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) let alone; b) had better; c) It; d) as soon as; e) would rather; f) There; g) was born; h) What's...like; i) has to; j) What does....look like.
- Della was too poor to buy a gift for Jim. (Negative)
- We work hard to earn money. (Compound)
- Identify the imperative sentence:
- 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
- All men must die' _______ Negative form of this sentence is ________
- We should read books to gain knowledge. (Make it complex)
- He tried his best. (Negative)
- The controlling sentence of a paragraph is known as-
- As soon as the teacher enters the classroom, the students stand up. (Negative)
- "The garden is very beautiful.' বাক্যটির Exclamatory form হবে-
- I know him better than you. (Positive)
- Belal is the best boy in the class. (Comparative)
- He watched the boat ____ down the river.
- Dhaka is one of the biggest cities in Bangladesh. (Positive)
- 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)
- 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)
- We are proud of our freedom fighters.(Interrogative)
- Jim and Della were as wise as the Magi (Nagative)
- Mango is one of the sweetest fruits in the world. (Comparative)