Rearrange for HSC

 Re-ordering of sentences
1.
a. His full name was Abu Ali Sina.
b. In his young age Ibn Sina came in contact with the philosophers, scientists, mathematicians and astrologers of that time.
c. Ibn Sina is called the prince of medical science.
d. In his childhood his name and fame spread all over the Persian gulf area.
e. Ibn Sina was born in 985 at Bukhara, in Iran.
f. Al Beroni, Abu Shehol, jurirjani were among them.
g. Sultan Mahmud, the king of Gajni, invited him to the Royal Court.
h. His ‘Kanoon’ is the best recited book in medical science.
i. Reputation as a physician spread all places in his early age.
j. The then state government was acquainted with his fame.

Answer-1: e+a+d+b+f+i+j+g+c+h

2. 
   a. He travelled for more than thirty years.
   b. He boarded a ship in Chittagong.
   c. Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
   d. Ibn-I-Batuta became very pleased hearing it.
   e. It took him about six months to reach Chittagong.
   f. They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
   g. From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
   h. You might have heard the name of Ibn-I-Batuta.
   i. He wrote down all that he saw.
   j. He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him. Answer-2 : h+a+i+j+b+e+g+c+f+d

3. 
   a. He completed his secondary education from a high school in Aarau
   b. For the next couple of years, he taught mathematics and physics in a secondary school.
   c. He obtained Ph.D degree from the University of Zurich.
   d. In 1921, Einstein received Nobel Prize in physics.
   e. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879.
   f. He got admitted in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1896.
   g. His father was a business man.
   h. He received a regular appointment at the University of Zurich.
   i. When the business failed, the family moved to Milan.
   j. He graduated in 1900.  

Answer-3 : e+g+i+a+f+j+b+c+h+d

4. 
   a. About one hundred and fifty years ago there lived in France one of the greatest soldiers called Napoleon.
   b. He rose quickly to a high position in the army by his good work and courage.
   c. He worked hard and made them work hard.
   d. When he was young, he entered the French army as an ordinary soldier.
   e. He grew very powerful and soon became the greatest man in the country.
   f. He chose the officers who worked with him very carefully.
   g. He loved his men and paid them well.
   h. He fought several wars with neighboring countries and won victories over them.
   i. He was strict to them when there was a need to be so, but he was kind to them when there was no need to be strict.
   j. France under him was very powerful.

5. Read the texts and rearrange them in correct order.

(a) One of them had a baby.

(b) None could find a solution to the problem.

(c) Once there lived two women in a village.

(d) But the other woman claimed that baby.

(e) As a result both of them entangled in a quarrel.

(f) King Soloman was a very wise and just king.

(g) When he saw that none left the claim of the baby, he thought what to do.

(h) Last of all they went to the court of King Solomon.

(i) Finding out the truth he could solve any problem.

(j) Then he ordered one of his men to cut the baby into two equal halves and give one half to each of the woman.

Answer no-5.
(a) Once. there lived two women in a village.

(b) One of them had a baby.

(c) But the other woman claimed that baby.

(d) As a result both of them entangled in a quarrel.

(e) None could find a solution to the problem.

(f) Last of all they went to the court of King Solomon.

(g) King Soloman was a very wise and just king.

(h) Finding out the truth he could solve any problem.

(i) When be saw that none left the claim of the baby, he thought what to do.

(j) Then he ordered one of his men to cut the baby into two equal halves and give one half to each of the woman.

7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order. 1×10=10 

• a) Dickens had to work in a factory at the age of twelve.
• b) He could not go to school and receive education.
• c) Even during his life time he was very popular.
• d) He wrote some of the best novels in English literature.
• e) Charles Dickens was one of the greatest English novelists of the 19th century.
• f) Dickens died on June 9, 1870.
• g) When he was a small boy, his father was sent to prison for debt.
• h) He was born on February 7, 1812.
• i) He became well-known as a writer when he was only twenty-five.
• j) He never forgot the hard experiences of his boyhood.

 8. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(a) The emperor smiled and said, ‘My worthy Generals, I remember my promise very well.’

(b) But they were surprised to see that the emperor began to treat the rebels as friends.

(c) When they reached the province, all the rebels surrendered and begged to be pardoned.

(d) An emperor was once informed that the people in one of his provinces had revolted.

(e) The generals thought that the emperor would kill all the rebels.

(f) They asked him, ‘Your Majesty, why are you not keeping your promise?’

(g) Hearing this, he called his generals and said, ‘We will destroy all our enemies.’

(h) ‘I meant to kill all my enemies, not friends and the rebels have become my friends.’

(i) And they reminded him that it was to destroy the enemies without showing any forgiveness.

(j) The generals went to the king.

Answer :  d g c e b j f i a h

9. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(a) In 1850, Alfred Nobel joined his father’s company.

(b) He was an engineer and chemist.

(c) The Nobel Prize had been given from 1901.

(d) He earned a lot of Money from his dynamite business.

(e) This award was named after Nobel and it was called ‘Noble Prize’.

(f) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October 1833 at Stockholm, Sweden.

(g) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.

(h) After some years, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.

(i) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work and for setting up peace

in the world.

(j) His father Emmanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.

Answer :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

f b j g a h d i e c

 10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
a. He completed his secondary education from a high school in Aarau.
b. For the next couple of years, he taught mathematics and physics in a secondary school.
c. He obtained PhD degree from the University of Zurich.
d. In 1922, Einstein received Noble Prize in Physics.
e. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879.
f. He got admitted in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1896.
g. His Father was a Businessman.
h. He received a regular appointment at the University of Zurich.
i. When the Business failed, the family moved to Milan.
j. He graduated in 1900.
Answer :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
e g i a f j c h b d

10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

a. About one hundred and fifty years ago there lived in France one of the greatest soldiers called Napoleon.

b. He rose quickly to a high position in the army by his good work and courage.

c. He worked hard and made them work hard.

d. When he was young, he entered the French army as an ordinary soldier

e. He grew very powerful and soon become the greatest man in the country.

f. He chose the officers who worked with him very carefully.

g. He loved his men and paid them well.

h. He fought several wars with neighboring countries and won victories over them.

i. He was strict to them when there was a need to be so, but he was kind to them when there was no need to be strict.

j. France under him was very powerful.

10. Answer :

4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
   a d b e h j f c i g

 11. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

5. (a) During that time he could not look after his animals himself.
   (b) So he engaged a servant to do the job.
   (c) The farmer’s young son Ali often helped the servant.
   (d) As a result he could not do any harm to Ali.
   (e) He loved them so much that he himself took care of them properly.
   (f) Once the farmer had been sick for several months.
   (g) So, for the safety of the young man, the bull was always kept on a chain.
   (h) The bull had been so annoyed that whenever he saw Ali he bellowed and tore up the earth with his horns most dreadfully.
   (i) The bull, which was wild by nature, did not like Ali because he had annoyed the bull on some occasions.
   (j) An old farmer was very happy with his animals.
   Answer :
   6. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   a. In 1914 when the first World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
   b. At the age of eleven, he showed his poetic genius.
   c. On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.
   d. Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B. S, at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.
   e. At last at the age of 19, he Joined the British army as an ordinary soldier.
   f. He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories, gajal, novels etc, and travelled all branches of Bengali literature.
   g. His poems inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
   h. He breathed his last on the 29th August, 1976.
   i. Then he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.
   j. His famous poem ‘Bidrohi’ stirred the whole nation.

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
(a) Then he invited applications.
(b) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.
(c) Once there lived a Sultan in a country.
(d) Then he found the desired man.
(e) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his Tax Collector.
(f) A number of people applied for the job.
(g) All the applicants blushed and refused except one.
(h) So, he asked for the wise counselor’s advice.
(i) When they all arrived, the Sultan asked them to dance.
(j) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept.
Answer :

8. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) He had been serving there for three years.
   (b) He was a poet & also a critic and a dramatist.
   (c) In the beginning he became an assistant.
   (d) He was promoted to the post of Deputy Keeper of Oriental Printings and Drawings in 1909.
   (e) Binyon made a verse translation of Dante’s ‘The Inferno and the Paradise’.
   (f) He joined at Harvard University in 1933 and served for a year as a professor of Poetry.
   (g) He performed his duty quite well and pleased the boss concerned.
   (h) He passed the last days of his life in calm and quiet environment of an ancient farm house.
   (i) Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster in 1869.
   (j) He breathed his last in 1943.
   Answer : 

9. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) One afternoon, John moved a little closer to the bears of the Cage.
   (b) Usually he would take a sandwich and an apple in the box.
   (c) A crowd of onlookers laughed and cheered at this.
   (d) Though they had some rare animals, John liked to visit the big brown bear.
   (e) On Saturday afternoons Old John loved to visit the zoo.
   (f) No sooner had he done this than, suddenly, the bear snatched John’s glasses.
   (g) He would start at launch time with a lunch box.
   (h) He felt no fear for the huge animal but would sit and look at the animal for hours.
   (i) The bear stared back at John.
   (j) Wasting no time, the bear put glasses and stared at John.
   Answer :
   10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) His Bangla Shahitter Katha is the first well arranged history of Bangla literature
   (b) They have come from different places of the world.
   (c) He was awarded the Doctorate degree from Sorbonne University in 1928.
   (d) The world is full of great men.
   (e) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was one of those who contributed a lot towards the Bangla language.
   (f) He then joined the University of Dhaka as a professor of Sanskrit and Bangla.
   (g) He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904.
   (h) He was the greatest scholar of Bengal.
   (i) The great scholar was born on 10 July, 1885.
   (j) After that he did his BA, MA and BL respectively.
   Answer :

9. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) One afternoon, John moved a little closer to the bears of the Cage.
   (b) Usually he would take a sandwich and an apple in the box.
   (c) A crowd of onlookers laughed and cheered at this.
   (d) Though they had some rare animals, John liked to visit the big brown bear.
   (e) On Saturday afternoons Old John loved to visit the zoo.
   (f) No sooner had he done this than, suddenly, the bear snatched John’s glasses.
   (g) He would start at launch time with a lunch box.
   (h) He felt no fear for the huge animal but would sit and look at the animal for hours.
   (i) The bear stared back at John.
   (j) Wasting no time, the bear put glasses and stared at John.
   Answer :
   10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) His Bangla Shahitter Katha is the first well arranged history of Bangla literature
   (b) They have come from different places of the world.
   (c) He was awarded the Doctorate degree from Sorbonne University in 1928.
   (d) The world is full of great men.
   (e) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was one of those who contributed a lot towards the Bangla language.
   (f) He then joined the University of Dhaka as a professor of Sanskrit and Bangla.
   (g) He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904.
   (h) He was the greatest scholar of Bengal.
   (i) The great scholar was born on 10 July, 1885.
   (j) After that he did his BA, MA and BL respectively.
   Answer :
10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) My mother was awakened by my shouting and came into my room.
    (b) I, too, got extremely terrified and started running.
    (c) I watched them and got delighted.
    (d) It was about to catch me.
    (e) I was sleeping alone in a room adjoining to the room where my mother was sleeping in.
    (f) But soon a tiger appeared there and the deer began running out of fear.
    (g) Last night I dreamt a horrible dream.
    (h) I shouted at top of my voice.
    (i) But the tiger ran after me.
    (j) In sleep I went into a deep forest and saw many beautiful deer wandering in a flock.
    Answer
    12. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) He was the tenth and last issue of his parents.
    (b) Being discharged in April. 1794, he came back to Cambridge.
    (c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on the 21st of October in 1772.
    (d) After the death of his father in 1782, he was sent to Chirst’s Hospital as a charity student.
    (e) He obtained his degree from Cambridge.
    (f) He himself subscribed to the idea of French Revolution and participated actively to student’s protest against the war with France in 1793
    (g) His fatter was the vicar of ottery St. Mary near Exeter.
    (h) His extraordinary merit and indomitable thirst for acquiring knowledge of any kind had converted him into a scholar of unusual ability by the time he entered Jesus college, Cambridge, in 1791.
    (i) Though Samuel Taylor Coleridge was in broken health, the years from 1795 to 1802 were for Coleridge, a period of first poetic growth and intellectual adolescence.
    (j) Plagued by debts, Coleridge enlisted in the Light Dragoon, in December, 1793.
    Answer :

13. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order
    a) He travelled for more than thirty years.
    b) He boarded a ship in Chittagong.
    c) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
    d) Ibn-I-Batuta became very pleased hearing it.
    e) It took him about six months to reach Chittagong.
    f) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
    g) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
    h) You might have heard the name of Ibn-I-Batuta.
    i) He wrote down all that he saw.
    j) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.

Answer :
14. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order
a) To save money, he wanted to make a vegetable garden in front of the house.
b) He was doing some interesting writings there.
c) Losing heart, he gave away the seeds to a Chinese neighbour who was a farmer.
d) They fielded all his attempts.
e) James Norman Hall, an American writer, wrote a story about a strange piece of business.
f) But his efforts to live economically proved useless.
g) It took place between his and a farmer.
h) So he rented a one-room house about 22 kilometers from the town.
i) While in Tahiti, he was once short of money.
j) For the place was full of ants and land crabs.
Answer :

15. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    a) He showed it to his wife.
    b) However, he picked it up and carried it home.
    c) The lands yielded him some crops.
    d) One day he was walking through the fields.
    e) He thought that it might have been dropped by a passer-by.
    f) With that he supported his family with difficulty.
    g) He had a few acres of land.
    h) So he always thought how he could add to his income.
    i) There lived a farmer in a village.
    j) While walking he came across a purse of gold.

Answer :
16. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order
a) He was doing some interesting writings there.
b) It took place between him and a farmer.
c) They foiled all his attempts.
d) But his efforts to live economically proved useless.
e) James Norman Hall, an American writer, wrote a story about a strange piece of business.
f) While in Tahiti, he was once short of money.
g) Losing heart, he gave away the seeds to a Chinese neighbour who was a farmer.
h) So he rented a one-room house about 22 kilometers from the town.
i) For, the place was full of ants and land crabs.
j) To save money, he wanted to make a vegetable garden in front of that house.
Answer :

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He rose to a high position in the army by his good work and courage. 

b)      France under him was very powerful, 

c)       More than 170 years ago there lived in France one of the greatest soldiers called Napoleon Bonaparte. 

d)      When he was young, he joined the French Army as an ordinary soldier. 

e)      He fought several wars with the neighbouring countries. 

f)       Yet the Frenchmen remember with due respect. 

g)      He was born in 1769. 

h)      He died in 1821. 

i)        In 1804 he proclaimed himself as an emperor. 

j)        He grew very powerful and soon became the greatest man in the country. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      The Nobel Prize has been given since 1901. 

b)      In 1850 Alfred Nobel Joined his father’s Company. 

c)       He earned a lot of money from dynamite business. 

d)      He was an engineer and Chemist. 

e)      Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October 1833 at Stockholm, Sweden. 

f)       This award was named after Alfred Nobel and was called ‘Nobel Prize’. 

g)      His father Emanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.

h)      He had an ammunition business at Leningrad. 

i)        He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work for setting up peace in the world. 

j)        After some years Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi. 

b)      The merchants had their goods and a lot of money. 

c)       He had a bundle of books and some money with him. 

d)      They travelled for twelve days without trouble. 

e)      He ordered Saadi to give all he had to him. 

f)       On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them. 

g)      Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the money he had with him. 

h)      Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchant. 

i)        Saadi then said, “I hope that you will make good use of these books.” 

j)        The robbers took away all the goods and money from the merchants. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      The mayor called a meeting of the councilors. 

b)      The people of the town came to the town hall. 

c)       At that moment there was a knock at the door. 

d)      They said to the mayor to do something about rats. 

e)      The mayor and councilors talked about the problem. 

f)       A long time ago the town of Hamlin in Germany was faced with a great problem. 

g)      The mayor said “come in”. 

h)      But they could not find a way out. 

i)        The stranger entered the hall. 

j)        It became full of rats. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      Shakespeare was married at eighteen to a woman of twenty one. 

b)      There he became an actor and a playwright. 

c)       But he never attended any college. 

d)      By this time he was thirty. 

e)      He received a sound and basic education. 

f)       During the next ten years he composed his greatest plays. 

g)      William Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford on Avon in England. 

h)      He had there children before he was twenty one. 

i)        A few years later he went to London. 

j)        He became prosperous before he reached the age of thirty four. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a bi thorn from it. 

b)      His master was very bad and inflicted heavy torture on him. 

c)       Androcles was very home- sick. 

d)      One day he fled from his master’s house. 

e)      The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning. 

f)       He was caught by a slave merchant who sold to a rich man in another country. 

g)      The lion was relieved from his pain. 

h)      Once upon a time there lived a young man named Androcles. 

i)        He came near Androcles and lifted his paw. 

j)        In the evening a lion entered the cave.

