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Rules of Passage Narration

Monday, August 17, 2015

                                                                     Rules of Passage Narration


1. প্রথমত, পুরো Passage টি পড়ে কে Speaker এবং কে Audience তা চিহ্নিত করতে হবে। তারপর তাদের উক্তিগুলোর Mood বা ক্রিয়ার ধরন চিহ্নিত করতে হবে।

2. Direct Speech এর ক্ষেত্রে Reporting Verb টি বাক্যের মাঝে বা শেষে থাকলে Indirect করার ক্ষেত্রে অবশ্যই Direct Speech কে Sentence এর শুরুতে আনতে হবে।

Dir: “You look a little bit like my mother,” Hassan said to the lady, “Especially in the dark by the fire. ”
Indir: Hassan told to the lady that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire.

3. বক্তা যদি পুরো Passage এ একাধিক উক্তি ব্যবহার করে থাকেন তাহলে প্রথম উক্তির পরে পরবর্তী উক্তি গুলোর ক্ষেত্রে হবে-

a. Assertive Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে: added/further added/also said ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

b. Interrogative Sentenceএর ক্ষেত্রে: again asked/further asked/also asked ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

c. Imperative Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে: and Requested /and ordered to ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

d. Optative Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে: and prayed/and wished that ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

e. Exclamatory Sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে: and exclaimed in joy that/ in grief that ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

4. Direct Speech এ Reported Speech এ যদি Yes উল্লেখ থাকে তাহলে Indirect Speech করার সময় যথাক্রমে Replied in the Affirmative that/ answered in the positive that ব্যবহার করতে হবে এবং No এর ক্ষেত্রে Replied in the negative that ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

Dir: Sumon said to Razu, “Are you going to your native village tomorrow?” No, I have changed my decision,” said Razu.

Indir: Sumon asked Razu if he was going to his native village the next day. Razu replied in negাtive that he had changed his decision.

5. Direct Speech এ sir থাকলে indirect Speech এ Sir এর পরিবর্তে Respectfully বা Addressing as sir ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

Dir: “Yes, sir” he replied, “I have completed my home work.”

Indir: He replied respectfully in the affirmative that he had completed my home work. Or

Addressing as sir he replied in the affirmative that he had completed my home work.

6. Direct Speech এ যদি কাউকে Address বা সম্বোধন করা হয় তাহলে Addressing as দিয়ে Indirect Speech শুরু করতে হয়।

Dir: “Are you tired, friends?” said the clever boy.
Indir: Addressing them as friends he (the boy) asked them if they were tired.

7. Direct Speech এ যদি by Allah, by God, by goddess, by my life ইত্যাদি উল্লেখ থাকলে Indirect Speech এ swearing by Allah, by God, by goddess, by my life ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

Dir: “By Allah, he replied, I will not help you.”
Indir: Swearing by Allah, he replied that he would not help me.

8. Inverted Comma (“ ”) এর বাহিরে কোন Clause অথবা Phrase থাকলে তা কোন পরিবর্তন না হয়েই Sentence এর শুরুতে বসবে। এক্ষেত্রে যদি Present Participle অংশ থাকে তাহলে তা শুরুতে বসবে।

Dir: “Are you students?” Asked the principal of this college, turning to the dervishes.

Indir: Turning to the dervishes, the principal of this college asked if they were students.

9. Direct Speech এ যদি Affirmative Sentence হওয়া স্বত্ত্বে ও কোন Sentence এর শেষে প্রশ্নবোধক চিহ্ন (?) থাকে তাহলে বুঝতে হবে উক্ত চিহ্ন দ্বারা অবাক বা বিস্ময় প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে তাই Indirect Speech এর ক্ষেত্রে Reporting verb এর পূর্বে Being Surprisedলিখতে হবে এবং Reporting verb টিকে ask/asked দ্বারা পরিবর্তন করতে হবে।

Dir: My father said to me, “You have remembered how he looked all these years? ”

Indir: Being surprised he (my father) asked me if I had remembered how he had looked all those years.

10. Direct Speech এ যদি Subject উল্লেখ না থাকে তাহলে Indirect Speech এ বক্তার ক্ষেত্রে the speaker এবং শ্রোতার ক্ষেত্রে the listener ব্যবহার করতে হয়।

Dir: “Did you help the boy?” Yes, I helped him last night.

Indir: The speaker asked the person if he had helped the boy. The listener replied in affirmative and said that he had helped him the previous night.











