Junior Scholarship Examination 2025

Suggestions: English

Seen Passage:

  1. Nakshi Kantha is a kind of embroidered quilt 
  2. Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices 
  3. The word ‘hygiene’ means the practice of keeping ourselves clean
  4. River gypsies are an ethnic group of people in Bangladesh
  5. River gypsies in Bangladesh are having various problems
  6. Humans have a natural curiosity to know the unknown, to see the unseen and to conquer the unconquered 
  7. Ekushey Padak winner Polan Sarkar, affectionally called Alor Ferrywala, a torch bearer, was best known as a …
  8. Communication of ideas is at the center of civilization 
  9. July, but there was still no sign of rain 
  10.  From the valiant sacrifice of Pritilata Waddedar, who …
  11.  Health is the condition of our body and mind.
  12. Oxygen and air pressure are always being monitored 
  13. Thousands of years ago, the first pearl was probably discovered while human beings.. 
  14. Bangladesh is home to more than 54 Indigenous groups 
  15. Once upon a time, a dove and a bat were very good friends 
  16. The Tha Kha floating market is …

Unseen passage:

  1. Abu Sayed, a brave student activist was killed by police on 16 July, 2024
  2. The July Upspring 2024 was a significant event in the history of Bangladesh
  3. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918
  4. Socrates was a great philosopher 
  5. Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest poets of Bangla literature 
  6. Begum Rokeya was a famous writer and a social worker
  7. George Washington was the first president of the USA
  8. The greatest dramatist of English literature named Shakespeare was born
  9. Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir was an officer in Bangladesh army
  10. Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal 
  11. Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born
  12. Zainul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoreganj in 1914
  13. The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious prize
  14. Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Haq was born in 1872 at the village 
  15. Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur 

    Matching:

    Practise from the selected books 

    Answering Questions from Poems:

    Loke Bole Bole Re (Oh, They say) (Hason Raja)
    1. Why does the speaker (Hason Raja) express dissatisfaction with his house?
    2. Why does Hason Raja refrain from building a permanent home?
    3. What uncertainty troubles Hason Raja?
    4. What does Hason Raja’s song suggest about the value of material possessions?
    5. Write the central theme of the song “Oh, They say my house is no good”. 

    The Field of the Embroidered Quilt (Jasimuddin)

    1. What is the woman doing throughout the night?
    2. What emotions are depicted on the quilt?
    3. Why does the woman ask to place the quilt on her grave?
    4. How does the speaker feel about Rupai’s pain?
    5. In the poem “The Field of the Embroidered Quilt”, what does the embroidered quilt symbolize?  

    The Children’s Song (Rudyard Kipling)

    1. What do the children promise to their motherland? 
    2. What do the children ask God to teach them?
    3. How do the children express their love for the country in the poem “The Children’s song”?
    4. What is the poem “The Children’s Song” about?
    5. Explain why the poet calls his motherland the land of “our faith, our pride” in the poem “The Children’s Song”. 

    A Little Plant (Anonymous)

    1. Where i the little plant sleeping?
    2. What does the little plant symbolize in the poem “A Little Plant”?
    3. Who spoke to the little plant?
    4. What did the little plant do after hearing the voice?
    5. What theme does the poem convey about growth?

    Ode on Solitude (Alexander Pope)

    1. What does the poet mean by ‘A few paternal acres bound’ in the poem “Ode on Solitude”?
    2. Why is breathing ‘native air’ important in the poem “Ode on Solitude”?
    3. Who is a blessed man according to the poem “Ode on Solitude”?  
    4. What makes the man happy in the poem “Ode on Solitude”?
    5. What lesson do you learn from the poem “Ode on Solitude”?

    Something Told the Wild Geese (Rachel Field) 

    1. What makes the geese decide to leave?
    2. What do the wild geese symbolize in the poem “Something Told the Wild Geese”?
    3. What lesson can we learn from the poem “Something Told the Wild Geese”?
    4. What is the central theme of the poem “Something Told the Wild Geese”?
    5. In the poem “Something Told the Wild Geese”, what does the poet refer to by ‘something’?

    Green Escape (Joseph Auslander)

    1. Why does the speaker turn away from the streets and crowds in the poem “Green Escape”?
    2. How does the poet depict nature in the poem “Green Escape”?
    3. In the poem “Green Escape”, what does the poet desire?
    4. What message or lesson does the poem “Green Escape” convey? 
    5. In the poem “Green Escape” why does the poet want to escape to nature? 

    The News (Michael Rosen)

    1. What is the news about in the poem “The News”?
    2. In the poem “The News”, why did the two ordinary shoes become extraordinary?
    3. In the poem “The News” why does the news describe the shoes as incredible? 

    Contemplation (John Carpenter)

    1. What were the four things the poet could see from the tree?
    2. How does the poet evoke a sense of nature in the poem “Contemplation”?
    3.  According to the poem “Contemplation”, what does the poet do after climbing the tree?

    Formal/ Informal Letters/ Emails:

    Formal Letters/ Emails

    1. Seeking permission to go on a study tour.
    2. For a seat in the school hostel
    3. For setting up a common room
    4. For increasing common room facilities
    5. For buying more books to enrich the school library
    6. For opening a canteen
    7. For full free studentship 
    8. For a transfer certificate
    9. For setting up a computer club/ an English language club
    10. To the DC for relief goods for the flood affected people

    Informal Letters/Emails

    1. About your preparation for the upcoming examination
    2. Congratulating on brilliant success
    3. Thanking for hospitality
    4. Thanking for a nice birthday gift
    5. Inviting to join your sister’s wedding/marriage ceremony
    6. Describing the last prize giving ceremony of your school
    7. Describing what you intend to do after your annual examination
    8. Describing your aim in life

    Completing Story:

    1. Once there was a cowboy. He ….. (A liar cowboy)
    2. Once upon a time there lived a ….. (The sense of responsibility of a boy)
    3. Once there lived a very clever fox …… (A fox without a tail)
    4. Once there lived a poor farmer …… (Grasp all, Lose all)
    5. Once upon a time on a hot day …… (A thirsty crow)
    6. Once there was an old farmer who … (Unity is strength)
    7. There were two friends …… (A friend in need is a friend indeed)
    8. Sheikh was a ……. (Outward appearance is not all)
    9. Asif is a rickshaw puller…. (Honesty of a rickshaw puller)
    10. There lived a woodcutter …. (An honest woodcutter and a beautiful fairy)

    Writing Dialogue:

    1. On the importance of learning English
    2. About future plan/aim in life
    3. About preparation for the scholarship/Annual examination
    4. About the merits and demerits of mobile phone
    5. About the importance of tree plantation
    6. About the importance of early rising
    7. About the importance of reading newspaper
    8. Between a patient and a doctor on illness

    Writing Composition:

    1. Your favourite hobby
    2. Your future plan of life/Your aim in life
    3. The season you like best
    4. Duties of a student
    5. Importance of reading newspaper
    6. Your childhood memories
    7. Physical exercise
    8. A journey by train/ A journey you recently enjoyed
    9. Value of time
    10. Science in everyday life