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He sat on the doorstep of house looking out on the public street. 

b)      One day the woman became more furious than ever. 

c)       She always tried to irritate Socrates. 

d)      She began to insult Socrates. 

e)      She thought that he was not paying the least attention to her. 

f)       She went up to him with a bucket of water and poured much water on him. 

g)      So he went out of the room. 

h)      Socrates could not tolerate it. 

i)        Socrates wife used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse. 

j)        This made his wife more furious. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      Some of his best works are Gitanjali, Sonar Tari, Kheya, and Balaka. 

b)      He had no regular school education. 

c)       Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata on May 1861. 

d)      He established a school at shantiniketon, and afterwards founded the University of Vishwabharati. 

e)      He was educated at home by his father and tutor. 

f)       He composed Gitanjali a book of poems and won the Nobel Prize in 1913. 

g)      He was a man of versatile genius. 

h)      He was a poet, dramatist, a short story writer, novelist and an essayist. 

i)        He was a great patriot. 

j)        His father was Maharshi Debendranath Tagore. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      Dickens had to work in a factory at the age of twelve. 

b)      He wrote some of the best novels in English literature. 

c)       Charles Dickens was one of the greatest English novelists of the nineteenth century. 

d)      He could not go to school and receive education. 

e)      When he was a school boy, was sent to prison for debt. 

f)       Dickens died on June 1870. 

g)      He was born on February 7, 1812 at Portsmouth. 

h)      Even during life time. He was exceptionally popular. 

i)        But by the time, he was twenty five years old, he had become well known as a writer of great talent. 

j)        He never forgot his hard experience of his boyhood. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He was in a job in the civil service in 1813. 

b)      He was educated at Howkshed Grammar School and St. John’s College, Cambridge. 

c)       William Wordsworth, a romantic poet was born on April 1770 at Cockermouth, Cumberland. 

d)      After 1810, his literary life marked the beginning of a decline and he died on April 23 1850 at the age of eighty. 

e)      He went to France and lived there for a year. 

f)       He became a friend of St. Coleridge who was his contemporary. 

g)      Wordsworth began his literary life with Coleridge and his sister Dorothy. 

h)      They jointly published Lyrical Ballads in 1798. 

i)        The later part of his life was prosperous and peaceful. 

j)        He also received honorary degree from Durham and Oxford University. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      They never thought that this shabbily dressed man would be Einstein himself. 

b)      He could not think that these people were there to receive him. 

c)       Einstein however walked the whole way from the station with a suitcase in one hand and a violin on the other hand. 

d)      “But I assure you, I greatly enjoyed the walk. 

e)      Once Einstein went to Brussels at the invitation of the Queen of Belgium. 

f)       When he got down from the train at Brussels he saw many gorgeously dressed people present at the station. 

g)      The officials also expected to see somebody, who would appear to be rich and aristocratic. 

h)      With a smile on his face, he replied, “I did not expect that your majesty.” 

i)        When he reached the place, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you Dr. Einstein.” 

j)        So they went back to the Queen and informed her that the great Scientist has not come by train. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He is called the “Father of Biology” because if his creativity. 

b)      “Politics” is one of his famous books where he gets the fullest development of his wisdom. 

c)       Aristotle was born in Greece. 

d)      He also wrote books on literature, biology, economics and comparative politics. 

e)      He wanted to be a free thinker. 

f)       His father wanted him to be a physician but he never cherished to be so. 

g)      As a result, from his childhood, he studied under the great thinker, Plato. 

h)      He was a son of Royal Physician. 

i)        Aristotle, achieving his academic qualifications, took the pen to write on different topics suitable for human civilization. 

j)        Plato taught Aristotle according to his own way. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      In 1604 Galileo heard of telescope invented by Lippershey, a maker of spectacles. 

b)      He persuaded his father to let him study medicine and philosophy at the University of Pisa. 

c)       He wanted to make his son a cloth dealer. 

d)      Soon Galileo made more powerful telescopes with which he made many amazing discoveries about the sun and the moon and stars. 

e)      Galileo was born on February 15, 1564 at Pisa, Italy. 

f)       He set to work on the day he heard of the duch telescope and made one of his own. 

g)      He showed at a very early age, an unusual talent for science. 

h)      But Galileo had no interest for business. 

i)        His father was a skillful musician and mathematician. 

j)        At the age of only seventeen he had invented an important scientific law- he law of Pendulum. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He was brought before Alexander. 

b)      Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated. 

c)       There ruled a great king named Porus. 

d)      Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander. 

e)      But unfortunately, he was defeated in a battle and taken prisoner. 

f)       Alexander the king of Macedonia crossed the Khaibar pass and reached India. 

g)      He knew how to respect a bold man. 

h)      ‘Like a king’ was the reply of Porus. 

i)        Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply. 

j)        Then he came to the plain of Punjab. 

Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

a)      He passed his boyhood with his parents.

b)      The school was four miles away from his home.

c)       Fleming was very regular and attentive student.

d)      He was the seventh of the eight brothers and sister.

e)      Penicillin is a life saving medicine.

f)       Dr. Fleming was given the title ‘knight’ in 1944 for his humanitarian services.

g)      It was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.

h)      He went to school and come back on foot.

i)        Fleming was born in a poor family of Scotland.

j)        Up to the age twelve, he was never absent from school.

16. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    He showed it to his wife.

(b)   However, he picked it up and carried it home.

(c)    The land yielded him some crops.

(d)   One day he was walking through the fields.

(e)   He thought that it might have been dropped by a passer by.

(f)     With that he supported his family with difficulty.

(g)    He had a few acres of land.

(h)   So, he always thought how he could add to his income.

(i)      There lived a farmer in a village.

(j)     While walking he came across a purse of gold.

17. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    But his army was defeated again and again.

(b)   At its seventh attempt it succeeded in reaching the top.

(c)    One day he was lying in a cave in the forest.

(d)   Being defeated for six times, he lost all hope and fled away to save his life.

(e)   Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.

(f)     He led an expedition against England, overthrew the English army and secured the independence of Scotland.

(g)    It fell down again and again, but it did not give up its attempts.

(h)   He took part in the revolt against king Edward 1 of England for the independence of his country.

(i)      Bruce got back his hope at that incident, took courage and gathered his soldiers together.

(j)     He noticed a spider trying to reach the top of the steep wall of the cave.

18. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    The angel took down his request and went away.

(b)   His name was Abu Ben Adhem.

(c)    Abu then requested him to put his name in the list because he loved mankind and his fellow brothers.

(d)   He again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of the list.

(e)   The angel was writing the names of persons who loved God.

(f)     Once upon a time there was an honest and pious man.

(g)    He asked the angel if his name was there.

(h)   He was once sleeping peacefully.

(i)      In reply the angel said that his name was not there.

(j)     Suddenly he woke up and saw an angel.

19. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    He first friend climbed up a tree.

(b)   Suddenly a bear came there.

(c)    Once upon a time two friends were passing by a forest.

(d)   The latter could not climb up a tree.

(e)   They were talking about their love for each other.

(f)     He did not find any way.

(g)    The bear smelt his ears, nose and face.

(h)   He lay down on the ground and feigned death.

(i)      Then the bear went away.

(j)     He thought him to be dead.

20. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    Edison created his first invention, an electric volt-recorder, when he was only twenty one years old.

(b)   After that, Edison concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be readily marketable.

(c)    The inventions made Edison both famous and rich.

(d)   He died in west range, New Jersy in 1931.

(e)   Thomas Alva Edison, the great American inventor, was born in the town 9of Milan, Ohio in 1831.

(f)     His school master considered him retarded.

(g)    It did not sell well.

(h)   He had only three months of formal education during his boyhood.

(i)      For most of his life Edison suffered from seriously impaired hearing.

(j)     He made a series of very useful inventions.

21. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    Gustave made a 989 feet high tower of iron as a symbol of the exhibition and a lot of people worked on it for two years.

(b)   He used to work for a railway construction company.

(c)    It is still regarded as one of the wonders of the world.

(d)   He built it.

(e)   He came of a rich family.

(f)     He had education in engineering.

(g)    A World’s fair was held in Paris.

(h)   Gustave made plans of dams, factories, stations and structures of big size construction.

(i)      The tower was completed in March in 1899.

(j)     The Eiffel Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel, a Frenchman.

22. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    He got furious.

(b)   Once attacked the central province of a powerful prince.

(c)    He was one of the greatest conquerors of world.

(d)   And captured the province.

(e)   The prince surrounded the province on all sides.

(f)     A terrible battle took place between them and Taimur’s soldiers were all killed.

(g)    He came with a large army.

(h)   The province was situated far away.

(i)     Many of us have heard about Taimur.

(j)     The news reached the prince.

23. Read the text and rearrange then in correct order:

(a)    So, he made up his mind to give up his throne and divide his kingdom among his three daughters.

(b)   Goneril was oldest, Regan was the second and Cordelia was the youngest and the most favourite to the king.

(c)    These events happened long ago when King Lear was ruling Britain.

(d)   But giving up his throne, Lear wanted to know how much his daughters love him.

(e)   He needed peace and rest.

(f)     King Lear had three daughters.

(g)    He was about eighty years of age.

(h)   Now Lear was a very old man.

(i)      Their names were Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

(j)     He was tired of ruling his kingdom.

15. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    a) He showed it to his wife.
    b) However, he picked it up and carried it home.
    c) The lands yielded him some crops.
    d) One day he was walking through the fields.
    e) He thought that it might have been dropped by a passer-by.
    f) With that he supported his family with difficulty.
    g) He had a few acres of land.
    h) So he always thought how he could add to his income.
    i) There lived a farmer in a village.
    j) While walking he came across a purse of gold.
16. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order
    a) He travelled for more than thirty years.
    b) He boarded a ship in Chittagong.
    c) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
    d) Ibn-I-Batuta became very pleased hearing it.
    e) It took him about six months to reach Chittagong.
    f) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
    g) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
    h) You might have heard the name of Ibn-I-Batuta.
    i) He wrote down all that he saw.
    j) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.

Answer :
14. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order
a) To save money, he wanted to make a vegetable garden in front of the house.
b) He was doing some interesting writings there.
c) Losing heart, he gave away the seeds to a Chinese neighbour who was a farmer.
d) They fielded all his attempts.
e) James Norman Hall, an American writer, wrote a story about a strange piece of business.
f) But his efforts to live economically proved useless.
g) It took place between his and a farmer.
h) So he rented a one-room house about 22 kilometers from the town.
i) While in Tahiti, he was once short of money.
j) For the place was full of ants and land crabs.

11. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) My mother was awakened by my shouting and came into my room.
    (b) I, too, got extremely terrified and started running.
    (c) I watched them and got delighted.
    (d) It was about to catch me.
    (e) I was sleeping alone in a room adjoining to the room where my mother was sleeping in.
    (f) But soon a tiger appeared there and the deer began running out of fear.
    (g) Last night I dreamt a horrible dream.
    (h) I shouted at top of my voice.
    (i) But the tiger ran after me.
    (j) In sleep I went into a deep forest and saw many beautiful deer wandering in a flock.
    Answer
    12. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) He was the tenth and last issue of his parents.
    (b) Being discharged in April. 1794, he came back to Cambridge.
    (c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on the 21st of October in 1772.
    (d) After the death of his father in 1782, he was sent to Chirst’s Hospital as a charity student.
    (e) He obtained his degree from Cambridge.
    (f) He himself subscribed to the idea of French Revolution and participated actively to student’s protest against the war with France in 1793
    (g) His fatter was the vicar of ottery St. Mary near Exeter.
    (h) His extraordinary merit and indomitable thirst for acquiring knowledge of any kind had converted him into a scholar of unusual ability by the time he entered Jesus college, Cambridge, in 1791.
    (i) Though Samuel Taylor Coleridge was in broken health, the years from 1795 to 1802 were for Coleridge, a period of first poetic growth and intellectual adolescence.
    (j) Plagued by debts, Coleridge enlisted in the Light Dragoon, in December, 1793.
12. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) One afternoon, John moved a little closer to the bears of the Cage.
    (b) Usually he would take a sandwich and an apple in the box.
    (c) A crowd of onlookers laughed and cheered at this.
    (d) Though they had some rare animals, John liked to visit the big brown bear.
    (e) On Saturday afternoons Old John loved to visit the zoo.
    (f) No sooner had he done this than, suddenly, the bear snatched John’s glasses.
    (g) He would start at launch time with a lunch box.
    (h) He felt no fear for the huge animal but would sit and look at the animal for hours.
    (i) The bear stared back at John.
    (j) Wasting no time, the bear put glasses and stared at John.
    Answer :
    10. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
    (a) His Bangla Shahitter Katha is the first well arranged history of Bangla literature
    (b) They have come from different places of the world.
    (c) He was awarded the Doctorate degree from Sorbonne University in 1928.
    (d) The world is full of great men.
    (e) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was one of those who contributed a lot towards the Bangla language.
    (f) He then joined the University of Dhaka as a professor of Sanskrit and Bangla.
    (g) He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904.
    (h) He was the greatest scholar of Bengal.
    (i) The great scholar was born on 10 July, 1885.
    (j) After that he did his BA, MA and BL respectively.

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
(a) Then he invited applications.
(b) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.
(c) Once there lived a Sultan in a country.
(d) Then he found the desired man.
(e) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his Tax Collector.
(f) A number of people applied for the job.
(g) All the applicants blushed and refused except one.
(h) So, he asked for the wise counselor’s advice.
(i) When they all arrived, the Sultan asked them to dance.
(j) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept.
Answer :

8. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) He had been serving there for three years.
   (b) He was a poet & also a critic and a dramatist.
   (c) In the beginning he became an assistant.
   (d) He was promoted to the post of Deputy Keeper of Oriental Printings and Drawings in 1909.
   (e) Binyon made a verse translation of Dante’s ‘The Inferno and the Paradise’.
   (f) He joined at Harvard University in 1933 and served for a year as a professor of Poetry.
   (g) He performed his duty quite well and pleased the boss concerned.
   (h) He passed the last days of his life in calm and quiet environment of an ancient farm house.
   (i) Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster in 1869.
   (j) He breathed his last in 1943.
9. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) During that time he could not look after his animals himself.
   (b) So he engaged a servant to do the job.
   (c) The farmer’s young son Ali often helped the servant.
   (d) As a result he could not do any harm to Ali.
   (e) He loved them so much that he himself took care of them properly.
   (f) Once the farmer had been sick for several months.
   (g) So, for the safety of the young man, the bull was always kept on a chain.
   (h) The bull had been so annoyed that whenever he saw Ali he bellowed and tore up the earth with his horns most dreadfully.
   (i) The bull, which was wild by nature, did not like Ali because he had annoyed the bull on some occasions.
   (j) An old farmer was very happy with his animals.
   Answer :
   6. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   a. In 1914 when the first World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
   b. At the age of eleven, he showed his poetic genius.
   c. On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.
   d. Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B. S, at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.
   e. At last at the age of 19, he Joined the British army as an ordinary soldier.
   f. He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories, gajal, novels etc, and travelled all branches of Bengali literature.
   g. His poems inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
   h. He breathed his last on the 29th August, 1976.
   i. Then he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.
   j. His famous poem ‘Bidrohi’ stirred the whole nation.

3. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   a. He completed his secondary education from a high school in Aarau.
   b. For the next couple of years, he taught mathematics and physics in a secondary school.
   c. He obtained PhD degree from the University of Zurich.
   d. In 1922, Einstein received Noble Prize in Physics.
   e. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879.
   f. He got admitted in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1896.
   g. His Father was a Businessman.
   h. He received a regular appointment at the University of Zurich.
   i. When the Business failed, the family moved to Milan.
   j. He graduated in 1900.
   Answer :
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   e g i a f j c h b d
4. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   a. About one hundred and fifty years ago there lived in France one of the greatest soldiers called Napoleon.
   b. He rose quickly to a high position in the army by his good work and courage.
   c. He worked hard and made them work hard.
   d. When he was young, he entered the French army as an ordinary soldier.
   e. He grew very powerful and soon become the greatest man in the country.
   f. He chose the officers who worked with him very carefully.
   g. He loved his men and paid them well.
   h. He fought several wars with neighboring countries and won victories over them.
   i. He was strict to them when there was a need to be so, but he was kind to them when there was no need to be strict.
   j. France under him was very powerful.
5. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) The emperor smiled and said, ‘My worthy Generals, I remember my promise very well.’
   (b) But they were surprised to see that the emperor began to treat the rebels as friends.
   (c) When they reached the province, all the rebels surrendered and begged to be pardoned.
   (d) An emperor was once informed that the people in one of his provinces had revolted.
   (e) The generals thought that the emperor would kill all the rebels.
   (f) They asked him, ‘Your Majesty, why are you not keeping your promise?’
   (g) Hearing this, he called his generals and said, ‘We will destroy all our enemies.’
   (h) ‘I meant to kill all my enemies, not friends and the rebels have become my friends.’
   (i) And they reminded him that it was to destroy the enemies without showing any forgiveness.
   (j) The generals went to the king.

Answer :
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d g c e b j f i a h

2. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.
   (a) In 1850, Alfred Nobel joined his fathers company.
   (b) He was an engineer and chemist.
   (c) The Nobel Prize had been given from 1901.
   (d) He earned a lot of Money from his dynamite business.
   (e) This award was named after Nobel and it was called ‘Noble Prize’.
   (f) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 21st October 1833 at Stockholm, Sweden.
   (g) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.
   (h) After some years, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
   (i) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work and for setting up peace in the world.
   (j) His father Emmanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.
   Answer :
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   f b j g a h d i e c

4. Re-arrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.
5. a) Edision created his first invention, an electric vote-recorder, when he was only twenty-one years old.
6. b) After that, Edision concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be readily marketable.
7. c) The inventions made Edision both famous and rich. d) He died in West Orange, New Jersy in 1931.
8. e) Thomas Alva Edision, the great American inventor, was born in the town of Milan, Ohio in 1847.
9. f) His school master considered him retarded.
10. g) It did not sell well.
11. h) He had only three months of formal education during his boyhood.
12. i) For most of his life, Edision suffered from seriously impaired hearing.
13. j) He made a series of very useful inventions.

7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(a) She wants to lead a life of her own.

(b) She asks other staff in the clinic to help her to find accommodation.

(c) At present, she lives with a relative.

(d) Sofia wants to be independent.

(e) She has been looking for somewhere to live for about a month.

(f) She reads the newspaper ‘Ittefaq’ everyday and looks through the ‘to rent’ and ‘flats to share’ page very carefully.

(g) So far she has been unsuccessful and has been sleeping on the floor of her relative’s house.

(h) Everyday she looks through the advertisements in the newspaper.

(i) Sofia’s parents live in a rural area just Outside Dhaka.

(j) Sofia is 24 years old and works as a nurse in a private clinic in Dhaka.

Answer no. 7.

(j)(c)(e)(g)(i)(d)(a)(h)(b)(f).

Sofia is 24 years old and works as a nurse in a private clinic in Dhaka. At present, she lives with a relative. She has been looking for somewhere to live for about a month. So far she has been unsuccessful and has been sleeping on the floor of her relative’s house. Sofia’s parents live in a rural area just outside Dhaka. Sofia wants to be independent. She wants to lead a life of her own. Everyday she looks through the advertisements in the newspaper. She asks other staff in the clinic to help her to find accommodation. She reads the newspaper ‘Ittefaq’ everyday and looks through the ‘on rent’ and ‘flats to share’ page very carefully.

7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(a) Every language has its own dictionary.

(b) When a student or a reader reads an article, he likes to know the meaning of different words.

(c) They do not understand the importance of it.

(d) It happens specially in learning English.

(e) He can get it in the dictionary by his side.

(f) They try to commit to memory anything without understanding for their exams.

(g) A dictionary is a stock of words of a particular language.

(h) The outlook of the students has to be changed.

(i) But most of the students of our country are not habituated to using the dictionary.

(j) There are many words the meaning of which is not known to the readers.

Answer no. 7

(g)(a)(j)(d)(b)(e)(i)(c)(f)(h).

A dictionary is a stock of words of a particular language. Every language has its own dictionary. There are many words the meaning of which is not known to the readers. It happens specially in learning English. When a student or reader reads an article, he likes to know the meaning of different words. He can get it in the dictionary by his side. But most of the students of our country are not habituated to using the dictionary. They do not understand the importance of it. They try to commit to memory anything without understanding for their exams. The outlook of the students has to be changed.

7. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(a) Once two friends were passing through a forest.

(b) One of the friends did not think of his friend’s safety.

(c) The bear came up to him and took him as dead.

(d) Suddenly, a big bear approached before them.

(e) ‘The bear advised me not to trust a man who leaves his friend at the stormy hour,’ replied the other.

(f) So, he immediately threw himself on the ground and feigned to be the dead.

(g) When the bear disappeared the friend in the tree got down and asked his companion what the bear whispered to him.

(h) He got upon a tree at once and hid himself in the tree.

(i) He knew that a bear never touches a dead man.

(j) The other friend did not know how to climb a tree.

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1. Read the texts and rearrange them in correct order.
(a) One of them had a baby.
(b) None could find a solution to the problem.
(c) Once there lived two women in a village.
(d) But the other woman claimed that baby.
(e) As a result both of them entangled in a quarrel.
(f) King Soloman was a very wise and just king.
(g) When he saw that none left the claim of the baby, he thought what to do.
(h) Last of all they went to the court of King Solomon.
(i) Finding out the truth he could solve any problem.
(j) Then he ordered one of his men to cut the baby into two equal halves and give one half to each of the woman.
Answer (a) Once. there lived two women in a village.
(b) One of them had a baby.
(c) But the other woman claimed that baby.
(d) As a result both of them entangled in a quarrel.
(e) None could find a solution to the problem.
(f) Last of all they went to the court of King Solomon.
(g) King Soloman was a very wise and just king.
(h) Finding out the truth he could solve any problem.
(i) When be saw that none left the claim of the baby, he thought what to do.
(j) Then he ordered one of his men to cut the baby into two equal halves and give one half to each of the woman.

2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
i) Suddenly he noticed that an English boy was making a small boat.
ii) The boy said, ‘My country is on the other side of the sea.’
iii) ‘I didn’t see my mother for a good longtime.’
iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.
v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
vi) One day he was walking along the sea-shore.
vii) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
viii) The boy was brought before him.
ix) ‘I shall go to my country to see my mother by this boat.’
x) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.

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iv vi i viii vii ii iii ix v x

3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
i. Seeing the armed forces taking position, Dr. Zoha came forward.
ii. Finally, Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning.
iii. Later, he was bayonet charged too.
iv. Meanwhile, the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene and set it on fire.
v. Seeing this, the teachers requested the guards on duty to open the gate.
vi. Seeing this, the armed forces started to take up position against the students.
vii. He requested the armed forces not to open fire on the students.
viii. But they did not pay any heed to him.
ix. The situation went beyond control.
x. The agitated students of Rajshahi University started to jump over the locked gate and to scale the wall.

Ans.
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x v iv vi i vii viii ix ii iii

Answer

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x i iii vii ii iv vi viii ix v

4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
i) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom among his three daughters.
ii) Goneril declared, ‘Sir, I love you more than I can say.’
iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.
iv) Lear was satisfied and gave her a third of his kingdom.
v) Lear was shocked and said, ‘Nothing will come of nothing.’
vi) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, ‘My love for you shall never change.’
vii) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, ‘How much do you love me?’
viii) Lear was pleased and gave her another third of his kingdom.
ix) When asked, his youngest daughter Cordelia said, ‘Nothing to say.’
x) Long ago there was an old king of England named Lear.

5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) Thus many are denied access to higher education each year.
(ii) Only a small number of students may be enroled in universities due to limited capacity.
(iii) It is very difficult for them to get access to higher education.
(iv) Public and private universities absorb others.
(v) More than 80 percent of these students are admitted to NU affiliated colleges.
(vi) There is an increasing enrolment at the secondary and higher secondary level.
(vii) We all as well as government should be aware of this problem.
(viii) It may be due to poverty and increasing educational expenses.
(ix) It creates pressure on higher educational institutions.
(x) There are many talented students who are of lower middle class.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. 
(a) It became a shelter for the sufferers.
(b) She was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.
(c) Mother Teresa was a dedicated soul and her earlier name was Agnes.
(d) She came to India in 1929 for serving the people and started her life in Kolkata as a teacher in a convent school.
(e) Then she became an Indian citizen.
(f) She established Nirmal Hriday at Kalighat in Kolkata.
(g) She was born in 1910 at a small village in Yugoslavia named Skopje and she was of Albanian descent.
(h) She decided to become a nun when she was eighteen.
(i) Her activities spread all over the world.
(j) She began to serve the downtrodden.

7. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. 
(a) Today we remember them with profound respect.
(b) Again many were killed in the war.
(c) Many died while fighting.
(d) Independence is the birth right of men.
(e) Our war of Independence took place in 1971.
(f) They did not run away showing their backs.
(g) They fought face to face with the enemies.
(h) No nation can achieve it without struggle.
(i) People from all walks of life joined the war.
(j) Many went to the battle field to save the country.

8. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 
(a) This time he put on gorgeous dress.
(b) When Sheikh Saadi sat to have his meal, he began to keep the food into the pocket of his dress.
(c) On his way back home, Saadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.
(d) He set out for the emperor’s palace in ordinary dress.
(e) Saadi replied, “My dress deserves this food.”
(f) He was simple in his way of life.
(g) On the way, he took shelter in a courtier’s house where he was not treated well.
(h) Sheikh Saadi was a great Persian poet.
(i) The courtier asked, “Why are you putting the food into your pocket?
(j) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.

9. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 
(a) He enrolled at the Islamia College, a well-respected college affiliated to the University of Calcutta.
(b) Mujib became politically active when he joined the All India Muslim Federation in 1940.
(c) Two years later he took admission in class four at Madaripur Islamia High School.
(d) He returned to school after four years owing to the severity of the surgery and slow recovery.
(e) He joined the Bengal Muslim League in 1943.
(f) In 1929, Mujib entered into class three at Gopalganj Public School.
(g) In 1946 he became the general secretary of the Islamia College Students’ Union.
(h) However Mujib was withdrawn from school in 1943 to undergo eye surgery.
(i) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born in Tungipara, a village in Gopalganj District.
(j) He was the third child in a family of four daughters and two sons.

10. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. 
(i) He decided he would use his hands.
(ii) Thus, he managed to slay the animal on his own.
(iii) Then he attempted a different tactic.
(iv) But this took him nowhere.
(v) Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena.
(vi) The king of Mycenae made him undergo some difficult tasks.
(vii) At first, he tried to fight the lion with his club and arrows.
(viii) So, the king ordered Hercules to slay the beast.
(ix) He first involved a fight with a lion.
(x) The valley of Nemea was being disturbed by a terrible lion.

11. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 
(a) A wise god granted his wish promptly.
(b) He wished for golden touch.
(c) He could hardly, believe his eyes.
(d) One day Midas was sleeping under an apple tree.
(e) The apple turned into gold as soon as he touched it.
(f) There was a king called Midas.
(g) He picked up the apple.
(h) He wanted more although he had a lot of it.
(i) He was extremely fond of gold.
(j) A ripe apple fell beside him.

12. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 
(a) Once he fell in love with a beautiful daughter of a rich businessman.
(b) But she is afraid to reveal her feelings to her father because Antonis has given lots of traffic tickets to a bus belonging to her father’s company.
(c) He is very sincere to his duty.
(d) The film was made by Eilippos Fylaktos, a Greek film maker.
(e) Her name was Kiki.
(f) It was made in 1963.
(g) In this film, Antonis is a devoted traffic police.
(h) Though this event makes Antonis’ life complicated, the movie ends with a happy outcome for everyone involved in the society.
(i) Antonis Pikrocholos is the central character of the film ‘My Brother the Traffic Policeman’.
(j) He enforces traffic laws very strictly.

13. Rearrange the following sentences. 
(i) Suddenly he saw someone calling him from below.
(ii) Hojja immediately replied, “Why did you make me climb all the way down the stairs to ask for money? Couldn’t you see that I was working?”
(iii) Hojja was quite curious and got down the stairs leaving his work thinking that the man had something important to say.
(iv) When he came near, the man said that he was a beggar and wanted some money.
(v) One day Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-storied house.
(vi) So he climbed down from the roof and went down the stairs.
(vii) When they both got to the roof top where he was previously working, Hojja turned to the man and said, “Sorry I have no money. So you have to leave.”
(viii) The man was very surprised and asked why Hojja had made him climb up the stairs to say that he had no money.
(ix) Hojja became furious and decided to teach him a good lesson. So, he told the man to climb the stairs with him.
(x) He saw there was a man standing at the foot of the stairs, who was asking him to get down and listen to him.

14. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10
(i) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.
(ii) This brought for him a good name.
(iii) He was born in Paris in 1874.
(iv) It is a realistic study on the life of low neighbourhood in London.
(v) He wrote a few other novels as well.
(vi) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest short story writers of modern time.
(vii) Then he started writing plays.
(viii) He qualified as a doctor and this life had on charm for him.
(ix) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs. Cardlac, Lady Frederick etc.
(x) He made his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth his first novel.

15. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. 10
(i) In this way he began to acquire reputation of a great hero.
(ii) He had immense strength.
(iii) Hercules was born to jupiter and Almena.
(iv) One of the tasks was to kill a terrible lion.
(v) The king of Mycenae ordered him to do some difficult tasks.
(vi) Hercules killed the lion using his hands.
(vii) His next task was to kill a monster.
(viii) He buried the ninth head under a huge rock.
(ix) He burnt all the heads of the monster except the immortal one.
(x) Then he carried the dead lion to the king.

16. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) In 1914 when the 1st World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.

(b) At last, at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier on the side of the alliance.

(c) He wrote a lot of poems, short stories, gajals, novels etc. and travelled all the branches of Bengali literature.

(d) At the age of eleven, he showed his poetic genius.

(e) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B.S (1899 A.D) at Churulia in the district of Burdhwan.

(f) On his returned from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.

(g) He breathed his last on 29 August, 1976.

(h) In 1972 he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.

(i) His famous poem “Bidrohi” stirred the whole nation.

(j) His poems inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

17. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) “Please let me go to my country”.

(b) An English boy was making a small boat.

(c) “I shall cross the sea and go to my country by this boat”.

(d) He made all the arrangements to send him to his country.

(e) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.

(f) Napoleon was charmed by the words of the small boy.

(g) “I haven’t seen my mother for a long time.”

(h) The boy said, “My country is on the other side of the sea”.

(i) One day Napoleon, the king of France, was walking along the seashore.

(j) The boy was brought before him and he asked him what he would do with such a small boat.

18. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) He died on August 29, 1976 and was buried in the compound of Dhaka University.

(ii) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, gazals, short stories, novels etc.

(iii) He lost his father at the age of eight and at the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.

(iv) At the age of nineteen, he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier to fight in the First World War.

(v) On his return from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen.

(vi) It was tragic that he had been suffering from a cruel disease since 1942 and remained paralyzed for the rest of his life.

(vii) In 1942, he got married to Promila in Kolkata.

(viii) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata in 1972.

(ix) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal.

(x) Then he was declared our national poet by the then Government of Bangladesh.

19. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) Then he told the man to come to him after a week with his son.

(b) Then he explained him that last time he had also fondness for sweetmeats.

(c) He asked him (Sm) why he (Sm) didn’t forbid his boy to demand sweetmeats the previous day.

(d) This time, the prophet (Sm) told the child not to demand sweetmeats in sweet voice.

(e) He complained that his son wanted to eat sweetmeats but he had no capacity to buy them.

(f) One day a man came to our beloved Propohet (Sm) along with his son.

(g) The Prophet (Sm) smiled a little.

(h) The Prophet (Sm) heard the complaint attentively.

(i) The man was surprised at the behaviour of the Prophet (Sm).

(j) The man did so.

20. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indignities and hence they were treated cruelly.

(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit.

(iii) Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

(iv) All his life he struggled against apartheid.

(v) It was government policy of racial segregation.

(vi) He was thrown behind the prison bar.

(vii) They great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.

(viii) They were denied all basic human rights.

(ix) The Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans.

(x) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.

21. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) A number of people applied for the post.

(b) Once there lived a Sultan in a country.

(c) They through a passage where gold coin were kept.

(d) Then he found the desired man.

(e) When they arrived the Sultan asked them to dance.

(f) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his tax collector.

(g) All the applicants blushed and refused to dance except one.

(h) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.

(i) So, he asked for the wise councilor’s advice.

(j) Then he invited applicants.

22. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange the sentences in proper sequence:

(a) At one moment, huge ice-berg was spotted very close to the ship and the great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision.

(b) It was on April 10, 1912.

(c) She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891.

(d) The Titanic was sailing for New York from Southampton of England.

(e) Four days after setting out a great disaster happened when the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

(f) The Captain went down to see what had happened.

(g) So, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking down rapidly.

(h) Five of the ship’s sixteen watertight compartments were totally damaged by the collision.

(i) Suddenly there was a sight trembling sound from below.

(j) At that time she was the largest ship in the world built in a special way and was regarded as unsinkable.

23. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) As a result, he studied under a great thinker Plato.

(ii) He also wrote books on Biology, Literature, Economics and Comparative Politics.

(iii) Plato taught Aristotle according to his own way.

(iv) Aristotle was born in Greece.

(v) His father wanted him to be a physician but he never cherished to be so.

(vi) Later on, Aristotle took the pen to write on topics suitable for human civilization.

(vii) He is called the father of Biology because of his creativity.

(viii) ‘Politics’ is one of his famous books which exposes fullest development of his wisdom.

(ix) He was the son of a royal physician.

(x) He wanted to be a free thinker.

24. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.

(a) The hare was always proud of his speed.

(b) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.

(c) The hare ran very swiftly.

(d) Long ago, there lived a hare in a forest.

(e) The hare always teased the tortoise.

(f) Covering much, the hare took rest.

(g) A tortoise also lived nearby.

(h) He decided to take rest for some time.

(i) The tortoise accepted the challenge.

(j) But the tortoise ran very slowly.

25. Rearrange the following sentences in correct order.

(i) So, he made up his mind to give up his kingdom among the three daughters.

(ii) Goneril was the eldest, Regan was the second and Cordelia was the youngest and the most favourite to the king.

(iii) These events happened long ago when King Lear was ruling Britain.

(iv) But before giving up his throne, Lear wanted to know how much his daughters loved him.

(v) He needed peace and rest. (vi) King Lear had three daughters.

(vii) He was about eighty years old.

(viii) Then Lear was a very old man.

(ix) Their names were Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

(x) He was tired of ruling his kingdom.

26. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) Thus many are denied access to higher education each year.

(ii) Only a small number of students may be enroled in universities due to limited capacity.

(iii) It is very difficult for them to get access to higher education.

(iv) Public and private universities absorb others.

(v) More than 80 percent of these students are admitted to NU affiliated colleges.

(vi) There is an increasing enrolment at the secondary and higher secondary level.

(vii) We all as well as government should be aware of this problem.

(viii) It may be due to poverty and increasing educational expenses.

(ix) It creates pressure on higher educational institutions.

(x) There are many talented students who are of lower middle class.

27. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.

(a) It became a shelter for the sufferers.

(b) She was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.

(c) Mother Teresa was a dedicated soul and her earlier name was Agnes.

(d) She came to India in 1929 for serving the people and started her life in Kolkata as a teacher in a convent school.

(e) Then she became an Indian citizen. (f) She established Nirmal Hriday at Kalighat in Kolkata.

(g) She was born in 1910 at a small village in Yugoslavia named Skopje and she was of Albanian descent.

(h) She decided to become a nun when she was eighteen.

(i) Her activities spread all over the world.

(j) She began to serve the downtrodden.

28. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.

(a) Today we remember them with profound respect.

(b) Again many were killed in the war.

(c) Many died while fighting.

(d) Independence is the birth right of men.

(e) Our war of Independence took place in 1971.

(f) They did not run away showing their backs.

(g) They fought face to face with the enemies.

(h) No nation can achieve it without struggle.

(i) People from all walks of life joined the war.

(j) Many went to the battle field to save the country.

29. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) This time he put on gorgeous dress.

(b) When Sheikh Saadi sat to have his meal, he began to keep the food into the pocket of his dress.

(c) On his way back home, Saadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.

(d) He set out for the emperor’s palace in ordinary dress.

(e) Saadi replied, “My dress deserves this food.”

(f) He was simple in his way of life.

(g) On the way, he took shelter in a courtier’s house where he was not treated well.

(h) Sheikh Saadi was a great Persian poet.

(i) The courtier asked, “Why are you putting the food into your pocket?

(j) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.

30. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(i) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.

(ii) This brought for him a good name.

(iii) He was born in Paris in 1874.

(iv) It is a realistic study on the life of low neighbourhood in London.

(v) He wrote a few other novels as well.

(vi) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest short story writers of modern time.

(vii) Then he started writing plays.

(viii) He qualified as a doctor and this life had on charm for him.

(ix) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs. Cardlac, Lady Frederick etc.

(x) He made his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth his first novel.

31. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) He enrolled at the Islamia College, a well-respected college affiliated to the University of Calcutta.

(b) Mujib became politically active when he joined the All India Muslim Federation in 1940.

(c) Two years later he took admission in class four at Madaripur Islamia High School.

(d) He returned to school after four years owing to the severity of the surgery and slow recovery.

(e) He joined the Bengal Muslim League in 1943.

(f) In 1929, Mujib entered into class three at Gopalganj Public School.

(g) In 1946 he became the general secretary of the Islamia College Students’ Union.

(h) However Mujib was withdrawn from school in 1943 to undergo eye surgery.

(i) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born in Tungipara, a village in Gopalganj District.

(j) He was the third child in a family of four daughters and two sons.

32. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) He uses his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures.

(b) As a scientist his reputation soared higher and higher.

(c) As a result, he gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body.

d) He was born in an educated family in 1942.

(e) Now he is confined to the wheel chair with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head and hands only.

(f) Stephen is still a relentless worker.

(g) Stephen Hawking is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein.

(h) But fate followed with less rewarding things.

(i) But such a tremendous physical handicap could not slow him down.

(j) Stephen became a victim of Gehrig’s disease.

33. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) Once he fell in love with a beautiful daughter of a rich businessman.

(b) But she is afraid to reveal her feelings to her father because Antonis has given lots of traffic tickets to a bus belonging to her father’s company.

(c) He is very sincere to his duty.

d) The film was made by Eilippos Fylaktos, a Greek film maker.

(e) Her name was Kiki.

(f) It was made in 1963.

(g) In this film, Antonis is a devoted traffic police.

(h) Though this event makes Antonis’ life complicated, the movie ends with a happy outcome for everyone involved in the society.