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Rules of Narration


Assertive sentence
Rule-1
: Reporting verb-এর object না থাকলে indirect speech-এর সময় said অপরিবর্তিত থাকবে। Inverted comma উঠে that বসবে। যেমন:
a.Talha Said, ’I am reading a book now’.
Answer: Talha said that he was reading a book then.
b. Imran Said, ’I will do my home work’. Answer: Imran said that he would do his home work.
c. Shila said, ’I am not wrong’.
Answer: Shila said that she was not wrong.
d. Hassan said, ’I met Rupa long ago’.
Answer: Hassan said that he had met Rupa long before.
e. Rashed said, ’I ate my meal yesterday’.
Answer: Rashed said that he had eaten his meal the previous day.
Try yourself:
a. He said, ’I go to college daily.’
b. She said, ’My brother will come here tomorrow.’
c. The man said, ’I do not take tea’.
d. Father said, ’I do not like student-politics’.
e. The boy said, ’I learn my lessons regularly’.
Rule- 2: Reporting verb-এর object থাকলে said to-এরপরিবর্তে told/said to ব্যবহূত হবে। Inverted comma উঠে that বসবে।যেমন:
a. Riku said to Biplob, ’You are a good officer’.
Answer: Riku said to Biplob that he was a good officer.
b. Abu Huraira said to me, ’You are honest’.
Answer: Abu Huraira said to me that I was honest.
c. I said to her, ’You are a good girl’.
Answer: I said to her that she was a good girl.
d. Dolly said to me, ’I am going to college now’.
Answer: Dolly said to me that she was going to college then.
e. She said to me, `I have already finished my work`.
Answer: She said to me that she had already finished her work.
Try yourself:
a. My friend said to me, `I can help you.’
b. Sumon said to me, `I am busy now.`
c. I said to her, `You have done well in the Examination.’
d. Mother said to me, `You should love your motherland’.
e. The lady said to Rashed, `You are a very good boy’.
Rule-3: Reporting verb present/ future tense হলে reported speech-এর tense-এর পরিবর্তন হবে না। Inverted comma উঠে that বসবে।যেমন:
a. Ali says, `I did not play yesterday’.
Answer: Ali says that he did not play the previous day.
b. He says, `I am happy.’
Answer: He says that he is happy.
c. They say to me, `You can help your father.’
Answer: They say to me that I can help my father.
d. He will say to her, `I shall do the work tomorrow’.
Answer: He will say to her that he will do the work the next day.
e. The man says to me, `I am not coming here’.
Answer: The man says to me that he is not going there.
Try yourself:
a. The man says, `I can do this.’
b. The teacher says, `Sultan Mahmud is a freedom fighter.’
c. Mother always says, `Freedom fighters are the heroic sons of the soil’.
d. She says, `Every mother loves her child’.
e. My friend says to me, `You are a good and sincere boy’.
Narration
Assertive sentence
Rule- 4: Reported speech চিরন্তন সত্য হলে tense-এর পরিবর্তন হবে না। Inverted comma উঠে that বসবে। যেমন:
a. Teacher said to the students, `The earth moves round the sun.’
Answer: Teacher said to the students that the earth moves round the sun.
b. Mother said to me, `Honesty is the best policy’.
Answer: Mother said to me that honesty is the best policy.
c. Father said to his son, `Ice floats on water’. Answer: Father said to his son that ice floats on water.
d. The teacher said to me, `Time and tide waits for none’.
Answer: The teacher said to me that time and tide waits for none.
e. The man said, `The sun rises in the east`. Answer: The man said that the sun rises in the east.
Try yourself: a. Waiz Al Karuni said, `Man is mortal.’ b. Mother said to me, `Honesty is the best policy.’ c. The teacher said, `Cox’s Bazar sea beach is one of the seven wonders in the world.’ d. He said to the boys, `Where is a will there is a way’.
e. I said to the boy, `Slow and steady wins the race’.
Rule- 5: Must থাকলে had to ব্যবহূত হবে। Inverted comma উঠে that বসবে। যেমন: a. The teacher said to the boy, `You must read this’.
