English 2nd Paper All SSC Board Questions 2025

Dhaka Board 2025

1. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the form of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once :

Of	anglers	on	an	refresh
out	into	fortunate	the

I am fond (a) — angling. Whenever I get time, I go (b) — angling. On last Friday, I went to a big lake riear my village. I took (c) — angling rod, bait, (d) — umbrella, light (e) — and -some other necessary things for angling. I went there in the morning and spent the whole day. I threw the hook with bait at about 8 am (f) — the lake but no fish took the bait. I got a little disappointed. When I was about to leave the place, a big fish devoured (g) — bait. I felt spirited and let the hook loose for sometime and then I pulled it (h) —. It was such a big fish that other (i) — gathered round the fish. (j) — I angled another three fishes and returned home with a happy mood.

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use only one word for each gap: 

Trees bear a great (a) — on the climate. If we destroy trees (b) — raridom, one day the country will turn (c) — a great desert. The country will bear the consequences of green house (d) — Again there will be no rain and as a result the country will face a great crisis because ours is (e) — agricultural country and our economy is dependent on (f) —. Again our agriculture is dependent (g) — rain. So trees play a vital (h) — on our climate. Trees keep the soil strong. Trees save us (i) — flood and many other natural (j) —.

3. Make five sentences using the parts of sentences from each column of the table below: 

The Taj  It  Emperor Shahjahan	built  be  stands is built  plays	it as a tomb for his wife.
		on a strong base.
		at Agra in India.
		made of fine white marbles.
		one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.

4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once : 

deliver	take	start	preside	be
advise	decorate	begin	come	read

Our annual prize giving ceremony (a) — off yesterday. We (b) — our school campus very nicely. The ceremony (c) — at 3 p.m. Our Headmaster (d) — over the function and the Education Minister (e) — the chief guest. The function (f) — with the recitation from the Holy Quran. One of  our senior teachers (g) — out the annual report. The honourable chief guest (h) — a brief encouraging speech (i) — us to be regular in studies and (j)— part in the movement against illiteracy.

5. Change the narrative style of the following text: 

“Why didn’t you go to school yesterday?” said the mother to the girl. “I was ill.” the girl replied. “How are you today?” the mother asked again. “Well,” said the girl. “Don’t worry for me.”

6. Change the sentences according to directions in the brackets: 

(a) The bee is one of the busiest insects. (Positive)

 (b) It lives together. (Negative)

 (c) Bees collect nectar from the flowers and make honey. (Simple)

(d) They dance most vigorously to find the nectar plentiful. (Exclamatory)

(e) Honey is stored in the hive by bees. (Active voice)

 (f) They work hard in spring. (Complex)

 (g) No insect is as industrious as the bee. (Comparative)

 (h) How greatly they inspire us to work hard! (Assertive)

 (i) The bees make us think of the importance of activity. (Passive voice)

(j) We should be industrious like the bee. (Imperative)

7. Complete the sentences: 

(a) There is a proverb that —.

 (b) Unless you have good health —.

 (c) A healthy poor man is happier than —.

 (d) You may have a lot of wealth but —.

 (e) In order to have a good health —.

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

We should bear in mind that habit is the second nature of human being. If anyone becomes (a) (custom) _____ to good manners he can’t (b)(behave) _____ with anyone. So, moral (c) (educate) _____ is important. From the early part of life, (d) (child) _____ must be taught the (e) (differ) ______ between right and wrong and trained to follow what is right and what is wrong. Here (f) (train) _______ means the (g) (form) _____ of habit on right lines. It is every parent’s (h)(responsible) ______ to teach their children moral lessons at home. They also have to (i) (sure) _______ that their children do not mix with any bad company. The moral (j) (teach) _______ at an early age will help them become good citizens in future.

9. Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) Everybody wants to lead a better life, —?

 (b) A better life seldom comes without hard work, —?

 (c) We have to work hard for this, —?

 (d) But most of us can hardly do the job, —?

(e) Actually, life is not a bed of rose, —?

10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: 

Ruma is a student of class ten. (a)  _____ she is meritorious, she never takes pride in her merit. She is helpful to all. (b) _____ any weak student comes to her with any problem, she tries to help him/her. She is respectful to the seniors (c) ______ affectionate to the juniors. She is simple in behavior (d) _______ strict in principle. (e) ______ everyone loves her.

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

what is the time by your watch he said its half past nine i replied i must go to school he said

 Part B Composition

Marks-40

12. Suppose, Social Islami Bank Limited invites applications for the post of Junior Officer. You are Taher/Tahera and you are interested to build up a career as a banker. Now, write a CV with a cover letter for the post.

13 Suppose, you are a student of class ten of Kobi Nazrul High School, Chattogram. In your school, the multimedia classroom facilities are very poor. Now write an application to the Headmaster of your school to enhance the multimedia classroom facilities with modern equipments.

14. Trees are the most important gifts of nature. But cutting down trees affects our environment greatly. Now, write a paragraph in 200 words on “The Bad Impacts of Deforestation.”

15. Write a composition about “A Journey you have Recently Enjoyed.”