Ms Jamila akhter is a shop assistant. She works in shifts in a department store in Chittagong. So, she doesn’t have to go at the same time everyday. On some days she works in the first from 9 am to 3 pm. On other days, she works in the second shift from 3 pm to 9 pm.
Jamila always goes to work by
bus in the morning. The bus stops just outside the store. In the afternoon, she generally goes there by rickshaw or baby-taxi. She doesn’t like to wait at the bus stop in the mid-day heat. This bus is usually over-crowded at that time. She always comes back home by bus.
She works standing all the time and serves the customers. She often gets tired after work. But she doesn’t mind. She meets new people everyday. She finds her job interesting.
1. Choose the best answer given within the brackets. 5
(a) Ms Jamila Akhter always goes to work by --------. (bus/rickshaw/taxi)
(b) She works in -------. (part time/full time/shifts)
(c) Jamila works ------- all the time. (sitting/standing/laughing)
(d) She finds her job -------. (boring/interests/interesting)
(e) Jamila often gets tired after -------. (lunch/evening/work)
2. Write true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 5
(a) Jamila lives in Khulna.
(b) She works both in the morning and in the evening.
(c) She always returns home from work by bus.
(d) She doesn’t like her job.
(e) She finds her job uninteresting.
3. Answer the following questions. 5
(a) Where is the department store?
(b) How does Jamila Akhter always go to work?
(c) Where does the bus stop?
(d) Where does Jamila go to work by rickshaw or baby-taxi?
(e) How does Jamila always come back home?
4. Write 8 lines of the poem “cuckoo”. 5
5. Make five sentences from the table given below. 5
Ms Farhana
Ms Jamila Akhter
Some people
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are
is
works
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a shop assistant.
tired after work.
an English teacher.
waiting for the bus.
in Chittagong.
in a school.
job interesting.
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6. Match the words with their meaning. 5
Column A
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Column B
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Climb
kindness
Customer
Weak
Mistake
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Client
Wrong
Ascend
Strong
Feeble
Pity
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7. Re-write the following using capital letters and punctuation marks. 5
Bangladesh is mainly an agricultural country its main crops are rice jute
sugarcane and tea many kinds of fruits also grow here jackfruits mangoes
bananas pineapples guavas and watermelons are the most common
8. Re-arrange the sentence to make questions and answer them 5
(a) ill/who/is?
(b) is/who/Sabera?
(c) the/advice/was/what/doctor’s?
(d) a/bad/who/had/cough?
(e) was/Sabera’s/what/complaint?
9. Re-write the following sentences with the correct from of verb 10
(a) Aren’t you feeling fresh? You ----- take tea. (may)
(b) You believe in God. So, why don’t you ----- five time prayers? (say)
(c) Who ------ smart? I need a smart boy. (look)
(d) Why are you -------? Did anyone annoy you? (cry)
(e) Don’t mix chemical with food. It ------- harm your body. (may)
10. Write a dialogue between you and your friend to lend you his/her camera.
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11. Write a paragraph of the following: 10
(a) Your Country
(b) Your Favorite Hobby.
12. Write a letter to your father asking him for some money. 10
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