Answer: The teacher said to the boy that he had to read that.
b. Mother said to me, `You must perform your duty.’
Answer: Mother said to me that I had to perform my duty.
c. He said to the labour, `You must do your duty.’
Answer: He said to the labour that he had to do his duty.
d. She told me, `You must buy a pen.’ Answer: She told me that I had to buy a pen.
e. Father said to his son, `You must abide by law and order.’
Answer: Father said to his son that he had to abide by law and order.
Try yourself: a. Mother said to me, `You must prepare your home works’. b. The teacher said to the boys, `You must waste your time’.
c. The master said to the labour, `You must complete the work today’.
The police said to the thief, `You must speak the truth’.
Father said to his son, `You must build up your career’.
Narration
Interrogative sentence
Rule-1
: Reporting verb উঠে ask/asked বসবে এবং inverted comma উঠে if/whether বসবে। যেমন:
a. Susmita said to Nila, ‘Will you go to college?”
Answer: Susmita asked Nila if she would go to college.
b. She said to me, ‘Do you take tea?’
Answer: She asked me if I took tea.
c. He said to her, ‘Did you come here yesterday?’
Answer: He asked her if she had gone there the previous day.
d. Father said to his son, ‘Are you reading now?’
Answer: Father asked his son if he was reading then.
Rule-2: Interrogative sentences-এ reported speech সব সময় assertive sentence –এ রুপান্তরিত হয়। যেমনঃ
a. My father said to me, “Did you learn your lesson?” Answer : My father asked me if I learnt my lesson.
Try yourself:
a. The teacher said to the students, ‘Have you learnt your lessons today?’ b. Mother said to me, ‘Did you go to college yesterday?’ c. The man said to the girl, ‘Will you buy new dress tomorrow?’ d. Father said to his son, ‘Did you not complete the work yesterday?’ e. I said to the little boy, ‘Have you ever been to Cox’s Bazar?’
Rule-3: Reporting verb উঠে ask/asked বসবে এবং reported speech-টি যদি who, which, what, when, whom, where, whose, why, how ইত্যাদি দ্বারা আরম্ভ হয় if/whether না বসে pronoun-টিই বসে। যেমন:
a. Karim said to me, ‘Where did you go yesterday?’
Answer: Karim asked me where I had gone the previous day.
b. The man said to Keya, ‘What is your name?’
Answer: The man asked Keya what her name was.
c. He said to me, ‘Which book do you want?’
Answer: He asked me which book I wanted.
Try yourself:
a. The teacher said to the student, ‘Why have you not learnt your lesson?’ b. Rahim said to his friend, ‘Which book do you want?’ c. Mother said to her daughter, ‘Where did you go yesterday?’ d. The master said to the porter, ‘Why have you not completed the work?’
Imperative sentence
Rule- 1: Imperative sentence হলে reporting verb said/said to –এর পরিবর্তে
a. অনুরোধ বোঝালে- requested
b.আদেশ বোঝালে- ordered/ commanded c. উপদেশ বোঝালে- advised d. নিষেধ বোঝালে- forbade
e. ক্ষমা বোঝালে- begged f. কিছু না বুঝালে- told বসে। যেমন: a. Father said to me, ‘Go home at once.’Answer: Father ordered me to go ho me at once.
b. The teacher said to me, ‘Please come here again.’ Answer: The teacher requested me to go there again.
c. The officer shouted to his men, ‘Halt’. Answer: The officer ordered his men to halt.
d. He said to me, ‘Please open the door.’Answer: He requested me to open the door.
e. The teacher said to the students, ‘Do your homework now.’
Answer: The teacher ordered the students to do their homework then.
Try yourself: a. He said to me, ‘Please, give me a glass of water.” b. Mother said to me, ‘Always speak the truth.’ c. Mr. Kamal said to the boy, ‘Do the sum now’. d. I said to her, ‘Please, lend me your pen.’ e. The man said to the porter, ‘Follow me.’
Rule- 2: Imperative sentence-টি negative হলে to-এরপরিবর্তে not to বসবে। তবে forbade লিখলে not to হবেনা। যেমন: a. Father said to me, ‘Do not run in the sun.’ Answer: Father ordered me not to run in the sun. Or. Father forbade me to run in the sun.
