SSC English 2nd Paper Ideal School & College, Motijheel, Dhaka 2026 CQ Question Bank & Solution

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A stitch in time saves nine. It is a proverb. It is the (a) ______ of using and misusing time. If a piece of cloth is (b) _____ even slightly, it should be stitched at once. Otherwise the tear will get wider and wider and may (c) ______ more stitches to repair it. The tear may even get too wide for (d) _____ and the cloth may get altogether useless. So the proverb teaches us to take prompt action (e) ______ all ills at their earlier stage. This will save us (f) ______ serious troubles in the future. When a person feels ill, he should take proper steps from the very first to control the illness. Otherwise, the illness may take an acute turn. What could have been cured with a few doses of medicine take in time may end (g) ______ death in spite of the best but untimely medical help. The same is (h) _______ case with the evil habit of man. It can be easily checked at the early stage. If it is (i) _____ at this stage, it takes deep root and cannot be shaken off. So prompt steps should be taken whenever anything wrong is (j) ________ .

Make five sentences using the parts of the sentences from each column given in the box.

Complete the following text with right form of verbs given in the box below.

Some people seem to imagine that the human mind is like a bottle and that when you have (a) ______ it with anything, you (b) ______ it out again and it becomes as empty as it was before. That is not the nature of human mind. The boy who has been (c) _____ has learned a good deal and that learning has (d) _____ two objects. In the first place, the boy has (e) ____ the faculties of his mind in being crammed and in the next place there remains in his mind a great portion of the knowledge so acquired. (f) ______ upon it that the boy who is crammed successfully, not only may (g) ____ in the examination for which he is (h) _____ but is from that time forward more intellectual better (i) ____ and more disposed to (j) ______ forward the knowledge which by that cramming he has acquired.

Complete the text adding suffixes, Prefixes or both to the root words given in the parenthesis.

When the early (a) _____ (settle) especially the English arrived in the New World, the hardships they had to undergo were totally unexpected. Had it not been for some (b) _______ (friend) Indians, the colonists never would have survived the terrible winters. They knew nothing of about (c) _______ (plant) crops, hunting animals, building, nor making clothing from animals skins. Life in England had been much (d) ______ (simple) and this new life was not like what the Spanish (e) _____ (explore) had reported.