ক্যান্টনমেন্ট পাবলিক স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ, রংপুর ২০২৪

Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

Ours is a riverine country. Rivers are everywhere (a) ______ our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers (b) ______ good shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A few are already dead and several are going (c) ______ the pangs of death. The river Buriganga is an example (d) ______ a dying river. A report published in The Daily Sun describes what has happened (e) ______ the river Buriganga and why. Its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air (f) ______ it. The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it was a tributary (g) ______ the Ganges and flowed (h) ______ the Bay of Bengal (i) ______ the river Dhaleswari. Gradually, it lost its link (j) ______ the Ganges and got the name Buriganga.

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

(a) Jane is more intelligent than Lucy. I think I ______ marry Jane than Lucy.
(b) The play finished 15 minutes ago. The actors are still standing on the stage. They ______ leave the stage.
(c) ______ is a saying that an idle man’s brain is a devil’s workshop. Laziness brings about ruin.
(d) Abraham Lincoln ______ on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
(e) Most of the villages in our country are deprived of electricity. So, people cannot even use an electric fan, ______ an air conditioner.
(f) English is not her native tongue. But she speaks English. ______ it were her native tongue.
(g) You have broken the rule. So, you ______ face the authority.
(h) We were busy with the new project all day. So, let’s ______.
(i) ______ living with the river gypsies? You must realize their sufferings.
(j) Son: Dad, ______electricity ______? Dad: Sorry dear, no idea. It cannot be seen with eyes.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) My friend got admitted into a hospital. Since my final exam was going on ______,
(b) They came to you with a view to ______, but you scolded them without any reason.
(c) We have to work together. United ______.
(d) I had a plan to go to cinema with my friends. If I had written my assignment this afternoon, I ______.
(e) The tortoise and the hare arranged a race. The tortoise was confident that he ______.
(f) Our Liberation War took place in 1971. Our freedom fighters fought until ______.
(g) Write fast lest ______.
(h) You should wisely choose your companion. A man ______.
(i) The world temperature is rising fast. It is high time ______.
(j) Will it be all right if ______ ? My friend is very interested to join our party.

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

Most of the students of our country (a) ______(be) experts in (b) ______(memorize) answers. They (c) ______(prepare) notes themselves. They get them (d) ______(prepare) by their tutors. Their tutors exercise their brain for the students. So, the (e) ______(think) power of the students (f) ______(develop). They (g) ______ (have) any command over the language. They, of course, (h) ______ (do) well in the examination. But, for this they can (i) ______(claim) no credit of their own. This result (j) ______(help) them in their later life. It only (k) ______(add) to their false perception of their ability. What could (l) ______(do) really to overcome the situation is that an emphasis (m) ______ (give) on improving the basic knowledge of a subject, instead of (n) ______ (memorize), the students learn to ask, “why?” This approach will be helpful to them.