Subject: English 1st Paper Subject Code: 107

(Revised Syllabus for HSC Examination 2023

due to Covid-19 Pandemic)
Part 1: Reading (60 Marks)

1. a) Multiple choice questions 0.5×10 = 05

b) Short answer questions 3× 5 = 15
**Test items 1 a) and 1 b) will be based on a seen text from EFT.
i) Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities….. ****
vi) My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street,…**
xx) The Famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said, ‘Man is…. **
xi) The act of thinking deeply and calmly about something in a state…… *
v) Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of ….. *
vii) Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behaviour…. ****
xxi) Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu………
viii) The orphanage is high in the…………
xix) A plate of hot French fries and a huge burger with hot cheese……..
viii) We spend money for different reasons. We buy foods, cloths or ……**
ii) Adolescents constitute a nation’s core resource……***
xiii) Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands….. *
iii) When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school…..**
ix) The Negro is still not free..the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled….*
xxii) I have a dream that one day ……

2. Information transfer/flow chart 1×5 = 05

**Test item 2 will be based on another seen text from EFT.
viii) Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu …..**
xii) The island of St. Martins is the only coral island in Bangladesh….**
xvi) Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities…..
ii) Frequent consumption of junk food…..
i) The first thing education does is to give us an awareness…….**
xxix) Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behaviour….
iii) When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school…..**
ix) My name is Amerigo, I am 13 years old and I live on the street…..**
v) The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said. ‘Man is….. **
ix) The Negro is still not free..the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled….*
vi) Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands….. **
xiii) Nishat Mazumder, a Bangladeshi woman in her early forties,….*
xx) At daylight I was half awakened…..
ii) The history of Bengal is the history of a people who have…..**
iv) Shilpi was only 15…….
v) Ecotourism is a booming business……

3. Summary writing 1×10 = 10

**Test item 3 will be based on another seen text from EFT.
viii) We spend money for different reasons. We buy foods, cloths or …*
v) Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities….. **
vii) Junk foods are processed foods consisting of high calories…***
i) Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands….. ***
vi) Hold fast to dreams…. ***
vii) I love to rise in a summer morn….
xiv) The act of thinking deeply…..
x) I have a dream that one day…
iv) The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said. ‘Man is….. **
xi) A plate of hot French fries and a huge burger with hot cheese……..
ii) Sundays too my father got up early….****
x) Nelson Mandela……
ii) Ecotourism is broadly...
ix) The Negro is still not free..
4. Cloze test with clues (unseen) 0.5×10 = 05
**Test item 5 will be based on unseen texts. (All the previous Board Questions of last 5
years must be solved for this item). Some important Cloze tests may be-
i) Education is the process ***
ii) ____ blind people cannot
iii) Man’s dignity depends upon
iv) The destruction with forests and other**
v) It’s a matter of great concern
vi) Conflict can be
vii) Food adulteration is one of the
viii) The most___event for Bangladesh**.
ix) Keeping promise given to anyone
x) Students should be strategic about**
xi) Education is one of the basic (3 different version)
xii) One very conspicuous
xiii) While_____ food
xiv) Education for girls is essential
xv) Young people often consider
xvi) Liberty does not
xvii) Overeating _____ taking
xviii) Trees are very useful
xix) All species are important
xx) Once upon a time
xxi) Scientists have recently reported
xxii) Television has___
xxiii) Literally and truly
xxiv) Investment in education
xxv) Children are very fond of
xxvi) The world is getting
xxvii) Proper education
xxviii) The recent____ of the Rohingya
xxix) Our bookish knowledge becomes**
xxx) A craftwork is an
xxxi) Animals must be able
xxxii) E-mail means ____
xxxiii) The habit of the British for
xxxiv) Mandela, the South African leader
xxxv) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the__
xxxvi) We waited for the asparagus to be
xxxvii) A student or learner can improve all his latent
xxxviii) Many diseases are rising
5. Cloze test without clues (unseen) 1×10 = 10
**Test item 6 will be based on unseen texts. (All the previous Board Questions of last 5
years must be solved for this item). Some important Cloze tests may be-
i) We all know what a dream is…..
ii) In recent years there have been many…
iii) The persona of a traffic policeman has..
iv) Adolescents_____ on their……
v) There goes a proverb/saying that the child is…
vi) Diaspora is an age-old____ ………
vii) We know that all species are ___ …….
viii) In Britain, road and transport rules are ____ …..
ix) Dream is a series of thoughts, images and sensations _____
x) In our country, women are the worst……
xi) Rabindranath Tagore was a man of……
xii) Bangladesh is a land of _____ beauty…..
xiii) Sincerity is the best way of achieving success….
xiv) Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define…..
xv) The proper ____ of study involves………
xvi) Sports are a popular form of entertainment…..
xvii) Many events of great importance_____ during
xviii) Hospitality has long been a part of our___
xix) Teaching in Bangladesh is still not up to the world standard….
xx) Television has become a____ source of entertainment…..
xxi) Our liberation is the ____ achievement in our national life…..
xxii) One very ____ change in our society is the presence……
xxiii) Modern life ____ much on transport…..
xxiv) Jerry, an orphan of twelve, ____ in an orphanage….
xxv) One day a lad went to a famous teacher and having…..
xxvi) Bangladesh is a small country, it has a _____ population……
xxvii) Man pollutes water, another vital_____ of the ………
xxviii) Air and water are two important ____ of the……
xxix) Introverts and extroverts are two ____ of people……
xxx) E-mail has brought about_____ in modern …….
xxxi) If we ____ forests and cut ……
xxxii) Learning a language is ____ riding a bicycle…..
xxxiii) Today women ____ an important role in all …….
xxxiv) Language plays a very_____ role in our life…….
xxxv) Electricity is ____ a part of our everyday life…..
xxxvi) A large number of people____ English……
xxxvii) For international communication a common language….
xxxviii) Student life is a life of _____ for future struggle……
xxxix) Kuakata is truly a _____ beach and it is…….
xl) Kuakata is one of the_____ spotswhich allow……..
 xli) An ideal university should not be made…..
xlii) The absence of a ____ tie does not mean…..
xliii) The process of globalization obviously requires a common language…..
xliv) Money is power and can do much good and evil……
xlv) All things that make up the environment are_____ ……….