(i) Antonis Pikrocholos is the central character of the film ‘My Brother the Traffic Policeman’.

(j) He enforces traffic laws very strictly.

34. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.

(i) He decided he would use his hands.

(ii) Thus, he managed to slay the animal on his own.

(iii) Then he attempted a different tactic.

(iv) But this took him nowhere.

(v) Hercules was the son of Jupiter and Alcmena.

(vi) The king of Mycenae made him undergo some difficult tasks.

(vii) At first, he tried to fight the lion with his club and arrows.

(viii) So, the king ordered Hercules to slay the beast.

(ix) He first involved a fight with a lion.

(x) The valley of Nemea was being disturbed by a terrible lion.

35. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence.

(i) In this way he began to acquire reputation of a great hero.

(ii) He had immense strength.

(iii) Hercules was born to jupiter and Almena.

(iv) One of the tasks was to kill a terrible lion.

(v) The king of Mycenae ordered him to do some difficult tasks.

(vi) Hercules killed the lion using his hands.

(vii) His next task was to kill a monster.

(viii) He buried the ninth head under a huge rock.

(ix) He burnt all the heads of the monster except the immortal one.

(x) Then he carried the dead lion to the king.

36. Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.

(a)    But some adventurous people undertook difficult and dangerous journeys by land and sea.

(b)    It took Polos over three years to reach China.

(c)    Long, long ago men knew of no lands or people beyond their own by because they did not find it easy to travel.

(d)    They were requested by Kublai Khan, the Emperor of China.

(e)    One of the greatest of these adventurous men was Marco Polo.

(f)    Marco Polo soon became a great favourite with the king.

(g)    In 1271 at the age of 15 he set out from Venice to China accompanied by his father and uncle.

(h)   He was wise and trustworthy.

(i)    The king made him one of his officers.

(j)    So the king sent him as his ambassador to some parts of his Empire.

37. Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.

(a) The village was situated far away from the capital.

(b) Thus he saved his life.

(c) He came with a large army.

(d) Once he attacked the province of a powerful prince.

(e) Taimur’s soldiers were killed.

(f) He entered the kingdom of the prince and captured a large village.

(g) The prince heard the news.

(h) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.

i) His soldiers surrounded the village on all sides and a terrible battle took place.

(j) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveller.

38. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

(a) As a student, Luther King was very brilliant.

(b) He donated all the money for the development of the “Negro Nation”.

(c) He was born on 15 January in the Atlanta City.

(d) After marriage, Luther King worked as a clergy man in the Baptist Church of Albania.

(e) He was shot dead in 1968 when he was only 39 years old.

(f) He obtained his doctorate degree from Boston University.

(g) Martin Luther King Jr was a great leader in the history of the freedom and rise of the Negro Nation.

(h) He was imprisoned for his movement against the colour difference.

(i) In this time, he married an extraordinary learned woman called Coretta Scott.

(j) He was awarded the Nobel Prize for leading the racial problem of America in a non-violent and peaceful way.

39. Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.

(a)    It was the home of sculpture.

(b)    This great man however did not die a natural death.

(c)    He lived in Athens in Greece.

(d)    Socrates was born in 459 B. C in Athens.

(e)    About 2500 years have passed since he died.

(f)    Socrates was a great philosopher.

(g)    He was killed by the ruler of Athens.

(h)   He was a great teacher too.

(i)    He wanted to spread the knowledge of truth.

(j)    Probably his father was a sculptor.

40. Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.

(a)”Stop” said the bad man. “What have I done to deserve it?”

(b) When the bad man came down, the owner of the garden caught hold of him and began to beat him with the stick.

(c) One day the bad man was stealing some mangoes from the garden of a neighbour.

(d) But when he did any work, he would say, “God had done it by me.”

(e) “Why are you stealing mangoes from my garden?” asked the owner of the garden.

(f) “Because God is getting it done by me,” replied the bad man.

(g)The owner of the garden said nothing.

(h)He took a stick and was waiting for the bad man till he came down from the tree.

(i)There was a bad man in a village.

(j)The owner of the garden saw him stealing the mangoes and rushed to the garden.

41. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The perseverance and tenacity of the spider inspired Bruce very much.
(ii) One day he sat in a lonely hall, brooding over his sad lot.
(iii) This happened six times.
(iv) Swearing to do or did, he fought the English for the seventh time.
(v) But the spider did not give up the struggle.
(vi) This time he was successful in driving the English from his kingdom.
(vii) He was also an ardent patriot and a gallant soldier.
(viii) Suddenly a spider caught his view.
(ix) But he once lost his kingdom to English in a battle with the British forces.
(x) It was trying to reach the ceiling.
(xi) He fought with the English for his country for a long time, but he failed.
(xii) But each time it tried, it dropped again.
(xiii) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.
(xivIt tried again and again and at last reached its goal.

42. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story:
i. As. he came near, the man said that he wanted some financial help.
ii. Hojja immediately replied, “Why have you made me climb all the way down stairs to ask for money instead of shouting from below”.
iii. Hojja was quite curious.
iv. Hojja decided to teach him a good lesson.
v. Suddenly he saw someone calling from below.
vi. At this Hojja became furious.
vii. He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.
viii. One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-stored house.
ix. Being greatly annoyed, the man asked why Hojja had made him climb up the stairs only to say that he had no money.
x. The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.
xi. When they both got to the roof top, Hojja said to the man, “Sorry, I have no money”.
xii. He thought that the man had something important to say.
xiii. Therefore, he told the man to climb up the stairs with him.
xiv. So he climbed from the roof down the stairs.

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43. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a single paragraph to make a story: 14
i) It continued for a full week.
ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.
iii) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.
iv) Last year she started her garden early.
v) Mina loves gardening.
vi) All her seeds washed away.
vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.
viii) Then the sun finally came out.
ix) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.
x) People may have different hobbies.
xi) Some may have strange habits.
xii) It reveals the taste of a person.
xiii) If refreshes us.
xiv) It gives us new ideas too.

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44. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
i) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
ii) The king called him to the palace.
iii) At this the king got furious and condemned him to death.
iv) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.
v) Once there was a king.
vi) With ready wit he said, “The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death!”
vii) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.
viii) The king then asked, “How long would you live? “
ix) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.
x) He then thought for a while for some way of escape.
xi) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death.
xii) At this the king turned pale.
xiii) “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again”, shouted the king.
xiv) I shall wait to receive your majesty where you have been sending me.

45. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in one paragraph to make a story:
i) They looked for him here and there for sometimes.
ii) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
iii) So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.
iv) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me, “replied the great scientist with a smile.
v) But understandably, they failed to find him out.
vi) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his ways of life.
vii) He traveled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.
viii) “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,” said Einstein.
ix) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.
x) Einstein, however walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.
xi) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.
xii) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.
xiii) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.
xiv) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein.

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46. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story:
i) The hare was always proud of his speed.
ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.
iii) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.
iv) The hare ran very swiftly.
v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.
vi) They got ready.
vii) The hare always teased the tortoise.
viii) Covering much the hare took rest.
ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.
x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.
xi) He decided to take rest for sometimes.
xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.
xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running.
xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.
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47. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order to make a continuous paragraph: 14
i) The lion was relieved of his pain.
ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.
iii) It was unbearable for him.
iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.
vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.
viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
ix) A lion lived in a cave.
x) He came near the lion.
xi) He took shelter in a cave.
xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.
xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.
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48. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Discouraged, some of the men began to pack up, when all on a sudden , a whirlphool was noticed in the nearest water.

(ii) The fish was five feet off the shore now and was fighting harder than ever.

(iii) Then the man who caught it said, “He’s too beautiful to keep, let him swim another day.”

(iv) It was an hour before dawn and the beach was cold and windy.

(v) All the men on the beach started at the magnificent fish for a minute.

(vi) Yes, there was a blue fish on the line that fought furiously.

(vii) And with that he threw the fish back into the ocecan and watched it swim away.

(viii) Eventually it could not resist the man’s strength and it was pulled ashore.

(ix) Until the moment, the men had struggled a lot, but their efforts went unrewarded.

(x) Some fishermen in the distance were waiting to catch the giant bluefish-the talk of the town.

(xi) The fishermen tried to pull him in, but the fish would not give up.

(xii) Its gills opened and closed as if it were exhausted from the fight.

(xiii) The battle continued.

(xiv) Fighting to be free, it was trapped in one man’s pole, and the man tightened his grip.

49. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indiginities.

(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break the sprit.

(iii)Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

(iv) Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own.

(v) In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.

(vi)  All his life he struggled against apartheid.

(vii) They were aliens in their own country.

(viii) It was government policy of racial segregation.

(ix) The blacks were treated cruelly.

(x) He was thrown behind the prison bars.

(xi) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.

(xii)They were denied all basic human rights.

(xiii) The Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans.

(xiv) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.

50. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story

(i) So some frogs made their home in the pond.

(i) One day some boys were going by the side of the pond.

(ii) Then the boys began to throw stones into the pond for fun.

(iii) There was a little pond in a village.

(iv) Many of them were hurt very seriously and killed.

(v) It was not so deep and its water was not clean and pure.

(vi) So they were living there very happily.

(vii) The villagers did not bathe there and drink its water.

(viii) The stones hit the frogs one by one.

(ix) An old man saw it and forbade the boys to kill them.

(x) No one even disturbed them.

(xi) But the frogs did not know how to save their lives.

(xii) The frogs played and sang there all the time.

(xiii) They found the playful frogs in the pond.

51. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) At one moment, a huge ice berg was spotted very close to the ship.

(ii) At that moment the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

(iii) It was on April 10, 1912.

(iv) She was carrying 1316 passengers and crew of 891.

(v) The Titanic was sailing for Newyork from Southampton.

(vi) Four days after setting out, a great disaster happened.

(vii) So she was regarded as unsinkable.

(viii) The Captain went down to see what had happened.

(ix) The alarm had been given.

(x) So the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly.

(xi) Five of the ship’s sixteen watertight compartments were totally damaged by the collision.

(xii) Suddenly there was a slight trembling sound from below.

(xiii) The great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision

(xiv) At that time she was the largest ship in the world built in a very special way.

52. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)The Grassopher said, “Brother ant, give me a morsel of food.”

 (ii) It was a frosty winter day.

(iii) The Grassopper went away being sad.

(iv) The ant had stored them during the summer.”

(v) The ant said, “Since you sang all summer, it seems you have to dance all winter.

(vi) A Grassopher ,half dead with hunger, came limping by.

(vii) Saying this the prudent ant locked his granary door.

(viii)The ant asked what he was doing during the summer.

(ix)He was singing all day long during the summer.

(x) An ant was taking out of his granary some grains of wheat.

(xi)The Grassopher saw what the ant was doing.

(xii)Hearing this the ant smiled grimly.

(xiii)The Grassopher replied that he was not idle.

(xiv) During summer the ant was gathering the grains.

53. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.

(ii) But it did not give up hope.

(iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.

(iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.

(v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.

(vi) The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.

(vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.

(viii) The king fougth bravely but lost the battle.

(ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.

(x) He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.

(xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.

(xii) He took shelter in a remote cave.

(xiii) One he was lying in the cave.

(xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.

54. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He was born  on 18 June at Bathua village in Hat Hazari of Chittagong.

(ii) He is the third among fourteen children of his parents.

(iii) Then he got himself admitted into a collegiate school and passed the Matriculation standing 16th position.

(iv) After passing the Intermediate Examination, he got himself admitted into the university of Dhaka in the Department of Economics.

(v)  He established Grameen Bank in 1976 and started his microdcredit programme from Jobra village.

(vi)  His activities of poverty alleviation and promotion of peace have been famous all over the world.

(vii) You must have heard the name of Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus.

(viii) His father’s name is Hazi Dula Mia and mother’s name is Sufia Khatun.

(ix) He completed his primary education from Lama Bazer Primary School and got first place in the scholarship examination.

(x) He got M.A.in Economics in 1961 and did his Ph. D in 1969 from the USA.

(xi) He passed the Intermediate Examination from Chittagong College.

(xii) Grameen Bank and his microcredit programmes have been very successful in poverty reduction all over the world.

(xiii) His project for the promotion of peace through poverty reduction all over the world.

(xiv) His is awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2008 of which the Bengali nation is proud.

55. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) His friends and dispels could not bear the sight.

(ii) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

(iii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.

(iv) The cup contained hemlock, a very strong poison.

(v) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.

(vi) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito, said, “Don’t forget the debt, Crito.”

(vii) They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

(viii) Socrates met his friends and dispels for the last time.

(ix) He asked them to let him die in peace.

(x) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.

(xi) Then there  came a man with a cup in hand.

(xii) He argued with them about the immorality of the soil.

(xiii) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.

(xiv) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock.

56. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) This time he put on gorgeous dress.

(ii) The courtier understood his fault and begged pardon to the poet.

(iii) On his way back home, Sadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s home.

(iv) He set out for the emperor’s palace in ordinary dress.

(v) Sadi replied, “My dress derserves this food.

(vi) He was simple in his ways of life.

(vii) On the way,he took shelter in a courtier’s house.

(viii) Sheikh Sa’di was a great Persian poet.

(ix) They asked, “Why are you putting the foods in your dress?”

(x) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.

(xi) The courtier’s men were surprised to see this.

(xii) The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.

(xiii) Now Sadi began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress.

(xiv) The courteier received him cordially and entertained him with rich and delicious foods.

57. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Then he joined the training programme of NHC.

(ii) Poverty then forced him to look for works.

(iii) He was remained associates with it since then.

(iv) He was an unemployed youth of an improvised family.

(v) Belal’s lot has changed radically.

(vi) Belal is now an affluent man.

(vii) He worked as a labourer.

(viii) Then he got a lease of land in his village.

(ix) He is now happy to be a self-sufficient man.

(x) He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.

(xi) Through hard work he has managed to turn the wheel of fortune.

(xii) He applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables.

(xiii) Belal studied upto class eight.

(xiv) Belal first received training in vegetable cultivation.

58. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The farmer was surprised.

(ii) So, he could not devote himself to his work.

(iii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.

(iv) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.

(v) He could not think where to keep the money.

(vi) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(vii) He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money.”

(viii) He gradually raised that he had money, but no peace of mind.

(ix)  “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

(x) He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.

(xi) He took the bag of the money from the rich man and thanked him.

(xii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

(xiii) A rich man went to a farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(xiv) He said to him, “Look my friend, I’ve brought taka one thousand for you.”

59. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) But it had no effect.

(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.

(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(iv) But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi) He took some pebbles.

(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii) Then he flew away.

(ix) Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.

(x) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.

(xi) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank to his fill.

(xii) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiii) The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiv) There was some water in the jar.

60. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide the kingdom.

(ii) Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can say.”

(iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.

(iv) Lear was satisfied.

(v) He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one third of it.

(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.

(vii) Then it was turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter.

(viii) Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of nothing.”

(ix) When asked his second daughter Regan said, “My love for you shall never change.

(x) At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do you love me?”

(xi) He had three daughters Goneril, Regan and Codelia.

(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.

(xiii) When asked Cordelia said, “Nothing”.

(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.

61. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The first friend climbed up a tree without any second thought.

(ii) Suddenly a bear came there growling.

(iii) Who doesn’t know the story of two friends passing through a forest?

(iv) The latter could not climb the tree.

(v) They were talking about their love for each other.

(vi) He could not make out what to do.

(vii) The bear smelt his nose,ears and face.

(viii) With ready wit,he lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.

(ix) Then the bear went away.

(x) After that the first friend come down.

(xi) He said that the bear advised him not to trust a man who leaves his friend in danger.

(xii) He asked his friend what the bear told him.

(xiii) It considered him to be dead.

(xiv) The second friend stood up.

62. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He was born in Jilan in Iraq.

(ii) She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things.

(iii) Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam.

(iv) His mother decided to send him to Bagdad with a view to educating him there.

(v) His father died before his birth.

(vi) The boy left for Bagdad with a caravan of merchants, but on their way a gang of robbers fell upon them and looted their money.

(vii) That time the roads were unsafe; often gangs  of robbers fell upon the traveler and plundered their belongings and money.

(viii) One of the robbers said the small boy might have something with him.

(ix) At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never tell a lie.

(x) The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.”

(xi) The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.

(xii) But Abdul Quadar spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewed in my shirt.”

(xiii) The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up robbery.

(xiv) The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.

63. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story

(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indiginities.

(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break his spirit.

(iii) Nelson Medela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

(iv) Eventually,the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.

(v) In fact,he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.

(vi) All his life he struggled against apartheid.

(vii) They were aliens in their owb country.

(viii) It was government policy of racial segregation.

(ix) The blacks were treated cruelly.

(x) He was thrown behind the prison bars.

(xi) The great leader vowed to put an end  to the inhuman practice.

(xii) They were denied all basic rights.

(xiii) The Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans.

(xiv) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.

64. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

(ii) The king called him to the palace.

(iii) At this the king got furious and condemned him to death.

(iv) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

(v) Once there was a king.

(vi) With ready wit he said, “The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death!”

(vii) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

(viii) The king then asked, “How long would you live?”

(ix) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.

(x) He thought for a while for some way of escape.

(xi) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death.

(xii) At this the king turned turned pale.

(xiii) “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again, “shouted the king.

(xiv)  I shall wait to receive your majesty where you have been sending me.

65. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He became very annoyed.

(ii) Then he sent it to his friend with the words on it “Carriage to be paid on delivery.”

(iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

(iv) The poet had to pay double postage.

(v) He packed it up in a fine box.

(vi) With a great hope in mind he opened the box.

(vii) So he procured a heavy stone.

(viii) Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.

(ix) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.

(x) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable.

(xi) So,he paid the heavy charge for carrying.

(xii) The letter contained nothing but some words.

(xiii) To his utter surprise,he found nothing but an ordinary stone.

(xiv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

66. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The master was very amused.

(ii) One of the ducks was standing on one leg and had the other leg folded inside.

(iii) The master looked at the cook.

(iv) The master clapped his hands loudly.

(v) The cook told him that the duck had one leg only.

(vi) The roast looked delicious and the cook ate one of the legs of the duck.

(vii) The master was very annoyed.

(viii) The master was not to be fooled.

(ix) At that moment the cook looked out of the window.

(x) He said there was no such thing as one-legged duck.

(xi) A cook onece roasted a duck for his master.

(xii) The cook replied that his master was right.

(xiii) It put down its other leg and ran off.

(xiv) The cook insisted that the duck had one leg only.

67. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Androcles was very much afraid.

