Department of English

Syllabus for Yearly Exam -2023

Class: XI

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER (MARKS-50)

1. English For Today: (Seen Passage)
Unit Four : Youthful Achievers
Unit Six :Adolescence
Unit Seven : Lifestyle
Unit Six :Human Rights
Unit Eleven : Tours and Travels
2. Summary
3. Fill in the blanks with suitable words (With clues)
4. Email/Letter
a. A letter to my younger brother about the importance of physical exercise
b. A letter to my younger brother about the importance of learning English
c. Write a letter to your brother advising him to put importance on etiquette
and manners.
d. A letter to my friend describing the book fair I have visited .
e. A letter to my younger brother warning him not to spend much time on
Facebook
5. Completing Story
a. One day I was going to college to take my final exam at 10 am . At 9am
when I was 20 minutes away from my college , suddenly a sick women
fell down ……….
b. Once there lived two cats in a house …..
c. One day a dog was crossing a bridge ………………………………
d. It was raining heavily; the street lights …………….
e. Rina is a poor girl. She works in a rich man’s house ……….

Marks Distribution
Question: 1A: MCQ 05
1B: Question Answer 02×5=10
Question NO. 2: Summary 1×5=10
Question NO. 3: Fill in the blanks with clue 0.5×10=05
Question NO. 4: Email/Letter 10
Question NO. 5:Completing Story 10
Total 50
 ENGLISH SECOND PAPER (MARKS-50)

Grammar:
a. Preposition
b. Completing sentences with phrases/special words
c. Completing sentences with suitable clauses /phrase
d. Right form of verb
e. Narration/speech
f. Modifiers
g. Sentence connectors
h. Synonym /Antonym
i. Punctuation
Paragraph :
a. Deforestation
b. Social Values
c. Uses and abuses of Mobile Phone
d. Rohingya Exodus
e. Drug Addiction
Formal Letter :
Making Complaints
a. Suppose, you are an inhabitant of Cox's Bazar. Write a letter to the Chairman
of electricity board your district complaining about frequent power failure in
your area.
b. Write a letter of complaint to the Superintendent of Police to take steps
against the antisocial activities in your area.
c. Suppose, you sent five packages of books to Khulna through Zebra Courier
Service. One package was missing at the time of delivery. Now, write a letter
to the customer service manager complaining about missing goods.
d. Recently you have purchased an electric rice-cooker from an online shop.
Having received it you found it was not functioning. Now, you are to write
them complaining to replace it with a new one.
e. Suppose, you are the inhabitant of Barishal town. The law and order
situation of the town is deteriorating day by day. The people of the town
have been passing their days in an insecure condition. Now, write a letter to
the Deputy Commissioner complaining about the fact.

Marks Distribution

Question NO.06 -11:Grammmar (any six items ) 05×06=30

Question NO.12: Formal Letter (complaint Letter) 10
Question NO.13: Paragraph 10
Total 50