b. The teacher said to the students, ‘Never tell a lie.’Answer: The teacher ordered the students never to tell a lie. Or. The teacher forbade the students ever to tell a lie.
c. He said to me, ‘Do not do this.’
Answer: He ordered me not to do that. Or. He forbade me to do that.
d. I said to her, ‘Do not waste your time.’ Answer: I ordered her not to waste her time. Or. I forbade her to waste her time.
e. She said to the boy, ‘Do not come here again.’ Answer: She ordered the boy not to go there again. Or. She forbade the boy to go there again.
Try Yourself: a. Rini said to Ruby, ‘Do not lament for the post.’ b. The teacher said to the boy, ‘Do not do as you wish.’ c. Father said to his son, ‘Don’t smoke any longer.’ d. Mina said to Dina, ‘Please do not give him your pen.’ e. Mother said to his child, ‘Do not go there in future.’
Rule- 3: Let দ্বারা প্রস্তাব বুঝালে propose to/suggest বসে + inverted comma উঠে that বসে + they/we should বসে + মুল verb-থেকেশেষপর্যন্তবসে।যেমন: a. Hassan said to his friends, ‘Let us have a picnic on Friday’. Answer : Hassan proposed to his friends that they should have a picnic on Friday.
b. The man said to his companions, ‘Let us not miss this chance’.
Answer : The man proposed to his companions that they should not miss that chance.
c. They said to me, ‘Let us arrange for a picnic’. Answer : They proposed to me that they should arrange for a picnic.
d. He said, ‘Let us go out for a walk’. Answer : He proposed that they should go out for a walk. e. My friends said to me, ‘Let us go to Cox’s Bazar’. Answer : My friends proposed to me that they should go to Cox’s Bazar.
Try Yourself
a. Students said to the teacher, ‘Let us arrange for a study tour.’ b. He said to me, ‘Let us go out for a long drive.’ c. They said to us, ‘Let us decide the matter.’ d. Sumon said to me, ‘Let us open a bank account’. e. The man said to me, ‘Let us minimize the matter as early as possible’.
Optative sentence
Rule-1: Inverted comma উঠিয়ে দিয়ে that বসাতে হয় +reporting verb উঠিয়ে wish/pray হয় +reported speech-এর কর্তার পরে may/might হয় +অন্যান্য নিয়ম assertive sentence-এর ন্যায় হবে।যেমন: a. Father said to me, ‘May you be happy’. Answer : Father wished that I might be happy.
b. Mother said to me, ‘May Allah bless you”. Answer : Mother prayed that Allah might bless me.
c. The girl said, ‘Oh! May I have the wings of a bird!’. Answer : The girl wished that she might have the wings of a bird.
d. He said, ‘Long live our President’.
Answer : He prayed that our President might live long. e. The woman said, ‘Long live the King’. Answer : The woman prayed that the King might live long.
Try yourself
a. His mother said, ‘May God bless you.’
b. The man said, ‘Long live the martyrs.’
c. The mother said to her son, ‘May you succeed in the examination.’ d. The teacher said to the student, ‘May you stand first in the examination.’
e. They said, ‘Long live our grand father.
Exclamatory sentence
Rule-1: Reporting verb উঠেনিচের word গুলো বসবে। যেমন:
a. আনন্দ বুঝালে- exclaimed with joy/delight, b. দুঃখ বোঝালে- exclaimed with sorrow/grief.
c. বিস্ময় বোঝাতে- exclaimed with wonder/surprise
d. শপথ বোঝাতে- swearing by Allah
e. বাকি পরিবর্তন Assertive এর মতো হবে।
Example: a. The boys said, ‘We have won the match’.
Answer: The boys exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
b. He said, ‘Alas! I could not save you’. Answer: He exclaimed with sorrow that he could not save me.
c. The boy said, ‘What a fool I am!’ Answer: The boy exclaimed with wonder that he was a great fool.
d. He said, ‘What a nice bird it is!’ Answer: He exclaimed with wonder that it was a very nice bird.
e. The man said, ‘How dirty the house is!’
Answer: The man exclaimed with wonder that the house was very dirty.
Try yourself
a. The captain said, ‘Hurrah! Our team has won!’ b. He said, ‘Alas! I am undone.’
c. I said, ‘Had I the wings of a bird!’
d. The teacher said to the student, ‘Bravo, You have done well!’
