কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ ২০২৬

Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the). Some of the blanks do not require an article. Put a cross (x) in those blanks.

Once upon (a) ______ time there lived (b) ______ wise king called Solomon. He was (c) ______ son of David and inherited the kingdom from his father after his death. He begged Allah for (d) ______ competence that befitted a righteous ruler. Allah granted his wish and blessed him (e) ______ with wisdom. He solved the dispute over (f) ______ baby by proposing to cut it, disclosing the genuine mother. Besides wisdom, Allah had blessed Solomon with many other (g) ______ abilities. He could command the winds and understand the languages of birds and animals and talked to them. Allah directed him to teach both men and genies to mine (h) ______ earth and extract its minerals to make tools and weapons. In Jerusalem, on a huge rock, Solomon built (i) ______ beautiful prayer place to draw the people to worship Allah. Today this building is known as "The Dome of the Rock." Every day many (j) ______ visitor comes to visit it.

Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

Sharif Osman Hadi is an instance of exemplary patriotism. He has recently laid (a) ______ his life (b) ______ the sake of his motherland, Bangladesh. His struggle was (c) ______ the existing system, where he wanted (d) ______ change the malpractices (e) ______ the present system. He never looked down (f) ______ the poor, rather, he treated them as a part (g) ______ his own being. Some narrow-minded people took him (h) ______ task during his lifetime. But the majority of the countrymen were overwhelmed (i) ______ grief upon hearing the news of his death. His sacrifices will never sink (j) ______ oblivion.

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

a) Sher-E-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq was very talented from his boyhood. He ______ to tear up the pages from his book he had read once.
(b) Mirza doesn't like to wear a tie. But he ______ do it every day when he goes to the office.
(c) It's such nice weather! I ______ sit in the garden than watch TV.
(d) The cultural program resumed when electricity came back. ______ was a great relief for the audience.
(e) I will meet Nipa within ten minutes. I ______ go now or I will be late.
(f) ______ is a bazar beside the railway station. Thus the station is always found very noisy.
(g) ______ driving a motorbike on a rainy day?
(h) ______ the thief seen the police than he ran away.
(i) Baby: Mom, ______ a time machine ______? Mom: Sorry dear, no idea. I have never seen a science fiction film.
(j) Homer was a great poet. Almas pretends ______ he were a Homer.