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

(a) The baby was crying. It stopped crying ______ it saw its mother.
(b) Rana, don't miss the programme. It will start at 10. If ______ is any change, I will inform you.
(c) ______ is a good idea to walk in the morning. It refreshes both the body and mind.
(d) I had an appointment at 4 pm. I ______ start now.
(e) She wanted to celebrate her birthday. She ______ decorate her room.
(f) I have not yet seen the baby. ______ the newborn baby ______ ?
(g) ______ it ______ swimming in the river? It seems to be very heroic to me.
(h) He is very rude. He does not behave well with his parents, ______ others.
(i) Munshi Abdur Rouf ______ on 1 May, 1943 at Salamatpur village in Faridpur district. He was awarded Bir Sreshto which is the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh.
(j) She is very reserved. She ______ remain silent than utter a word.

Change the form of narrative style by using indirect speeches:

"Oh, my Lord! Please do not kill the child," cried the woman, "Let her have the child." The king said, "Now everything is clear to me." Pointing to the woman, the king again said to the servant, "Give her the child. She is the real mother."

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

Once a wolf went to a stream to quench (a) ______ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) thirst with water. While he was drinking water, he saw (b) ______ (use article to pre-modify the noun) lamb that was also drinking water over there. At the sight of the lamb, his mouth began (c) ______ (use an infinitive phrase to post modify the verb). He turned to the lamb and said, "How dare you make the water muddy? Can't you see that I am drinking water from the (d) ______ (use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) stream?" The lamb got so (e) ______ (use an adverb to pre-modify the adjective) frightened that it could not speak for a while. Then it replied, "Sir, I beg (f) ______ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) pardon. The water is running down (g) ______(post modify the verb with prepositional phrase) to me. How can I make it muddy?" The wolf said, "But you abused me and called me names (h) ______ (post modify the verb with an adverbial)." The lamb replied, "Sir, I was not even born then. How could I abuse you last year?" The wolf (i) ______ (use a relative pronoun to introduce a clause post-modifying the noun) was determined to eat (j) ______ (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) poor lamb, said to it, "Then it must have been your father, or mother or brother. You must suffer for your race."

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

Everybody wants to be happy in life. Happiness is a relative term. (a) ______, it depends upon some factors. (b) ______,contentment is the key to happiness. (c) ______, contentment varies from person to person. (d) ______, a beggar may be contented with only ten taka. (e) ______, a wealthy person may be dissatisfied even after getting one million taka. (f) ______, it is said that contentment brings happiness. (g) ______, we must learn to be contented with what we have. (h) ______, this learning is the simplest way to remain happy. (i) ______, we must remember that our life is short (j) ______, in this short life, we cannot get everything (k) ______ we want. (l) ______, we want everything, we will not get happiness. (m) ______, we will get frustrated and we will plunge into the world of sadness. (n) ______, it is always better to be contented with what we have than to live in eternal sadness.

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

To forgive an injury is often considered to be the sign of weakness. It is really a sign of strength. It is easy to allow one to be carried away by resentment and hatred into the act of vengeance but it takes strong character to restrain these natural passions. The man who forgives an injury proves himself to be superior to the man who wronged him and puts the wrongdoer to shame. Forgiveness may even turn a foe into a friend. So, mercy is the noblest form of revenge.

(a) forgive (synonym) (b) considered (antonym) (c) strength(antonym) (d) resentment (synonym) (e) vengeance (synonym) (f) character (synonym) (g) restrain (synonym) (h) passions (antonym) (i) superior (antonym) (j) shame (synonym) (k) forgiveness (antonym) (l) foe (antonym) (m) mercy (antonym) (n) revenge (synonym).

There are fourteen errors in the use of punctuation marks in the following text. Rewrite the text correcting the errors:

Sojib: Have you heard the latest news
Rakib: No whats happened
Sojib: Well it seems Rana and Robi have broken off friendship
Rakib: Really I must say it doesn't surprise me
Sojib: Why do you think so?
Rakib: Rana was very selfish. They were bound to break off today or tomorrow
Sojib: Yes the sooner the better
Rakib: But Robi is a good boy. Hes a pretty tough character.
Sojib: I'm just surprised at the beginning of their friendship. How could they stay together? Two opposite characters
Rakib: friendship never follows a rule.