English First Paper-2024

        Marks Distribution for SSC Examination – 2024

(Full Marks : 100)

Textbook: English for Today for classes IX-X, NCTB, Dhaka.

Subject Code:136

A.Reading test (for text materials)-50 marks

♦ Seen Part: 2 texts will be used separately

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)…………………………………………..07

• Answering questions (open-ended and close-ended)…………………10

• Gap filling without clues………………………………………………………..05

♦ Unseen Part

• Information transfer……………………………………………………………..05

• Summarizing………………………………………………………………………..10

(One Unseen passage/text will be used to develop test items for information transfer and summary writing)

• Matching…………………………………………………………………………….. 05

• Re-arranging ……………………………………………………………………….08

♦ Writing test-50 marks

• Writing paragraph by answering questions ……………………………..10

• Completing story ………………………………………………………………….10

• Describing graphs/charts ………………………………………………………10

• Writing informal letters/E-mails ……………………………………………10

•Dialogue writing …………………………………………………………………..10

Total Marks…………………………………………………………………… = 100

English 1^st & 2^nd Papers:

Class:Nine-Ten

Seen Passage:

[Unit-1 : Lesson-1(B),2(B), 2(E), 3(B), 4(B)]

[Unit-2 : Lesson-1(G), 2(B), 3(A)]

[Unit-3 : Lesson-2(B), 3(B), 4(B), 5(B), 6(B)]

[Unit-4 : Lesson-4(B), 5(D)]

[Unit-5: Lesson-1(A), 3(A), 4(C), 2(B)]

[Unit-6 : Lesson-2(B), 3(B)]

[Unit-7 : Lesson-1(B), 6(B), 2(B), 7(B), 4(A)]

[Unit-8 : Lesson-1(B), 2(A), 3(D), 4(B)]

[Unit-9 : Lesson-      ×

[Unit-10 : Lesson-3(B), 4(B)]

[Unit-11 : Lesson- 2(B)]

[Unit-12 : Lesson-3(A), 2(D)]

[Unit-13 : Lesson-2(B)]

Paragraph writing For English 1^st & 2^nd Papers:

1. Corona Virus
2. Mujib Borsho
3. Traffic Jam
4. Load-Shedding
5. A Winter Morning
6. Tree Plantation
7. Deforestation
8. A/Our School Magazine
9. A Book Fair I Visited
10. A Village Fair /
11. A Moonlit Night
12. A/Our School Library
13. A Street Hawker/Begger
14. A Rickshaw Puller
15. A Day Labourer
16. A Farmer
17. A Fisher Man
18. Environment Pollution
19. Water/Air/Soil Pollution
20. A Street Accident In Bangladesh/I Witnessed
21. Early Rising
22. Drug Addiction
23. A Rain Day
24. Our National Flag
25. My Visit to Place of Historical Interest
26. A Railway Station
27. A Tea Stall
28. May Day
29. The 21^st February
30. Global Warming
31. Climate Change
32. Dengue Fever
33. Food Adulteration
34. The Necessity of Learning English
35. A Good Teacher
36. Internet
37. Mobile phone
38. Price-Hike

Completing a story:

1. Slow and steady wins the race
2. Where there is a will, there is a way
3. Nobody trusts a liar
4. Unity is strength
5. Who will bell the cat
6. Failure is the pillar of success
7. Obedience to mother
8. Honesty is always rewarded
9. Get-up doesn`t matter judging a man
10. Fire in a garment factory
11. The golden touch
12. Grapes are sour
13. Jisan`s kind attitude towards a boy
14. Duty towards humanity
15. Quarrel brings about loss
16. Teacher`s advice to liton
17. Jisan`s realizations help him to regain his previous position
18. A noble deed
19. A dreadful call at midnight
20. A noble man`s magnanimity
21. A horror dream in rim`s life
22. The quarrel between two friends
23. Honesty of a rickshaw puller
24. The fox without a tail
25. Truthfulness
26. A clever fox and a foolish crow
27. Honesty is the best policy
28. A just ruler and a brave kazi
29. The Honest wood cutter
30. A friend in need is a friend indeed
31. The lion and the mouse
32. A scholar and a boat man
33. The cats and the monkey
34. Grasp all, lose all
35. A house on fire
36. The ready wit of a boy
37. Life of a housemaid
38. An ant and a dove
39. A greedy dog lost everything
40. What`s a fun to one is a death to another
41. Happiness lies in contentment
42. Wisdom of king Solomon
43. An Idle King
44. Black will take no other hue
45. The wolf and the lamb
46. The pied piper of Hamelin

Informal Letters:

1. Write a letter to your friend describing the opening day of Mujib Borsho held in your school.
2. Write a letter to your friend telling him / her what you intend to do after the S.S.C Examination.
3. Write a letter your younger brother telling him the importance of taking physical exercise.
4. Write a letter to your friend describing the importance of reading newspaper regularly.

5. Write a letter to your younger brother describing the importance of co-curricular activities in later life.
6. Write a letter to your friend describing the co-curricular activities of your school.
7. Write a letter to your brother about the importance of games and sports.
8. Write a letter to your friend describing ins and outs of your study tour.
9. Write a letter to your mother telling her about your hostel life.
10. Write a letter to your friend thanking him / her for sending you the nice birthday gift.
11. Write a letter to your friend describing your experiences during the sujmmer