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1.        Completing the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary.

Build

Sit

Lead

Depend

Work

remember

Bangladesh is full of natural resources. The prosperity of the country --------- on the proper utilization of the resources. We should not ----------- a lazy life. We all should ---------- up our country. For this reason we have to --------- hard. No nation can prosper without industry. It should be ------------ that “Industry is the key to success.”

2.        Put in suitable prepositions in the blanks.

The Olympic Games were named ------------ the town of Olympia in Greece. IN those days Greece was divided ------------- many cities. They used to fight ----------- themselves. A man named Iphitos concerned -----------such wasteful strife. He hit ----------- a plan to set up peace in the country. His plan worked well.

3.        Use articles where necessary. Put a cross where an article is not needed.

A library is -----------part and parcel of -------------educational institution. It is -------------unique place where books of different subjects are kept for ---------- reading. It enables ------------readers to read books of their choice that create ---------------- enthusiasm for learning. Students should pay ---------- visit to ------------library regularly. They can borrow books for ----------- certain period and return them after ------------given time.

4.        Complete the following sentences with the phrases or idioms from the list.

Off hand	Leave no stone unturned	Cope with	Pave the way
In time	Eat a humble pie	Tell upon

(a)     You must -------the changing situation.

(b)     The train is running-------------

(c)      Hard work -------------------- our health.

(d)     They ------------- to solve the problem.

(e)     Education ----------------to succeed in life.

5.        Rewrite the following passage in the reported speech.

The teacher said to the boy, “Do you think that honesty is the best policy?” The boy said, “Yes sir, I think so.” “Then learn to be honest from your boyhood.” Said the teacher. “Thank you sir,” said the boy. “May Allah grant you a long life.” Said the teacher to the boy.

6.        Read the passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in the brackets.

People in general are fond of glittering things (Complex). They are the lovers of surface. (b) They are concerned with the outer show of things and beings (Active). They do not bother about intrinsic value. (c) Gold is a metal which is very precious.(simple).(d) But there are some other metals looking like gold (compound). (e) They fade soon and lose their beauty (simple).

7.        Add tag questions to the following sentences.

(a)     None can deny the fact, ------------?

(b)     She hardly realizes it, ----------------?

(c)      Let a sleeping dog sleep, -------------?

(d)     He cut the tree at night, ------------?

(e)     Thank you, ----------------?

8.        Complete the following sentences.     

(a)     Strike the iron while ………………………

(b)     1971 is the year when ……………………..

(c)       -------------------- is not true.

(d)     There is no rose ………………………….

(e)     Had I studied hard…………………………….

1.        Completing the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary.

Go

Design

Know

Learn

Modify

need

Communicative competence in English is urgently --------- in our country. The present world ------------ fast and developing by leaps and bounds. In order to keep pace with the present world, we cannot help -----------English but the present system of teaching and learning English is not up to the mark. The textbooks -----------for the classes IX-X have to ………….. and made updated.

2.        Put in suitable prepositions in the blanks.

Everyone desires ----------- wealth. But a few attain it. Some people hanker after -----------riches. Some are content-------------what they have. True happiness lies --------------- contentment. It is high time we gave --------------the habit of covetousness.

3.        Use articles where necessary. Put a cross where an article is not needed.

----------- 16^th December is ------red letter day in the history of Bangladesh. On this day we achieved victory at ----------cost of -------------bloody battle. Bangladesh came into being as ---------independent country. It occupied a place the world ----------map. Every year   we observe -------day with due solemnity.    We remember--------supreme sacrifice of our heroic sons. The day is ---------public holiday. The day begins with gunshot. The national flag is hoisted on ---------top of the each house.

4.        Complete the following sentences with the phrases or idioms from the list.

On the spur of the moment	Bone of contention	Fight shy of	Epoch-making
In black and white	A slow coach	Nip in the bud

(a)     Don’t try to ……………me.

(b)     The piece of land is the ----------between two brothers.

(c)      Landing on the moon is an ------------event.

(d)     He gave his consent -------------------------

(e)     -------------- like you can never prosper in life.

5.        Rewrite the following passage in the reported speech.

“What’s your program me after the examination?” asked Salam. Kamal said, “I’ve not yet decided. Can you suggest any?” “Let us go on a picnic” said Salam. “What an excellent idea! I shall certainly join you,” said Kamal.

6.        Read the passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in the brackets.

A flower is a glowing gift of nature. (a)  Who does not like flowers? (Affirmative). They are the symbol of love and beauty. (b) Flowers are used on different occasions. (Active) (C) We need flowers to decorate a place.(Complex) (d) The rose is the best of all flowers. (Positive)  . It is also called the queen of flowers. (e) As the demand for flowers is increasing day by day, we should cultivate flowers on commercial basis. (Simple) It has both charm and commercial value too.

7.        Add tag questions to the following sentences.

(a)     Summon  and not his brothers got the prizes, ------------------?

(b)     (b)He has little idea about it, ----------------?

(c)       My friends and I hardly go there, -------------?

(d)     Look, here he comes ------------?

(e)     Let you and me go for a walk, ----------------?

8.        Complete the following sentences.    

(a)     Had I studied hard ………………………

(b)     If you lent me some money……………………..

(c)      Hardly had I reached school-------------------

(d)     --------------------than the thief ran away.

(e)     Nobody knows what -----------------------