Read the text and answer the questions 5, 6, 7, 8
and 9.
One day Ms. Nafisa, the English teacher, came into the class. ‘You’ve already learned about a full stop, a comma, a semicolon, a question mark and a dash. Haven’t you?’ She asked the class.
‘Yes, teacher,’ was the reply.
Ms. Nafisa then drew a short line (-) on the blackboard and asked the class, ‘What’s this short line called?’
Student 1: It’s a dash, teacher.
Ms. Nafisa : Hmm... It looks like a dash. But it’s not so. It’s much shorter than a dash. It’s a hyphen.
Student 2 : When do we use a hyphen, teacher?
Ms. Nafisa : Well, we usually use it to join two words together. But if you look up ‘sitting room’ in different dictionaries, you’ll see both ‘sitting room’ and ‘sitting-room’. We put a hyphen when this helps to make the meaning clear.
5. Write only the answer on the answer paper.
i. Ms. Nafisa teaches ----.
(a) Math (b) English (c) Religion (d) Social science
ii. She came into ----.
(a) the class (b) the common room (c) the teachers room (d) library
iii. Students have already learned about ---- mark.
(a) food (b) cleanliness (c) punctuation (d) sports
iv. Ms Nafisa is a ----.
(a) teacher (b) student (c) doctor (d) writer
v. Ms. Nafisa drew a ---- line.
(a) big (b) middle (c) short (d) thin
vi. What is the short line (-) called?
(a) Semicolon (b) Comma (c) Hyphen (d) Dash
vii. What does a dash look like?
(a) Hyphen (b) Colon (c) Semicolon (d) Comma
viii. We use hyphen to ---- two words.
(a) hide (b) join (c) highlight (d) sever
ix. She asked the ----.
(a) students (b) teachers (c) class (d) bearers
x. What did she draw?
(a) A line (b) A picture (c) A letter (d) A pen.
Answer to the question no. 5
i. (b) English; ii. (a) the class; iii. (c) punctuation; iv. (a) teacher; v. (c) short;
vi. (c) Hyphen; vii. (a) Hyphen; viii. (b) join; ix. (c) class; x. (a) A line.
6. Write one of the words that completes each sentence. There are three extra words which you do not need to use.
line-looks-English-glad-short-hyphen-class-use
(a) Ms. Nafisa was an ---- teacher.
(b) She asked the ----.
(c) ‘What’s this short ---- called?’
(d) It ---- like a dash.
(e) It’s a ----.
Answer to the question no. 6
(a) English; (b) class; (c) line; (d) looks; (e) hyphen.
7. Answer the following questions.
(a) Who was Ms. Nafisa?
(b) What did Ms. Nafisa draw on the blackboard?
(c) What is the short line (-) called?
(d) What is hyphen?
(e) What did the students have already learnt?
Answer to the question no. 7
(a) Ms. Nafisa was an English teacher.
(b) Ms. Nafisa drew a short line on the blackboard.
(c) The short line (-) is called hyphen.
(d) Hyphen is a punctuation mark. Use of hyphen makes meaning clear.
(e) The students had already learnt about full stop, comma, semicolon, question mark and dash.
8. Write a short composition of 5 sentences about the usefulness of punctuation marks.
Answer to the question no. 8
The usefulness of punctuation marks
Punctuation marks are very important for learning a language. They make the meaning clear. The punctuation marks tell us when we have to stop. They tell us when we have to express surprising gesture. We know when we have to make a gesture that we are asking something.
9. Suppose, you are Bristy of Udayan Higher Secondary School. Manisha is your friend. She wanted to know about the use of punctuation marks. Now, write a letter to your friend telling her about it. Use the following cue 54: punctuation marks - full stop (.), - comma (,), - colon (:), -semicolon (;), - dash (-) and - hypen (-) for different purposes
Answer to the question no. 9
November 9, 2015
Udayan School Hostel
Room no. 405
DU Campus, Dhaka
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