Suggestion for H S C Examination-2026, English First paper

    Syllabus for HSC Examination

Question no.	Title	Marks
	Part-A Reading	60
	Seen passage -1
1. A	MCQ (guessing word meaning)	1×5 = 05
1.     B	Comprehension Questions	2×5 = 10
	Seen passage -2
2	Flow Chart	2×5 = 10
	Seen passage -3
3	Summarizing	1×10 = 10
	Non textual
4	Cloze test with clues	.5×10 = 05
5	Cloze test without clues	1×10 = 10
6	Rearranging	1×10 = 10
	Part-B Writing	40
7	Writing Paragraphs answering questions	07
8	Completing a story	07
9	Writing informal letters/emails	08
10	Analyzing maps/graphs/charts	10
11	Appreciating  short stories/poems (identifying genre, theme, subject matter, and interpreting the content)	08

                                                                                                                Total – 100

Suggestion

 Question no.  1-3.

               MCQ, Short answer Questions, Information transfer/flow chart and Summary -35

               

 

Unit	Title	Lesson	Unit		Lesson
1	Education and Life	1B,2B,3A 4c	7	Youthful achievers	1, 1A, 3B
2	Art and craft	1A,2B,F,3B,C,D 4A,B	8	Relationships	1B, 3C, 4B,
3	Myths and Literature	1F, 2B, 3B, 4B	9	Adolescence	1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, H
4	History	1I, 2B,C, B, A	10	Lifestyle	3A, 4D, 5B
5	Human Rights	4 B, 5F,	11	Peace and conflict	2B, 3A
6	Dreams	1D, 2A,H	12	Environment and nature	2B, 3F, 4F, 5A,

Question no. 4

Filling gaps with clues-5

 Learn the rules of gap filling with clues and practice all board questions.

 Give importance to textual gaps.

Question no. 5

 Filling gaps without clues-10

Learn the rules of gap filling without clues and practice all board questions.

   Give importance to textual gaps.

Question no.6

  Rearrangement-10

1. Androcles 2. Alfred Nobel (SB17) 3. Robert Bruce 4. Taimur  5. An English boy was making (DjB17)  

6. A Witty cook 7. Tomas Alva Edison (JB 25) 8. A poor farmer and his rich neibour  9. Fazlul Haque  10. Kazi Nazrul Islam (CB19)  11. Jaynul Abedin 12. An English Poet (DjB19)   13. Cinderella 14. Socrates 15. A Fox without tail 16. Alexander and Porus  17. A king and an astrologer(JB19)  18. Sheikh Saadi (DB 25, CB 25)  19. The lion and a rat  20. Socrates in the jail 21. Nelson Mandela (All boards- 18) 22. Kaliph Omar (R) 23. Who will bell the cat? 24. A thirsty crow 25. Hatem Tai 26. Nasir uddin Hojja 27. Hazrat Abdul Kader Zilani 28. A hair and a tortoise  29. Rabindra Nath 30. Einstein 31. A happy cobbler 32. An old man had five sons  33. A selfish giant 34. The goose with golden egg  35.  A dog with a bone 36. Robinson Crusoe 37. A grocer and a fruit seller (CtgB 25) 38. Grapes are sour(CtgB16 SB19)  39. A Farmer and a purse of gold (SB 25) 40. The wisdom of Solomon 41.Two friends and a bear 42. Buddha and a poor woman 43. Queen Victoria 44. The pied Piper 45. A monkey and a puppy  46. Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah(CtgB17) 47. Once there lived a sultan in a country (BB,DB17) 48. Once a lad went to a famous teacher (JB17) 49. Aristotle (RB17) 50. Khan Jahan Ali (CB17) 51. Dr. Kudrat-E Khuda  (RB19) 52.   Detecting the thief (DB19) 53. Hercules, a Greek mythical hero (CtgB19) 54. Abraham Lincoln (BB19) 55. Gazi Pir 56. Amerigo, a street child 57. Abu Ben Adham (RB 25) 58. Once a necklace was (BB 25)

Question no.7

Writing paragraph answering questions 7

7. Paragraph-07

Textual:

1. Human Rights
2. Adolescence
3. Fitness
4. Conflict

Nontextual:

