চট্টগ্রাম কলেজ ২০২৪

Fill in the gaps with suitable prepositions.

Egypt, an African country, is far away (a) ______ Bangladesh. It does not have as many rivers as Bangladesh does. But it has a great river flowing (b) ______ it—the Nile. The river starts in the middle (c) ______ Africa and flows through Egypt (d) ______ the Mediterranean. As it flows, it carries fertile soil (e) ______ it. Thus, the river lends a fair bit of greenery (f) ______ the desert land. As there was a close connection (g) ______ the ancient Egyptians and the Nile, the river had an enormous influence (h) ______ the people's religion as well as on their culture. Egyptians believed (i) ______ several gods associated (j) ______ the Nile's annual flood, the fertility of its delta and the abundance that people enjoyed.

Complete the sentences with suitable words/phrases from the list.

(a) I’m just a little tired. I ______ stay at home than go out tonight.
(b) Raihan______ into wealth. So, he has never had to worry about money.
(c) I hear you’ve started a new job. ______ Your new boss______?
(d) The fridge isn’t working. ______ seems to be a problem with the compressor.
(e) We ______ not park the car here. The road is too narrow.
(f) A lot of people are going to join the picnic. ______ doesn’t matter whether he comes or not.
(g) The victim is in hospital. Police want to quiz him ______ he is well enough.
(h) I have never seen a hovercraft. What does it ______?
(i) I was extremely busy yesterday. I barely had time to take a shower______ cook my own meal.
(j) She only received a warning not to drive too fast. She didn’t ______ pay a fine.

Complete the sentences with suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) What a lovely view this is! If I had a camera, ______.

(b) “Do you know this lady?” “Yes, I ______ since she was a little girl.”

(c) The weather was nice and cool. There was no cloud ______.

(d) ______ that I kept you waiting. How long have you been waiting?

(e) The restaurant was poorly furnished. But everything on the menu ______.

(f) Lara's aunt died last week. ______ for several months.

(g) Is this the book ______? I found it under the shelf.

(h) Your annual examination is close at hand. ______, you will do badly in the test.

(i) The boy stood outside in the rain. I opened the door so that ______.

(j) We hurried to the station lest ______. We did not know that the train was late.

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs in brackets:

My grandfather was a strange person. When he(a) ______(be)young, he wanted to become a teacher. But when someone(b) ______(tell) him that he(c) ______(not/be)able to make much money from (d) ______(teach), he changed his mind. Grandpa decided (e) ______(start) a business instead. He(f) ______(earn) a lot from business but he (g) ______(make) poor use of his money. He never(h) ______(go)abroad. He frequently said he wanted to tour Europe. He never (i) ______(do). He thought Europeans (j) ______(be) not friendly to Bengalis. Also, Grandpa was afraid of (k) ______(fly). He worried that his airplane (l) ______(may) crash. Once he(m) ______(plan) a tour to St. Martin’s Island. But when someone said that the Bay of Bengal could be rough even during winter, he cancelled the journey deciding never (n) ______(cross)the sea in his lifetime.