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

(a) The man is still alive. We ______ hospitalize him soon to save his life.
(b) ______ is only early in the morning when we get fresh air.
(c) My cousin ______ in Singapore and raised in America. Now he has a dual citizenship.
(d) You ______ start your journey at this moment. The river is calm now and the weather is also good.
(e) Kamrul: ______ the university admission test ______ ?

Anis: It's not easy. It's really hard and competitive.

(f) My father is very rigid. He can't tolerate any type of corruption. He ______ resign the post than compromise with corruption.
(g) This is a swimming pool. So, ______ is no fish here.

(h) Teacher: Learners, ______ the national flower of Bangladesh ______?
Students: It looks a bit like the lotus.

(i) His mentality is so mean. He doesn't deserve to be my enemy ______ my friend.

(j) Mr. Arif took a loan from a bank before starting the business. He repaid the loan ______ he made some profit from the business.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases:

(a) Everyone appreciates Mitu for her intelligence. She is so intelligent that ______.
(b) His only daughter lives in Canada. It is many years since ______.
(c) To tell a lie is a bad habit. The cowboy was used to ______.
(d) Don't waste time. Do hurry lest ______.
(e) I have bought a lottery ticket. If I win the lottery, ______.
(f) There goes a proverb that ______. So, we must make the proper use of time.
(g) It is my dream to establish a hospital for the poor. Had I been a millionaire, ______.
(h) Eve-teasing is a heinous crime. It is high time we ______.
(i) My brother had no job then. He went to Dhaka with a view to ______.
(j) English is an international language. If you do not learn English, ______.

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

In the current social and economic system of Bangladesh, everyone (a) ______ (depend) on his income in order to (b) ______ (meet) the daily needs. However, many people of our country (c) ______ (not earn) enough to live comfortably. People of low income are to (d) ______ (struggle) a lot to buy food, clothes and medicine because prices of everything (e) ______ (rise) high day by day. Generally, people in rural areas (f) ______ (feel) the pressure even more as they earn less. In fact, they (g) ______ (have) fewer opportunities to improve their financial condition. When prices go up, many families (h) ______ (not buy) enough healthy food and this causes malnourishment of the children. Sometimes they cannot help (i) ______ (borrow) money, which (j) ______ (lead) to debt. High prices also (k) ______ (affect) their children's education. Many a student (l) ______ (drop) out of school as their parents cannot afford to (m) ______ (bear) their educational expenses. But for the true development of our country proper education must be (n) ______ (ensure) at any cost.

Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

After telling the story of a sinking ship, the teacher asked the students, "What do you think the drowning woman told her husband?" According to most of the students the woman said, "Please, save my life." From the back bench a boy said, "I believe, she would have told—take care of our child." Being surprised the teacher asked him, "Have you heard the story before?" "No, sir. Actually these were also my mom's last words to my dad before she died from a serious disease."

Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

Yesterday a beggar came to our house. He stood at the gate wearing a (a) ______ (pre-modify the noun) dress. He was (b) ______ (pre-modify the adjective) weak and could not speak clearly. He told me that he had been starving for two days and requested me (c) ______ (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb). I felt pity for the (d) ______ (pre-modify the noun) man. I told him (e) ______ (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb) and gave him (f) ______ (use a quantifier to pre-modify the noun) food. He began to eat instantly. He was eating (g) ______ (post-modify the verb with an adverbial phrase). I noticed that the clothes he wore were not only dirty but also torn. So, I gave him some clothes too. He became extremely happy getting (h) ______ (pre-modify the noun with a demonstrative) clothes. He was (i) ______ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) happy that tears of joy came out of his eyes. He then thanked me and blessed me (j) ______ (use a prepositional phrase).

Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage:

A journey is always a source of pleasure. (a) ______ a journey by boat is more interesting than any other journey. (b) ______ Bangladesh is a land of rivers, it is very easy to enjoy a journey by boat here. During last autumn, our college was closed. (c) ______, it was a suitable time for me to make a journey by boat. (d) ______ I proposed to some of my friends to join me and they at once accepted my proposal. (e) ______, we made a plan. (f) ______, we hired a boat and started journey at 11 am. We were very fortunate indeed as the boatman was very expert. (g) ______, the weather was calm and quiet. (h) ______, gentle breeze was slightly pushing the sail. (i) ______, we had no trouble during the journey. (j) ______, we had a lot of enjoyment. (k) ______ the boat was dancing on the small waves and it thrilled us a lot. (l) ______, we also enjoyed a 'Bhatiali' song sung by the boatman. (m) ______, we were delighted at the sights on either bank of the river. (n) ______, when the sun was setting, the scene enchanted us very much.

Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below:

(a) used (antonym);
(b) smooth (antonym);
(c) international (antonym);
(d) prestige (synonym);
(e) familiar (antonym);
(f) educated (synonym);
(g) modern (antonym);

(h) knowledge (antonym):
(i) trade (synonym);
(j) continue (antonym);
(k) whole (synonym);
(l) highly (synonym);
(m) realise (synonym);
(n) important (synonym)

There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Re-write the text correcting the errors:

Rifah: Hello, Maria! Why are you looking so sad
Maria: The news of the death of all members of a family made me sad.
Rifah: How pathetic Really its very sad that theres not a single day youll find without news of road accident.
Maria: Can you tell me the reasons of so many road accidents
Rifah: Reckless driving violation of traffic signals overloaded vehicles and lack of traffic police are the main causes of road accident I think
Maria: What can be done to reduce road accident Do you have any idea
Rifah: Drivers should be given proper training. Unfit and unlicensed vehicles should be banned. Besides people should be made aware of traffic rules and signals.
Maria: Thank you for the discussion.
Rifah: Youre welcome.