e. He said, ‘Good bye, my friends.’
Rules on passage narration
Rule-1: Reported speech-এর মধ্যে কোনো ব্যক্তি বা প্রাণীর নাম ধরে ডাকার ব্যবহার থাকলে তা reporting verb এর সঙ্গে সংযুক্ত হবে।যেমন:
a. He said, ‘Suma, do not quarrel.’
Answer: He forbade Suma to quarrel.
b. They said, ‘Rafiq, you will attend the meeting.’ Answer: They said to Rafiq that he would attend the meeting.
c. Kamal said, ‘Rana, do you know me?’
Answer: Kamal asked Rana if he knew him.
d. ‘Where did you go yesterday, Shilla?’ said Apu. Answer: Apu asked Shilla where she had gone the previous day.
e. She said, ‘Will you go to college, Apurba?’ Answer: She asked Apurba if he would go to college.
Try yourself
a. I said, ‘Riku, you will come to Dhaka tomorrow with your friend’.
b. Sumon said, ‘You did not do well in the examination, Razib’.
c. The teacher said, ‘Hassan, you must buy new English book as early as possible’.
d. The mistress of the house said, ‘You need not come here tomorrow, Shuvo’.
e. She said, ‘Nipa, you are a very good, sincere and hardworking girl’.
Rule-2: Reporting verb-টি মাঝে বা শেষে থাকলেও indirect করার সময় তাকে sentence-এর শুরুতে নিয়ে আসতে হবে। যেমন:
a. ‘You look a little bit like my mother’, Jerry said to the authoress, ‘Especially in the dark by the fire.’
Answer: Jerry said to the authoress that she looked a little bit like his mother especially in the dark by the fire.
b. ‘Follow my example,’ she said to me, ‘and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.’
Answer: She advised me to follow her example and never to eat more than one thing for luncheon.
c. ‘I have made a terrible mistake,’ said the man, ‘I have forgotten to pay my exam fee’.
Answer: The man said that he had made a terrible mistake and added that he had forgotten to pay his exam fee.
d. ‘You will come to college regularly,’ the teacher said to the students, ‘otherwise, you will not understand it.’
Answer: The teacher said to the students that they would go to college regularly, otherwise, they would not understand it.
Try yourself
a. ‘You have to read English more and more,’ the teacher said to the students, b. ‘Otherwise, you will not cut a good figure in English’.
c. ‘Nazrul is not only the national poet of Bangladesh, father said to his son, ‘But also a rebel poet’.
d. ‘Most of the students of our college are weak in English,’ she said, ‘they are not sincere enough in English’.
Exclamatory sentence
Rule-3: পরপর দুটি উক্তি থাকলে also said/and added/also asked হয়। কিন্তু ৩টি উক্তি থাকলে also added /further added/again said ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যেমন:
a. Jerry said, ‘I can chop some wood today. I shall come again tomorrow’.
Answer: Jerry said that he could chop some wood that day and added that he would go again the next day.
b. She said to me, ‘What is your name. Where do you live?’
Answer: She asked me what my name was and also asked where I lived.
c. He said to us, ‘I came here yesterday. I will go to Sirajgonj tomorrow.’
Answer: He said to us that he had gone there the previous day and added that he would go to Sirajgonj the next day.
d. The man said to me, ‘I will come here tomorrow. I will finish this work as soon as possible.’
Answer: The man said to me that he would go there the next day and added that he would finish that work as soon as possible.
Try yourself:
a. The man said to me, ‘Please, lend me some money. I shall return it to you tomorrow’.
b. I said to the little girl, ‘What is your name? What class do you read in?’
c. She said to me, ‘I sent the parcel to my mother yesterday. She will get it most probably tomorrow.’
Rule-4:Yes/no থাকলে যথাক্রমে replied in the affirmative that এবং replied in the negative that ব্যবহার করতে হয়।যেমন:
a. ‘Yes, I have finished reading the book,’ I replied.
Answer: I replied in the affirmative that I had finished reading the book.