1. Uses and abuses of mobile phone(BB’17)
2. Satellite TV channels
3. Pahela Baishakh
4. Eve-teasing
5. Food adulteration (DB,CtgB’17, All boards18)
6. Modern Technology(SB’17)
7. An ideal student(CB’17)
8. Drug addiction (DjB’17)
9. Female education
10. Gender discrimination
11. Premature marriage/Early marriage
12. Importance of Learning English
13. Natural calamities/disasters in Bangladesh 
14. Social values
15. 21^st February
16. Necessity of education
17. Deforestation/ Importance of tree plantation   
18. Your favourite person
19. Good health
20. My best friend (JB’17)
21. Environment pollution (RB’17)
22. Water/Air  pollution
23. Causes of failure in English 
24. Your college library
25. Smoking
26. Bangladesh
27. Earth Quake
28. The benefits of early rising 
29. Internet
30. Load Shading
31. A book fair
32. Curse of Dowry

 

Question no.8

Completing Story 7

1. In an afternoon, grandmother was sitting---- (CtgB19) 
2. A happy cobbler   ( JB19 )
3. A thirsty crow (BB17, DB19) 
4. A crow and a fox (JB17, BB19, MB 25)
5. Once a dove was--- (DB17, All boards 18, RB 25) 
6. A poor wood cutter (SB17, SB23)  
7. There was a shepherd boy.(CtgB17)
8. There was a boy who hailed from an obscure back ground. (new CB’17, Ctgb’23)
9.  It was late at night--------(new RB17)
10.  It was a bright sunny morning------(new DjB17,RB23)
11. Who will bell the cat? 
12. An old man had five sons-- 
13. A selfish giant  (CB23)
14. Once there was a very powerful man--- 
15. King Lear 
16. The goose with golden egg  
17. Robert Bruce 
18. A lion and a mouse 
19. A dog with a bone 
20. Sheikh Sadi 
21. An honest farmer 
22. A hair and a tortoise
23. A friend in need is a friend in deed.
24. There was an old house in a village
25. King Solomon
26. Bayezid Bostami
27. The boys and the frogs (DB23)
28. Ismail Mia is an established farmer----(JB23)
29. The wolf and the crane
30. An old lion and a cunning fox
31. An astrologer and a king
32. A fox without a tail
33. The pied Piper
34. Queen Victoria
35. Fardin was a an educated young man......(BB23)
36. Once there was a farmer in a village. He was very idle ----(Djb23)
37. A lion and a boar (MB23)
38. A naughty cow boy (BB 25)

 

** There may also be newly made stories on the question paper. You have to write those stories with your own experience.

 

Question no.9

 Informal Letters /E-mails-10

Write a letter/E-mail to your father/mother/sister/ brother/friend/ any relative telling him/ her about:

1. to be well prepared for the ensuing HSC examination (DjB19) 
2. your progress of studies(CB19) 
3. to send you the routine of HSC examination,2019 (CtgB19) 
4. Your preparation for the coming examination(JB17, SB19)
5.  The importance of outdoor games and sports (RB19, MB23) 
6.  The importance of reading news paper(DB19) 
7. Inviting your pen friend to visit your country (JB19, DB 25)
8. for congratulation on getting first prize(CtgB17 All boards 18, SB23)
9. To the graduate admissions asking them about admission procedure (CB17)
10.  Natural beauty of Bangladesh (DB17)
11. not to spend much time in Facebook. (DjB17, CB 25)
12. to join a picnic (SB17)
13. Thanking a friend for a gift you received from him/her on your birth day (SB17, CB23, CtgB 25, BB 25)
14. The dangers of smoking-(RB17)/drugs
15. to be aware of the outbreak of COVID 19
16. How to improve in English (RB23)
17. not to share fake/baseless news on social media account (JB23)
18. Not to adopt unfair means in the examination (BB23)
19. co curricular activities
20. your plan after H.S.C examination (Ctgb23)
21. Importance of learning English
22. Condolence at his/her father’s death
23. Describing the scenic beauty of the Sundarbans (DB23)
24. Describing the selling rates of seven types of books in Ekushey Boi Mela 2023 (JB23)
25. To read English News paper (Djb23)
26. telling him how you spent your summer vacation (MB 25)
27. about the celebration of 16 December (RB 25)
28. showing sympathy to a friend who is hospitalized with dengue fever  (Djb 25)
29. describing the foods and food habits in Bangladesh (JB 25)
30. to return a book (SB 25)

Warning: The suggestion is only for practice. Learn how to answer the items and go on practicing. 

