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Complete the following passages with suitable verbs from the lists. Pit them in correct tenses. Use negatives where necessary. 1. repent prepare wait call waste play be Student life is the best time for (a) -----------------oneself for future. It is (b) ------------------the seed time of life. So during this period of life student mustn’t(c) ------------------time. They should bear in mind that time (d) -------------------for anybody. If a student wastes his time, he will have to (e) ----------------------in future.   2. Hold tell remove sit educate build suit A teacher is an architect of a nation. He plays an important role in(a)------------------------up an educated nation. He (b) -------------------------- the darkness of ignorance from the lot of a nation. He is an actor while speaking. He has to(c) -------------------------- his act ac...

A black sheep ( Kzjv½vi) A gala day ( আনন্দেরদিন) A fair weather   friend ( mymg‡qieÜz) A few (wKQz) A fish out of water ( A¯^w¯’KiAe¯’v) A good deal of ( fvj) A hard nut to crack ( K‡VvicÖwikª‡gi mv‡_) A lame excuse ( ARynvZ) A lot of ( cÖPzi) A man of letters ( cwÛZ e¨w³) A man of word ( GKK_vigvbyl) A rainy day ( `yw`©b) A white elephant    ( Mix‡einvwZ †cvlvigZe¨qmva¨) Above all ( m‡e©vcwi) All   in all ( m‡e©mev ) All along ( GK mv‡_) All and sundry ( m‡e©vcwi) All at once ( nVvr) All but ( cÖvq) All of a sudden ( nVvr) All ones sweet will     ( wb‡RiB”QvgZ) All the same ( GKB) An essential part of ( ¸iZ¡c~Y© Ask) Apart from ( GQvovI) As if (‡hb) As long as ( hZ`yi m¤¢e) As soon as ( hZZvovZvwo m¤¢e) As though (‡hb)/ g‡bnq †hb) As well as ( Ges) At a glance ( GK bR‡i)

1. Rice Or, Staple Food Or, Paddy   (w-337)                 Rice is a kind of food known as staple grain or corn in our country. We get it from paddy plant. About half of the world lives on it. Rice grows well in moist and hot climate area as Bangladesh, Burma, India, Italy, China, Japan, Thailand, Egypt and Russia. In Bangladesh Barisal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Dinajpur, Faridpur and Comilla are famous in this respect. We have to know its   kinds and planting   season, cultivation methods, rice making process and uses.                    As an essential food grain there are three kinds of rice in our country. These are seasonal named as Aush , Aman and Boro. In Boro season another rice is now known as IRRI. Aush rice is planted in the month of Baishakh or Jhaisthya and Aman rice is planted in the Ashar and Sraban...

Read the following passages and fill in the blanks with suitable / appropriate prepositions: 1. The Olympic Games were named (a) ------ the town of Olympia in Greece. In Those days Greece was divided (b) -------many cities. They used to fight (c) ------themselves. A man named Iphitus was concerned (d) ------- such wasteful strife’s. He hit (e) -------- a plan to set up peace in the country .His plan worked well. 2. One should not run (a) -------- money because those who hanker (b) --------money can‘t enjoy mental peace. Sometimes, it may lead one (c) --------some unexpected troubles. It also happens that greed for money brings (d) ------- many problems. So we should be contented (e) ------- what we have.

Rule-1: Reported speech- এর মধ্যে কোনো ব্যক্তি বা প্রাণীর নাম ধরে ডাকার ব্যবহার থাকলে তা reporting verb- এর সঙ্গে সংযুক্ত হবে। যেমন : He said, ‘Suma, do not quarrel.’ Answer: He forbade Suma to quarrel. They said, ‘Rafiq, you will attend the meeting.’ Answer: They said to Rafiq that he would attend the meeting. Kamal said, ‘Rana, do you know me?’ Answer: Kamal asked Rana if he knew him. Try yourself: 1. I said, ‘Riku, you will come to Dhaka tomorrow with your friend.’ 2. Sumon said, ‘You did not do well in the examination, Razib.’ 3. The teacher said, ‘Hasan, you must buy new English book as early as possible.’ 4. The mistress of the house said, ‘You need not come here tomorrow, Shuvo.’ 5. She said, ‘Nipa, you are a very good, sincere and hardworking girl.’ Rule-2: Reporting verb- টি মাঝে বা শেষে থাকলেও indirect করার সময় তাকে sentence- এর শুরুতে নিয়ে আসতে হবে। যেমন : ‘You look a little bit like my mother,’ Jerry said to the authoress, ‘Esp...

Conjunction বা সংযোজক অব্যয় : যে Word দুই বা ততোধিক word বা sentence- কে যুক্ত করে , তাকে Conjunction বা সংযোজক অব্যয় বলে । Word- গুলো হলো : And, but, for, or, nor, also, after, because, unless, while etc. Kinds of conjunctions (Conjunction- এর প্রকারভেদ ) Conjunction সাধারণত তিন প্রকার । যথা : 1. Coordinating or Coordinative Conjunction 2. Subordinating or Subjective Conjunction 3. Correlative conjunction নিচে Conjunction- এর ওপর আলোচনা করা হলো । 1. Coordinating Conjunction:    যেসব Conjunction দুই বা ততোধিক সমশ্রেণীর (of equal rank) clause- কে যুক্ত করে , তাদের Coordinating Conjunction বলে । যেমন : Reza worked hard and succeeded in life. Walk fast or you will miss the train. ওপরের বাক্য দুটিতে and ও or হলো coordinating conjunction । কারণ , এরা দুটি সমশ্রেণীর Clause- কে যুক্ত করেছে । তোমাদের মনে প্রশ্ন জাগতে পারে , সমশ্রেণীর clause বলতে কী বোঝানো হয়েছে । এই বিষয়টিকে ভালোভাবে জানতে হবে । প্রথম বাক্য ...