HSC Examination 2020 is knocking at the door. Everyone is busy to take their exam preparation. Today we provide you HSC English 1^st Paper suggestion. Hopefully it helps to take better preparation in this subject. The exam pressure is increasing day by day on the students.  So, Guys whom yor are not well prepared for your exam still now,  this suggestion will guide you for taking preparation on this subject. Now, let’s switch to our discussion.

Question Pattern

Total Marks is: 100

Part A: Reading Test [60 Marks]

Objective Questions:

• Ques. 1: (a) Multiple Ques. (MCQ)                                         [Marks: 1*5=5]
• Ques. 1: (b) Comprehension Ques.                                        [Marks: 2*5=10]
• Ques. 2: Information transfer or Flow Chart                          [Marks: 10]
• Ques. 3: Summarizing                                                             [Marks: 10]
• Ques. 4: Cloze test with clues                                                 [Marks: 5]
• Ques. 5: Cloze test without clues                                           [Marks: 10]
• Ques. 6: Rearrange                                                                 [Marks: 10]

Part B: Writing Test [40 Marks]

• Ques. 7: Paragraph                                                                 [Marks: 10]
• Ques. 8: Story                                                                          [Marks: 7]
• Ques. 9: Informal letters/E-mail                                             [Marks: 5]
• Ques. 10: Graphs/Maps/Charts                                              [Marks: 10]
• Ques. 11: Appreciating short stories/poems                          [Marks: 8]

This is the full question pattern of HSC English 1^st Paper Examination. This pattern is collected from the Ministry of Education Board official website as well as this pattern is fixed.

Suggestions for Ques. No. 1

In this section seen comprehension will come from the English 1^st Paper textbook. Similarly, there are two sections such as MCQ and open-ended questions.

SL	Name of the Passage	Unit	Lesson
1	Children must pass through…… global communication	5	1
2	Adolescents constitute………. young adulthood	5	2
3	One of the sources of water……… zone and Ghorashal	8	1
4	A vast mangrove forest shared……expert Sarah Christie	8	4
5	Kuakata, Locally……. Heritage of this area	8	5
6	The term Diaspora used……… now is Globalization	11	1
7	Conflict is an inevitable part……… to intergroup conflict	12	2
8	Conflict can be……… these struggles	12	2
9	Beauty is easy to……… truth	14	1
10	Folk music consists………region to region	14	2

Information transfer or Flow chart (Ques. No. 2)

SL	Name of the Passage	Unit	Lesson
1	Nelson Mandela played a……. and dignity	1	1
2	I declare that the Assembly……. Force on us	1	2
3	The time of adolescence………. Health problems	5	1
4	In Bangladesh, the…… during childbirth	5	2
5	Anne Frank is perhaps………… read books	5	5
6	The streets are ……… one ice-cream	7	4
7	According to some myths……British Museum	9	3
8	A peace movement is a social……… to lesser developed	12	5
9	Putting men on Mars…… difficult than it sounds	13	4
10	The exterior of the King’s………. very tastefully	15	4

Summarizing (Ques. No. 3)

It can be coming from the seen passage as well as textual poetry. So, here we mention both suggestions.

Important Seen Passage

SL	Name of the Passage	Unit	Lesson
1	I am not in the least hungry……… eat a little more	3	2
2	As a child, you must have……… in everyday life	4	1
3	Universities should………. has injured	6	1
4	Accessibility to higher……… Private Universities	6	2
5	Bangladesh is blessed with………… for parent fish	8	2
6	Kuakata, locally known……. Swimming or driving	8	5
7	Conflict can be defined………… individuals involved	12	2
8	A peace movement……… developed nations	12	5
9	Beauty is easy to…… not beautiful?	14	1
10	In Bangladesh folk music………. Western Baul songs	14	2

Poem for Summarizing

SL	Name of the Poem	Unit	Lesson
1	Amidst killer speeds I stand…………… for your safety	2	3
2	I love to rise in…………dreary shower	5	3
3	Because I have seen Bengal’s………on the river sandbanks	9	1
4	I sit on one of the dives………. the September night	12	1 (B)
5	I died beauty…………covered up our names	14	1 (B)

Cloze Test with Clues (Ques. No. 4)

For this section we mention some board previous year’s questions, you have to find out these questions from your test paper.