6. Rearranging (unseen) 10
**Test item 7 will be based on unseen texts. (All the previous Board Questions must be
solved for this item)
i) Robert Bruce was a….
ii) Aristotle was born….
iii) Long ago there lived a sultan…
iv) One day Napolean, the king of France…
v) One day, a grocer borrowed…
vi) Our National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam…
vii) Once there was a king…(and an astrologer)
viii) Once a lad went to a famous teacher…
ix) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was born…
x) Alexander, the conqueror of the world….
xi) Nobel Prizes are awarded every year…
xii) Abraham Lincoln was the president…**
xiii) Nelson Mandela was…**
xiv) Rabindranath Tagore was…
xv) Khan Jahan Ali was a philanthropic…
xvi) Once a cook roasted a duck…
xvii) One day while the boy Fazlul Huq was…
xviii) Socrates believed that an angry man…
xix) Joynul Abedin was born at a village…
xx) Long ago there lived a very kind….(Hatem Tai)
xxi) It was on April 10, 1912…(Titanic)
xxii) Mother Teresa was…
xxiii) Martin Luther King Jr. was…
xxiv) According to some stories…(Gazi Pir)
xxv) Othello was…
xxvi) Once there was a foolish king who had a white horse…
xxvii) Sheikh Saadi, the great Persian poet…
xxviii) Hercules has occupied…
xxix) The bombing of Hiroshima…
xxx) The simplicity of Einstein… **
xxxi) There lived a fox who went to a vineyard.. **
xxxii) A snake lived in a hole at the foot of a tree and there was a crow nest….
xxxiii) There was a remote village named Somal…

Part 2: Guided Writing (40 Marks)

7. Interpreting graph/chart 15
**Test item 8 will be based on given graph/chart in the question papers. (All the previous
Board Questions of last 5 years must be solved for this item). Some important graph/chart
may be-
Graph:
i) A student’s obtained marks in ___ subjects in the exam
ii) Preferred subjects of the students
iii) The choice of profession by educated people ***
iv) The importance and usage of English
v) Different types of pastime activities of the students

vi) The population of the country from the year____ to _____

vii) The literacy rate from ____ to _____ **
viii) Girls education rate from ____ to _____
ix) The internet users from ____ to ____
x) Population growth rate from ____ to ____
xi) The number of people living below the line of poverty from___ to __ **

