Read the text and change the sentences as directed:-
You must have heard the name of Bayazid Bostami. (a) He was one of the greatest saints of Islam . (Positive) One night he was learning his lessons. (b) At that time, his mother asked him for a glass of water . (Passive) (c) There was no drinking water in the house, so he went out to fetch it . (Complex) (d) When he came back, he found his mother sleeping . (Compound) Then he passed the whole night standing with a glass of water beside his mother. (e) He showed a great love and respect to his mother . (Exclamatory)
(a) Very few saints of Islam were as great as hE-
(b) At that time, he was asked for a glass of water by his mother.
(c) Since/As there was no drinking water in the house, he went out to fetch it.
(d) He came back and found his mother sleeping.
(e) What a love and respect he showed to his mother!
- Belal is the best boy in the class. (Comparative)
- Move or die. (Simple)
- Over-flooding is one of the worst problems in our country. (Positive)
- Everybody accepts this. (Interrogative)
- Writing is better than reading' - Negative form of this sentence is -
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Socrates, (a)----(post modify the noun with an appositive), believed that an angry man was more of a beast than, a (b)----(use adjective to pre modify the noun) being. His wife used to lose (c) ---- (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) temper on the slightest excuse. She tried her utmost (d) ---- (use an infinitive to post-modify the noun phrase) Socrates. (e) ---- (use quantifier to pre modify the noun) day the woman became more furious than ever. She began to insult (f) --- (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) great scholar of Greece. Socrates went (g) --- (post modify the verb with an adverbial of place). He sat on the (h) --- (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) step of his house. The wife found that her husband was (i) ---(use intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) callous to her words. So, she went up to him with bucket full of water and suddenly she poured much water over him. He (j)----(pre-modify the verb) remarked, "I am expecting this. After thunder, comes rain."
- I know him better than you. (Positive)
- Water-logging is one of the worst problems in our country. (Positive)
- ‘I ____ remember the holiday I spent in your home’, she said.
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Dowry is a curse for our society. It darkens the lives of many women. (a) Dowry hampers the peace of the society. (Make it passive) (b) The brutal condition of the dark age must be stopped soon. (Make it active) (c) This is one of the major problems of Bangladesh. (Make it positive) (d) The dowry seekers are very greedy and demand money from bride's father. (Make it simple) (e) What an unworthy crime the dowry is! (Make it Assertive)
- He is poor but he is honest. (Complex)
- Although he is poor, he is honest (Simple)
- May Allah help you.' What kind of sentence is this?
- Simple sentence consists of –
- Read the text and change the sentences as directed: —Frugality is a good habit. (a) A man who is frugal does not like to spend money without reasons (Simple). (b) The target of a frugal man is to save money for future (Make it Complex). (c) Every one should practise frugality to make a well-planned family (Make it Passive). (d) A frugal man lives a solvent life (Make it Negative). (e) A frugal man is happier than a prodigal man (Make it Positive).
- I have not heard from him -
- Friendship is nothing but a name. (Interrogative)
- Every mother loves her child. (Negative)
- We work hard to earn money. (Compound)
- What is the function of a topic sentence?
- "The garden is very beautiful.' বাক্যটির Exclamatory form হবে-
- Everybody knows this. (Interrogative)
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.21 February, (a) --- (use an appositive to post-modify the noun) is a (b) ---(pre-modify the noun) day in our national history. We observe the day every year as International Mother Language Day. The day is a (c) ---(pre- modify the noun) holiday. On this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state language in (d) --- (pre-modify the noun) Pakistan in 1952. It is known as the Language Movement. The seed of Language Movement was sown on 21 March, 1948 when Mohammad Ali Zinnah, (e) ---(use an appositive to post-modify the noun), at a public meeting in Dhaka declared that Urdu would be the only state language of Pakistan. The declaration raised protest in the (f)----(pre-modify the noun) part of the country. The protest continued (g) ---- (post-modify the verb). The government forbade all sorts of (h) --- (pre- modify the noun) meeting and rallies to stop it. But students brought out a procession on 21 February 1952 and police opened fire on the students (i) ---- (post-modify the verb). At this protests spread all over the country and the government had to declare Bengali as a (j)----(pre-modify the noun) language
- I saw him going to market. (Compoud)
- "A rolling stone gathers no moss" The complex form of the sentence is–