• Dhaka Board 2014-2019
• Rajshahi Board 2013-2018
• Jashore Board 2014-2018
• Cumilla Board 2012,2014-2017,2019
• Chattogram Board 2014-2018
• Sylhet Board 2014-2018
• Barishal Board 2012, 2014-2018
• Dinajpur Board 2015-2018

Cloze Test without Clues (Ques. 5)

For this section just follow those boards questions which are given below

• Dhaka Board 2014-2018
• Rajshahi Board 2014-2018
• Jashore Board 2015-2018
• Cumilla Board 2012,2014-2018
• Chattogram Board 2014-2018
• Sylhet Board 2015-2018
• Barishal Board 2012, 2015-2018
• Dinajpur Board 2014-2018

Re-arrange (Ques. No. 6)

In this section, there will be given 10 sentences that are mention randomly. You have to sort it out periodically.

SL	Name	Source
1.	The wise and Witty Astrologer	JB’16
2.	Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam	CB’16
3.	Grapes are sour	CtgB’16, SB’19
4.	Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln	SB’15, BB’19
5.	Nelson Mandela	Combined Board 18
6.	Rabindranath Tagore	CB’13, BB’14
7.	A wise counselor’s advice	DB’17, BB’17
8.	Dr, Mohammad Shahidullah	CtgB’17
9.	Robert Bruce and Spider	SB’8, DjB’14
10.	A lesson for a liar Grocer	DB’11, RB’15

Similarly, you have to complete the last four years’ questions from your education board.

Part B: Writing Test

Paragraph Writing (Ques. No. 7)

• Food Adulteration
• The Sundarbans
• Pahela Baishak
• Your Best Friend
• Group work
• Eve Teasing
• Female Education
• Gender Discrimination
• The Curse of Dowry
• 21^st February
• The Uses and Abuses of Mobile Phone
• A Book Fair
• Load Shedding
• The Necessity of Education

Story Writing (Ques. No. 8)

• Thirsty Crow
• Grasp All, Lose All
• Happiness Lies in Contentment
• Helpful Dove and Grateful Ant
• A brilliant, diligent and innovative boy
• To rescue a drowning boy
• A night in the Deep Forest
• Greed Losses All
• A little creature is even mightier than a bigger one
• The Selfish Giant
• Slow and Steady wins the Race
• A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

Writing Informal Letters/E-mail

Email

• To your youngest brother narrating the benefits of reading newspaper daily
• To your youngest brother advising him to take a part in games and sports regularly
• To your pen-friend inviting him/her to visit your country
• To your youngest brother telling him to study seriously to be well prepared for the ensuing examination
• Suppose, your friend got first prize in debate competition, write an e-mail congratulating him
• To a friend to return your book

Letters

• To your friend describing how to improve in English
• To your youngest brother advising him to refrain from smoking
• To your pen-friend about Bangladesh
• To a friend about your picnic to a place of historical importance

Analyzing maps/graphs/charts (Ques. No. 10)

• The number of mobile phone and internet users in Bangladesh from 2014-2018 [DB’19]
• The percentage of travelers in Bangladesh traveling in different transportation ways per day [RB’19]
• The choice of profession by educated people in our country [JB’19, CtgB’17]
• The sources of air pollution in a city [CtgB’19, DjB’17]
• The number of people living below the poverty line from 1995 to 2010 [Combined Board 18 code-184]
• The literacy rate of Bangladesh in different years from 1995-2010 [Combined Board 18 code-185]
• The gradual increasing rate of Internet users in Bangladesh [RB’17]
• The sources of U.S.A electricity in 1980 [DB’17]
• The time allocation of students daily activities [CB’17]
• The percentages of transportation used by 800 students to come to college [SB’17]
• The percentages of a family’s household income distribution in the different categories [BB’17]

 Appreciating Short Stories/Poems (Ques. No. 11)

Poems

SL	Name of the Poem	Source
1	I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree	U- 12, L-1(A)
2	My heart leaps up when I behold	CtgB’19
3	Hold fast to dreams	U-10, L-2
4	Blow, blow, thou winter wind	U-4, L-2
5	O father and mother if buds are nipped	DB’17
6	I love to rise in a summer morn	U-5, L-3

Stories

• There were two brothers in a village [CtgB’17]
• How is life, full of Choices?
• There lived a wolf in a wood, He killed….

That’s all about HSC English 1^st Paper suggestion 2020. But we want to say that don’t depend on this suggestion only.  we suggest you follow your textbook, test paper besides this suggestion. So, study seriously to be well prepared for the English 1^st paper examination. As well as, we provide HSC English 2^nd Paper suggestion. Visit our website for this.