Notes on English for Teachers and Students of Class Six to HSC - School College University

SSC English First Paper Unit-2 Lesson-2 Environmental Pollution Environmental Pollution Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.   Bangladesh is now in the grip of all sorts of pollution like air pollution, soil pollution and water pollution. The dwellers of the urban areas are the worst sufferers of such pollution. The indiscriminate industrialisation process in Bangladesh over the past decades has created significant environmental problems. We will now read about some of the most common types of environmental pollutions and ways of coping with them   Air pollution   Air pollution comes from a wide variety of sources. In Bangladesh poisonous exhaust from Industrial plants, brick kilns, old or poorly-serviced vehicles and dust from roads and construction sites are some of the major sources of air pollution.   We can minimise this type of pollution by making less use of motor vehicles and avoiding the use of vehicles older than 20 years. ...

SSC English First Paper  Unit-2: Lesson-1 The Greed of The Mighty Rivers Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing flames remind Meherjan of the turmoll in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had everything a family, arable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuria gradually consumed all her land property. It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to devour Meher's house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness.   There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a...

SSC English First Paper  Unit-1, Lesson-1 Mr. Moti by Rahad Kabir Read the passage. Then answer the questions below Ameen is seventeen when the war breaks out. One Monday, after supper, he announces he will go to war. Sonabhan shrieks in surprise. You want to leave me alone?   It won't take long. Ma, he assures her. I'll be back soon after the training. That night Sonabhan cannot sleep.   After sun-up, she opens the duck coop. The flock streams out, stretches and quacks around her for their morning meal. She takes longer than usual. She mixes water with rice husks in an earthen bowl and puts it down. They gobble it up in five minutes and head for the pond. Ameen has let out the chickens by then. He lifts his 12-week-old cockerel, Moti, and sits on the veranda. During his breakfast he doesn't strike up any conversation. Having noticed Sonabhan's puffy eyes, he knows not to mention last night's subject. He casts his glance to the aide, down at the cockerel eating ...

 Paragraph: A Street Beggar প্যারাগ্রাফ- রাস্তার ভিক্ষুক Paragraph: A Street Beggar A street beggar is a poor person who begs on the streets or in a market place. There are many kinds of beggars in our country, street beggar is a type of them. The street beggar is found in both villages and cities. But their number is more in the cities than in the villages. A street beggar creates a lot of problems for the citizens. Some gentlemen or ladies become embarrassed when any beggar stretches his hands before him/her. Someone says, "Excuse me." Many beggars are very cunning. They persuade a passer-by till he gives alms. Sometimes a beggar steals valuable things from a shop or a house. Many female beggars take part in unsocial activities. A 1 street beggar wears shabby cloth. She/He is very unclean. A rough stench comes out of the clothes of a beggar. In some places a street beggar begs with 2 wounds. The government of Bangladesh has taken various steps to rehabilitate the beggars. I...