Gap Filling with Clues

Instruction: Fill in the blanks with words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once:

1. Barishal Board- 2025

A village market is (a) ____ important place (b) ____ the villagers. The (c) ____ buy and sell their daily necessities in a village market. A village market generally sits in (d) ____ open place of (e) ____ village. Usually a village market is divided (f) ____ three sections—open space, temporary shops and permanent shops. A village market is very (g) ____ and important (h) ____ the life of the villagers. Here they meet (i) ____ kith and kin and variety (j) ____ people.

The development of Bangladesh depends on the (a) —— of its villages. It is (b) —— to keep the villages in a (c) —— condition. A good communication is essential (d) —— the development of the villages. (e) —— this end in view our government has taken some (f) —— measures. Again (g) —— education, a nation cannot prosper. Educations (h) —— the soul and dispels the darkness of (i) ——. So our country cannot progress (j) —— we can remove illiteracy.

3. Chittagong Board- 2025

The present world is very competitive. Therefore, you need to be (a) _____. As a student, you should have full (b) ____ on your studies. You should not (c) ____ callous (d) ____ your studies. Nothing can (e) ____ for your loss (f) ____ wasting time. There is no (g) ____ the fact that (h) ____ depends on hard labour. Therefore, you must shake (i) ____ your idleness. Idleness brings (j) ____ ruin.

I am fond (a) — — angling. Whenever I get time, I go (b) — — angling. On last Friday, I went to a big lake near my village. I took (c) — — angling rod, bait, (d) — — umbrella, light (e) — — and some other necessary things for angling. I went there in the morning and spent the whole day. I threw the hook with bait at about 8 am (f) — — the lake but no fish took the bait. I got a little disappointed. When I was about to leave the place, a big fish devoured (g) — — bait. I felt spirited and let the hook loose for sometime and then I pulled it (h) — —. It was such a big fish that other (j) — — gathered round the fish. (j) — — I angled another three fishes and returned home with a happy mood.

War is a curse for human civilization. In (a) ___ days, war was confined (b) ___ the warriors only. But today all people both (c) ___ and military have to suffer from (d) ___ curse of war. None can escape from the (e) ___ of the enemy. Rich cities, fields (f) ___ with green crops and beautiful places are affected by its (g) ___. Even the (h) ___ citizens have to die a tragic death. Men, women, boys, children all are (i) ___ killed (j) ___ any reason.

The development of Bangladesh depends on the (a) —— of its villages. It is (b) —— to keep the villages in a (c) —— condition. A good communication is essential (d) —— the development of the villages. (e) —— this end in view our government has taken some (f) —— measures. Again (g) —— education, a nation cannot prosper. Educations (h) —— the soul and dispels the darkness of (i) ——. So our country cannot progress (j) —— we can remove illiteracy.

The environment is everything around us. Trees in the hills and forests are the part of our environment. They give us (a) ______ and oxygen. We grow (b) ______ crops (c) ______ vast plane land. We get (d) ______ from the rivers, haor-baor and canals. (e) ______, these water-bodies help (f) ______ travel, transport goods and (g) ______ land. All these (h) ______ elements of environment together play (i) ______ important role (j) ______ maintain environmental harmony.

The benefits of (a) ___ newspaper can hardly be exaggerated. Newspaper is (b) ___ storehouse of knowledge. The chief business (c) ___ a newspaper is to (d) ___ us news which we need (e) ___ know. It tells us what happens at home and abroad.  The (f) ___ civilized people cannot (g) ___ without newspaper. Newspaper plays an important role in the lives  (h) ___ a nation. It makes the world smaller and provides a (i) ___ benefit (j) ___ us.

The benefits of (a) ___ newspaper can hardly be exaggerated. Newspaper is (b) ___ storehouse of knowledge. The chief business (c) ___ a newspaper is to (d) ___ us news which we need (e) ___ know. It tells us what happens at home and abroad.  The (f) ___ civilized people cannot (g) ___ without newspaper. Newspaper plays an important role in the lives (h) ___ a nation. It makes the world smaller and provides a (i) ___ benefit (j) ___ us.

10. Dhaka Board-2024

The Kaptai Lake is located in the hilly district of Rangamati. This is the (a)  _____ lake in Bangladesh. The (b)  _____ beauty of this lake is well-known to all. This huge lake stretches for miles touching different parts (c)  _____ Rangamati district. There are rows of high mountains all around. Between the hills flows the lake water in a zigzag (d)  _____. The bottoms of the (e)  _____ are submerged in water. When we look at them from a distance, it seems that (f)  _____ hills are floating on water. Being attracted (g)  _____ its captivating natural beauty, every year a great number of nature lovers (h)  _____ it. There is an arrangement for boat journey as well. A number (i)  _____ colourful boats are ready to welcome the tourists. A (j)  _____ breeze is always blowing. It cools the tourists and soothes their minds.