(ii) So,one day he crept into a cave and fell asleep.

(iii) His master was cruel and unkind.

(iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.

(v) A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.

(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.

(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.

(viii) He thought that he might die.

(ix) It was crying for pain in its leg.

(x) He held himself in a forest for many days.

(xi) After a while, a great noise woke him up.

(xii) One day he fled away from his master’s house.

(xiii) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.

(xiv) Androcles removed a thorn from the lion’s paw.

68. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) They looked for him here and there for sometime.

(ii) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.

(iii) So, they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.

(iv) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a smile.

(v) But understandably, they failed to find him out.

(vi) Einstein,the great scientist,was simple in his ways of life.

(vii) He traveled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.

(viii)  “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,”said Einstein.

(ix) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein.

(x) Einstein however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.

(xi) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.

(xii) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.

(xiii) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.

(xiv) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent for a car for you, Dr. Einstein.”

69. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He bought a cat to kill the mice.

(ii) They were doing a lot of mischief there.

(iii) There was an old house in a village.

(iv) The mice were in great difficulty.

(v) There lived a number of mice in that house.

(vi) At this all remained silent, as there was none to tie the bell round the cat’s neck.

(vii) All the mice thanked the young mouse for his plan.

(viii) Several proposals were made but none of the proposals was good.

(ix) At last a young mouse rose to speak.

(x) The master of the house was very annoyed and made a plan to get rid of them.

(xi) They could not move freely as before.

(xii) They held a meeting to discuss the matter and find a way to be free from this danger.

(xiii) He said, “I have a good plan for your consideration. Let us tie a bell round the time.”

(xiv) But an old mouse stood up and said, “No doubt the idea is good. But who will tie the bell?”

70. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Basir milked the cow and drank the milk.

(ii) Ali was the younger brother and Basir was the elder.

(iii) Basir grew fatter and Ali became thinner day by day.

(iv) There lived two brothers lived Ali and Basir.

(v) They inherited a cow that Ali grazed every day.

(vi) One day their father died.

(vii) Basir drank the juice alone.

(viii) Ali watered the palm tree.

(ix) Basir agreed to share the cow’s milk with Ali.

(x) Basir had to share the cow’s milk with Ali.

(xi) The clever man whispered something into Ali’s ears.

(xii) Ali started beating the cow just when Basir was about to milk it.

(xiii) Basir requested Ali not to cut the palm tree.

(xiv) A clever man noticed everything.

71. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) One day a woman became more furious than ever.

(ii) “I know that after thunder comes rain.”

(iii) Socrates joined with them in their laughther.

(iv) Suddenly she poured much water over him.

(v) Socrates went outside.

(vi) He quietly remarked, “I am expecting this.”

(vii) Socrates believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a human being.

(viii) He sat on the doorstep of his residence looking out on the path street.

(ix) She began to insult the great scholar of Greece.

(x) She went upto him with a bucket full of water.

(xi) He had a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.

(xii) The passers-by in the street were much amused at the incident.

(xiii) The wife found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word.

(xiv) She tried her utmost to irritate Socrates.

72. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Sometimes it was difficult to satisfy him with water.

(ii) His father got angry for this kind of activity.

(iii) People soon got tired when they talked to him.

(iv) Because he always asked, “Why, Why, Why?”

(v) He was born in a village of Milan in the United States of America on the 11th of February,1847.

(vi) The boy often undertook some risky adventures.

(vii) He was Thomas Ala Edison.

(viii) He was very inquisitive about things around him.

(ix) But at the same time he was proud of the young boy.

(x) But there was only one person who did never feel annoyed with the boy.

(xi) For example, once the boy set his father’s barn on fire only to see how it could burn.

(xii) Do you know who this boy was?

(xiii) And that person was his loving mother.

(xiv) A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in a village.

73. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He was quiet happy in Brighton.

(ii) He described London as a dimal city, smoky, foggy and wet.

(iii) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarda Devi Tagore.

(iv) Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Dr. and Mrs Scott.

(v) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.

(vi) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.

(vii) He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Gladstone and John Bright’s debates on Irish Home rule.

(viii) He returned home without any qualification of distinction.

(ix) He joined the brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.

(x) At the age of seventeen,in 1878,he arrived in London.

(xi) Young Tagore joined London University,where he attended Henry Morley’s lectures on English literature.

(xii) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.

(xiii) But the girls’ parents in fact treated him like a son.

(xiv) Their two daughters were taken aback with the presence of a blackie in the house.

74. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He was glad to have a meal.

(ii) He told his wife about a poor helpless Beduin woman.

(iii) The Caliph offered her food which they had brought with them.

(iv) On hearing the fact,his wife expressed her eagerness to set out immediately for helping her fellow woman.

(v) She heard that the Caliph Omar (R) was a harsh man.

(vi) After a while they reached the house of the Beduin Woman.

(vii) His wife was still waiting for her husband.

(viii) It was past midnight when the Caliph returned home.

(ix) When they went,they took with them some food.

(x) Then they entered into a conversation on life and teachings of the prophet (Sm)

(xi) She expressed her feelings towards them.

(xii) The Beduin restlessly walked up and down.

(xiii) Now she bowed low in gratitude to the Caliph.

(xiv) Later on she learnt that the visitor was the caliph.

75. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Alexander,the king of Macedon,crossed the Khayber pass and reached India.

(ii) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab.

(iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

(iv) There ruled a king called Porus.

(v) But unfortunately he was defeated in a battle.

(vi) “Like a king,” was the reply of Porus.

(vii) He was brought before Alexander.

(viii) He wanted to attack the land of Porus.

(ix) He showed his boldness before Alexander.

(x) He also made him king of another province in the Punjab.

(xi) Then he was taken to prisoner.

(xii) Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

(xiii) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

(xiv) Alexanader asked him how he would like to be treated.

76. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He struggled hard and at last was able to come out of the trap minus his tail.

(ii) As the foxes assembled for the meeting he should to them, “Dear friends! I’ve made a great discovery.”

(iii) There lived a very clever fox in a jungle.

(iv) “So I advise all of you to do away with your tails,”he concluded. “You’ll look far better without them, I’m sure.Look! I’ve already cut off mine”.he tried to convince the others.

(v) The listerners were very confused and were trying to assess the situation.

(vi) The fox was very sad as he thought he looked strange and foolish without his tail.

(vii) “You didn’t cut your tail, “said he, pointing at the speaker, “May be you’ve lost it in some way or other, and now you want the others to lose their tails.”

(viii) So, friend? What’s the use of carrying such a heavy load of a tail all the time?”he asked.

(ix) ‘After a long research I’ve found that we don’t need our tails.” said he.

(x) He called a meeting of all the resident foxes of the jungle.

(xi) He became envious of the other foxes who obviously looked some handsome, and made a plan to have their tails cut.

(xii) But an old fox saw through the evil scheme of the fox without a tail.

(xiii) One day while walking through the jungle he fell into a trap.

(xiv) “They make you look ugly and dirty but they are of little use, “added he.

77. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The hare was always proud of his speed.

(ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.

(iii) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.

(iv) The hare ran very swiftly.

(v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.

(vi) They got ready.

(vii) The hare always teased the torotoise.

(viii) Covering much,the hare took rest.

(ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.

(x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.

(xi) He decided to take rest for sometimes.

(xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.

(xiii) As the fox waved the flag,the two started running.

(xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.

78. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The food was very hot.

(ii) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.

(iii) It was situated far away from the capital.

(iv) When the news reached the prince,he came with a large army.

(v) The area was surrounded on all sides.

(vi) Taimur’s soldiers were all killed,but Taimur escaped with great difficulty.

(vii) He disguished himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.

(viii) Taimur was so hungry that he did not wait.

(ix) He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish.

(x) Young Taimur once attacked a province of a powerful prince.

(xi) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.

(xii) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.

(xiii) As a result he burnt his fingers.

(xiv) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.

79. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He could not think where to keep the money.

(ii) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.

(iii) He gradually realized that he had money,but no peace of mind.

(iv) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(v) So,he could not devote himself to his work.

(vi) He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money.

(vii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.

(viii) He said to him, “Look,my friend! I have brought one thousands rupees for you.”

(ix) The farmer was surprised .

(x) The rich man went to the farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(xi) He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.

(xii) He took the bag of money from the richman and thanked him.

(xiii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

(xiv)  “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

80. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) As he was leaving the jar in despair,he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(ii) But it had no effect.

(iii) At last he found a jar in a garden.

(iv) But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi) He took some pebbles.

(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii) Then he flew away.

(ix) Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.

(x) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.

(xi) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank his fill.

(xii) As each pebble went down,the water in the jar rose up little by little.

(xiii) The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiv) There was some water in the jar.

81. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)  “Alas!” she cried, “Why should I always have to stay in the kitchen while my sisters dress in silk and satin?”

(ii)  She had to work very hard in the kitchen.

(iii) Her mother was dead.

(iv) Once upon a time there lived a maiden named Cinderella.

(v) She had two elder sisters.

(vi) That is why,she was called Cindrella.

(vii) Her sisters were unkind to Cindrella.

(viii) The two sisters rode away in their fine silk dress.

(ix) They made her stay among the pots and Kettles and do all the hard work about the house.

(x) One day the sisters came dancing into the house.

(xi) Sometimes, to keep warm,she crept among the cinders.

(xii) Poor Cindrella who had to stay behind,looked at her old ragged clothes and burst into tears “We have been invited to the king’s ball,” they cried.

(xiii) “We have been invited to the king’s ball,”they cried.

(xiv) At length the day of the great ball came.

82. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The guests praised the king.

(ii) This made the king very happy.

(iii) But he was very hospitable.

(iv) People loved him.

(v) The king ordered the man to kill Hatem Tai and bring his head.

(vi) So the king wanted to kill him.

(vii) There lived a very kind man in Yeman.

(viii) The king felt happy and proud.

(ix) One the following day he sent one of his men to Hatem Tai.

(x) The name of that kind man was Hatem Tai.

(xi) One day the king gave a dinner.

(xii) He was not rich.

(xiii) They praised him more than their king.

(xiv) The guests also praised Hatem Tai.

83. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He did not like the hard and fast rules of Schools.

(ii) He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1974.

(iii) He was an artist.

(iv) So,he drew pictures secretly.

(v) Do you know Joynul Abedin?

(vi) His father Tamj Uddin was a police officer.

(vii) He was awarded gold medal in All India Art Exhibition.

(viii) His name and fame spread all over the world.

(x) At the age of fifteen,he went to Kolkata.

(xi) He breathed his last on May28,1976.

(xii) At the age of nineteen he got himself admitted into Kolkata govt. Art College.

(xiii) He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1993.

(xiv) He was in search of an art school there.

84. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) An English boy was making a small boat.

(ii) “My country is on the other side of the sea.

(iii) “I did not see my mother for a good time.”

(iv) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero.

(v) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.

(vi) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.

(vii) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.

(viii) “Let me go to my country.

(ix) One day he was walking along the sea-shore.

(x) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.

(xi) The boy was brought before him.

(xii) “I shall go to my country to send him to his country.

(xiii) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.

(xiv) The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea.”

85. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The lion was relieved of his pain.

(ii) To escape torture,one day he fled from his master’s house.

(iii) It was unbearable for him.

(iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.

(v) He used to infict heavy torture on him.

(vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.

(vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.

(viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.

(ix) A lion lived in a cave.

(x) He came near the lion.

(xi) He took shelter in a cave.

(xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.

(xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.

(xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

86. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.

(ii) He was an engineer.

(iii) The ‘Nobel Prize’ has been being given since 1901.

(iv) In1850 Alfred joined his father’s company.

(v) This award was named after Alfred Nobel.

(vi) Dr Alfred was born on 21st October,1883 at Stockholm, Sweden.

 (vii) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.

(viii) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work.

 (ix) His father Emanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher.

 (x) After some years Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.

(xi) The prize is given every year.

(xii) So it was called the ‘Nobel Prize.”

(xiii) The award was also given for setting up peace in the world.

(xiv)The prize has immortalized his name.

87. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The lion laughed and said, “O you! Are you suitable to help me?”

 (ii) The lion said, “You are small in size but wonderful.”

(iii) While going outside the net,the lion said, “It is a lesson for me.”

 (iv) In fact,the strong or mighty sometimes are also dependent on the weak one.

 (v) “Many thanks to you.You have saved my life,”said the lion.

(vi) From then the lion was kindhearted to the tiny creatures.

 (vii) The mouse was proud of saving the lion.

(viii) The lion caught it and it began to tremble with fear.

(ix) A lion was sleeping in a cave.

(x) Listening this,the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap.

 (xi) At that time,a mouse fell upon its body playing.

(xii) After sometime,the lion fell into a trap and he was crying “Save me,please,save me,please.”

(xiii) The mouse cut the net into pieces and thereby he was saved.

 (xiv) The mouse said,“Let me go,sooner or later, I may help you.”.

88. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Ayesha Begum and her husband had nothing to support themselves.

 (ii) Her husband was a landless farmer.

(iii) He used to work on other people’s land.

(iv) Finally Ayesha Begum began to beg from door to door.

(v) They started to work with their father in their village.

(vi) Their sons grew up.

(vii) In the town they began to earn well.

(viii) At first they used to send money to their parents.

(ix) But after getting married they could not send money to them.

(x) Ayesha Begum had three sons and two daughthers.

(xi) So they had to pass their days through much hardship.

(xii) They became very weak and feeble for want of food.

(xiii) She did so to manage food for herself and her husband.

(xiv) One day they came to the town to earn more money.

89. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He saw Fazlul Huq was reading his lessons and tearing off the pages of his book one after another.

(ii) “So, I do not need them at all,” said he.

(iii) He thought his son would one day be a great man in the subcontinent.

(iv) “I am not playing.I have already gone through these pages.”

(v) He was greatly charmed at the wonderful memory of his son.

(vi) The great leader of our country whom we love and admire is Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Huq.

(vii) He at once entered the room and said, “O my boy,don’t play with your book.”

(viii) From his boyhood,he was a very meritorious boy.

(ix) His father Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barisal Bar.

(x) His father wanted to test him.

(xi) He asked him to quote some lines from such and such pages of his book.

(xii) Fazlul Huq quoted the pieces from memory word for word.

(xiii) His father was passing by.

(xiv) One day the boy Fazlul Huq was reading in his study.

90. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) It continued for a full week.

(ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.

(iii) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.

(iv) Last year he started her garden early.

(v) Mina loves gardening.

(vi) All her seeds washed away.

(vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.

(viii) Then the sun finally came out.

(ix) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.

(x) People may have different hobbies.

(xi) Some may have strange habits.

(xii) It revealves the taste of a person.

(xiii) It refreshes us.

(xiv) It gives us new ideas too.

91. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) As he came near,the man said that he wanted some financial help.

(ii) Hojja immediately replied, “Why have you made me climb all the way downstairs to ask for money instead of shouting from below?

(iii) Hojja was quite curious.

(iv) Hojja decided to teach him a good lesson.

(v) Sudenly he saw someone calling from below.

(vi) At this Hojja became furious.

(vii) He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.

(viii) One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-story house.

(ix) Being greatly annoyed,the man asked why Hojja had made him climb up the stairs only to say that he had no money.

(x) The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.

(xi) When they both got to the roof top,Hojja said to the man, “Sorry,I have no money.”

(xii) He thought that the man had something important to say.

(xiii) Therefore,he told the man to climb up the stairs with him.

(xiv) So he climbed from the roof down the stairs.

92. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Desdemona was fascinated by his stories and especially by the story of his life.

(ii) Othello was a brave soldier who had risen to become a general.

(iii) He told them of deserts,caves and mountains high enough to touch the sky.

(iv) Brabantio,a rich senator of Venice,had only one child, a daughter named Desdemona.

(v) Her pity soon turned to love and she confessed to Othello that she loved him.

(vi) She refused them all because she loved Othello, a noble Moor from North Africa.

(vii) He had shown his bravery in many bloody battles against the Turks.

(viii) She pitted Othello for the misfortunes and hardships of his life.

(ix) She was so beautiful that many young men of the best families wished to marry her.

(x) Everyone praised him and the snate trusted and honoured him.

(xi) He also told them of men who ate human flesh and strange race of people whose heads were under their shoulders.

(xii) Brabantio often invited Othelo to his house where he and his daughter listended in wonder to Othello as he spoke about his adventured.

(xiii) Hearing it,she had to weep and she never became tired of listening to it.

93. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The perseverarance and tenacity of the spider inspired Bruce very much.

(ii) One day he sat in a lonely hall,brooding over his sad lot.

(iii) This happened six times.

(iv) Swearing to do or die,he fought the English for the seventh time.

(v) But the spider did not give up the struggle.

(vi) This time he was successful in driving the English from his kingdom.

(vii) He was also an ardent patriot and a gallant soldier.

(viii) Suddenly a spider caught his view.

(ix) But he once lost his kingdom to England in a battle with the British forces.

(x) It was trying to reach the ceiling.

(xi) He fought with the English for his country for a long time,but he failed.

(xii) But each time it tried,it dropped again.

(xiii) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.

(xiv) It tried again and again and at last reached its goal.

94. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He is rebel poet and our national poet.

(ii) Very often he used to flee away from school.

(iii) He lost his father in his boyhood.

(iv) So,he drew the attention of the public.

(v) He was called Dukhu Mia for his sorrow.

(vi) Nazrul Islam was born on the 20th May,1899 in Burdwan.

(vii) He was fond of adventures,music and jatra party.

(viii) As a result his mother fell in great financial problem.

(ix) He did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.

(x) He spent his early life in great hardship.

(xi) He spent his early life in great hardship.

(xii) One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.

(xiii) He could sing,dance and compose verses even in his boyhood.

(xiv) As a boy Nazrul was restless and absent minded.

95. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) They set it on fire.

(ii) Seeing the armed forces taking position,Dr Zoha came forward.

(iii) Finally, Dr Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning.

(iv) Later,he was bayonet charged too.

(v) Meanwhile, the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene.

(vi) The teacher saw this.

(vii) The armed forces saw the situation.

(viii) They started to take up position against the students.

(ix) Then he declared that their bullets would pierce his heart first.

(x) He requested the armed forces not to open fire on the students.     

(xi) But they didn’t pay any heed to him.

(xii) So,they requested the guards on duty to open the gate.

(xiii) The situation went beyond control.

(xiv) The agitated students of Rajshahi University started to jump over the locked gate and to scale the wall.

96. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14
i) He was quite happy in Brighton.
ii) He described London as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.
iii) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarda Devi Tagore.
iv) Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Dr. and Mrs. Scott.
v) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.
vi) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.
vii) He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Goldstone and John Bright’s debates on Irosh Home Rule.
viii) He returned home without any qualifications of distinction.
ix) He joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.
x) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he arrived in London.
xi) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended Henry Morley’s lectures on English literature.
xii) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the West.
xiii) But the girl’s parents in fact treated him like a son.
xiv) Their two daughters were taken a back with the presence of a ‘blackie’ in the house.Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-3
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97. The following sentences on “Abdul Quader” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He was born in Jilan in Iraq.
(ii) She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things.
(iii) Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam.
(iv) His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there.
(v) His father died even before his birth.
(vi) The boy left for Baghdad with merchants but on their way robbers fell upon them and looted their money.
(vii) Then the roads were unsafe; often gangs of robbers fell upon the travellers.
(viii) One of the robbers said the small boy might have something with him.
(ix) At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie.
(x) The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.”
(xi) The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.”
(xii) Boy Abdul Quader spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewed in my shirt.”
(xiii) The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up robbery.
(xiv) The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.

98. The following sentences on “Einstein” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) They looked for him here and there for sometime.
(ii) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
(iii) So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by tram.
(iv) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a smile.
(v) But unfortunately they failed to find him out.
(vi) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his ways of life.
(vii) He travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.
(viii) “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,” said Einstein.
(ix) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.
(x) Einstein however walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.
(xi) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.
(xii) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.
(xiii) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.
(xiv) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein.”

99. The following sentences on “Rabindranath” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He was quite happy in Brighton.
(ii) He described as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.
(iii) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.
(iv) Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
(v) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.
(vi) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.
(vii) He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Gladstone Debates on Irish Home Rule.
(viii) He returned home without any qualifications of distinction.
(ix) He joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.
(x) At the age of seventeen in 1878, he arrived in London.
(xi) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended H. Morley’s lectures on English literature.
(xii) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.
(xiii) But the girls’ parents in fact treated him like a son.
(xiv) Their two daughters were taken aback with the presence of a ‘blackie’ in the house.

100. The following sentences on “Hare & Tortoise” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The hare was always proud of his speed.

(ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.
(iii) One day he challenged tortoise to defeat in a race.

(iv) The hare ran very swiftly.
(v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.

(vi) They got ready.
(vii) The hare always teased the tortoise.

(viii) Covering much, the hare took rest.
(ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.

(x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.
(xi) He decided to take rest for sometime.

(xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.
(xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running.

(xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.
101. The following sentences on “Spider & Bruce” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
(ii) But it did not give up hope.
(iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
(iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
(v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
(vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
(vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
(viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
(ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
(x) He had to flee from his kingdom for his life.
(xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
(xii) And he took shelter in a remote cave.
(xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
(xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.

102. The following sentences on “Androcles” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The lion was relieved of his pain.
(ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.
(iii) It was unbearable for him.
(iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
(vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.
(vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave …..merchant.
(viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(ix) A lion lived in a cave.
(x) He came near the lion.
(xi) He took shelter in the cave.
(xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
(xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.
(xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

103. The following sentences on “Gardening” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) It continued for a full week.
(ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.
(iii) It gives us new ideas too.
(iv) Last year she started her garden early.
(v) Mina loves gardening.
(vi) All her seeds washed away.
(vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.
(viii) Then the sun finally came out.
(ix) It refreshes us.
(x) People may have different hobbies.
(xi) Some may have strange habits.
(xii) It reveals the taste of a person.
(xiii) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.
(xiv) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.

104. The following sentences on “Newton” are jumbled. Re-write them in proper order and make a continuous story.
(i) Newton opened the door of the room.
(ii) Just when the papers had been completely burnt.
(iii) He saw that the fruits of his twenty years’ labours had been turned into a heap of ashes.
(iv) Sir Isaac Newton was a great scientist.
(v) The papers at once caught fire.
(vi) He had a little dog named Diamond.
(vii) There stood Diamond, the cause of this mischief.
(viii) On the table lay a heap of papers on which he had put down the findings of his research for twenty years.
(ix) Almost any other man would have killed the dog on the spur of the moment.
(x) One day he went out of his room leaving his little dog asleep before the fire.
(xi) But Newton patted him on the head with kindness although his heart was full of grief.
(xii) For twenty years he was at hard work, studying a most difficult subject.
(xiii) Then he patiently set to work again.
(xiv) When his master left the room, little Diamond woke up, jumped on the table and overturned the kindled candle.
105. The following sentences on “Englishman & Bangalee” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a story.
(i) He understood it all.
(ii) Next morning the Englishman could not find his coat and shouted, “Where’s my coat gone?”
(iii) The Englishman then went to sleep.
(iv) Once an Englishman and a Bangalee gentleman were travelling by the same train.
(v) They were in the same compartment.
(vi) He was an Englishman.
(vii) He looked down upon the Bangalee gentleman who, however, took no notice of it and went to sleep in peace.
(viii) The Englishman picked up the gentleman’s shoes and threw them outside through the window.
(ix) “Your coat has gone to fetch my shoes,” said the gentleman gravely.
(x) After a while the Bangalee gentleman woke up.
(xi) He looked for his shoes but could not find them.
(xii) One of them was very proud of himself.
(xiii) Then he took the Englishman’s long coat on the wall and threw it outside through the window and went to sleep again.
(xiv) Soon the Bangalee gentleman felt fast asleep.

106. The following sentences on “English Soldier” are jumbled. Re-write them in order and make a continuous story.
(i) He was confined in prison for several years.
(ii) In a war with France an English soldier became a prisoner.
(iii) He bought all the cages of birds.
(iv) He was set free.
(v) He opened all the cages one after another.
(vi) He came out and felt very happy.
(vii) I have, therefore, spent a little money to set them free.
(viii) So I can fully realise the miserable condition of the birds.
(ix) One day he visited a bird shop.
(x) He set all the birds free.
(xi) In time the war came to an end.
(xii) He said to him, “Why have you spent so much money for nothing?”
(xiii) The man said, “When I was a prisoner of war, I always longed to be free and see my near and dear ones.”
(xiv) The bird-seller was surprised to see the strange act of the man.

107. The following sentences on “Detecting Thief” are jumbled. Re-write them in order and make a continuous story.
(i) He thought that the purse had been stolen by someone of his servants.
(ii) One day a rich man lost his purse.
(iii) The servant who stole the purse reduced the length of his stick by an inch.
(iv) He made a complaint before the judge.
(v) All of them denied the charge.
(vi) The judge also told that the stick of the thief would increase in an inch.
(vii) He gave all of them the sticks of equal length and asked them to submit the sticks on the following day.
(viii) The judge summoned all the servants.
(ix) All the servants went home and kept their sticks as it was.
(x) He could not detect the actual thief.
(xi) One stick was found shorter by an inch.
(xii) Next day all the servants submitted their sticks to the judge.
(xiii) The thief was easily detected and sent to jail thereby.
(xiv) The judge then hit upon a plan to detect the thief.

108. The following sentences on “Rich Lady & Doctor” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a story.
(i) The old lady regained her normal eyesight.
(ii) A rich lady was suffering from bad eyesight.
(iii) She understood that it was the act of the dishonest doctor.
(iv) After six months the lady was fully cured of her disease.
(v) The doctor was a dishonest man.
(vi) She engaged a doctor to cure her and promised to give a handsome reward to the doctor if he could do the same.
(vii) He stole them from her room day by day.
(viii) The doctor demanded his reward.
(ix) The doctor felt tempted by the costly things in the room of his patient.
(x) The lady, who had been really cured, saw that her valuable articles had been stolen.
(xi) The doctor came every day to the house of …..his patient to treat her very carefully.
(xii) This proves that I am still almost blind.
(xiii) So she said, “Doctor, before I became blind, I could see my well-furnished room, but now I can see none of them.”
(xiv) So I cannot pay you the promised reward.
109. The following sentences on “Regain Kingdom” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a continuous story.

(i) For irony of fate he was defeated each time.
(ii) There was a king who lost his kingdom.
(iii) The king regained his lost kingdom.
(iv) The king was inspired by this.
(v) He collected troops.
(vi) He saw a spider trying to climb up the roof of the cave.
(vii) One day he was lying in the cave in a pensive mood.
(viii) He was defeated by his enemies.
(ix) This time he became successful.
(x) The spider failed six times and succeeded in the seventh time.
(xi) He wished to regain his lost kingdom at any means.
(xii) He then hid himself in a cave.
(xiii) He made six attempts one after another to drive away the enemies.
(xiv) He fought against the enemies for the seventh time.

110. The following sentences on “Magician & Tailor” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a story.
(i) “I pity you, my friend,” said the magician, “but things are not so bad with me.”
(ii) “You are very lucky,” said the tailor.
(iii) The tailor still lived by his honest means, as people could not go without clothing.
(iv) Time passed and a bad year of famine did really come and people suffered horribly.
(v) If one magician’s trick fails, he has a hundred tricks more to help him.
(vi) Besides the magician with his hundred tricks could find no customer.
(vii) If tailor’s trade fails, he is undone.
(viii) At last in extreme misery the magician came one day to the poor tailor and said, “Friend, my pride has humbled.”
(ix) The magician moved about promising to eat fire or to vomit pins but still none cared for him.
(x) “Give me something to eat if you can, I am starving.”
(xi) “Don’t envy,” replied the magician. “If a bad time should ever come to you, just tell me and I’ll help you.”
(xii) The tailor talked of his poverty and said, “I know only one trade.”
(xiii) Once a tailor and a magician met together and talked on various topics.
(xiv) People cut down their unnecessary expenditure.

111. The following sentences on “Two Beggars” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Nobody gave anything to either of them.
(ii) He put round his neck a plate with the word ‘dumb’ written on it.
(iii) The other beggar shouted at the top of his voice all the day but earned a little.
(iv) The beggar is not dumb at all.
(v) Next day when the ‘dumb’ beggar sat for begging his rival beggar warned all the passers-by, “Beware of the cheat”
(vi) He thus attracted greater attention of people and earned more money than the second beggar.
(vii) People greatly enjoyed the fun.
(viii) One day a beggar hit upon a new trick.
(ix) He shouted, “Gentlemen, do not believe that liar.”
(x) At the close of the day, the first beggar could bear this no longer.
(xi) “I have been dumb all my life.”
(xii) They compared their earnings each day and abused each other.
(xiii) Once two rival beggars lived in a big city.
(xiv) He felt jealous of this and wanted to teach the first beggar a good lesson.

112. The following sentences on “Shopkeeper & Customer” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a story.
(i) The customer asked him why he had given such underweight.
(ii) The clever customer remained silent for a while.
(iii) Thus the dishonest shopkeeper was paid back in his own coin.
(iv) “I have given you underweight so that you’ll have to carry less load.”
(v) The shopkeeper replied, “Brother, why are you so angry?”
(vi) The shopkeeper gave him underweight as usual.
(vii) He then paid him less than his dues.
(viii) In a market there was a dishonest shopkeeper.
(ix) The shopkeeper asked, “Why have you paid me less?”
(x) One day a clever customer was determined to pay back in his own coin.
(xi) That you may have to count less.
(xii) He used to give underweight to every customer.
(xiii) He went to the shop and wanted one kilo of rice.
(xiv) The customer replied, “I have paid you less so.”
113. The following sentences on “A Farmer & Three Sons” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) This time the sons could break it very easily.
(ii) He tried to bring them to their senses but failed.
(iii) He called all his sons and asked them to bring a bundle of sticks.
(iv) Similarly he asked his two other sons one after another, but no one succeeded.
(v) The eldest son tried hard but failed.
(vi) At last he thought of a plan.
(vii) The farmer then asked them to untie the bundle and break the sticks one by one.
(viii) A farmer had three sons.
(ix) The incident made the farmer unhappy.
(x) “But none of you could break the bundle of sticks. Why couldn’t you do it?”
(xi) Then the farmer said to them. “You see, my sons, each of you broke one stick easily.”
(xii) The eldest son replied, “In the bundle the sticks were together and so we couldn’t break them.”
(xiii) When the bundle was brought, he asked the eldest son to break it.
(xiv) The sons always quarrelled.

114. The following sentences on “A Farmer & Two Sons” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The sons were very lazy.
(ii) They did never do any work.
(iii) He thought and thought and on his deathbed hit upon a plan.
(iv) “My sons, go to the field.”
(v) “Dig the field and you’ll find it.”
(vi) They worked very hard and dug up all the …

(vii) They said to themselves, “Why should we leave the field all dug up?”
(viii) A farmer had two sons.
(ix) The farmer did not know how to make them work.
(x) He called his sons to his bedside.
(xi) I have laid a hidden treasure there.
(xii) The boys ran to the field at once.
(xiii) We may plant some corn here.
(xiv) But they found no treasure anywhere.

115. The following sentences on “Fox & Grapes” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) There he found ripe grapes.
(ii) He went into vineyards.
(iii) But they were too high for him to reach.
(iv) He then jumped to catch the nearest bunch of grapes.
(v) At last the fox was tired.
(vi) Again and again the fox jumped.
(vii) But the fox missed.
(viii) A fox became hungry and thirsty too.
(ix) The grapes were hanging from vines.
(x) The fox stopped its attempt.
(xi) He took a run to force himself.
(xii) But the fox missed the juicy grapes.
(xiii) “I know, grapes are sour.”
(xiv) The fox said, “Well, I never really wanted to have grapes.”

116. The following sentences on “Mice in a House” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He said, “I have a good plan for your consideration.”
(ii) But an old mouse stood up and said, “No doubt, the idea is good. But pray, who is to bell the cat?”
(iii) They we’re doing a lot of mischief there.
(iv) They could not move freely as before.
(v) The master of the house was very much annoyed and made a plan to get rid of it.
(vi) They held a meeting to discuss the matter and find a way to come out of this danger.
(vii) Several proposals were made, but none of the proposals was good.
(viii) “Then we shall hear him coming and hide ourselves in time.”
(ix) At this all remained silent, as there was none to bell the cat.
(x) All the mice thanked the young mouse for his plan.
(xi) At last a young mouse rose to speak.
(xii) Let us tie a bell round the cat’s neck.
(xiii) In a big house there lived a large number of mice.
(xiv) He brought a cat to kill the mice that put the mice in a great difficulty.
117. The following sentences on “The Greedy Dog” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Suddenly he looked down and saw his own shadow in the water of the stream.
(ii) He thought of having that piece too.
(iii) He thought that it was another dog.
(iv) On the way he had to cross a bridge across a small stream.
(v) The piece was taken away by the current of the stream.
(vi) One day a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher’s shop of the market.
(vii) So he jumped his own shadow out of foolishness with a loud bark.
(viii) He had another piece of meat in his mouth.
(ix) He opened his mouth.
(x) He ran away with it.
(xi) Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat as well as the one he wanted to snatch.
(xii) He was running along the bridge.
(xiii) He was easily tempted to see another piece of meat.
(xiv) The piece of meat dropped off from his mouth.

118. The following sentences on “Monkey & Two Cats” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The two cats stole a piece of cake.
(ii) They could not decide to divide the cake between themselves.
(iii) At last they came to a monkey.
(iv) The clever monkey took the opportunity.
(v) So he began to weigh the cake.
(vi) Each time he put the unequal portions on the scale.
(vii) Thus he ate up the entire cake.
(viii) Once two cats lived in a house.
(ix) They began to quarrel over the share.
(x) The two cats asked the monkey to make two equal divisions of the cake.
(xi) The monkey deprived them of the thing.
(xii) The monkey broke the cake into two parts.
(xiii) The two cats were befooled by the monkey and went away.
(xiv) The monkey bit a part of it to make them equal.

119. The following sentences on “A Man & His Goose” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The lady was too much greedy.
(ii) So she asked the man to do so.
(iii) It was not a usual one.
(iv) Each egg brought the man quite a fair amount of money.
(v) Why should we not receive all the eggs at a time?
(vi) The man’s wife was not satisfied with this.
(vii) A man had a goose.
(viii) It laid one golden egg every morning.
(ix) But the man did not agree with her.
(x) The goose died at once.
(xi) She thought, “The goose has quite a number of golden eggs in its womb.”
(xii) Thus the foolish woman lost the goose as well as the prospect of golden eggs.
(xiii) One day when the man was out of his house, his greedy wife brought a sharp knife and cut open the belly of the goose.
(xiv) The man soon became rich.

120. The following sentences on “Fox & Goat” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) After a while a goat came there for a drink.
(ii) “What are you doing there at the bottom of the well?” asked the goat.
(iii) “If you want a taste of it yourself.”
(iv) As the goat peeped into it and saw the fox inside the well.
(v) Please jump into it.
(vi) He invited the goat and said, “My friend, this well is famous for its sweet water.”
(vii) Without a moment’s thought the foolish goat jumped into the well.
(viii) Before leaving the place he looked back into the well and said, “Foolish goat, look before you leap.”
(ix) Once a thirsty fox happened to fall into a well.
(x) The fox at once leaped on the goat’s back, then onto his long horns and got out of the well.
(xi) He tried his best to get out of it but in vain.
(xii) The cunning fox was glad to see the goat.
(xiii) At once he made a plan.
(xiv) I have jumped into it and I’m drinking to my heart’s content.

121. The following sentences on “Bear & Two Friends” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The two friends were very much frightened.
(ii) Suddenly they saw a bear coming towards them.
(iii) Once two friends were passing through a forest.
(iv) But they promised to stand by each other in danger.
(v) The forest was very dense and full of ferocious animals.
(vi) One of them knew how to climb a tree.
(vii) “Did it say anything to you?”
(viii) He at once climbed a tree and hid himself.
(ix) The bear came up to him and smelt him.
(x) The friend replied, “Yes, the bear told me not to trust a friend who left me in my danger to seek his own safety.”
(xi) Taking him to be a dead, the bear left the place.
(xii) When the bear was gone the man in the tree came down and said, “Thank God that you are saved.”
(xiii) The other one, finding no way, fell flat on the ground and held his breath, pretending to be dead.
(xiv) But friend, I saw the bear put its mouth very close to your ear.

122. The following sentences on “Wolf & Lamb” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) And it makes no difference whether it was you or your father.
(ii) So he began to pick a quarrel with the lamb.
(iii) The lamb began to tremble out of fear.
(iv) So saying the wolf sprang upon the poor lamb and ate him up.
(v) He shouted, “You rogue, how dare you make the water dirty for me?”
(vi) He said, “Excuse me, sir, how can I make the water dirty for you?”
(vii) “You are drinking upstream and I am drinking down.”
(viii) The wolf could say nothing to that but shouted, “Oh, I remember, you called me bad names last year about this time.”
(ix) But the wolf paid no heed to his reply.
(x) One day a wolf came to a stream for a drink and saw a pretty lamb drinking in the same stream.
(xi) He growled angrily, “Then it must have been your father.”
(xii) “I was not even born then.”
(xiii) The wolf thought of killing the lamb and eating its flesh.
(xiv) How can that be, sir?” said the lamb meekly.

