৬ষ্ঠ শ্রেণি ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র প্রশ্ন (৩টি পূর্ণাঙ্গ প্রশ্নপত্র)

Read the following text and answer questions 1 and 2.

Rumana is eleven years old. Her father is a bank officer, and last month he was transferred from Sylhet to Rajshahi. So Rumana had to leave her old school and her friends. On her first day at the new school, she felt shy and a little afraid. Her mother took her to the school office, where a clerk gave her a form. Rumana filled it in carefully. She wrote her name, her date of birth, her father's name and her address. In the box for hobbies, she wrote "gardening and drawing".

Then the head teacher took her to Class Six, Section B. The class teacher, Mr Habib, asked her to introduce herself. Rumana stood up and said, "My name is Rumana Akter. I come from Sylhet. I like drawing, but I do not like loud noise." Everyone smiled. During the break, a girl named Faria came to her and offered her a piece of cake. Faria also loved drawing. By the end of the day, the two girls had become good friends, and Rumana was no longer afraid.

Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

i) Rumana's father is—

• a) a teacher
• b) a bank officer
• c) a doctor
• d) a clerk

ii) Rumana's family moved to—

• a) Sylhet
• b) Dhaka
• c) Rajshahi
• d) Khulna

iii) The word 'shy' means—

• a) nervous with new people
• b) angry
• c) proud
• d) sleepy

iv) Rumana got the form from—

• a) the head teacher
• b) Mr Habib
• c) a clerk
• d) Faria

v) Rumana was taken to Class Six, Section—

• a) A
• b) B
• c) C
• d) D

vi) The word 'offered' in the passage means—

• a) took away
• b) held out to give
• c) sold
• d) threw

vii) Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

• a) Rumana likes drawing.
• b) Faria gave Rumana a piece of cake.
• c) Rumana likes loud noise.
• d) Mr Habib is the class teacher.

Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

• (a) Why did Rumana have to leave her old school?
• (b) What information did Rumana write in the form?
• (c) How did Rumana introduce herself to the class?
• (d) What did Rumana and Faria have in common?
• (e) How did Rumana feel at the end of the day? Why?

Read the following text and answer questions 3 and 4.

Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1×5=5

Every Friday evening, Sadia and her mother make a shopping (a) ___ for the week. On Saturday morning they go to the grocer's shop near their house. The shop is small, but it is always (b) ___ with people. Sadia reads out the items one by one: two kilograms of rice, one kilogram of lentils, a bottle of oil, some salt and a packet of tea. The shopkeeper, Mr Karim, weighs the rice and lentils on a large scale. Sadia's mother asks the (c) ___ of each item. The total comes to 460 taka. She gives Mr Karim a 500-taka note, and he gives back 40 taka as (d) ___. Sadia counts the money carefully. Then they carry the heavy bags home. Sadia likes grocery shopping because it helps her (e) ___ how to count money and spend it wisely.

Read the passage again and write synonyms/antonyms of the following words. 1×5=5

• (a) small (antonym)
• (b) large (synonym)
• (c) carefully (synonym)
• (d) heavy (antonym)
• (e) likes (synonym)

Read the following text and answer questions 5, 6 and 7.

Louis Pasteur was a great French scientist. He was born on 27 December 1822 in Dole, a small town in France. His father was a tanner, a man who makes leather. As a boy, Louis loved painting more than studying. Later he became interested in science and went to Paris to study at a famous college, the École Normale Supérieure.

Pasteur found that very small living things called germs make milk and fruit juice go bad. He showed that heating milk for a short time kills most of these germs. This process is still called pasteurisation, after his name. Today most packet milk in the shops is pasteurised.

Pasteur also worked to protect people from diseases. In 1885 a nine-year-old boy named Joseph Meister was bitten by a mad dog. Everyone thought the boy would die of rabies. Pasteur gave him his new vaccine, and the boy lived. Pasteur died on 28 September 1895. People all over the world still remember him as a friend of mankind.

Complete the table with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Write 'True' if the statement is correct and 'False' if it is incorrect. If false, write the correct answer. 1×5=5

• (a) Louis Pasteur was born in Paris.
• (b) As a boy, Pasteur loved painting more than studying.
• (c) Germs make milk and fruit juice go bad.
• (d) Joseph Meister was bitten by a snake.
• (e) Pasteur died in 1885.