11. Mymensingh Board-2024

A man cannot remember everything that happened in his (a)  _____. But certain events are vivid in his (b)  _____ mind. They sometimes peep (c)  _____ his mind's eye. Very simple and trifling things are the centre of (d)  _____ to a child. When a man grows up, he may laugh (e)  _____ those things. For example, at the age of 6 or 7, when children's teeth start to fall, they start looking for a rat's hole, (f)  _____ in villages. Because they have heard that if they put the (g)  _____ tooth in a rat's hole, the rat will give them one of (h)  _____ teeth. Believing that they find out a rat's hole (i)  _____ put the fallen tooth inside it. This incident makes them laugh (j)  _____ they grow up.

12. Cumilla Board-2024

Adolescence or puberty is a period after childhood. During this period physical and mental (a)  _____ of boys and girls is so (b)  _____ that they need proper amount of (c)  _____ food. But many boys and girls are not (d)  _____ of this fact. So often they suffer from (e)  _____ which hampers their (f)  _____ growth. Even some parents do not have the (g)  _____ to provide their children with the (h)  _____ they need. Sometimes it happens (i)  _____ to the parents' reluctance, unawareness or (j)  _____.

13. Rajshahi Board-2024

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Self purification means to keep the soul free (a)  _____ all kinds of sins as well as from (b)  _____ deeds. This divine quality is (c)  _____ must in our everyday life. Only physical purity is not (d)  _____, mental purity should be (e)  _____ more priority. Self purification inspires one to do good (f)  _____. One the (g)  _____, a bad man indulges in various sinful thoughts and deeds. He does not hesitate to do (h)  _____ or any wrong doing. As a (i)  _____, social peace and order are disturbed. So the usefulness of self purification is undeniable for (j)  _____ peace and harmony in the society.

14. Dinajpur Board-2024

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Sports are very essential (a)  _____ us. There are various types of sports. Among them cricket, football, swimming etc. are very (b)  _____. All types of sports are (c)  _____ to us. There is a relation (d)  _____ the body and the mind. A sound mind lies in a sound body" is a wise (e)  _____. In order to gain success in life, we should have sound health which depends (f)  _____ regular (g)  _____ in games and sports. Sports keep us (h)  _____ fit. Sports play (i)  _____ important role in forming one's (j)  _____.

15. Jashore Board-2024

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Language is the means (a)  _____ which we share our thoughts and ideas (b)  _____ others. It is our primary (c)  _____ of communication. There are thousands of (d)  _____ in the world but it is (e)  _____ for a person to learn (f)  _____ all. English is (g)  _____ language of international communication. It is the most (h)  _____ used language in the world. It also plays an essential role (i)  _____ our lives. So, the importance (j)  _____ learning English cannot be ignored.

16. Chattogram Board-2024

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Education removes our ignorance and gives us the (a)  _____ of knowledge. In respect (b)  _____ imparting education there should be (c)  _____ discrimination (d)  _____ man and woman. Education is one of the (e)  _____ human rights. If we deprive woman of the (f)  _____ of education (g)  _____ half of our population (h)  _____ remain in darkness. No development can be brought (i)  _____ without the participation of women. So, the government is doing everything to (j)  _____ the womenfolk.

17. Sylhet Board-2024

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Leisure is the moment when a person is free (a)  _____ his work as well as his worries and tensions. It is (b)  _____ free time when we can enjoy ourselves (c)  _____ doing something. So leisure is pleasure but it is not wasting time in (d)  _____. In fact, leisure and labour are (e)  _____. In leisure we have freedom (f)  _____ doing what gives us pleasure and refreshes our mind. Our life is full (g)  _____ duties. Inspite of being very busy in the present age, we cannot deny the need of (h)  _____ in life. A little leisure refreshes our mind and we can start working again (i)  _____ renewed energy. Leisure makes us fit (j)  _____ doing more difficult work.

18. Barishal Board-2024

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Dengue fever is (a)  _____ tropical virus-infected disease. It is (b)  _____ in more than 110 countries. It is (c)  _____ by dengue virus. The fever is spread by (d)  _____ Aedes mosquitoes. When the mosquito (e)  _____ a man, the virus enters the blood cell, grows-rapidly and attacks many (f)  _____ of the body. There is (g)  _____ specific medicine to treat dengue infection. So, we must put emphasis (h)  _____ preventive measures. For this we must keep our surroundings clean to stop (i)  _____ of Aedes mosquitoes. Again we must not (j)  _____ to accumulate water in any open space for more than two days.