WBBSE Madhyamik English Suggestion

2022 Madhyamik Suggestion

(English – B), WBBSE

* (One Star) indicates Important

** (Two Stars) indicate More Important

*** (Three Stars) indicate the Most Important

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Prose

Father’s Help **

The Passing away of Bapu *

Our Runaway Kite ***

Poetry

Fable ***

My Own True Family **

Sea Fever *

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Note: The ‘Unseen’ passage may be the description of -

Covid-19

Storm

Flood

Accident

Recent death of eminent persons

Sports

Grammar

Do as directed:

(i) Let him do the work. (Change the voice)

Answer: Let the work be done by him.

(ii) I was helping the poor people. (Change the voice)

Answer: The poor people were being helped by me.

(iii) Mother said to her children, “what were you doing yesterday?” (Change the mode of narration)

Answer: Mother asked her children what they had been doing the previous day.

(iv) She said to me, “I shall help you.” (Change the mode of narration)

Answer: She told me that she would help me.

(v) Subham was one of the most Brilliant students in the class. (Change into comparative degree)

Answer: Subam was more brilliant than most other students in the class.

(vi) A tiger runs faster than a deer. (Change into positive degree)

Answer: A deer does not run so fast as a tiger.

(vii) The child saw a cockroach and shouted in fear. (Change into simple sentence)

Answer: Seeing a cockroach the child shouted in fear.

(viii) She answered confidently. (Use the noun form of ‘confidently’.)

Answer: She answered with confidence.

(ix) Tell me the truth. (Change into complex sentence)

Answer: Tell me what the truth is.

(x) As soon as he opened the window, he felt terribly cold. (Change into negative sentence)

Answer: No sooner had he opened the window than he felt terribly cold.

Phrasal verb (Set -1)

(i) He reads the book.

(ii) The man is in search of a job.

(iii) The girl resembles her father.

(iv) The son takes care of his old parents.

(v) The police investigates the burglary case.

(List: look for, look into, look after, take after, call up, go through)

Phrasal Verb (Set -2)

(i) He can remember the incident.

(ii) The boy saves money every week.

(iii) He established the school.

(iv) The gentlemen left bad company.

(v) A motor car emits carbon dioxide.

(List: put by, put up, set up, give up, call up, give off)

Correct forms of Verb (Set -1)

Write the correct alternatives to fill in the blanks:

While I ________ (was /had been /am) going through a forest, I saw a one eyed deer ________ (run /running) towards ______ (have got /got /will get) really scared.

Correct forms of Verbs (Set -2)

A poor young artist _______ (asked /was asked /has asked) to paint the portrait of a lady and he _______ (does /has done /did) his best to make a good likeness. When the portrait _________ (exhibited /was exhibited /had exhibited) to the lady’s friend, the friends were glad to see it.