Complete the sentences with suitable phrase/words given in the box.

(a) I'm just a little tired. I ---- stay at home than go out tonight.
(b) Raihan ---- into wealth. So, he has never had to worry about money.
(c) I hear you've started a new job. ---- your new boss ---?
(d) The fridge isn't working. ---seems to be a problem with the compressor.
(e) We ---- not park the car here. The road is too narrow.
(f) A lot of people are going to join the picnic. --- doesn't matter whither he comes or not.
(g) The victim is in hospital. Police want to quiz him --- he is well enough.
(h) I have never seen a hovercraft. --- it --?
(i) I was extremely busy yesterday. I barely had time to take a shower---- cook my own meal.
(j) She only received a warning not to drive too fast. She didn't ---- pay a fine.
(a) would rather; (b) was born; (c) What's....like; (d) There; (e) had better; (f) It; (g) as soon as; (h) What does.....look like; (i) let alone; (j) have to.
- We work hard to earn money. (Compound)
- Kalam is as strong as Salam. (Comparative)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Tea is the most popular drink. (Comparative) (b) Tea helps us remove our fatiguE- (Passive) (c) Almost everyone enjoys tea. (Negative) (d) Bangladesh is one of the tea producing countries. (Compound) (e) Bangladesh exports tea and earns a lot of foreign exchangE- (Simple)
- Friendship is nothing but a name. (Interrogative)
- 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).
- He gave me a dress which was expensive. (Simple)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —We are very much proud of our freedom fighters. (a) They fought for the country with a patriotic zeal. (make it compound) (b) They are the most courageous sons of our nation. (make it positive) (c) Everybody admires and respects them greatly. (make it passive) (d) Nobody denies their contribution to their motherland. (make it interrogative without changing meaning) (e) They will never be forgotten by their countrymen to the end. (make it affirmative)
- I know where he lives. The sentence is a –
- Akhi missed the train (Negative).
- Transform the sentences as directed in brackets Cricket is a very exciting game. (Exclamatory)
- Although he is poor, he is honest (Simple)
- Identify the imperative sentence:
- The Padma is one of the biggest rivers in Bangladesh. (Positive)
- Belal is the best boy in the class. (Comparative)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —(a) Some essential agricultural inputs are to be ensured to increase our food production. (Make it active) (b) The farmers who are poor do not get loans on easy terms. (Make it simple) (c) What a pity! (Make it Assertive) (d) The farmers do not get the facilities necessary for food production. (Make it complex)(e) Unfortunately, they do not get the due price of their products. (Make it compound)
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Dowry is a curse for our society. It darkens the lives of many women. (a) Dowry hampers the peace of the society. (Make it passive) (b) The brutal condition of the dark age must be stopped soon. (Make it active) (c) This is one of the major problems of Bangladesh. (Make it positive) (d) The dowry seekers are very greedy and demand money from bride's father. (Make it simple) (e) What an unworthy crime the dowry is! (Make it Assertive)
- I went there to seek a job. (Compound)
- Dhaka is one of the biggest cities in Bangladesh. (Positive)
- 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)
- Certainly, I shall stand by you (Complex)