English Grammar

Jessore Board-2012

Part B: Vocabulary Test

9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary). There are more words in the box than you need.                               1 × 10 = 10

variety	item	communication	require	communicative	four	foreign
purpose	international	base	imply	speaks	skill	tradition

            English is called an (a) _______ language. In almost all countries, there are people who can (b) _______ English. No other language than English serves the (c)_______ of a common language through which people can (d)_______ with one another across the national border. We should learn English for a great (e)_______ of purpose. English is a skill (f)_____ subject. We should therefore learn the (g)_______ skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The communicative approach to learning English does not (h)_______ one to know or learn definitions of grammar (i)_______ . Traditional grammar has little or no place in learning English through the (j)_______ approach.

Answer

9. Cloze test with clues:

(a) International;   (b) speak;   (c) purpose;   (d) communicated;   (e) variety;  (f) based;  (g) four;  (h) require;  (i) items;  (j) communicative.