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Honours 2nd year Non-Major English
Examination 02-01-2025

11. Punctuate and capitalize the following passage:
Once I asked a sweet little girl, "What is your mother’s name?" She replied cleverly, "I know my mother’s name but I won’t tell you that." I said, "What a clever girl you are! I don’t tell my mother’s name to anybody whom I don’t know." She spoke with an air of confidence.

12. Change the following words as directed and make sentences with the changed words (any five):

* (a) Happiness (Adverb): Happily - I happily accepted the invitation to the party.
* (b) Symbol (Verb): Symbolize - The dove symbolizes peace.
* (c) Pure (Noun): Purity - The purity of the water was essential for the experiment.
* (d) Passion (Adjective): Passionate - He was a passionate advocate for environmental protection.
* (e) Large (Verb): Enlarge - The company plans to enlarge its operations next year.
* (f) Deceive (Noun): Deception - The politician's deception was exposed in the media.
* (g) Weight (Verb): Weigh - The doctor weighed the baby before giving it a vaccination.

13. Change the following words as directed and make sentences with the changed words (any five):

* (a) Mental (Antonym): Physical - The doctor recommended physical therapy for the patient.
* (b) More (Synonym): Greater - The greater the challenge, the greater the reward.
* (c) Famous (Antonym): Unknown - The artist remained unknown for most of his life.
* (d) Shallow (Synonym): Superficial - The politician's speech was superficial and lacked substance.
* (e) Optimistic (Antonym): Pessimistic - The pessimistic outlook made it difficult to find solutions.
* (f) Urban (Antonym): Rural - The family moved from the city to a rural area.
* (g) Rare (Synonym): Scarce - The species is scarce and in danger of extinction.

14. Translate the following passage into English:
Ants are very hardworking. They spend all day searching for food. They store food for the rainy days. Though they are small creatures, they are very tolerant and cautious. We have a lot to learn from their lives.

Honours 2nd year non-major English solution Examination 02-01-2025

7. Re-arrange the words to make sensible sentences (any five):

(a) What have I bought yesterday?
(b) I went to the zoo in Dhaka last week.
(c) All that glitters is not gold.
(d) A man has the right to birth of independence.
(e) A winter morning is misty and cold.
(f) To tell a lie is a great sin.
(g) Computers can handle millions of problems.

8. Frame Wh-questions from the following sentences (any five):

(a) How will Rafsan go there?
(b) How many cups of tea do you take a day?
(c) Who does the girl look like?
(d) How long have you been waiting here?
(e) What is Barishal famous for?
(f) Why are you glad to see me?
(g) How do green mangoes taste?

9. Use articles in the gaps:
(a) the
(b) ×
(c) a
(d) the
(e) a

10. Use the right form of verbs in the following sentences (any five):

(a) Runa is used to swimming in the river.
(b) Thirty miles is a long distance.
(c) Had I been in the chair, I would have punished him.
(d) You were rewarded yesterday for your honesty.
(e) The sun had set, we went home.
(f) I got my homework done.
(g) I look forward to receiving your letter.

02.
Here are the corrected sentences:
(a) Tom insisted on my going there.
The correct preposition to use with "insist" is "on" followed by the gerund form of the verb.

(b) Rakiba can speak English fluently.
The correct verb to use is "speak" when referring to the ability to communicate in a language.

(c) She prefers singing to dancing.
When comparing two activities, we use the gerund form of the verbs.

(d) I saw a dead man walking on the street.
This sentence is already correct. It uses a present participle to describe the action of the dead man.

(e) There is no place on the bench.
The correct preposition to use is "on" when referring to a surface.

(f) Walk fast lest you should miss the train.
The word "lest" is typically followed by the subjunctive mood, which is often expressed with "should."

(g) Cut this line.
This sentence is already correct. It is a simple imperative sentence.

Honours 2nd year Non - major English Question
Exam : 02- 01- 2025