বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ মুন্সী আব্দুর রউফ পাবলিক কলেজ, ঢাকা ২০২৪

Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

A craftwork is an applied form a)______ art, a social and cultural product reflecting the inclusive nature b)______ folk imagination. A craftwork which usually doesn’t bear the signature of its maker, retains a personal touch. When we look c)______ a thirty-year old nakshikantha, we wonder d)______ its motifs and designs that point e)______ the artistic ingenuity and the presence of the maker f)______ it. The fact that we don’t know her name or any other details g)______ her doesn’t take anything away h)______ our appreciation i)______ the artist. Indeed, the intimate nature j)______ the kantha and the tactile feeling it generates animate the work and make it very inviting.

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

a) This is the smallest room in our apartment. It can accommodate only five people , ______twenty.
b) Kakoli ______ take up the profession of teaching than be a nurse. She thinks teaching is a noble profession.
c) People are getting sweated easily today. ______ seems the humidity is higher.
d) Hearing the barking of the dogs, the thief trembled in fear ______ he should be attacked by them.
e) A football match is being broadcast in different channels of TV. ______ switching the TV on?
(f) ______ your new teacher ______?He is very expert and dynamic.
g) This book is totally new. You can take my book ______ you don’t damage it.
h) Corruption harms society. People from all walks of life ______ come forward to stop it.
i) Panic seized me ______ I heard his roaring voice.
j) If you cannot stand by me in stress, you ______ leave me and go away. I myself will try to solve it.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) He talks too much while doing his work. I don’t like people who ______
(b) The man is very weak. He is walking slowly lest ______
(c) Corruption is the main hindrance to the development of our country. It is high time ______.
(d) My brother is coming to Dhaka from Rajshahi. So, I have to go to the station with a view to ______.
(e) Many farmers in our country are so poor that ______.
(f) Would you mind ______? I am very thirsty.
(g) I can’t recall his name. It is long since ______.
(h) If I had possessed much money, ______.
(i) Though Bangladesh is a small country, ______. Its World Heritage sites bear great importance.
(j) We must keep pace with the changing situation or culture. So, it is rightly said that when in Rome, ______

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context.

You can’t take a good book as if it (a) ______(be) medicine. It is rude to the book and very silly from our own point of view. By (b) ______(approach) it in that way, you make sure of losing anything it (c) ______(give) you. You (d )______(meet) it as a friend and actively like it if any good is to pass between you. A reason why people at school read books (e) ______(be) to please their teacher. The teacher (f) ______(say) that this, that or the other is a good book and that it is a sign of good taste to (g) ______(enjoy) it. So a number of boys and girls who (h) ______(be) anxious to please their teacher, (i) ______(get) the book and read it. Two or three of them (j) ______(like) it genuinely for its own sake. They also become grateful to the teacher for (k) ______(put) it in their way. But many (l) ______(like) it honestly or will (m) ______(persuade) themselves that they like it. And that (n) ______(do) a great deal of harm to them.