123. The following sentences on “Caliph & His Courtiers” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He replied, “My lord, to me, you are the most precious pearl, ——- I stay to guard you.”
(ii) All the slaves but this one went for the pearls.
(iii) The Caliph answered, “Listen then to the story why I love him so dearly.”
(iv) The courtiers said with one voice, “Oh, lord, truly the man deserves your special favour.”
(v) “Once, as I was going through a town, a casket containing valuable pearls fell down from the back of a camel in train.”
(vi) The Caliph of Baghdad had a slave.
(vii) As a result, the pearls were scattered about.
(viii) He was very ugly to look at.
(ix) “Everyone will get what he picks.”
(x) One day the courtiers asked the Caliph, “Oh, lord, how is it that you love this ugly slave more than all others?”
(xi) I asked him why he did not go.
(xii) I told my slaves, “Go and have them.”
(xiii) The lid of the casket was broken.
(xiv) Yet the Caliph loved him very dearly.

124. The following sentences on “Dog & Donkey” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) After they had travelled for some time, they felt hungry.
(ii) A dog and a donkey were carrying a basket of bread.
(iii) The dog begged for a piece of bread from the donkey’s back.
(iv) The donkey began to eat the grass that grew by the roadside.
(v) They were going together on a long journey.
(vi) The dog could not eat grass.
(vii) But the donkey would not grant the request.
(viii) The donkey begged the dog to stand by.
(ix) Shortly after a wolf was seen coming towards them.
(x) The dog said that those who eat alone must also fight alone.
(xi) The donkey was trembling out of fear.
(xii) And the dog left the ass to be eaten up by the wolf.
(xiii) But the dog would not.
(xiv) Saying these words he went away.
125. The following sentences on “Shoemaker & Monkey” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The shoemaker left the razor lying open.
(ii) The monkey lived on a tree near his shop.
(iii) The monkey was lying with its throat cut.
(iv) It would watch the shoemaker at work.
(v) The tools were damaged in this way.
(vi) He took a razor and pretended to draw it.
(vii) Then he left the shop.
(viii) The monkey worked with the tools like the shoemaker.
(ix) A shoemaker was once very much troubled.
(x) When he returned, he found the monkey lying dead in the shop.
(xi) When he went out, the monkey would come down and enter the shop.
(xii) At last an idea occurred to the shoemaker.
(xiii) He worked across his throat several times in full view of the monkey.
(xiv) He was tricked by a monkey.

126. The following sentences on “A Fox without Tail” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He kept away from other foxes for some time.
(ii) He said proudly, “Friends, I have brought you a good message.”
(iii) After many struggles he managed to get out.
(iv) A fox was once caught in a trap.
(v) But he escaped with the loss of his tail.
(vi) “You see, I have shed my tail.”
(vii) He was very much ashamed.
(viii) “So I advise you all to get rid of your tails.”
(ix) They should laugh at him.
(x) “Be light and free like me.”
(xi) And he resolved to meet the situation boldly.
(xii) This made his life unbearable.
(xiii) One day he went to an assembly of foxes.
(xiv) What a nuisance it was and what a great comfort its absence is!

127. The following sentences on “Abu & Angel” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous ……story.
(i) This however did not damp Abu’s spirits.
(ii) He saw a bright angel in the room, writing in a book of gold.
(iii) The angel said with a sweet smile that he was writing the names of those who loved God.
(iv) He is one of those who had won the love of God.
(v) The angel replied that it was not in the book.
(vi) He opened his eyes.
(vii) He requested the angel cheerily to put him down as one who loved his fellowman.
(viii) One night Abu Bin Adhem woke up from a happy dream.
(ix) The angel wrote and disappeared with the book.
(x) He asked the angel what he was writing.
(xi) The next night Abu was again awakened by dazzling light in the room.
(xii) He saw the same angel with a book in his hand.
(xiii) Abu enquired if his name was there.
(xiv) And he was glad beyond measure when the angel showed him that his name headed the list.

128. The following sentences on “Farmer & His Horse” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The farmer now realised his mistake.
(ii) But he did not consider that this was of any importance.
(iii) The poor animal soon broke its leg and fell down.
(iv) After he had gone some distance, the shoe came off.
(v) So the farmer went on.
(vi) A farmer saddled his horse to take his wares to market.
(vii) The farmer thought the horse would be able to finish the journey on three shoes.
(viii) But as he rode further on, the animal began to limp on the ground.
(ix) When about to start he noticed that one of the horse’s shoes was without nails.
(x) The farmer also lost his horse forever for neglecting to nail the shoe in time.
(xi) But there was no blacksmith nearby.
(xii) The wares were not broken only.
(xiii) He hoped that the horse would be able to carry him somehow to the marketplace.
(xiv) But alas! that was not to be.
129. The following sentences on “Farmer & Partridge” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He said to his son that they must come themselves the next day with their own labourers.
(ii) So, go to our neighbours.
(iii) In the nest she had her young ones just old enough to fly.
(iv) After seeing the wheat, the owner said to his son, “The crop is ripening.”
(v) “You request them to help us gather the harvest.”
(vi) So she left the field with her children that very day.
(vii) The mother bird told them that one who asked one’s friends for help.
(viii) The young partridges were very much frightened.
(ix) A partridge had a nest in a wheat-field.
(x) A few days later, the owner came again with his son.
(xi) Nobody came to reap the crop.
(xii) He found the crop over-ripen.
(xiii) One day the owner of the field came with his son to examine the crop.
(xiv) The partridge felt that the man meant business this time.

130. The following sentences on “Socrates” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The passers-by on the street felt very much amused at the incident.
(ii) This calmness and silence of the philosopher made the wife more furious.
(iii) After thunder came rain.
(iv) His wife, on the contrary, was of a violent temper and flew into passion on the slightest excuse.
(v) She began to abuse her husband in the strongest terms.
(vi) Socrates bore all this calmly and sat at the doorstep of his house.
(vii) Socrates was determined not to be put out.
(viii) He was looking out on the public street.
(ix) She took up a bucket of water and poured out its contents over her husband’s head.
(x) Socrates was a famous Greek philosopher.
(xi) Socrates joined with them in their laughter and merriment.
(xii) He was noted as much for his wisdom as for his calmness.
(xiii) One day she became more furious than ever.
(xiv) Then he remarked, “This was what was expected.”

131. The following sentences on “Banyan Tree & Travellers” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) Really, it is a pity that so big a tree should be so useless.
(ii) They rested under a big Banyan tree on the way.
(iii) The tree overheard the conversation.
(iv) Nor any fruit to please the taste.
(v) It said with a smile, “This is gratitude indeed!”
(vi) It is so big and has such thick foliage.
(vii) A few travellers were tired by a long walk in the sun.
(viii) And he remarked, “How strange this tree is!”
(ix) Yet it has no flower to please the eye or the smell.
(x) The Banyan tree is of no use whatsoever to man.
(xi) Another traveller said, “Why do you speak of flower and fruit only?”
(xii) Perhaps the cool shade in which you are resting and refreshing yourself now is nothing —-a mere illusion!
(xiii) As they talked among themselves, one of the men looked up at the branches overhead.
(xiv) The remark of the tree went home to the travellers and they hung down their heads in shame.

132. The following sentences on “A Young Farmer Girl” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) One day on her way to market she was with a can of milk on her head.
(ii) So lost was the girl in her dream that she actually gave a proud shake of her head to express her rejection.
(iii) The young men of the locality would gather round her.
(iv) All the milk spilled on the ground.
(v) The can on her head fell down at once.
(vi) She gave free play to her romantic ideas.
(vii) This would give her enough milk to make her rich.
(viii) She would then build a new house for herself.
(ix) Tears began to roll down her cheeks.
(x) Her dress too would be the envy of the neighbouring maids.
(xi) The girl got a rude awakening from her foolish dream.
(xii) Suing for her hand, she would reject them all as beneath her.
(xiii) A young farmer girl was of a romantic turn of mind, rather given to daydreams.
(xiv) She would accumulate the profit on the sale of her milk every day and buy more and more cows …..with it.
133. The following sentences on “A Cowboy & A Train” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The driver thought that this was a mere spark of a village urchin.
(ii) They thanked the boy heartily and reported the matter to the higher authorities.
(iii) And the boy thus grew up to be a good citizen of his country.
(iv) One morning a boy was tending cattle by the side of a railway line.
(v) The Railway Board thought the best reward they could offer the boy was to arrange for his free education in a school.
(vi) Suddenly he noticed that a small railway bridge had given way under the previous night’s heavy shower.
(vii) A simple cowboy as he was, at once realised the great danger that awaited the train and its passengers.
(viii) So the train continued to advance, whistling furiously to scare away the boy.
(ix) He ran up to the line, and standing on it began to wave his shirt as a warning to the driver.
(x) The driver was at last compelled to stop the train a little distance from the boy.
(xi) But the boy would not leave his post.
(xii) As the driver and the guard came down, the boy took them to the bridge.
(xiii) He also saw a passenger train in the distance, coming towards it at full speed.
(xiv) They then realised what a great danger they had escaped.

134. The following sentences on “Arun Barun & a Purse” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) “You wanted to enjoy the profit alone; the effect of the claim too you must face alone.”
(ii) Arun saw a bag lying on the road.
(iii) Arun refused to admit Barun’s claim; the bag had been picked up by him; so its contents belonged to him only.
(iv) The bag fell of from his horse’s back without his knowledge.
(v) Once Arun and Barun were travelling along a country road.
(vi) Finding the bag in Arun’s hand, he charged him with theft.
(vii) Arun was handed over to the police.
(viii) Arun pleaded that he was not a thief, —– the bag had been just found by him and his friend.
(ix) Just then there appeared the real owner of the bag in search of his treasurer.
(x) Barun remarked, “You just now claimed the bag for yourself only.”
(xi) So saying, Barun left the place.
(xii) “Why then dragged me now as a co-sharer?”
(xiii) Picking it up he found it contained valuable jewels. Being glad he exclaimed, “Well, Barun, just see what I have got!”
(xiv) Barun remarked that Arun should say, “We” instead of “I”.

135. The following sentences on “Wolf & Dog” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He was the pet of his master’s family, and was well fed and well cared.
(ii) One day a wolf chanced to meet a stout dog.
(iii) As to work, he had nothing to do except keeping watch at night.
(iv) As they fell into conversation, the dog spoke highly of the comforts of his life.
(v) The wolf complained that his own lot was quite different.
(vi) This is why he was so ravenous by nature.
(vii) Well, I no longer envy you.
(viii) Just then the wolf noticed a mark round the dog’s neck and enquired what it was.
(ix) So saying, the wolf went away.
(x) The wolf said, “So you are not free at all.”
(xi) “I prefer my freedom without food a thousand times to your well-fed and comfortable life of bondage.”
(xii) He was never sure of food and had sometimes to go without it for the whole day.
(xiii) The dog pitied him with a superior air.
(xiv) The dog replied that it was the mark of the chain in which he was kept.

136. The following sentences on “Electric Pumps” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) They kept the vehicles from sinking in the mud.
(ii) Electric pumps now do the work of windmills.
(iii) The smallest plodder was to be over 250 square kms big.
(iv) Then, slowly, the water was pumped out.
(v) At this point, the plodder was just a field of soft mud.
(vi) These tires made the tractors with huge balloon tires.
(vii) They were used to bring up rich soil.
(viii) These tires made the tractors as light as ballet dancers.
(ix) Anyone who tried to walk across it would sink to the waist.
(x) Then special ploughs dug 3 meters (10 feet) and more into the earth.
(xi) It took years to dry out the soil.
(xii) To build one, workers had to put up great dikes around parts of the bay.
(xiii) Once the plodders were dry, work began on the land.
(xiv) The Dutch used tractors with huge balloon tires.
137. The following sentences on “Abraham Lincoln” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth”.
ii) The place is called Gettysburg.
iii) He was the President of the United States of America.
iv) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
v) Have you ever heard the name of Abraham Lincoln?
vi) The last words of the speech are:
vii) On the 10th November 1863, a railway train was carrying him.
viii) It is one of the finest and the shortest speeches in the English language.
ix) On the envelop, written what he was going to say at the meeting.
x) The train was carrying him to a place.
xi) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
xii) In the train he was busy writing something.
xiii) In fact, the speeches on the envelop is now famous as “Gettysburg Address”
xiv) He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelop.

138. The following sentences on “Stephen Hawking” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) It established his reputation as a greatest scientist.
ii) It became famous.
iii) In it he explains cosmology for the general public.
iv) He wrote a book, “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bangs to the Present Times”.
v) He is famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe.
vi) He got his Ph.D. in Cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old.
vii) He got married in 1963.
viii) He is ……very skilled in Mathematics from an early age.
ix) He was also very skilled in theoretical Physics.
x) Thus he received the prestigious Albert Einstein Award.
xi) He had a brilliant result.
xii) So he was able to join Cambridge University as Lucas Ian Professor of Mathematics.
xiii) He is considered the greatest Physicist after Einstein.
xiv) Stephen Hawking was born in an educated family.

139. The following sentences on “George Washington” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) His family used to cultivate tobacco in their estates in Virginia.
ii) George Washington was the first President of the USA.
iii) When George Washington was twenty years old, he took over these estates and lived a comfortable life.
iv) In 1752 France and Britain started war.
v) Then George Washington left his estates and joined the English forces.
vi) He soon made a good name for himself as a brilliant officer.
vii) He was born in 1732 in Virginia.
viii) When England and France made peace he went to his home of Virginia to live happily.
ix) In 1775 some English troops were attacked and a war broke out.
x) Thirteen colonies joined into a Congress in 1774.
xi) In 1773 the unpleasant incident known as Boston Tea Party took place between the Americans and the British.
xii) Peace treaty was signed between America and Britain in 1783.
xiii) In 1776 the colonies formally declared themselves independent.
xiv) In 1789 Washington became the first President of the United States.

140. The following sentences on “Albert Einstein” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) At the age of twenty one, he graduated from the Federal Institute.
ii) He obtained his doctorate in 1905 AD.
iii) He was born of Jewish parents in Germany in 1879 AD.
iv) But he resigned the post of the University of Zurich.
v) It was in Zurich.
vi) At the request of a group of scientists, he wrote to the American President Roosevelt to use atomic energy in bombs.
vii) When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Einstein was in America as a visiting professor.
viii) Einstein became famous for his Theory of Relativity.
ix) For Hitler’s cruelty to the Jews, he did not return to his homeland.
x) He received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 AD.
xi) Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of modern age.
xii) He resigned the post to become a full professor at a German university.
xiii) Four years after his doctorate, he took the post of Associate Professor at the University of Zurich.
xiv) Two years later, he joined a service in Barn.
141. The following sentences on “Alexander Fleming” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) They lived in countryside.
ii) Fleming helped in sheep rearing even when he was not old enough to go to school.
iii) Alexander Fleming was born in 1881 in Scotland.
iv) His parents were farmers.
v) Fleming was seven among the eight children of his parents.
vi) When he was five years old he started gong to the neighbourhood school.
vii) Classes were usually held by the bank of the nearby river.
viii) This school had only about fifteen students and one teacher.
ix) Everything in this school was quite informal.
x) When Fleming was ten, he moved to a bigger school at Danvel.
xi) But Fleming, the future scientist, loved every minute of his daily walk.
xii) He had to walk four miles everyday.
xiii) It was four miles away from his first school.
xiv) It was quite tiring.

142. The following sentences on “Joynul Abedin” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He did not like the hard and fast rules of schools.
ii) He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.
iii) So, he drew pictures secretly.
iv) Do you know Joynul Abedin?
v) His father Tamij Uddin was a police officer.
vi) He was awarded gold medal in all India Art Exhibition.
vii) His name and fame spread all over the world.
viii) In 1938 he became first class first in the Art College.
ix) At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata.
x) He breathed his last on May 28, 1976.
xi) At the age of nineteen, he got himself admitted into Kolkata Govt. Art College.
xii) He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1939.
xiii) He was in search of an art school there.
xiv) His pictures were internationally praised.

143. The following sentences on “William Shakespeare” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He observed the ways of the players.
ii) The boy’s name was William Shakespeare.
iii) He got work in a theatre company.
iv) Others say that he was a school master.
v) He was a successful businessman.
vi) In the town of Stratford, there might have been a bright eyed boy of nine or ten making his way to Grammar School.
vii) We know that he married Anne Hathaway.
viii) When he was still a young man, Shakespeare left his wife and family and went to London.
ix) After he left school, he became a lawyer’s clerk.
x) His mother’s name was Mary Arden.
xi) So the boy had the best education that could be given him in the town.
xii) Again we are told that he was apprenticed to a butcher.
xiii) Shakespeare’s father was a well-to-do citizen of Stratford.
xiv) Strange to say that we do not know much about Shakespeare’s early life.

144. The following sentences on “Mother Teresa” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) She started her life in Calcutta as a teacher in a convent school.
ii) Mother Teresa was a dedicated soul.
iii) It became the shelter for the sufferers.
iv) Her earlier name was Agnes.
v) She came to India in 1928 for serving the people.
vi) At eighteen she dedicated to become a nun.
vii) She was born in 1910 at Skopje, a small village in Yugoslavia.
viii) Then she became an Indian citizen.
ix) She was an Albanian by birth but she became an Indian.
x) She began to render service to the down trodden.
xi) She was awarded the Nobel Prize for ……peace in 1979.
xii) She established Nirmal Hriday at Kalighat in Calcutta.
xiii) Her activities spread all over the world.
xiv) During this period she was left for the poor.
145. The following sentences on “King & Astrologer” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) Hearing this, the King turned pale like a dead man.
ii) He shouted to his men, “Drive this wretch away.”
iii) Once upon a time there was a king.
iv) He was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologers.
v) With ready wit the astrologer said, “The stars declare that I shall die only a week before your Majesty.”
vi) He also said, “Let him not come here again.”
vii) “So good bye” he said to the King.
viii) “How long will you live?” asked the king.
ix) A famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital on his way to Benares.
x) At this he got furious.
xi) The King called on him to know about his future.
xii) He condemned him to death saying, “Man like you should not live to spoil the peace of the world.”
xiii) The astrologer told him something unpleasant.
xiv) But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

146. The following sentences on “King Solomon” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) The Queen of Sheba heard about the name and fame of King Solomon.
ii) She also brought with her some artificial flowers.
iii) So, the Queen came to King Solomon’s palace.
iv) Many years ago there lived a king named Solomon.
v) Among them there were some real flowers also.
vi) The flowers were beautiful and looked alike.
vii) At once he realised those flowers to be real.
viii) He was very wise and helped people in many ways.
ix) She could not believe that he was so wise and wealthy.
x) The Queen brought with her hundred servants who carried many fine presents.
xi) The Queen asked the courtiers to find out the real ones.
xii) King Solomon watched some bees flying over some flowers.
xiii) She decided to visit his country and meet him personally.
xiv) They failed to differentiate.

