Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Mother is an (a) ---- (use an adjective phrase to pre-modify the noun) blessing in the world. Mother's Day is a (b)-- (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) significant day observed as a (c) --- (use an adjective to pre- modify the noun) occasion in honour of mothers. The day was for the first time, announced as a formal holiday in the United States of America. Mother's day, is now observed (d) --- (use an adverbial phrase to post-modify the verb) as elsewhere around the world. The sons and daughters (e) --- (use an adverb to pre-modify the verb) wait for this day. They buy some special presents for their (f) --- (use a superlative degree to pre-modify the noun) mother. It brings (g) --- (use a determiner to pre-modify the noun) unending happiness between a mother and (h) ---(use a possessive to pre-modify the noun) children. The bond of relationship between mother and children becomes ever-lasting. The mother draws her children (i) --- (use a prepositional phrase). In this way, we pay a (j) --(use a present participle to pre-modify the noun) tribute to our dear mothers
(a) incomparably divine; (b) very; (c) special; (d) in our country; (e) eagerly; (f) sweetest/dearest; (g) an; (h) her; (i) with great love/with motherly affection; (j) glowing.
- Suppose, you are a student of X College. Write an application on behalf of the students of your college to the Principal to install multimedia system in the classroom.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in blank spaces the following passeges :Rangpur Town Hall is a place of cultural activities. (a) _____ in 1971 it became a torture cell used by the Pakistani army. (b) _____ the army brought here innocent Bangalees. After that they started to bring Bangalee women herE- Among them Mansura Begum was one who was the wife of a freedom fighter. (c) _____ she was young and beautiful, she drew the attention of local collaborators. (d) _____ they informed the Pakistani army. (e) _____ the Pakistani army abducted Mansura. On the day of occurrence Pakistani soldiers surrounded her housE- (f) _____ they searched her husband who joined the Mukti Bahini. (g) _____ they found her father-in-law. They started to beat him mercilessly. The old man got unconscious. (h) _____ the barbarous soldiers did not stop beating him. Mansura rushed to her fatherin-law, grabbed his bleeding body and begged the military not to kill him. (i) _____ they did not listen to her. They picked up the old man on the military truck. (j) _____, they pulled and dragged Mansura on to the truck.
- Rana's father wants him to be an engineer ____ a doctor.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.Unemployment is a great problem in our country. (a)---- it is the burning question of the day. (b) ---- almost all the countries of the world suffer from the curse of unemployment problem. (c) ---- Bangladesh is the worst sufferer of this so-called problem. (d) ---- nowhere in the world is this problem so acute as in our country. (e) ---- there are many reasons behind it. (f) ----- our country is industrially backward. (g) ---- our system of education fails to give a student an independent start of life. (h----it has little provision for vocational training. (i) ---- our students and youths have false sense of dignity. (j) ---- they run after jobs blindly. (k)----- they need to change their concept of education and people associated to education should make them understand the dignity of labour whatever it is. (l) -----, unemployment problem should be removed at any cost. (m) ---- our education system needs a drastic change. (n) ---- our education system should be life oriented and skill based, not theoretical only.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passagE-Leisure is the moment (a) _____ a man is totally free from his work. In leisure, a man is (b) _____ free from work but also from worries and tension. (c) _____, it is a time, (d) _____ a man is his own master and the mind is relaxed (e) _____ the body is at rest. (f) _____ our life is full of duties. By performing our duties one after another, it seems (g) _____ our life is an exhausting business. This is the tragedy of our life that we cannot avoid our work and worries. (h) _____, leisure helps us to break this chain and enable us to refresh ourselves and revive our spirit. Leisure breaks the monotony of existence with a touch of variety. (i) _____ we look into developed countries, we will see that people love to spend their leisure in different ways. (j) _____, they never idle away their leisure timE- (k) _____, it is seen that some people love to go for travelling, some enjoy sight-seeing in different places. (l) _____, some people spend their free time playing different types of games. (m) _____ leisure is always a source of joy. (n) _____, everybody should try to find leisure to enjoy it to make the life happy and peaceful.