b. She said, ‘No, I have not seen him today.’
Answer: She replied in the negative that she had not seen him that day.
c. Jhumu said to Mitu, ‘Are you going to Pabna tomorrow?’ ‘No, I have changed my decision,’ said Mitu.
Answer: Jhumu asked Mitu if she was going to Pabna the next day. Mitu replied in the negative that she had changed her decision.
d. The man said to his son, ‘Are you ill.’ ‘No, I am not ill,’ replied the son.
Answer: The man asked his son if he was ill. The son replied in the negative that he was not ill.
Try yourself:
a. Rahim said to me, ‘yes, I shall go to your house tomorrow. Then I shall go my teacher’s house ’ b. ‘Yes, we will learn our lessons tomorrow,’ the students said to the teacher. c. The rich man said to the villagers, ‘Yes, I shall establish a college in this village next year.’
Narration
Exclamatory sentence 
Rule-5: Sir/Madam-থাকলে respectfully ব্যবহারকরতেহয়।যেমন:
a. ‘Yes, sir,’ she replied, ‘I have done my duty.’
Answer: She respectfully replied in the affirmative that she had done her duty.
b. Looking at my hands the beggar said, ‘Madam, please give me your cardigan.’
Answer: Looking at my hands the beggar respectfully requested me to give him my cardigan.
c. The student replied, ‘No, I have not learnt my lessons today, Sir.’
Answer: The student respectfully replied in the negative that he had not learnt his lessons that day.
d. The man said, ‘Yes, Madam, I have completed the work.’
Answer: The man respectfully replied in the affirmative that he had completed the work.
Try yourself: a. ‘Yes, Sir, I came here yesterday,’ the labour said to his master, ‘I will go there again tomorrow.’
b. ‘No, Sir, I have not learnt my lessons today,’ the student said to the teacher, ‘I was ill yesterday and that is why I could not prepare my lessons.’
c. ‘Yes, madam, I will go to market tomorrow,’ the maid said to the mistress of the house, ‘Then I will inform you in detail about this matter .
Exclamatory sentence
Rule-6: যদি কাউকে address করা হয় তবে addressing as brother/sister/friend দিয়ে শুরু করতে হয়। যেমন:
a. ‘Are you hungry, brothers?’ said the wise king.
Answer: Addressing as brother the wise king asked if they were hungry.
b. The captain said, ‘My friends, be always ready to face our enemy.’
Answer: Addressing as friend the captain ordered them to be always ready to face their enemy.
c. ‘Dear friends,’ the patriot said, ‘Listen to me.’
Answer: Addressing as dear friend the patriot advised to listen to him.
Try yourself
a. The teacher said, ‘Dear students, you should be attentive in the class, otherwise, you will not be able to cut a good figure in the final examination.’
b. The man said to me, ‘Brother, will you help me to perform the work tomorrow?’
Rule-7: by Allah/by God ইত্যাদিথাকলে swearing by Allah/swearing by God ইত্যাদি ব্যবহার করতে হয়। যেমন:
a. ‘By Allah,’ he replied, ‘I will not leave this house.’
Answer: Swearing by Allah he replied that he would not leave that house.
b. ‘By God,’ she replied, ‘I will not go to London.’
Answer: Swearing by God she replied that she would not go to London.
c. ‘By Allah, we will play in this field,’ the boys said.
Answer: Swearing by Allah the boys said that they would play in that field.
d. She said, ‘By Jove, I will come here tomorrow.’
Answer: Swearing by Jove she said that she would go there the next day.
Rule-8: Present participle অপরিবর্তিত অবস্থায় শুরুতে বসে। যেমন:
a. ‘Are you brothers?’ asked the mistress of the house, turning to the dervishes.
Answer: Turning to the dervishes the mistress of the house asked if they were brothers.
b. ‘Why have you come here?’ said Mr. Kamal turning to the stranger.
Answer: Turning to the stranger Mr. Kamal asked why he had gone there.
c. ‘Why have you not learnt your lessons?’ the teacher asked the students coming to the class.
Answer: Coming to the class the teacher asked the students why they have not learnt their lessons.