xii) Gradual increasing rate of the internal users from __ to ____

xiii) An increase in the number of overseas students from __ to __

xiv) The number of Internet users in town and village from __to___ ***
 xv) Mobile phone and internet users from ___ to ___
xvi) On the score of a cricket match between A and B
Chart:
i) Sources of USA Electricity in 1980
ii) Sources of environmental/air pollution ****
iii) Percentage of travellers/students in different transportation ***
iv) The time allocation of daily activities ***
v) Family’s household income distributed into different categories***
vi) Export sectors that earn foreign money
vii) Consumption of power supply for different sectors
viii) Passing rates of different subjects
ix) Health, marriage and knowledge related hazards of the adolescent girls
x) A comparative selling rates of four types of book in Ekushey boi Mela
Table:
i) COVID-19 Pandemic cases and deaths by 5 countries **
Line chart:
ii) COVID-19 infection rate **

8. Story Writing 15
** Test items 9 may be set from all the previous Board Questions. (All the previous Board
Questions of last 5 years must be solved for this item). Some important stories may be-
i) Money cannot bring happiness. **
There lived a happy cobbler………
ii) Where there is a will there is way.
A crow became very thirsty……..
iii) Slow and steady wins the race.
There lived a hare and a tortoise in a forest………
iv) The honesty of a boy or girl. **
A boy or girl found a moneybag on the road……
v) To rescue a drowning boy.
Planning to go on a picnic, suddenly….
vi) Unity is strength. Or, United we stand, divided we fall. **
An old farmer had four sons….
vii) Failure is the pillar of success.
 The king of Scotland, Robert Bruce………
viii) Who will bell the cat?
A number of mice lived in an old house…..
ix) An instance of devotion to Mother.
There lived an widow in Bostam…….
x) A foolish crow and a cunning fox. **
A crow stole a piece of meat…..
xi) Honesty is the best policy. ***
Once there lived a wood cutter. He was very poor but honest……
xii) A liar shepherd/ cowboy. ***
There lived a shepherd boy in a certain village…..
xiii) Dress doesn’t make one great. **
Sheikh Saadi was a great poet in Iran. ……
xiv) Grasp all, lose all. **
Once a farmer had a goose……
xv) An ant and a dove. ***
There lived an ant beside the stream….
xvi) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
There lived two close friends in a certain village…..
xvii) The lion and the mouse.
One day a lion was sleeping in its cave……
xviii) Grapes are sour.
Once a hungry fox was searching for food in the forest….
xix) The scholar and the boatman.
There lived a great scholar in a village…..

xx) Happy cobbler

Once there lived a happy cobbler in a town….
xxi) It was late at night. All of a sudden my phone rang….
xxii) Parul/ a girl/ a boy was from a very poor family. But s/he was
 brilliant…
xxiii) Sense of Responsibility
One day a boy of class five…
xxiv) The pied piper of Hamelin ***

10. Informal letter 10

** For the test item 10, different personal letters are important. Some important letters may
be-
i) Write a letter to your friend describing how to improve English.
ii) Write a letter to your foreign pen-friend describing the beauty of
Bangladesh. **
iii) Write a reply of your father’s letter to assure him that you don’t
spend too much time on various social media. ***
iv) Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to refrain from
smoking. **
v) Write a letter to your friend about a study tour to a place with very
beautiful natural scenes.
vi) Write a letter to your friend inviting him to join a picnic or study
tour with you.
vii) Write a letter to your friend describing the importance of learning
English.
viii) Write a letter to your friend about a study tour to a place with
historical importance.
ix) Write a letter to your friend telling him what is your future plan
and how would you take preparation after the HSC exam. **

x) Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to be sincere

and attentive to his study. **
xi) Write a letter to your friend condoling him for his father’s sudden
death.
xii) Write a letter to your friend about an interesting book you
 have read recently.
xiii) Write a reply of your mother’s letter of her queries about your
life in the hostel.
xiv) Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to avoid evil
company.
xv) Write a letter to your friend apologizing for not attending a party
arranged by him.
xvi) Write a letter to your friend telling the benefits reading
newspaper daily. **
xvii) Write a letter to your penfriend inviting him to visit Bangladesh.
xviii) Write a letter to your father telling him about your progress of
studies/ preparation for the ensuing HSC examination. ***
xix) Write a letter to your younger brother warning not to spend much time in
Facebook. **
xx) Write a letter to your friend thanking for hospitality. **
xxi) Write a letter to your friend describing the book fair you visited. **
xxii) Write a letter to your friend congratulating for his brilliant result.