AQA GCSE BENGALI Higher Tier Paper 3 Reading QP 2023
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GCSE
BENGALI
Higher Tier Paper 3 Reading
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Monday 5 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour
Materials For Examiner’s Use
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Instructions
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You must not use a dictionary.
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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Answer all questions.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 4
the box around each page or on blank pages.
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If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
In Section A, answer the questions in English.
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In Section B, answer the questions in Bengali.
In Section C, translate the passage into English. 8
Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. 9
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The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 11
The maximum mark for this paper is 60. 12
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Section A
Questions and answers in English
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
0 1 Childhood
Read this extract from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Lalu.
Write T if the statement is true.
F if the statement is false.
NT if the statement is not in the text.
ে ছাে টাকাে ল যখন স্কু ে ল পড়তাম, তখন ছাতৰ্-িশক্ষেকদর - পৰ্ য় - েছলা লালু। তার বেেৰ্র
-িলর েমধ– সবসমৰ্ে, ফুে টা করার জন– একটা ে লাহার কা- ঠ ও ে সলােেৰ্র জন– ে মাটা
সুুঁে-সুতা িােকতা। এগ ু ে লা - েদৰ্ স্কু ে ল - মস্তৰ্ র এমন ে কাে না কাজ ে নে যা ে স কেরত
পােরতা না ে যমন, ছাতৰ্ে দর ভাঙ্গা ছাতা ও ে েেটর ে ফম য় - ঠক করা, ে ছুঁ ড়া জামা ে সলােেৰ্র
কাজ েত া- দ।
0 1 . 1 From an early age, Lalu was everybody’s favourite.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 2 Lalu used to keep only books in his school bag.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 Lalu used to fix students’ belongings.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 4 Lalu sold the toys he made in school to buy treats
for his friends. [1 mark]
0 1 . 5 After completing school, Lalu continued his higher
education. [1 mark]
0 1 . 6 Lalu got married soon after leaving school.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 7 Lalu used to advise friends to attend classes on time.
[1 mark] 7
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