- Choose the correct linking word to fill in the gap. You may accept the job on offer _____ you may wait for a better job.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.The old sailor spoke (a) —— strangely (b) —— the guest stood still. The feast began (c) —— the guest could hear the music and laughter. (d) —— for some reasons, he could not move to join the others. The old man told him about his last journey on the sea. They had sailed away to the south (e) —— they had arrived in the cold gray sea. There the sea was frozen. (f) —— the ice was all around them. The big sails opened wide (g) —— the strong wind blew them quickly through the icy waters. The weather was very cold. (h) ——, there were no birds and animals in that snow-covered country. (i) — — one day the sailor saw an albatross flying towards the ship. (j) —— the men were pleased to see it. They gave it food (k) —— water. It came to the ship every day (l) —— they called it. (m) —— one day the old sailor killed that bird. (n) —— the wind had dropped.
- Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below.Books are the unique medium through which we contact mighty minds of ages. Books tell us about their feelings, what they said and what they did. Books are one of the greatest friends to us. They introduce us the best humanity . They are reliable the thoughts and rituals records of the history. A book is a valuable living voicE- We can know about of past men through books. We should read good books and avoid worthless good book is a friend of loneliness and a nurse in ailment . We can find real happiness ones. A by reading good books. unique (antonym) mighty (antonym) humanity (synonym) reliable (antonym) valuable (antonym) ritual (synonym) worthless (synonym) loneliness (synonym) ailment (synonym) happiness (antonym).
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.Crows are ugly to look at. They are often looked down by other birds (a) ---their ugliness. This often makes them sad and (b) --- they want to be beautiful. (c) ---how? One day, a crow got a chance to be beautiful. He was roaming in a jungle. (d) ---- he found some beautiful feathers of a peacock. He became very glad (e) ---- he did not want to miss the chance. (f)-- he took the feathers one by one (g)--- struck them in among his own feathers. He looked at himself and became happy (h) --- he was no longer ugly like other crows. (i)--- he made up his mind to go to the peacocks and live with them. (j) ---- seeing him, the peacocks understood (k) - he was a crow in the guise of a peacock. (l) --- they attacked him, pulled out the feathers and drove him away. (m) --- he returned to the crows, they also drove him away. The crow realized his fault (n) ---- promised he would never be false and overambitious.
- Write an application to the Principal of your college to provide sound system in large classrooms
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passagE-Air is an important element of our environment. (a) _____, clean air is essential for our lifE- (b) _____, air is polluted in many ways. (c) _____, one thing that pollutes air is smokE- Smoke is produced from different sources. (d) _____, we make fire to cook food and it creates smokE- (e) _____, buses and trucks plying in the roads emit smokE- (f) _____, the burning of coal in the railway engine also produces smokE- (g) _____, the mills and factories also produce a huge amount of smokE- (h) _____, we melt tar for road constructions which produces black smokE- (i) _____, all these smokes mix with the air and pollute it. (j) _____, smoke from different sources is causing serious harm to our environment.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in blank spaces of the following passeges.The old sailor spoke so strangely (a) _____ the guest stood still. The feast began (b) _____ the guest could hear the music and laughter, (c) _____ for some reasons he could not join the others. The old man told him about his last journey on the sea. They had sailed away to the south (d) _____ they had arrived in the cold grey sea. (e) _____the sea was frozen, (f) _____ the ice was all around them. The big sails opened wide (g) _____ the strong wind blew them quickly through the icy waters. The weather was very cold. (h) _____, there were no birds and animals in that snow covered country. But one day the sailors saw an albatross flying towards the ship. All men were very pleased to see it and they gave it food and water. It came to the ship everyday (i) _____ they called it. (j) _____ one day, the old sailor killed the bird and after that everyone had to undergo terrible sufferings.
- ‘He could not win but learnt a lot’ Which part of speech is the word ‘but’?