Write a summary of the passage in your own words. 10

Match the parts of sentences from Column A and Column B to make five complete sentences. 1×5=5

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding letters need to be written. 1×8=8

• (a) He saw his own reflection in the water.
• (b) One day a dog found a piece of meat near a butcher's shop.
• (c) He thought it was another dog with a bigger piece of meat.
• (d) He took it in his mouth and ran towards his home.
• (e) As soon as he opened his mouth, his own piece of meat fell into the water.
• (f) On the way, he had to cross a small bridge over a stream.
• (g) The greedy dog wanted that piece too, so he barked at it.
• (h) The dog lost his meat and went home hungry and sad.

Read the poem and answer the following questions. 2×5=10

Two Friends

Rafi and Tuhin walk to school Along the bank of the village pool; They share one umbrella when it rains, And share their tiffin in the lanes.

When Rafi fell and hurt his knee, Tuhin carried his bag for free; When Tuhin's sums went all astray, Rafi sat and showed the way.

A friend is like a helping hand That holds you up and helps you stand; So hold your friend's hand, firm and true, And he will always hold on to you.

• (i) Where do Rafi and Tuhin walk?
• (ii) What do the two friends share?
• (iii) What did Tuhin do when Rafi hurt his knee?
• (iv) What does the poet compare a friend to?
• (v) What do the last two lines of the poem teach us?

Part B: Writing Test

Read the opening of a story below and complete it in at least ten new sentences. Give a suitable title to it. 10

Once a cap-seller was going from village to village with a basket full of colourful caps. One hot afternoon, he felt very tired and sat down under a big tree. Soon he fell asleep with the basket beside him ……

Write a paragraph on 'Pohela Boishakh' in about 120 words. 10

Suppose you are Tanvir/Anika and you have a friend named Asif/Mitu. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the importance of physical exercise. 10

Read the following text and answer questions 1 and 2.

Nadia lives with her parents and her grandmother in a village in Jashore. Her grandmother knows many old remedies. When Nadia cut her finger last week, Grandmother put some turmeric paste on it. "Turmeric fights germs," she said. When Nadia's little brother had a cough, Grandmother gave him warm water with honey and ginger. She keeps an aloe vera plant in a pot near the window and uses its cool juice on small burns and dry skin. Neem leaves are useful too. She boils them in water, and the family uses the water for bathing when someone has itchy skin.

These are called traditional remedies. People in our country have used them for hundreds of years. They are cheap and easy to find. But they cannot cure every disease. Last winter, Nadia's father had a high fever for five days. Grandmother's remedies did not help, so he went to a doctor. The doctor tested his blood and gave him modern medicine. Soon he was well again. Grandmother says, "Old remedies are good for small problems, but for a serious illness we must go to a doctor."

Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

i) Nadia lives in a village in—

• a) Jashore
• b) Bogura
• c) Cumilla
• d) Barishal

ii) Grandmother put ___ on Nadia's cut finger.

• a) aloe vera juice
• b) turmeric paste
• c) honey
• d) neem water

iii) Warm water with honey and ginger was given for—

• a) a fever
• b) a burn
• c) a cough
• d) a cut

iv) The word 'itchy' means—

• a) making you want to scratch
• b) wet
• c) bleeding
• d) cold

v) Traditional remedies are—

• a) costly and rare
• b) new inventions
• c) cheap and easy to find
• d) made in factories

vi) The word 'cure' in the passage means—

• a) make well
• b) make worse
• c) hide
• d) test

vii) The main idea of the passage is that—

• a) modern medicine is always bad
• b) old remedies help with small problems, but serious illness needs a doctor
• c) Grandmother does not like doctors
• d) aloe vera can cure every disease

Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

• (a) What did Grandmother do when Nadia cut her finger?
• (b) How does the family use neem leaves?
• (c) What are traditional remedies?
• (d) Why did Nadia's father go to a doctor?
• (e) Do you agree with Grandmother's advice at the end? Give a reason.

Read the following text and answer questions 3 and 4.

Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1×5=5

Last Thursday, Shuvo went to Chattogram by train with his uncle. They reached Kamalapur Railway Station at seven in the morning. The station was very crowded. People were carrying bags and boxes, and porters in red shirts were running here and there. Shuvo's uncle went to the ticket (a) ___ and bought two tickets. "Which (b) ___ does the train to Chattogram leave from?" he asked politely. The man at the counter said, "Platform number three, sir." They walked to the platform and waited on a bench. Soon a voice from the loudspeaker (c) ___ that the train was ready. Shuvo and his uncle got into their compartment and found their (d) ___. At exactly eight o'clock, the guard blew his whistle and waved a green flag, and the train started to move slowly. Shuvo sat by the window and looked out happily as the train (e) ___ speed.