Yes/No যুক্ত বাক্যের speech পরিবর্তনঃ
১। কোনো sentence-এ yes থাকলে yes উঠে এর পরিবর্তে
Replied in the affirmative and told that…………
২। কোনো sentence-এ no থাকলে no উঠে এর পরিবর্তে
Replied in the negative and told that…………

জুনিয়র স্কুল সার্টিফিকেট (জেএসসি) ও জুনিয়র দাখিল সার্টিফিকেট (জেডিসি) পরীক্ষার সময় সূচী প্রকাশ।

জুনিয়র স্কুল সার্টিফিকেট
(জেএসসি) ও জুনিয়র দাখিল
সার্টিফিকেট (জেডিসি)
পরীক্ষার সময় সূচি প্রকাশ করেছে
শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়। আগামী ১
নভেম্বর পরীক্ষা শুরু হবে। চলবে ১৮
নভেম্বর পর্যন্ত। সকাল ১০টা থেকে
পরীক্ষা শুরু হবে। পরীক্ষায়
সায়েন্টিফিক ক্যালকুলেটর ও
মোবাইল ফোন নিয়ে যাওয়া
যাবে না। কেন্দ্র সচিব ছাড়া অন্য
সবারও পরীক্ষা কেন্দ্রে মোবাইল
ফোন ব্যবহারে নিষেধাজ্ঞা
দিয়েছে শিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়।
এবারে প্রায় ২০ লাখ শিক্ষার্থী
পরীক্ষায় অংশ নেবে।
জেএসসির সময় সূচি
১ নভেম্বর বাংলা প্রথমপত্র, ২
নভেম্বর বাংলা দ্বিতীয়পত্র, ৩
নভেম্বর ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র, ৪
নভেম্বর ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয়পত্র, ৫
নভেম্বর তথ্য ও যোগাযোগ
প্রযুক্তি, ৮ নভেম্বর গণিত/
সাধারণ গণিতের পরীক্ষ হবে।
জেএসসিতে ৯ নভেম্বর ইসলাম ও
নৈতিক শিক্ষা, হিন্দুধর্ম ও
নৈতিক শিক্ষা, বৌদ্ধধর্ম ও
নৈতিক শিক্ষা, খ্রিষ্টধর্ম ও
নৈতিক শিক্ষা বিষয়ের পরীক্ষা
নির্ধারিত রয়েছে।
১১ নভেম্বর বাংলাদেশ ও বিশ্ব
পরিচয়, ১২ নভেম্বর শারীরিক
শিক্ষা ও স্বাস্থ্য, ১৫ নভেম্বর
বিজ্ঞান, ১৬ নভেম্বর কর্ম ও
জীবনমুখী শিক্ষা বিষয়ের
পরীক্ষা হবে।
আর ১৭ নভেম্বর কৃষি শিক্ষা,
গার্হস্থ বিজ্ঞান, আরবি, সংষ্কৃত,
পালি এবং ১৮ নভেম্বর হবে চারু ও
কারুকলা বিষয়ের পরীক্ষা।
জেডিসির সূচি
১ নভেম্বর কুরআন মাজীদ ও
তাজবিদ, ২ নভেম্বর আকাইদ ও
ফিকহ, ৩ নভেম্বর বাংলা
প্রথমপত্র, ৪ নভেম্বর বাংলা
দ্বিতীয়পত্র, ৫ নভেম্বর তথ্য ও
যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ের
পরীক্ষা হবে।
৮ নভেম্বর ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র, ৯
নভেম্বর ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয়পত্র, ১১
নভেম্বর আরবি প্রথমপত্র, ১২
নভেম্বর আরবি দ্বিতীয়পত্র, ১৪
নভেম্বর গণিত, ১৫ নভেম্বর কর্ম ও
জীবনমুখী শিক্ষা, শারীরিক
শিক্ষা ও স্বাস্থ্য বিষয়ের
পরীক্ষা রয়েছে।
সূচিতে ১৬ নভেম্বর সামাজিক
বিজ্ঞান, বাংলাদেশ ও বিশ্ব
পরিচয়, ১৭ নভেম্বর সাধারণ
বিজ্ঞান (শুধু অনিয়মিত),
বিজ্ঞান, বিজ্ঞান ও তথ্য
যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি (শুধু
অনিয়মিত) এবং ১৮ নভেম্বর কৃষি
শিক্ষা, গার্হ্যস্থ অর্থনীতি (শুধু
অনিয়মিত) এবং গার্হ্যস্থ
বিজ্ঞান বিষয়ের পরীক্ষা হবে।

Tuesday, July 28, 2015



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JSC English 1st paper Model Test (1) – 2015
Time: 3 hours                                                                                                                                       Full Marks: 100
Section A: Reading Test (Seen passage)
Read the text and answer questions 1, 2 & 3.
Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks and sweets.
Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil, soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh-water-fishes in lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur, chingrhi. Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsa is very popular among the people of Bangladesh. Panta ilish is a traditional platter of Panta Bhat. It is steamed rice soaked in water and served with fried hilsha slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the Pohela Boishakh.
The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets, almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets, ‘Pitha’ a type of sweets made from rice flour, sugar, syrup, molasses, and sometimes milk, is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter Pitha Utsab, meaning pitha festival is organized by different groups of people.
Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weddings, promotion etc. Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk based. The common ones are roshgulla., sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jemun, kala jamun, and chom-chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are therefore an important part of the day to day life of Bangladeshi people.
1. Guess the meaning of the following words and chose the correct meaning closest to the text.  1x5=5

(i) delicious ——-
(a) tasty  (b) rich   (c) new   (d) foreign
(ii) entire ——
(a) total   (b) main (c) local  (d) troublesome
(iii) distribute —-
(a) collect (b) divide  (c) tribute  (d) sell
(iv) variety —
(a) taste   (b) colour   (c) price  (d) diversity
(v) organize ———-
(a) create   (b) arrange (c) show   (d) utilize

