Read the text and change the sentences as directed:-
You must have heard the name of Bayazid Bostami. (a) He was one of the greatest saints of Islam . (Positive) One night he was learning his lessons. (b) At that time, his mother asked him for a glass of water . (Passive) (c) There was no drinking water in the house, so he went out to fetch it . (Complex) (d) When he came back, he found his mother sleeping . (Compound) Then he passed the whole night standing with a glass of water beside his mother. (e) He showed a great love and respect to his mother . (Exclamatory)
(a) Very few saints of Islam were as great as hE-
(b) At that time, he was asked for a glass of water by his mother.
(c) Since/As there was no drinking water in the house, he went out to fetch it.
(d) He came back and found his mother sleeping.
(e) What a love and respect he showed to his mother!
- Della was too poor to buy a gift for Jim. (Negative)
- ‘Walk fast lest you should miss the train’. This is a––
- Move and die. (Simple)
- As soon as the teacher enters the classroom, the students stand up. (Negative)
- It burns the prettiest of any wood (Positive).
- The tea is so hot that I cannot drink it. (Simple.)
- In English grammar, ____ deals with formation of sentences.
- I have no pen that I can lend you? (Simple)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Success never comes automatically. (a) We work hard to attain success in our lifE- (Complex) (b) Peace and prosperity is not possible without being industrious. (Affirmative) (c) A man who leads an idle life, brings misery for his lifE- (Simple) (d) He can never help the people of the society. (Passive) Such kind of man is the burden on the society. (e) Everybody abhors him. (Negative)
- I have not heard from him -
- Cricket enjoys a huge ____ in Bangladesh.
- Unemployment is a state for a man having no work to earn money. (Complex)
- A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete_____.
- I wish you success in life. What type of sentence is it?
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) It was 1971 when Bangladesh achieved independencE- (Simple) (b) It is the most significant event in the history of Bangladesh. (Comparative) (c) Our Freedom Fighters sacrificed their lives for the independence of Bangladesh. (Complex) (d) It was a great struggle for them. (Exclamatory) (e) We shall always remember them with pridE- (Compound)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Frugality is a good habit. (a) A man who is frugal does not like to spend money without reasons (Simple). (b) The target of a frugal man is to save money for future (Make it Complex). (c) Every one should practise frugality to make a well-planned family (Make it Passive). (d) A frugal man lives a solvent life (Make it Negative). (e) A frugal man is happier than a prodigal man (Make it Positive).
- It is health which is _____.
- ‘We must not be late, else we will miss the train.’ This is a-
- Although he is poor, he is honest (Simple)
- It is more than honesty. (Make it 'Positive').
- ‘May Allah help you’ What kind of sentence is this?
- You must work hard for success (Make it compound).
- He tried his best. (Negative)
- Would that I could fly in the sky ! (Assertive.)
- The controlling sentence of a paragraph is known as-
- Which of the following sentences is the correct one?
- Which is the correct form of Assertive of 'Who does not like a rose?'
- Belal is the best boy in the class. (Comparative)
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Socrates, (a)----(post modify the noun with an appositive), believed that an angry man was more of a beast than, a (b)----(use adjective to pre modify the noun) being. His wife used to lose (c) ---- (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) temper on the slightest excuse. She tried her utmost (d) ---- (use an infinitive to post-modify the noun phrase) Socrates. (e) ---- (use quantifier to pre modify the noun) day the woman became more furious than ever. She began to insult (f) --- (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) great scholar of Greece. Socrates went (g) --- (post modify the verb with an adverbial of place). He sat on the (h) --- (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) step of his house. The wife found that her husband was (i) ---(use intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) callous to her words. So, she went up to him with bucket full of water and suddenly she poured much water over him. He (j)----(pre-modify the verb) remarked, "I am expecting this. After thunder, comes rain."
- Complete the sentences with suitable phrase/words given in the box.(a) Selina cannot afford to buy a cell phone----, a laptop. Actually, she is very poor.(b) It may rain today. You---- leave earlier.(c) ----is many years since we first meet. How time does fly!(d) His mother being sick, he needs go to home---- possible.'(e) We----develop our humanity than observe hartal and 'strike. Let us change our destructive culture.(f) ----- have been significant changes in the field of entertainment.(g) Shakespeare was a versatile genius. He--- in 1564.(h) honesty ----? It is the best quality in-life.(i) A good citizen ---- perform a lot of things... (j) ----- the national flower of Bangladesh ----?
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss" The complex form of the sentence is–
- Do or die (Make it Simple)
- I must do this. (Negative)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Tell me your agE- (Complex) (b) Some poets are at least as great as Tennyson. (Superlative) (c) What though the field be lost? (Assertive) (d) My watch was lost. (Active) (e) He confessed that he was guilty. (Simple)
- Identify the imperative sentence:
- All men must die' _______ Negative form of this sentence is ________
- If he does not, he will die. (Compound)
- ‘I ____ remember the holiday I spent in your home’, she said.
- Suppose, , last week you purchased a watch from Ridcoh Watch Co. Ltd. But it is not functioning well and often stops. Now, write a letter to the manager 'requesting him to replace it with a new and perfect one