Ò786Ó
Alex Murphy
Model Exam-5 (2023)
Class: Nine Subject: English 2nd Paper
Time: 1 Hour Full Marks: 50
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. 5
hinder about into of with a the know
Life is real but much (a) ______ what (b) _____ man learns from books is theoretical. Bookish (c) ______ unless
supplemented by practical experience, is not a help, but is often a (d) ______. Travelling furnishes one (e) ______ an
opportunity for acquiring that experience. Pope, the poet sang that (f) ______ proper study of mankind is man. The traveller
comes (g) ______ contact with various types of people, and if he moves about (h) ______ an observant eye and keeps the doors
and window (i) ______ his mind open, he can acquire a lot of practical knowledge (j) ______ men and things of the world.
2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 5
Economic liberty means solvency. It does not descend (a) ______ people automatically. People have to (b) — hard for it. It is a
fruit that must be earned (c) ______ it can be enjoyed. So (d) ______ position called solvency is (e) ______ So poverty special
one. Life becomes dull and meaningless if we cannot enjoy economic (f) ______ elimination is a great challenge (g) ______
the present time. We need to be (h) ______ at facing the challenge of 21 century. We should stretch our helping hands
(i)______ the distressed people of society. Thus, we can enjoy a happy environment (j) ______ our society.
3.Make five sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below: 5
A rumour spread it base
In most cases believe it from person to person
Some unscrupulous people create without being sure of it
Some imprudent people is a tale circulated unrest in the society
It may it has no for some purposes
4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. 10
vaccinate develop offer spread last outpace detect recover cause believe
Omicron (a) more quickly than other variants. The omicron variant now (b)______ in many countries around the world. It is
important to remember that all variants of COVID-19 (c) ______ severe disease or death. WHO (d) _______ that Omicron (e)
______ the Delta variant where there is COVID-19 transmission in the community. However, being (f) ______ and taking
precautions such as avoiding crowded spaces, keeping distance from others and wearing a medical mask are critical in helping
to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while people who (g) ______ from COVID-19 (h) ______ some natural immunity to the
virus. Nobody knows how long it (i)______, but vaccines (j)______more reliable protection.
5.Change the sentences according to directions. 10
(a) Strategy is the most important thing in the examination. (Comparative)
(b) Any answer in the exam should not be elaborated. (Active)
(c) When he gets the question paper, he should read it carefully. (Simple)
(d) At first glance, the questions may seem difficult. (Negative)
(e) A student should attempt to answer all the questions to get good marks. (Complex)
(f) If an examinee answers all the questions, the examiner becomes glad to see that. (Simple)
(g) But, it is better than not answering at all. (Positive)
(h) It is really sensible. (Exclamatory)
(i) The examinee should not waste time by doing it. (Passive)
(j) Without following this process, you cannot bring a good result in an examination. (Compound)
6. Complete the following sentences. 5
(a) The students come to school with a view to ______.
(b) I feel like ______.
(c) Father insisted on ______.
(d) If it were not your help, ______.
(e) Too much cunning ______.
7. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both to the root words given in the parenthesis. 5
(a)______(proper) garbage (b)______(dispose) can cause contamination to subterranean water sources. Relocating garbage
dumps doesn't necessarily solve this (c)______(incredible) unhealthy problem. Laws preceding the (d) ______ (discover) of
this problem were predictably (e) ______ (relax) in terms of garbage disposal. Since the discovery, authorities have proceeded
to (f) ______ (tough) these laws and have injected funds into reevaluating ongoing practices. Interjection of
(g)______(environment) organizations has helped to convince an incredulous public of the depth of the problem and the need
to (h)______(cycle). Some garbage dumps have receded in size, but most have increased as the (i)______(believe) amount of
garbage produced continues to (j)______(multiple) unnecessarily.
8. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. 5
The importance of English can hardly be exaggerated (a) ______ it is a global language. We need to learn it for higher studies
(b) ______. books of almost all faculties of knowledge are written in English. (c) ______ if we do not know English, we will
fail to keep pace with the progressive force of the world. (d) ______ learning and teaching English in Bangladesh suffer serious
setbacks (e)______ most of the learners are not keen to learn it.
