PRIMARY EDUCATION COMPLETION EXAMINTTION-2009 Subject: English

Time: 2 hours                          Marks: 100

[N.B.- Figures in the margin indicate full marks]

Read the given text and answer the questions No. 1, 2 and 3.

Ms Jamila Akter is a shop assistant. She works in shift in a department store in Chittagong. So she doesn't have to go at the same time everyday. On some days she works in the first shift from 9 am to 3 pm. On other days, she works in the second shift from 3 pm to 9 pm. Jamila always goes to work by bus in the morning. The bus stops just outside the store. In the afternoon, she generally goes there by rickshaw or baby-taxi. She doesn't like to wait at the bus stop in the mid-day heat. The bus is usually over crowded at that time. She always comes back home by bus. She works standing all the time and serves the customers. She meet new people very day. She finds her job interesting.       

1.   Choose and the correct answer :                                         1´5=5

      a) Ms Jamila Akter is a shop ------.                                               

      b) Jamila works in a -----.

      c) Jamila ------ the customers in the store.

      d) She ---- new people every day.                                                

      e) She finds her ------ interesting.

2.   Mach column A with column B to make sentences:          1´5=5

A	B
a) Jamila lives	*  mind.
b) She works both	* by rickshaw.
c) In the first shift, she	* by bus in the morning.
d) Jamila always goes to work	* in Chittagong.
e) She doesn't	* works from 9 am to 3 pm.
	* in the morning and in the evening.
	* from 3 pm to 9 pm.

  

3.   Answer the following questions :                                     3´5=15

      a) What time does the first sift start?

      b) When does the second shift finish?

      c) How does she go to bus stop in the afternoon?

      d) What kind of work does she do in the store?

      e) Why does she like her job?

4.   Write the first 8 lines of the poem  "Little Boy Blue"?

Or, Write the poem "Clouds".

5.   Make sentences with given words (any five).                    1´5=5

      Independent, Imitate, Greet, Curious, Visit, Rub, Finish.

6.   Match the words in Column A with their similar meaning in Column B.            1´5=5

A	B
Bring Same Behind Tows Return	Back Pair Come in Similar Carry Come back

7.   Re-write the following using capital letters and punctuation marks.        2´5=10

      a) belal was born in Dhaka

      b) the annual sports of our school are on sunday march 26

      c) yes i think you are right

      d) our school is closed for ramadan and durga puja

      e) think you sarah for your help

8.   Re-arrange the words to make questions and then answer them (any five).        1´5=5

      a) you, how, are?

      b) time, is what, it?

      c) what, do, does, your, father?

      d) ghost, you, do, believe in?

      e) do, you, a haircut, have, how often?

      f) is, your, favourite, what, game?

      g) colour, is, what, hair, your?

9.   Read the following situation. Make a request dialogue and response. Use would or could.       10

      Rina wants to know the way to the bus station from kamal.

10. Re-write the following sentences with the correct from of verb. 2´5=10

      a) The patent is very ill. The nurse ------ after her. (look)

      b) It was a hot summer day. A man ------- through a village. (pass)

      c) After a month's fasting Eid-ul-Fiter ----. (celebrate)

      d) Bangladesh ----- independent in 1971. (become)

      e) Birds ----- in trees. (live)

11. Write a paragraph within 100 words about a common bird of Bangladesh. Answer the following questions in your paragraph.                                                                         10

      a) What kind of bird is it? b) How does it look? c) Where does it live? d) What does it eat? e) How is it useful?

12. Suppose, you are Shihab. Write a letter to your friend Asif, describing him about your last Eid-ul-Fitre or Durga Puja. 

=The End=