2. Answer the following questions:                                                                                                             2x 5= 10
a) What is our main food item?
b) Why are sweets an important part of our life?
c) What has made Bangladesh so special?
d) Apart from fish, what other foods do we eat with rice?
e) How is boiled rice served?
3. Summarize the text in section A in your own words (around 85 words) :                                                                   10
Section B: Reading Test (Unseen passage)
Read the text carefully and answer the questions 4, 5 & 6:
Humayun Ahmed was born in 13 November 1984. He was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker. Humayun reached peak of his fame with the publication of his novel Nondito Noroke (In Blissful Hell) in 1972, which remains one of his most famous works, winning admiration from literary critics, including DR. Ahmed Sarif. he wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books, all of which were bestsellers in Bangladesh. In recognition to the works of Humayun, Times of India wrote Humayun was a custodian of the Bangladeshi literary culture whose contribution single-handedly shifted the capital of Bengali literature from Kolkata to Dhaka without any war or revolution. Ahmed’s writing style was characterized as magic realism. Sunil Ganguly described him as the most popular writer in the Bengali language for a century and according to him, Ahmed was even more popular than Sarat chandra Chattopadhyay. Ahmed’s books have been the top sellers at the Ekushey Book Fair during the 1990s and 2000s. In 2011, Ahmed had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He died on 19 July 2012 at 11.20 pm BST at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. he was buried in Nuhash palli.
4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.                                                           1x5=5
Who/What
Event
Place/Time/Creation
Humayun Ahmed
was born in
(i) ————-
He was a
(ii) ————————
Author
he
reached peak of his
(iii) —————
(iv) ————-
was published
in 1972
He
died on
(v) ———————
5. Read the passage again and write whether the statements are true or false. Give correct information for the false statements.                                                                                                                                                                 2x5=10
a) Humayun Ahmed was born in 13 November, 1948.
b) He was a Bangladeshi author, dramatist, screenwriter, playwright and filmmaker.
c) Nondito Noroke was published in 1972.
d) Humayun Ahmed wrote over 2000 fiction.
e) Humayun Ahmed died on 19 July At Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
6. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.                                                                                                   1x5=5
Bangladesh (a) —- a poor country with a per capita annual income of about four thousand taka. Although poverty (v) ——– everybody, it is the women who are the worst sufferers. Social prejudices and customs (c) —— to degrade their position. When a girl (d) ——– in a poor family, it is not (e) —— as a happy event. She has come, as if to add to the sufferings of her parents.
7. Read the texts and rearrange them in correct order.                                                                        0.5x10=5
a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi.
b) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
c) He had a bundle of books and some money with him.
d) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.
e) he ordered Saadi to give all he had to them.
f) ON the thirteenth day, a gang of robbers attacked them.
g) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without any fear.
h) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Bagdad with a group of rich merchants.
i) Saadi then said, “I hope that you will make good use of these books.”
j) The robbers took away all the goods and money from the merchants.
8. Fill in the gaps using clues from the box. There are more words than necessary.                                0.5x10=5
washed
take
planted
exclude
add
provide
insist
protect
needs
breathe
produce
prevent
Trees are very useful to man. They (a) — the rich top soil from being (b) —— away by rain water and floods. You can see tree being (c) ——- along mountain slopes, on roadside and in parks. They (d) —– life to a place with their colourful flowers, beautiful leaves and fruits. They (e) ——- shelter to bird and animals, they give us timber, medicines, paper, gum etc. They (f) —–  if Carbon dioxide and (g) —— Oxygen. As you know by now, man (h) ——- Oxygen to (i) ——— and live. They are our best friends. We should (j) ——– them and try to plant more trees around us.
9. The phrases in column A are the beginnings of some sentences. The phrases in column B are the endings. Match the phrases in column A with the phrases in column B to make complete sentences.                         1x5=5
Column A
Column B
(i) Joynul Abedin was born at
a) pictures secretly.
(ii) He din not like the hard and
b) went to Kolkata.
(iii) So, he drew
c) admitted into Kolkata Govt. Art College.
(iv) At the age of fifteen, he
d) fast rules of schools.
(v) At the age of nineteen
e) a village in Kishoreganj in 1914.
Section C: writing Test
10. Suppose, you are Faria and Fahim is your younger brother. You have appeared at the JSC examination this year and are waiting for your result. you asked him to help you to choose the group of your study.
Now make a dialogue in 100 words between you and your younger brother about future plan of your life/your aim in life.                                                                                                                                                                                                            10
11. Write a paragraph on “Nakshi Kantha” in about 150 words.
12. Read the beginning of the story. Now complete it in 150 words.                                                                                            10
Once there was an old farmer who had five sons. The sons always quarreled among themselves and got separated. The old man was very unhappy. Soon he fell ill. They could always quarreled with one another. One day the old farmer called his sons to bring some sticks and tied them in a bundle. He told them to break the bundle. They tried but could not-----------------
13. Supposed, one of your friend got golden A+ in the JSC examination. Now write a letter congratulating him/her for his brilliant success in the examination.  

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