Read the passage again and write synonyms/antonyms of the following words. 1×5=5

• (a) crowded (antonym)
• (b) politely (antonym)
• (c) soon (synonym)
• (d) slowly (antonym)
• (e) happily (synonym)

Read the following text and answer questions 5, 6 and 7.

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. It lies in the south-west of Bangladesh and in the state of West Bengal in India. The whole forest covers about 10,000 square kilometres, and about 6,000 square kilometres of it are in Bangladesh. In our country, it spreads over parts of three districts: Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat.

The forest takes its name from the sundari tree, which grows there in large numbers. Mangrove trees can live in salty water. Many of them have special roots that grow up out of the mud to take in air.

The Sundarbans is the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Spotted deer, monkeys, crocodiles and many kinds of birds and fish also live there. Thousands of people depend on the forest. Woodcutters, fishermen and honey collectors earn their living from it.

The forest also protects our coast. When a cyclone comes from the Bay of Bengal, the trees reduce the force of the wind and the waves. In 1997, UNESCO declared the Sundarbans a World Heritage Site.

Complete the table with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Write 'True' if the statement is correct and 'False' if it is incorrect. If false, write the correct answer. 1×5=5

• (a) The Sundarbans lies in the south-east of Bangladesh.
• (b) Mangrove trees can live in salty water.
• (c) The Royal Bengal Tiger lives in the Sundarbans.
• (d) The forest cannot protect the coast from cyclones.
• (e) UNESCO declared the Sundarbans a World Heritage Site in 2007.

Write a summary of the passage in your own words. 10

Match the parts of sentences from Column A and Column B to make five complete sentences. 1×5=5

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding letters need to be written. 1×8=8

• (a) The villagers came running with sticks, but there was no wolf.
• (b) Once a shepherd boy looked after his sheep near a village.
• (c) One day a real wolf came out of the forest.
• (d) The boy laughed at them, and they went back angry.
• (e) He was bored, so he shouted, "Wolf! Wolf!" just for fun.
• (f) The boy cried for help, but nobody came this time.
• (g) He played the same trick again a few days later.
• (h) The wolf killed many of his sheep, and the boy learnt that nobody believes a liar.

Read the poem and answer the following questions. 2×5=10

My Paper Boat

The rain has filled our village lane, The ditch is running like a stream; I fold a page from my book again And make a boat of white and cream.

It sails beside the banana tree, It passes by the ducks at play; It wants to reach the far blue sea, And floats along the muddy way.

Night falls; my boat is far from me, I cannot see it any more; But in my dreams it sails the sea And finds a bright and sunny shore.

• (i) What has the rain done to the village lane?
• (ii) What does the child make the boat from?
• (iii) Name two things the boat passes.
• (iv) Where does the boat want to go?
• (v) What happens to the boat in the child's dreams?

Part B: Writing Test

Read the opening of a story below and complete it in at least ten new sentences. Give a suitable title to it. 10

A poor farmer named Rahmat lived with his wife in a small village. One cold winter night, someone knocked at his door. When he opened it, he saw an old man shivering in the cold ……

Write a paragraph on 'A Tea Stall' in about 120 words. 10

Suppose you are Ridwan/Faria and you have a friend named Selim/Selima. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about your plans for the winter vacation. 10

Read the following text and answer questions 1 and 2.

Last December, Karim and his classmates went on a study tour to Birishiri in Netrakona district. Their bus left early in the morning and reached Durgapur before noon. The first thing they saw was the Someshwari River. Its water was so clear that they could see the sand and pebbles at the bottom. In winter the river was shallow, and some people were walking across it.

After lunch they visited the white clay hills. The hills look white because of a clay called china clay, which is used to make plates, cups and tiles. Near the hills there is a small lake. Its water is blue-green, and it looked like a painting. Karim took many photographs.

The Garo Hills of India can be seen in the distance. Many Garo and Hajong people live in the villages of this area. They have their own languages, songs and festivals. The students visited a cultural academy and watched a dance performance.

In the evening they started for home, tired but very happy. Karim said, "I never knew our country had such a beautiful place."

Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7

i) Birishiri is in—

• a) Sylhet district
• b) Netrakona district
• c) Mymensingh district
• d) Sherpur district

ii) The students went on the tour in—

• a) December
• b) April
• c) July
• d) October

iii) The water of the Someshwari was—

• a) muddy
• b) salty
• c) clear
• d) black

iv) The word 'shallow' means—

• a) not deep
• b) very wide
• c) dirty
• d) fast-flowing

v) China clay is used to make—

• a) bricks and roads
• b) plates, cups and tiles
• c) clothes
• d) paper

vi) The water of the lake was—

• a) red
• b) white
• c) brown
• d) blue-green

vii) Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

• a) The students watched a dance performance.
• b) Garo and Hajong people live in this area.
• c) The students went to Birishiri by train.
• d) Karim took many photographs.

Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

• (a) How did the students travel to Birishiri?
• (b) What could the students see in the Someshwari River?
• (c) Why do the hills look white?
• (d) Who live in the villages of this area?
• (e) Why did Karim say, "I never knew our country had such a beautiful place"?

Read the following text and answer questions 3 and 4.

Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1×5=5

Every day many people are hurt in road accidents in our country. Most of these accidents can be (a) ___ if we follow some simple rules. First, we should always walk on the footpath. If there is no footpath, we must walk on the (b) ___ side of the road, facing the traffic. Before crossing a road, we should stop at the edge, look to the right, then to the left, and then to the right again. We must also listen for the sound of any vehicle. We should cross only at a zebra crossing or use a foot over-bridge. When the traffic light is red, the vehicles stop and people can cross (c) . We should never run across a busy road. It is also (d) ___ to use a mobile phone or wear headphones while crossing. Drivers must be careful too and never drive too fast. If both drivers and walkers obey the traffic rules, our roads will become much (e) .

Read the passage again and write synonyms/antonyms of the following words. 1×5=5

• (a) always (antonym)
• (b) busy (antonym)
• (c) careful (synonym)
• (d) fast (antonym)
• (e) obey (antonym)

Read the following text and answer questions 5, 6 and 7.

Jagadish Chandra Bose was one of the greatest scientists of the Indian subcontinent. He was born on 30 November 1858 in Mymensingh, which is now in Bangladesh. His family came from Rarikhal village in Bikrampur, Munshiganj. His father first sent him to a village school, where he learnt in Bangla with the children of farmers and fishermen. Later he studied at St. Xavier's College in Kolkata and then at Cambridge University in England.

In 1885 he became a teacher of physics at Presidency College in Kolkata. He did important work on radio waves and showed that they could be sent through the air without wires.

Bose is best known for his work on plants. He showed that plants respond to the world around them, much like animals. He made an instrument called the crescograph, which could measure the very slow growth of a plant. With it he showed that plants react to heat, cold, light and even poison. In 1917 he set up the Bose Institute in Kolkata for research. He died on 23 November 1937. The village of Rarikhal still keeps his memory alive.

Complete the table with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Write 'True' if the statement is correct and 'False' if it is incorrect. If false, write the correct answer. 1×5=5

• (a) Jagadish Chandra Bose was born in Kolkata.
• (b) At the village school, he learnt in English.
• (c) He became a teacher of physics in 1885.
• (d) The crescograph could measure the growth of a plant.
• (e) Bose died in 1917.

Write a summary of the passage in your own words. 10

Match the parts of sentences from Column A and Column B to make five complete sentences. 1×5=5

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding letters need to be written. 1×8=8

• (a) The grasshopper laughed at the ant and went on singing.
• (b) It was a hot summer day, and a grasshopper was singing happily in a field.
• (c) Soon winter came, and the fields were covered with fog and cold.
• (d) He saw an ant carrying a grain of wheat to its home.
• (e) The hungry grasshopper went to the ant and begged for some food.
• (f) "Why are you working so hard? Come and sing with me," said the grasshopper.
• (g) The ant replied, "I am storing food for the winter, and you should do the same."
• (h) The ant gave him a little food, and the grasshopper learnt to work in time.

Read the poem and answer the following questions. 2×5=10

Grandpa's Garden

Behind our house, beside the well, My grandpa keeps a garden small; He wakes up with the morning bell And waters roses, one and all.

The beans climb up the bamboo pole, The chillies change from green to red; A bulbul sings upon the tree, And butterflies dance round each bed.

He says, "A garden is a friend; Just give it water, love and care, And it will give you in the end Its flowers and fruits for all to share."

• (i) Where is Grandpa's garden?
• (ii) When does Grandpa water the plants?
• (iii) How do the chillies change?
• (iv) Name two living creatures mentioned in the poem.
• (v) What does Grandpa mean when he says, "A garden is a friend"?

Part B: Writing Test

Read the opening of a story below and complete it in at least ten new sentences. Give a suitable title to it. 10

A monkey lived on a jamun tree beside a river. Every day he threw sweet jamuns to a crocodile in the river, and the two became good friends. One day the crocodile's wife said that she wanted to eat the monkey's heart ……

Write a paragraph on 'Victory Day' in about 120 words. 10

Suppose you are Saad/Sadia and you have a friend named Rafiq/Rumana. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the harm of eating too much fast food. 10