Nelson Mandela

4.Read the passage on Nelson Mandela. Complete the following table with information from the passage.18

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa, on 16 July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party’s apartheid policies. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison and started serving his sentence at Robben Island Prison in 1963. From 1964 to 1982 he was again imprisoned at Robben Island Prison and then later moved to Polls moor Prison, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the anti-apartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international best seller “Long Walk to Freedom and Conversation with myself.” Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa. He was in prison from 1962 to 1990. He became president of South Africa in 1994 and retired in 1999. He spent 27 years in prison for trying to overthrow the pro-apartheid government. After he left prison, he worked to achieve human rights and a better future for everyone in South Africa. Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013 following a lung illness.

                       

	About Nelson Mandela
Profession	Politician and President.
Aim	(i)—————–
Who/What	Event	Place	Time	Contribution	Award
Nelson Mandela	birth	(ii)————-	1918
He	(iii)————	Robben Island	1964-1982
He	was president	(iv)———–	1994-1999
He	was awarded		1993	Guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy	(v) ————

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.18

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a) Dowry means property or money brought	(i) serious that women are inhumanly tortured	(i) and even killed for dowry.
(b) Nowadays, the system of giving and	(ii) bridegroom are the main causes	(ii) this evil from the society.
(c) Illiteracy, poverty and greed of the	(iii) should come forward to root out	(iii) when they get married.
(d) In Bangladesh dowry system has become so	(iv)taking dowry in marriage has struck	(iv) of this heinous system.
(e) The government and people from all walks of life	(v) by a bride to her husband	(v) deeper roots in Bangladesh

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.18

(a) He said to him, “Look, my friend! Keep this money and remove your distress.”

(b) So, he could not devote himself to his work.

(c) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

(d) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.

(e) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(f) A rich man went to a farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(g) He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.

(h) He gradually realized that he had money, but no peace of mind.

English 2^nd Paper.

1.Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.15

Our nation		21st February, 26th March, 16th December, etc.
These days	has	The Independence Day.
The 21st February	is	some glorious and memorable days.
The 26th March	are	a glorious day for the people of Bangladesh.
The 16th December		the National Martyrs Day.

2. Complete the sentences.

(a) A teacher is a person who ————–.

(b) A teacher who has vast knowledge on his subjects, ————–.

(c) ——————-, he must have strong personality.

(d) In spite of maintaining strong personality, —————–.

(e) ————–, he must have a clear idea about all subjects.

3. Make tag questions of these statements.

: There is a man lying on the road, Look at him, (a) ————-?

: He seems to be unconscious, (b) —————?

: Nobody is paying any attention to him, (c) ———–?

: Some people are selfish, (d) ————–?

: Let’s help him, (e) —————–?

4. Change the narrative style of the following text.

“Where is my son?” said the grocer. “A crow carried your son away,” said the fruit seller. “You liar, how can a crow carry away a such a big boy?” “Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weight.

5. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.

my father look at me in anger and said where have you been so long and why are you wasting your time after a moment he said will you not appear in the final examination i replied i went to my friends house to borrow an essential book but he was not at home so i had to wait for him

6. Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.

A (a) ——- (free) fighter is a (b) ——— (war) who took part in our War of Liberation in 1971. The (c) ——– (dependence) of our motherland was (d) ——– (dear) to a freedom fighter than his life. He joined the war (e) ——— (willing). He had no (f) ——- (might) weapons with him. But he had strong moral courage. He was (g) ——– (main) a guerilla (h) ——— (fight). He attacked the enemy from an (i) ——— (known) place and then (j) ———- (appeared).

7. Change the sentences as directed.

(a)Our Victory day is memorable day. (Negative)  (b) People cannot but observe the day. (Affirmative) (c) Everyone remembers the martyrs. (Negative) (d) The day is one of the greatest day in our life. (Positive) (e) We can remember our freedom fight. (Negative)

Home Work

(a)Our Independence day is one of the most important day in our life. (Positive) (b) The valiant fighters fought bravely. (Interrogative) (c) Only the brave freedom fighters went to the battlefield. (Negative) (d) Everybody supported the freedom fighters. (Affirmative) (e) We cannot but remember our freedom fighters. (Affirmative)