AL QURAN ACADEMY
Mutafarriqa Section
English 1st paper
Grade 2B
Part A
1. Write the Bangla meaning of the words 0.5x20=10
1) Occur 2) Natural 3) Fragrance 4) Fluid 5) Sporadic
6) Oblivious 7) Heavy 8) Exhausted 9) Doubt 10) Surrounding
11) Ocean 12) Various 13) Wicked 14) Disaster 15) Suddenly
16) Rival 17) Malign 18) Leisure 19) Invalid 20) Frequently
2. Write the English meaning for the words 1x10=10
1) 2) ভিন্ন 3) 4) 5) ঠিকানা
জ্ঞান শ্ত্রু দায়িত্বশীল
6) 7) ধন 8) 9) আগামীকাল 10)
সুস্বা সিদ্ধা উন্নয়ন
দু ন্ত
Part B
Passage:1
Read the text and answer the question no. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Nearly 75% of the earth is covered by water. There is water above ground called surface. water such as
lakes, swamps, rivers, and water that's under the ground called groundwater. Water even exists in the
sky! That is called vapour. So, water is everywhere.
We have a lot of water but unfortunately, we can't drink most of it. Ninety-seven and a half percent of
the earth's water is salt water, which we can't drink. The rest is fresh water, which we can drink. 70% of
our drinking water is frozen- like the Hubbard Glacier. Also, we can reach 30% of our groundwater. And
most of that is polluted. In fact, we can only drink about 1% of the world's fresh water.
We need to take care of our water because there isn't a lot of it. Using water wisely is important to have
clean water now and for the future. Everyone around the world needs to know and work together to
solve water problems.
1. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences. 2x5=10
a. Why can't we drink most of the Earth's water?
b. Why is it important to take care of our water?
c. How can we use water wisely?
d. Why do people all around the world need to know about water problems?
e. How much of the Earth is covered by water?
2. Fill in the gaps with the best word given below. 1x6=6
Unwell health Water Important Right sources
Drinking water means (a)_______ you can safely drink without getting sick. It's the kind of water that
won't make you (b)______ because it's been cleaned to kill the germs. Having clean drinking water is
(c)_______ for keeping healthy. Access to safe water is a basic human (d) ______, and proper hygiene
practices contribute to overall (e)________. Saving and protecting water (f)_______ are important for
ensuring a sustainable and healthy future.
3. Suppose your younger brother wastes water by keeping the water- tap open during activities like
taking a bath, making ablution, and brushing teeth etc. Now, write a short dialogue between you and
your brother, advising him about being active and hardworking. 1x8=8
Passage 2
Read the text and answer the questions 5, 6.
It is said that a man had seven lazy children, and he wanted to ensure their income after he died. When
his moment of death grew closer, he gathered his children and said to them: I have left you in the land
that I own an expensive treasure. I hid it there. Go and get it out after my death, so you can make a
living out of it.
When the father died, his children began to dig up the land inch by inch, but they couldn't find the
treasure, and their efforts were in vain. Then they looked and saw the land was plowed, so they agreed
to grow wheat there, and they did.
The land yielded a great deal of wheat. They ate some and sold the rest and lived a comfortable life.
Then they understood that the land was the treasure their father had told them about.
4. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences. 2x5=10
a. What did the father want to secure for his children after he died?
b. When did the children start searching for the treasure?
c. How did the land benefit the children in the end?
d. What did the son grow in the land?
e. What was the actual treasure?
5. Write ‘True’ for correct statement or “False’ for incorrect statement. Write the correct statement
for incorrect ones. 1x5=5
a. The treasure was a box of Gold.
b. Expensive means cheap.
c. The children forgot to dig the land after the death of their father.
d. the children ate everything that yielded.
e. The children plowed the land
6. Make 5 sentences from the following substitution table 5
The idle Think that their time in idleness.
They always Work they have no need to work hard.
They only depend their fortune.
They usually Pass on others
But they should blame at random to be successful.
Passage 3:
Read the text and answer the questions 8, 9 .
Once in a village, there was a young boy who used to look after the sheep. To make fun, he thought it
would be funny to fool the villagers. So he started shouting and said, "Tiger! Tiger! The Tiger is coming!"
even when there was no Tiger in sight. The villagers hurried to help, but saw nothing. They understood
that the boy lied and fooled them.
One day, a real Tiger came to the sheep. The boy became scared and screamed, "Tiger! Tiger! The Tiger
is here!" But this time, the villagers, remembering his previous lie, thought it was another trick and
ignored him. The Tiger attacked the sheep, ate all the sheep.
The boy learned a valuable lesson about honesty. The moral of the story: "Never tell lies, or people
won't believe you even when you're telling the truth."
7. Answer the following questions in a sentence or sentences. 2x5=10
a. What was the boy's job in the village?
b. Why did the boy shout about a tiger when there was none?
c. What happened when a real tiger came to the sheep?
d. Why didn't the villagers believe the boy when the real tiger came?
e. What did the boy realize after the incident with the tiger?
8. Write a short a paragraph on any of the following topics 8
a. Share an experience from your own life or someone else's where you or they escaped danger by
telling the truth.
b. Share an experience from your own life or someone else's where you or they fell into danger
by telling a lie.
Part C
9. Write a dialogue between 8
10. Write a paragraph on Water or Your Native Village 10
