Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —
(a) Most of the people of our country are living in the rural areas. (Make it interrogative without the change of meaning)
(b) They are peace loving. (Make it complex)
(c) They are more patriotic and industrious. (Make it positive)
(d) They love their motherland profoundly. (Make it passive)
(e) Although they are insolvent, they do not adopt any unfair means to become rich overnight. (Make it simple)
(a) Aren't most of the people of our country living in the rural areas?
(b) They are the people who love peacE-
(c) None is so patriotic and industrious as they.
(d) Their motherland is loved profoundly by them.
(e) Despite their insolvency, they do not adopt any unfair means to become rich overnight.
- Everybody accepts this. (Interrogative)
- 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)
- 'I know you.' Choose the complex form-
- I know you. (Complex)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) An honest man is honoured everywhere by all. (Active) (b) He is not only a teacher but also a singer. (Simple) (c) Though we are improving very fast, we have to work hard for the country. (Compound) (d) Very few cricket teams in the world are as unpredictable as Pakistan. (Superlative) (e) My friend came to me to get help from us. (Complex)
- He is so dishonest that he cannot speak the truth. (simple)
- He is the best boy in the class. (Positive)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Jim and Della sacrificed their dearest possessions in order to buy Christmas presents for each other (Compound). (b) Della had an ardent desire to give her husband a worthy gift (Complex). (c) Jim also thought how he could give his wife a nice gift (Simple). (d) Della saved a scanty amount of money for this (Passive). (e) Jim was one of the sincerest husbands that we have ever known (Positive).
- We are proud of our freedom fighters.(Interrogative)
- Only Rina can do this sum. (Negative)
- Water-logging is one of the worst problems in our country. (Positive)
- The controlling sentence of a paragraph is known as-
- Dhaka is one of the biggest cities in Bangladesh. (Positive)
- If he does not, he will die. (Compound)
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss" The complex form of the sentence is–
- All love flower. (Interrogative)
- He gave me a dress which was expensive. (Simple)
- May Allah help you.' What kind of sentence is this?
- Suppose, you are Renu/Rana studying at Dhaka Commerce College. Now, write an application to the Principal of your college to improve computer lab facilities in your college