Complete the text with suitable prepositions :

It is known (a) ______ all that one day all will pass away (b) ______ this earth. So, we have no escape (c) ______ death. One day everyone will lie (d) ______ the icy lap of death because death is common (e) ______ all. So, we should not mourn (f) ______ the dead. Death is inevitable. But those who die (g) ______ the country are immortal. Their memory does not sink (h) ______ oblivion. There is no medicine that can save a man (i) ______ death. Therefore, we should always be ready (j) ______ death.

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

(a) A.K. Fazlul Haq ______ in Barishal. He was a scholar and a renowned politician.
(b) The thief ran away ______ we saw him. He couldn't steal anything from the house.
(c) The rickshaw-puller cannot afford to buy two square meals a day, ______ a rickshaw. He is very poor.
(d) A brave warrior ______ die than yield to enemies. He is a patriot.
(e) You ______ apply to the principal of your college for granting you a stipend. He will surely see to it.
(f) In our country a farmer ______ work hard day in and day out. He is our food provider through our creator.
(g) ______ your principal ______? He is a noble man.
(h) ______ is unfortunate that many students spoil most of their time by using Facebook.
(i) Now, we get information within some seconds. Cell phones are doing this miraculous thing. But ______ was a time when we had to wait day after day for a letter to come and bring the news about our near and dear ones.
(j) Son : Dad, ______ an alien ______? Father: Well, aliens are believed to come from another planet by UFOs. Films and science fictions tell us about them. They are really awesome.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases:

(a) I think you are not punctual in studies. Be punctual lest______.
(b) The film ended fantastically. If you had enjoyed the film ______.
(c) Though it is uncertain, ______.
(d) Fahim could get A+ in English provided______.
(e) Scarcely had we reached the station ______.
(f) What is lotted ______.
(g) Food adulteration is a crime. It is high time______.
(h) ______ as if she were a mad girl.
(i) Mahin is going to build ______. I must help him.
(j) I saw that ______. So I didn't disturb him.

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

Change (a) ______ (be) the order of nature because we know the proverb that old order changes (b) ______ (yield) place to the new. So, nothing (c) ______ (remain) new forever. The same we (d) ______ (notice) in entertainment also. Old and traditional forms (e) ______ (change) and (f) ______ (modify) by new and modern forms of entertainment. Many of them (g) ______ (exist) any longer. Today TV channels and satellite (h) ______ (supersede) radio; similarly band and pop music (i) ______(replace) our popular old songs. Football (j) ______ (lose) its appeal day by day. Cricket and other games (k) ______(become) more and more popular. Our idea about the popularity of entertainment also (l) ______ (change). We've started (m) ______ (look) upon different forms of entertainment in a new way and (n) ______ (get) habituated to it.

Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches:

"Have you killed the rats?" said the Mayor. "Yes, I have," replied the piper. "Give me the promised money." "How funny you are!" said the Mayor. "Take only fifty." "I was supposed to be given fifty thousand guilders," said the piper. "What have you done? The work you have done is very simple," said the Mayor.

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

Bangladesh is criss-crossed with hundreds of rivers. (a) ______ (use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) rivers are the gifts of Almighty Allah. They play a very important role in our (b) ______ (pre-modify the noun) economy. There are hundreds of big and small rivers in (c) ______ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) country. The big rivers flow (d) ______ (use adverbial phrase to post-modify the verb) but small ones flow only during the rainy season. Our rivers are of great use and important to us. They are (e) ______ (pre-modify the verb) related to our economy and prosperity of our country. These rivers are sources of communication, wealth and property, energy and fish. All the rivers play a (f) ______ (pre-modify the noun) role in our (g) ______ (use a noun adjective to premodify the noun) system. We use boats, launches, steamers (h) ______ (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb) goods through riverway which is cheaper and easier than carrying by land in our country. Moreover, people (i) ______ (use present participle to post-modify the noun) by the riverside can earn their livelihood, by catching fish. The silt (j) ______ (use past participle to post-modify the noun) by the river water increases the fertility of our agricultural land.

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

There is a proverb (a) ______ every man is for himself. (b) ______ it does not mean that he will be selfish (c) ______ only work for himself destroying the rights of others. (d) ______ it means that he will protect his own right, without harming others. He will show love and respect (e) ______for his relatives (f) ______ for other fellow beings. (g) ______ sometimes we find some people (h) ______ think of themselves only (i) ______ snatch away other's part. (j) ______ educational institutions don't mould our children's mind with moral lessons. (k) ______ they are busy with how they can produce huge number of citizens with certificates. (l) ______ these men are in their professions, they start thinking merely of themselves (m) ______ indulge in personal gain. (n) ______ our education needs to make us learn how to be a man for men.

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

There are many people who have conservative outlook. Quite early in life, they learn to believe that everything in this world is predetermined and all that happen to them are ordained by God. From this belief, the poor generally accept their poverty and all their sorrows and sufferings without trying much to overcome them. They also have same sort of attitude towards illness and diseases.

(a) People (synonym);

(b) conservative (antonym)

(c) early (antonym)

(d) believe (synonym);

(e) world (synonym);

(f) all (antonym);

(g) poverty (antonym);

(h) sufferings (synonym);

(i) much (antonym):

(j) overcome (synonym),

(k) same (antonym);

(l) attitude (synonym);

(m) illness (synonym);

(n) disease (antonym).

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

Mahin : What are you doing Fahim
Fahim : I am reading a letter.
Mahin : Letter From Whom
Fahim : Its from my penfriend Shes an Australian Her name is Lucy.
Mahin : How old is she?
Fahim : Sixteen the same as us. She lives in Sydney.
Mahin : Sydney What's that
Fahim : Its a city in the south-east of Australia.
Mahin : How do you know about it
Fahim : Lucy has sent me picture of it.
Mahin : Can you show me the picture?
Fahim : Yes here it is. You see it looks very beautiful, doesn't it
Mahin : Oh yes.