Sentence Correction

I have no taka.
I have no money.
His informations are false.
His information is false....
He has no scissor.
He has no scissors.
Convey my regard to your mother.
Convey my regards to your mother.
His circumstance is good.
His circumstances are good.
Give me an one-taka note.
Give me a one-taka note.

One word substitution

14. A list of dishes at a restaurant (17th bcs)
-- Bill of fare
15. Industrial shares considered to be a safe investment (17th bcs)
--Blue chips
16.An ordinance ( 16t bcs)
-- A law
17. An imaginary story( 16th bcs)
- A fantasy
18. In fairly good condition (16th bcs)
-- Fresh
19. Of the same kind (16th bcs)
-- Homogeneous
20. Very unpleasant (16th bcs)
-- Obnoxious
21.The holding of more than one office at time (15th bcs)
-- Plurality
22. Boot leg ( 15th bcs)
--Smuggle
23.A speech of too many word ( 14th bcs)
-- Verbose speech
24. One who unduly forwards in rendering services for others is not generally liked society (14th bcs)
-- Officious
25.Economic Slow down (13th bcs)
-- Stagflation
26. Sentence building (11th bcs)
-- Syntax

Group Verbs

Call at =Yesterday he called at my office.
Call in =They called in a doctor.
Call on =He called on me.;
Call over =The teacher called over the students.
Call up =I can not call up his name.
Call out =The girl called out at the top of her voice.

Call off =The workers called off their strike.
Call for =My father called for an explanation from me.
Call upon =The poor boy called upon me for help.
Call upon =I will call upon you tomorrow

One word substitution

1. If a part of a speech or writing breads the theme , it is called -(33rd bcs)
-- Digression
2. Language used in office ---( 33rd bcs)
-- Officialese
3. A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody (31st bcs)
-- Eulogy
4. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions(30th bcs)
-- Hymn
5.Time after twilight before night (30th bcs)
-- Dusk
6. The people who carry a coffin at a funeral are called (30th bcs)
-- pallbearers
7.A body of voters (28th bcs )
-- Electorate
8. A person who writes about his own life (27th bcs)
-- An Autobiography
9. A pilgrim is a person who undertakes a journey to a (26th bcs)
-- Holy place
10.A hater of mankind ( 25th bcs)
--Misanthropist
11. Cud-chewing animal( 22nd bcs)
--Ruminant
12.Stating one thing like another ( 20th bcs)
-- Euphemism
13. A powerful explosive to demolish building (27th)
-- Blockbuster

English Grammar

Barisal Board-2012

Part B: Vocabulary Test

10. Fill in the Blanks with a suitable word in each gap.                                       1 × 10 = 10

            William Caxton introduced printing into England. His success as a merchant enabled him (a) _______ retire early and (b) _______ himself to literary pursuits. In 1477, he set up his (c) _______ press and (d) _______ nearly a hundred books. A (e) _______ of prodigious industry, he translated twenty (f) _______ himself. What is more (g) _______ him is that he published books in English when most works appeared (h) _______ French or Latin. Caxton (i) _______ it as his aim to hasten the spread of knowledge by making books (j) _______ to the public in English.

Answer

10. Cloze test without clues:

(a) to;   (b) devote;   (c) printing/ own;   (d) published/ printed;   (e) man/ pioneer;  (f) books;  (g) to/ about;  (h) in;  (i) took/ thought/ made;  (j) available/ printed.