 

Question no.10

Describing charts/graphs/maps-15

Graph showing:

1. Number of internet users in town and village (BB19)  
2. An increase in the number of overseas students (SB19, JB 25)  
3. The number of mobile and  internet users in Bangladesh (DB19)  
4. Gradual rate of internet users (RB17, CB19)
5. The number of people living below the poverty line(JB17, All boards-18, MB25, SB 25)
6. The main reasons of study according to different age groups.
7. The number of educational institutions in Bangladesh.
8. The number of students passing in a year.
9. The literacy rate.
10. The number of students in a school/college.
11. Different types of pastime activities of Bangladesh
12. Population growth in Bangladesh

 

Pie chart:

13. Sources of environment pollution in a city(DjB19)   
14. Choice of profession by different educated people(CtgB17, JB19, DB, SB,RB23)
15. The percentage of travelers in Bangladesh travelling in different transportation ways (RB19, Ctgb23, CB 25) 
16. Sources of air pollution in a city (DjB17, CtgB19)
17. Percentages of transportation used by 800 students (SB17)
18. Time allocation of students’ daily activities (CB17,CB23, Djb23, BB 25)
19. The distribution of  a family’s household income(BB17)
20.  Sources of electricity of U.S.A (DB17)
21. The percentage of early marriage in Bangladesh
22. Sources of foreign currency in Bangladesh (BB23)
23. Different sectors of child labour (MB23)
24. Types of books preserved in a college library. (DB 25)
25. The interest of the students of a college in different subjects (DjB 25)

 

Question no.11

Appreciating literary items-08

Textual:

1.       She walks in beauty 2/1

2.       I died for beauty 2/1

3.       Auld Lang Syne 2/2

4.      I Have Seen Bengale’s Face- Jibanananda Das (9/1)-       3/1                                                       Because I have sin Bengal’s face I will seek no more

5.       Landscape with the Fall of Icarus 3/2

6.      ‘Dreams’ by D.H. Lawrence (10/2)- All people dream, but not equally 6/2

7.      ‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes (10/2)-Hold fast to dreams (JB’17) 6/2

8.       Those Winter Sundays  8/2

9.       How Do I Love Thee    8/4

10.    Lying Thinking Last night  11/1

11.    From September 1, 1939   11/1

12.    Peace  11/4

13.    Blowin’In The Wind  11/4

14.  Endangered Species List Blues  12/3

                                                                                                

Nontextual:

1. I wandered Lonely as a cloud- William Wordsworth
2. Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare
3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – S.T Coleridge
4. A Poison Tree – William Blake
5. If those I loved were lost – Emily Dickinson
6. A poet to his Beloved – W.B Yeats
7. No man is an Island – John Donne
8. Under the Green wood Tree – William Shakespeare(SB’17)
9. Love and Friendship-William Shakespeare (4/2)- Blow, blow thou winter wind(BB’17)
10. The School boy - William Blake (5/3)-                                                                                        I love to rise in a summer morn (DB’17, CB’17)
11.  The lake Isle of Innisfree- W.B. Yeats (12/1)-I will arise and go now, (RB’17)
12. September1, 1939-W.H. Auden (12/1)- I sit on one of the dives
13.  The Charge of the Light Brigade- Lord Alfred Tennyson (12/3)- Half a league,
14.  She Walks in Beauty-Lord Byron (14/1) -She Walks in Beauty, like the night
15.  I died for beauty-Emily Dickinson (14/1)- I died for beauty, but was scarce
16. Leisure – William Henry Davies
17.  There is no Frigate Like a book – Emily Dickinson
18.  What is our life? A play of passion – Sir Walter Raleigh
19.  I died for beauty -  Emily Dickinson
20.  There is another Sky – Emily Dickinson
21. Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star -  John Donne
22.  To Daffodils – Robert Herrick
23.  Today – Thomas Carlyle
24.  Tree at my Window – Robert Frost
25.  Laughing Song – William Blake
26.  The Sands of Dee – Charles Kingsley
27.  The Shepherd - William Blake
28.  Patriotism – Sir Walter Scott
29.  Crabbed Age and Youth – William Shakespeare
30.  Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats
31.  TIME, you old gypsy man (DjB’17, All boards-18)
32. There were two brothers in a village. (CtgB’17)

 

** There may also be stories for appreciating. You have to read the stories attentively and try to find out the field of appreciating.

 

** The suggestion is only for practice. Learn how to appreciate literary items and go on practicing.