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Department of English
Syllabus for Pre-test

English 1st paper

Class- X (S.S.C-2025)
Full Marks-100
English for Today Unit: (01-14)
Reading -(50 Marks)
1st Seen Passage: Question (1,2):
1. Multiple Choice Question: 1x7=7 Writing Informal Letters/e-mail (Question 11
2. Answering questions (Open and close Marks- 10)
ended): 2×5 = 10 1. A letter to your friend on what you intend to
nd
2 Seen Passage: Question-3 do after the S.S.C examination.
3. Gap Filling (without Clues) 1×5 = 5 2. A letter to your younger brother describing
Unseen Passage: Question (4,5): the importance of reading newspaper
4. Information transfer: 1×5 = 5 regularly.
5. Summarizing: 10 3. To your father about your preparation for the
Other Questions (Ques.- 6,7) coming exam.
6. Matching Sentence parts: 1×5= 5 4. Describing the co-curricular activities of
7. Rearranging Sentences: 1×8= 8 your School.
Writing Portion (50 Marks) 5. Congratulating on brilliant success of one of
Paragraph Writing (Question No- 8, Mark- 10) your friends.
1. A School Magazine. 6. Thanking for hospitality.
2. A Winter Morning. 7. Importance of learning English.
3. A Book Fair. 8. Describing picnic at a historical place.
4. Traffic Jam. 9. Thanking for nice gift.
5. Air Pollution/Environment Pollution. 10. Describing Natural Beauty of Bangladesh to
6. Deforestation. a pen-friend.
7. A Street Hawker. Dialogue Writing (Question 12 Marks-10)
8. A Street Accident. 1. Two friends about the causes and remedies
9. The International Mother Language Day. of road accidents.
10. Climate Change. 2. Two friends about the bad effects of
Completing Story (Question-9, Marks- 10) smoking.
1. Thirsty Crow. 3. Two friends about eradicating illiteracy.
2. A liar cowboy. 4. Two friends about Importance of Learning
3. Bayzid’s Devotion to his mother English.
4. Who’ll bell the cat? 5. Two friends about the uses and abuses of
5. A lion and a mouse. mobile phone.
6. An ant and a dove. 6. Advantages and disadvantages of village life
7. An honest woodcutter. and city life.
8. A wonderful goose and golden egg. 7. Uses and abuses of Facebook.
9. Frogs and the Boys. 8. Benefits of early rising.
10. Cruelty of a house mistress. 9. Environment pollution.
Describing Graphs /Charts (Question 10,Marks:10) 10. Aim in life.
1. A student's time spending on various activities.
2. A family’s household income distributed
into different categories.
3. Population growth rate in Bangladesh.
4. No. of Internet users.
5. The number of facebook users by gender.
6. Result of SSC exam of a school.
7. Literacy rate in Bangladesh.
8. The number of people living below the
poverty line in Bangladesh.
9. Source of air pollution.
10. Choice of profession by different educated
English 2nd paper Full Marks-100
Class-X(S.S.C-2025) Grammar/ Reading-60
1. Gap filling with clues (Prepositions, Articles, parts purchase order/ response to an order/ request
of speech) 05 etc. 10
2. Gap filling without clues (Prepositions, Articles, 1. Study tour.
2. Seat in the School hostel.
parts of speech) 05
3. Full-free studentship.
3. Substitution Table 05 4. Enhancing library facilities/common room
4. Right forms of verbs 05 facilities.
5. Narrative Style (Direct to indirect and/or vice versa) 05 5. Debating club/Language Club/ Computer
6. Changing sentence (Change of voice, sentence club/Speaking Club.
patterns, degree) 10 6. Transfer certificate.
7. Completing sentences (Using conditional, infinitive, 7. Permission to perform a cultural function/
stage a drama.
gerund, participle) 05
8. Not to allow any student or teacher to use cell
8. Use of suffix and prefix 05 phone in the classroom.
9. Tag question 05 9. An application to the District Commissioner
10. Sentence connectors 05 for relief and medical aids for the flood
11. Punctuations 05 victims.
10. To the UP Chairman to sink arsenic free tube
Composition/ Writing-40 Marks: well.
12. Writing CV with cover letter 08 14. Paragraph writing by
13. Formal letter/ e-mail (Complaint letter, notice, listing/narrating/comparison and
purchase order, response to an order request) etc.) 10 contrast/cause and effect. 10
14. Paragraph writing by listing/ narrating/ comparison
1. Price Hike.
and contrast/ causes and effect 10
2. Load Shedding.
15. Writing composition on personal experience and 3. A Tea Stall.
familiar topics, recent events/ incidents/future plans 4. A Railway Station.
etc. 12 5. Drug Addiction.
Composition/Writing-40 6. Food Adulteration.
12. Writing CV with cover letter. 08 7. Importance of Learning English.
1. Computer Operator. 8. Mobile Phone.
2. It Officer. 9. An Ideal Student.
3. For the post of an Office Assistant. 10. The Padma Bridge.
4. For the post of a Medical Representative 15. Writing Composition on personal experience
5. For the post of a Salesman. and familiar topics/recent events/incidents/
6. Assistant Marketing Manager future plans etc. 12
7. Position of English news reporter/editor. 1. Your future plan of life./Aim in Life.
8. Librarian/Assistant Librarian. 2. Duties of a student.
9. Receptionist. 3. Physical Exercise.
10. Management Trainee/Probationary 4. Population problem in Bangladesh.
Officer/Junior officer. 5. The season you like most.
6. Importance of reading newspaper.
7. Wonder of modern science.
8. A journey that you have recently made/ train
journey/Boat Journey.
9. Hobby.
10. Tree plantation.

13. Formal letter/e-mail/complaint letter/ notice/