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:We cannot walk on a road in the darkness without light. (a) _____, we cannot step forward in our life without education. (b) _____, throughout the ages, education has always been compared to light and (c) _____ ignorance has been compared to darkness. (d) _____ the light of education enlightens us. (e) _____ it broadens our mind and widens our outlook. (f) _____, it is education which helps us to become a good citizen. (g) _____, education creates good citizens and ensures the smooth development of a country. (h) _____ ignorance stands on the way of development of an individual. (i) _____ ignorance has a detrimental effect on the overall development of a nation. (j) _____ we should come forward to educate every single person of our country and thereby, ensure the development of our country.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passagE-Health (a) _____ is the root of all happiness, can be enjoyed taking adequate care of body and mind. People (b) _____ are always under mental stress and suffer from anxieties cannot enjoy a good health, (c) _____ to enjoy good health, it is also necessary to keep our mind sound. They are doctors (d) _____ say that simple and carefree life is more conducive to health. Many people, (e) _____, are not aware of health rules. They (f) _____ take physical exercise (g) _____ take proper food. (h) _____, a huge number of people of our country live below poverty linE- (i) _____ they cannot afford to eat good food. (j) _____ they cannot enjoy good health. (k) _____, awareness about health rules (l) _____ following them are very important in maintaining good health. (m) _____ only healthy people can contribute to the national development. (n) _____ we must be careful of our health.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passagE-Bangladesh is a free and sovereign country. (a) _____ it was a part of Pakistan from 1947 to 1971. In 1971 it became independent (b) _____ started its journey as a free nation, (c) _____ the journey was not smooth at all. On 7 March, 1971 (d) _____ Bangabandhu delivered his speech, the common mass got united (e) _____ started their preparation for a war. The Pakistani forces started mass killing (f) _____ killed about 30 lakh innocent peoplE- They thought (g) _____ they could suppress the Bangalees within a few days. (h) _____ the brave sons of our land proved them wrong.(i) _____ the freedom fighters didn’t have modern weapons in their hand, they were the real patriots and courageous. (j) _____, after few months they became successful in their mission. (k) _____ the long waited date came (l) _____ the Bangalees got their victory on 16 December, 1971. (m) _____ we are the citizens of a free land (n) _____ marching forward to the way of lasting development very quickly.
- Select the correct linking word to fill in the gap. "Read attentively - you should fail in the examination.
- Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passagE-Once there lived a grasshopper and an ant. The ant was hard-working. (a) _____, the grasshopper was lazy. (b) _____, he idled away his time dancing and sleeping. (c) _____, he sometimes advised the ant not to work so hard. (d) _____, the ant paid no heed to the grasshopper. (e) _____, he continued to work hard gathering food for the coming winter. (f) _____, winter came, covering everything with snow. The surface of the earth went under the snow-cover. (g) _____, the grasshopper could not find any food. (h) _____, he had nothing in stock. (i) _____, he went to the ant for help. The ant gave him some food for the day. (j) _____, the long winter was ahead, and the grasshopper was really worried about his survival.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Weather affects our life (a)---(post-modify the verb). We put on (b) ---(pre-modify the noun) clothes when it is cold. We go out with an umbrella in the (c) ---(pre-modify the noun) season. During the summer, we use fans (d) ----(post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase). However, sunshine and rain are (e) ---(pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) essential for us. Winter is also helpful for us. Vegetables grow (f)---- (post-modify the verb with an adverbial phrase) in winter. (g) - ----(pre-modify the noun) rainfall helps to grow bumper crops. All the seasons have more or (h) - --(pre-modify the noun) advantages. And they have (i) -----(pre-modify the noun with a determiner) great influence on the environment. But the weather pattern is changing (j) ---- (post- modify the verb) because of global warming
- Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words/ sentence connectors:Trees are a vital part of our environment. (a) _____, they bear a great impact on the climatE- (b) _____, we are not kind and careful about them. (c) _____, we destroy trees at random. (d) _____, one day the country will bear the consequence of greenhouse effect. (e) _____ ours is an agricultural country, our economy depends on agriculturE- (f) _____, trees play a vital role on our climatE- (g) _____, trees keep soil strong and protect it. (h) _____, trees save us from flood and many other natural calamities. (i) _____, trees provide us with timber which is of great use specially in construction works and for making furniturE- (j) _____, trees are our best friends.