Humayan Ahmed
4. Read the passage on Humayan Ahmed. Complete the following table with information from the passage.
| Humayan Ahmed was a teacher, author, playwright and film-maker. He was born in Mohongonj, Netrokona, Mymensingh on 13 November 1948. His father, Faizur Rahman Ahmed, a police officer and writer was killed by Pakistani Military during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 and his mother is Ayesha Faiz. He passed SSC examination from Bougra Zilla school in 1965 and stood second in the merit list in Rajshahi Education Board. He passed his HSC exam from Dhaka with first class distinction. He did his PhD from North Dakota State University. He worked as a professor of Chemistry in Dhaka University. Humayan Ahmed reached his peak o fame with the publication of his novel “Nondito Noroke” in 1972. He wrote over 200 fictions and non-fiction books all of which were best sellers in Bangladesh. His first television drama was “Prothom Prohor”. It was followed by many dramas and drama serials. He also directed many films based on his own stories. For his outstanding achievements he was honoured with many awards including Bangla Academy Award (1981) and Ekushey Padak (1994). He died on 19 July 2012 at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He was buried in Nuhash Palli. |
| Humayun Ahmed | |||||
| Work as | He was a teacher, author, playwright and filmmaker. | ||||
| Did Ph.D | From (i) —————————-. | ||||
| Who | What | Event/ Activity | Year/When | Place/Where | Relationship/Speciality |
| Humayun Ahmed | SSC | passed the exam | 1965 | Bogura Zilla School | |
| Faizur Rahman Ahmed | a police officer and writer | was killed | (ii) ————- | Humayun Ahmed’s father | |
| Nondito Noroke | (iii) ——— | 1972 | Briught fame for Humayun Ahmed | ||
| Humayun Ahmed | got Bangla Academy Award | (iv)———– | For his outstanding achievements | ||
| He | died | 2012 | (v)———– | ||
Extra Question
| Who/What | Event/Activity | Year/When | Place/Where |
| Humayun Ahmed passed the SSC | 1956 | (i)—— | |
| Faizur Rahman Ahmed was killed | (ii)———- | ||
| Nondito Noroke | (iii)———— | 1972 | |
| Humayun Ahmed | (iv)———— | 1981 | |
| He | 2012 |
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
6. Match the parts of sentence given in column “A” “B” and “C” to write five complete sentences.13
| Column A | Column B | Column C |
| (a)Drug addiction means strong attraction | (i)and stimulating effects which tremendously tell | (i) a global problem. |
| (b) It is now not only | (ii) that especially the young boys are taking | (ii) are bound to commit crimes to arrange money. |
| (c) In fact, drugs are used basically for intoxicating | (iii) for some particular sorts of drugs | (iii) heroin, opium, phensidyle and so on. |
| (d) it is observed with great concern | (iv) cannot buy these drugs and | (iv) which are harmful to our body and mind. |
| (e) These boys, being unemployed | (v) a national but also | (v) upon our body and mind alike. |
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.
(a) But water was at the bottom and out of his reach.
(b) He flew from one place to another in search of water.
(c) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.
(d) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.
(e) He took some pebbles and then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.
(f) Then he hit upon a plan.
(g) At last, he found a jar in a garden.
(h) When the water came to the mouth of the jar, the crow and quenched his thrist.
English 2nd Paper.
1.Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.05
| World’s temperatures | also caused by increased amount of CO2 around the earth. | |
| Destruction of forests | the probable cause of global warming. | |
| World’s climate | is | increasing to a great extent day by day. |
| Global Warming | are | one of the major causes of this natural disaster. |
| Greenhouse effect | undergoing a significant change in recent years. |
2. Complete the sentences.
(a) Books are men’s ———–.
(b) You may not get good friends ————–.
(c) But it is books ————–.
(d) They are your real friends as long as ————–.
(e) ————–, we have to read more and more books.
3. Make tag questions of these statements.
(a) Life is full of troubles and difficulties, —————?
(b) They have to be overcome if we are to succeed in life, ————?
(c) So, we should face them with courage, ————?
(d) We may fail at first, ——————-?
(e) But we must not loose heart, ————?
4. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.
death is inevitable everybody knows it yet everybody forgets it for the necessity of life again someone becomes immortal by welcoming the death with a smiling face someone dies many times before death
5. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.
In order to (a) ——— (material) your dream, you need (b) ——— (determine) and efforts. Nothing is (c) ——— (achieve) in this world without hard work. Nothing is (d) ——— (achievable) for those who are blessed with (e) ——— (common) abilities. They are very fortunate. But those who are (f) ————– (inclined) to do hard work really (g) ——— (fortunate). By spending time in (h) ——- (idle), they only (i) ———- (fool) themselves and ultimately become (j) ———– (remorse)
2.
(a) (kind) ——- is a divine virtue. So, we should not be (b) (kind) ———– to the people in distress and even to (c) (low)——— animals. Some people (d) (joy) ———- beating animals like dogs and cats. This is an (e) (rational) ———-behavior. Our social life is always (f) (danger) ——— by bad people. They may (g) (courage) ——— you to do evil things and (h) (courage) ———- you to do good things. Try to be the (i) (follow) ——– of the great men in the society. Nobody likes the man whose (j) (behave) is not good.