doing the job.
(e) Chris was in Japan when the earthquake struck.
(f) A good dictionary lists the meaning of verbs.
(g) The seminar was held in Chittagong.
8. Use articles in the following passage : 5
Bob Collins has recently become (a) – minister in (b) – new government. He was
(c) -professional footballer in the t960s. He is supposed to be (d) -most skilful
player of his generation. He became (e)- Member of Parliament in 1990.
9. Use the correct form of the verb in the following sentences (any five) : 5
(a) Man (verb to be) mortal.
(b) The sun (rise) at 5.16 tomorrow.
(c) Wait here until I (call) you.
(d) I saw my friend (walk) in the field.
(e) You are not to (leave) the school without my permission.
(f) Had you been serious in your study you (pass) the examination.
(g) The new computer (arrive) next week.
10. (i) Give the antonym of the following words and make your own sentences (any five): 5
dark, happy, reveal, busy, brave, success, appear, (ii) Change the words as directed and make your own sentences with them (any five) : 5
cage (verb), depress (noun), quicken (adjective), thorough (adverb), sign (noun), dear (verb), mother (adjective).
11. Punctuate the following passage : 5
thomas sterns eliot was born on September 26 1888 in st lois missouri after studying at harvard and sorborne he emigrated to england in 1914
12.Translate into English
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