147. The following sentences on “Thomas Edison” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) At twenty one he left the telegraph office to devote all his time to being an inventor.
ii) A train was approaching.
iii) He went on to invent the electric light, bulb, the phonograph and the movie camera.
iv) Thomas Edison started selling newspapers and snacks.
v) So he joined a library and read every single book in it.
vi) The child’s father was so grateful that he offered to teach Edison to be a telegraph operator.
vii) One day, when he was waiting at a station he noticed a small boy who was playing by the track.
viii) Edison ran out and grabbed the child just in time.
ix) After a year he became good enough to get a job in the telegraph office.
x) So he built a little laboratory in the luggage van where he could carry out experiments when he wasn’t selling things.
xi) Edison accepted the offer and soon he began to learn regular lessons.
xii) Another way of occupying himself was by reading.
xiii) He continued to read and experiment whenever he had time.
xiv) There were long periods with nothing for him to do.

148. The following sentences on “Hajjaj-bin-Yusuf & Dahir” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(a) He was very angry when he heard the news.
(b) An Arab ship was carrying a party of Muslim from Ceylon to Mecca for the Hajj.
(c) This sad news reached Hajjaj-bin-Yusuf, the Governor of Iraq.
(d) The ship was attacked by sea robbers from Debul, a seaport in Sind.
(e) He sent a messenger to Raja Dahir, the ruler of Sind.
(f) They looted it and carried away many Muslim women and children.
(g) A hard battle was fought in Sind.
(h) Hajjaj was very angry when he received his reply.
(i) He sent his nephew Mohammad-bin-Quasim to Sind as the head of 12,000 Arab soldiers.
(j) He asked him to return the Muslim women and children.
(k) He decided to teach this proud king a lesson.
(1) Raja Dahir sent a cold reply to this message.
(m) Raja Dahir was killed and his army was completely defeated.
(n) He also told him to promise that he would not allow the people of Debul to repeat their action.
149. The following sentences on “Kazi Nazrul Islam” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) At last at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.
(ii) At the age of 11 in 1909 he showed his poetic feat.
(iii) He lost his father when he was only eight years old.
(iv) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories and so on.
(v) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in Bardwan, a district in the then Bengal Presidency.
(vi) On his return from the army he gave up the sword for the pen and devoted himself to literature.
(vii) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
(viii) He was soon recognised as one of the greatest poets of Bengal.
(ix) He breathed his last on August 29, 1976 and was laid to rest in the compound of Dhaka University Mosque.
(x) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and Nazrul Islam was brought to Dhaka from Calcutta.
(xi) Then he was underage and so he could not join the army.
(xii) He fell seriously ill in 1942 and was never recovered from his illness.
(xiii) Owing to his illness, more than three decades of his life were unproductive.
(xiv) His poems and songs greatly inspired our freedom fighters in 1971.

150. The following sentences on “The Negro and African King” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) The Negro said, “You now see how all men are servants to one another, I’m serving the beggar and you are serving me.”
ii) There was an African King.

iii) One day, an old Negro came to him.
iv) He was very proud.

v) The Negro laughed merrily.
vi) “Let me go and give the poor man something to eat,” said the Negro.
vii) “What happened?” asked the King.

viii) The Negro ……said to the King, “All men are servants to one another.”
ix) The Negro said, “Very well.”

x) “So I am your servant, am I ?” said the King.
xi) But as he went towards the beggar, his walking stick dropped from his hand.
xii) Just then a beggar came.

xiii) The King picked it up and handed it back to the Negro.
xiv) “Prove it before sunset or I will kill you.”

151. The following sentences on “Socrates” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) These young people learnt from the great teacher such knowledge as is remembered even today all over the world.
ii) They were also jealous of the great popularity of Socrates among people.
iii) One of the charges was that he was educating the traitors.
iv) So they plotted to get rid of him.
v) Another charge was that he was corrupting the young men of the city of Athens.
vi) Socrates soon became very popular.
vii) They were men in authority with great influence.
viii) Young men gathered round him.
ix) Now there were some people in Athens who did not like his teachings.
x) These people brought some charges against Socrates. xi) Socrates was never tired of teaching them.
xii) They turned against him and became his bitter enemies. xiii) So Socrates was arrested and put on trial.
xiv) Some of the youths became very devoted to him.

152. The following sentences on “George Orwell” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) His father worked there for the civil service.

ii) He rejected the conventions and left Eton.
iii) He entered Eton College in 1919.

iv) There he wrote in various college magazines.
v) His penname was George Orwell.

vi) He joined the Burma Police in 1922.
vii) His unique political allegory “Animal Farm” was published in 1945.
viii) Eric Arthur Blair was born in 1903 in India.

ix) The family moved to England in 1907.
x) He had become the embodiment of the man in the street.

xi) He served with Indian Imperial Police in Burma.
xii) George Orwell died in 1950.
xiii) This experience inspired his first novel “Burmese Days” (1934).
xiv) It is perhaps his best in the realm of fiction.

153. The following sentences on “Ibn-I-Batuta” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He travelled for more than thirty years visiting many Asian and African countries.
ii) He boarded a ship for Chittagong. iii) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
iv) Ibn-I-Batuta became very pleased hearing it. v) It took him almost six months to reach Chittagong.
vi) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
vii) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
viii) You might have heard the name of Marco Polo.
ix) Ibn-I-Batuta was a great Muslim explorer.
x) Once on a voyage to China he lost his way and found himself in the Maldives Islands.
xi) He was a native of Morocco and lived in the 14th century.
xii) He wrote down all that he saw.
xiii) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.
xiv) Ibn-I-Batuta travelled even more than Marco Polo.
154. The following sentences on “Rabindranath Tagore” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a continuous story.
(a) So arrangements were made at house for his proper education.
(b) He was at the same time a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a philosopher and a musician.
(c) After the completion of his house education he was sent to school.
(d) But he studied literature with Professor Henry Morley only for a few months and then returned home.
(e) At the age of seventeen he was sent to London to study law.
(f) Only at the age of eight, he started composing poems.
(g) But he did not like institutional education.
(h) Rabindranath Tagore was one of the most leading poets in the history of world literature.
(i) He was born in the renowned Tagore Family in 1861.
(j) In his thirteenth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to visit the Himalayas.
(k) After returning from England, he began to write tirelessly in all branches of literature.
(1) At the age of eighty, Rabindranath breathed his last.
(m) When he was sixteen, his poems and essays were being published in journals.
(n) He wrote his poetic novel “Banaphul” at the age of fifteen.

155. The following sentences on “Revenge of an English Poet” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He became very annoyed.
(ii) Then he sent it to his friend with the word on it “Carriage to be paid on delivery”.
(iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
(iv) The poet had to pay double postage.
(v) He packed it up in a fine box.
(vi) With a great hope in mind he opened the box.
(vii) So, he procured a heavy stone.
(viii) Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.
(ix) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.
(x) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable.
(xi) So he paid the heavy charge for carrying.
(xii) The letter contained nothing but some words.
(xiii) To his utter surprise he found nothing but an ordinary stone.
(xiv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

156. The following sentences on “Rocket Launching” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(a) A rocket is launched from a space centre.
(b) The stages fall off to make the load less.
(c) As the Earth has tremendous gravity, a rocket must reach a speed of 40,000 km per hour to get out of this gravity.
(d) It is called a payload of the cargo that rocket carries.
(e) Rocket fuel consists of two liquids and the liquids explode when mixed which pushes the rocket forward.
(f) May be astronauts or satellites the payload.
(g) The escape velocity is the speed, which a rocket needs to get out the Earth’s gravity.
(h) A rocket needs to carry huge amounts of fuel to pick up speed. The heavier the rocket the more fuel it will need.
(i) There are about fifteen launch sites around the world.
(j) The first idea of a rocket was developed by Russian schoolmaster Konstantin Tsiolkivaski in 1903.
(k) The ….larger the rocket the heavier the payload can be.
(l) The fuel is not carried in one tank but in different containers.
(m) The containers are called stages.
(n) Space travel actually started when American engineer Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fuel rocket.

157. The following sentences on “Cook & Master” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The master clapped his hands loudly, which made the duck run off putting down its other leg.
(ii) He drew the attention of his master and showed him that some ducks did indeed have one leg.
(iii) The cook finally agreed with master & said if he had known this trick, he would have clapped his hands before cooking.
(iv) A cook once roasted a duck for his master.
(v) The master was surprised to hear it and said that there was no such duck having one leg.
(vi) Right at that moment the cook looked out of the window and saw some ducks resting outside in the courtyard.
(vii) The roast looked so delicious that the cook couldn’t resist the temptation of eating one of the drumsticks.
(viii) The cook told him that the duck had one leg only.
(ix) The master was amused at the ready wit of the cook and forgave him.
(x) The master was very annoyed with the stubbornness of the cook and threatened to fire him from the job.
(xi) One of the ducks was standing on one leg and had the other leg folded inside.
(xii) The cook insisted that this duck had only one leg.
(xiii) He asked him what had happened to the other leg.
(xiv) When his master sat down to eat, he quickly noticed the missing leg.
178. The following sentences on “Sir Walter Scott” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist.
(ii) Five years after his leaving the university, he got married.
(iii) He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1771.
(iv) Despite his being sick and early-age, he studied in school and university till he was twenty-one.
(v) He died in September, 1832.
(vi) The King and Queen of England requested the poet to stay in the palace leaving his birthplace.
(vii) He was brought back to Abbottsford in 1832 when illness became severe.
(viii) In reply to their request the poet wrote his longest poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” in 1802.
(ix) He was a wonderful man.
(x) “The Lady of the Lake” is also a famous poem of the poet.
(xi) He went out for a tour on the continent for the recovery of his health but of no use.
(xii) He was attacked with apoplexy in 1830.
(xiii) It was first published three years after.
(xiv) This poem made him very famous.

179. The following sentences on “Money and Farmer’s Tension” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He could not think where to keep the money.
(ii) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.
(iii) He gradually realised that he had money, but no peace of mind.
(iv) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.
(v) So, he could not devote himself to his work.
(vi) He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money”.
(vii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.
(viii) He said to him, “Look, my friend, I have brought one thousand rupees for you”.
(ix) The farmer was surprised.
(x) Once upon a time, a rich man took pity on a poor farmer and gave him one thousand rupees in a bag.
(xi) He always thought that his money could be stolen anytime.
(xii) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him.
(xiii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.
(xiv) “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

180. The following sentences on “Hazrat Mohammad (Sm.)” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(a) At the age of 25 he married a beautiful wealthy accomplished lady, Khadija.
(b) As a result most of the people became his enemy.
(c) He lost his grand father at the age of eight.
(d) He left Mecca in 622 AD with his followers and went to Medina.
(e) He lost his mother at the age of six.
(f) Hazrat Mohammad (Sm.) was born in the Quraish family of Mecca in 570 AD.
(g) He was brought up by his grand father.
(h) In the eighth Hijri he conquered Mecca.
(i) His father had died before he was born.
(j) He got Nabuat at the age of forty.
(k) He died at the age of 63.
(l) He proclaimed that Allah is one and He has no partner.
(m) They decided to kill him.
(n) He performed “Bidai Hajj” at age of 62.

181. The following sentences on “Alfred Bernard Nobel” are jumbled. Re-write them well and make a continuous story.
(a) Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.
(b) This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contributions in six fields.
(c) The prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of the science of destruction.
(d) Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
(e) For this valuable discovery, Nobel became famous all over the world.
(f) This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel.
(g) The Nobel Prize is the world’s most important prize.
(h) He invented dynamite.
(i) He was born in Stockholm on the 21st October, 1833 and he died on the 10th December 1896.
(j) He earned a huge sum of money from selling it but at his death, he left a will for outstanding contributions.
(k) The material is widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and in wars.
(1) The will indicates that the interest money should be given as prizes on physics, chemistry, medicine, literature & peace.
(m) The first Nobel Prize was given to Roentgen on the 10th December 1901 for his outstanding research in X-rays.
(n) The prize was named Nobel Prize.
182. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and a continuous paragraph to make a story. 
i) Bashir milked the cow and drank the milk.
ii) Ali was the younger brother and Bashir was the elder.
iii) Bashir grew fatter and Ali became thinner day by day.
iv) There lived two brothers named Ali and Bashir.
v) They inherited a cow that Ali grazed everyday.
vi) One day their father died.
vii) Bashir drank the juice alone.
viii) Ali wanted the palm tree.
ix) Bashir agreed to share the juice with Ali.
x) Bashir had to share the cows milk with Ali.
xi) The clever man whispered something into Ali’s ears.
xii) Ali started beating the cow just when Bashir was about to milk it.
xiii) Bashir requested Ali not to cut the palm tree.
xiv) A clever man noticed everything.
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183. Rewrite the sentences in proper order and a continuous paragraph to make a story. 14

i) Desdemona was fascinated by his stories and especially by the story of his life.
ii) Othello was a brave soldier who had risen to become a general.
iii) He told them of deserts, caves and mountains high enough to touch the sky.
iv) Brabantio, a rich senator of Venice, had only one child, a daughter named Desdemona.
v) Her pity soon turned to love and she confessed to Othello that she loved him.
vi) She refused them all because she loved Othello, a noble Moor from North Africa.
vii) Othello told them strange stories of battles he had fought in and places he had seen.
viii) He had shown his bravery in many bloody battles against the Turks.
ix) She pitied Othello for the misfortunes and hardships of his life.
x) She was so beautiful that many young men of the best families wished to marry her.
xi) Everyone praised him and the senate trusted and honoured him.
xii) He also told them men who ate human flesh and of strange race of people whose heads were under their shoulders.
xiii) Brabantio often invited Othello to his house where he and his daughter listened in wonder to Othello as he spoke about his adventures.
xiv) Hearing it, she had to weep and she never became tired of listening to it.
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184. Re-write the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story : 
i. Ayesha Begum and her husband had nothing to support themselves.
ii. Her husband was a landless farmer.
iii. He used to work on other people’s land.
iv. Finally Ayesha begum began to beg from door to door.
v. They started to work with their father in their village.
vi. Their sons grew up.
vii. In the town they began to earn well.
viii. At first they used to send money to their parents.
ix. But after getting married they could not send money to them.
x. Ayesha Begum had three sons and two daughters.
xi. So, they had to pass their days through much hardship.
xii. They became very weak and feeble for want of food.
xiii. She did so to manage good for herself and her husband.
xiv. One day they came to the town to earn more money.

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185. Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               Discouraged,some of the men began to pack up,when all on a sudden ,a whirlphool was noticed in the nearest water.

(ii)             The fish was five feet off the shore now and was fighting harder than ever.

(iii)           Then the man who caught it said, “He’s too beautiful to keep ,let him swim another day.”

(iv)            It was an hour before dawn and the beach was cold and windy.

(v)             All the men on the beach started at the magnificent fish for a minute.

(vi)            Yes, there was a blue fish on the line that fought furiously.

(vii)          And with that he threw the fish back into the ocecan and watched it swim away.

(viii)        Eventually it could not resist the man’s strength and it was pulled ashore.

(ix)            Until the moment,the men had struggled a lot,but their efforts went unrewarded.

(x)             Some fishermen in the distance were waiting to catch the giant bluefish-the talk of the town. 

(xi)            The fishermen tried to pull him in,but the fish would not give up.

(xii)          Its gills opened and closed as if it were exhausted from the fight.

(xiii)        The battle continued.

(xiv)         Fighting to be free,it was trapped in one man’s pole,and the man tightened his grip.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indiginities.

(ii) But the oppressive rulers could not break the sprit.

(iii)Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

(iv) Eventually,the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own.

(v) In fact,he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.

(vi) All his life he struggled against apartheid.

(vii) They were aliens in their own country.

(viii) It was government policy of racial segregation.

(ix) The blacks were treated cruelly. 

(x) He was thrown behind the prison bars.

(xi) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.

(xii)They were denied all basic human rights.

(xiii) The Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans.

(xiv) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story

(i)              So some frogs made their home in the pond.

(i)              One day some boys were going by the side of the pond.

(ii)            Then the boys began to throw stones into the pond for fun.

(iii)           There was a little pond in a village.

(iv)           Many of them were hurt very seriously and killed.

(v)            It was not so deep and its water was not clean and pure.

(vi)           So they were living there very happily.

(vii)         The villagers did not bathe there and drink its water.

(viii)       The stones hit the frogs one by one.

(ix)           An old man saw it and forbade the boys to kill them.

(x)            No one even disturbed them.

(xi)           But the frogs did not know how to save their lives.

(xii)         The frogs played and sang there all the time.

(xiii)       They found the playful frogs in the pond. 

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              At one moment,a huge ice berg was spotted very close to the ship.

(ii)            At that moment the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the Norht Atlantic.

(iii)           It was on April 10,1912.

(iv)           She was carrying 1316 passengers and crew of 891.

(v)            The Titanic was sailing for Newyork from Southampton.

(vi)           Four days after setting out,a great disaster happened.

(vii)         So she was regarded as unsinkable.

(viii)       The Captain went down to see what had happened.

(ix)           The alarm had been given.

(x)            So the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly.

(xi)           Five of the ship’s sixteen watertight compartments were totally damaged by the collision.

(xii)         Suddenly there was a slight trembling sound from below.

(xiii)       The great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision.

(xiv)       At that time she was the largest ship in the world built in a very special way.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)The Grassopher said, “Brother ant, give me a morsel of food.”

(ii) It was a frosty winter day.

(iii) The Grassopper went away being sad.

(iv) The ant had stored them during the summer.”

(v) The ant said, “Since you sang all summer,it seems you have to dance all winter.

(vi) A Grassopher ,half dead with hunger,came limping by.

(vii) Saying this the prudent ant locked his granary door.

(viii)The ant asked what he was doing during the summer.

(ix)He was singing all day long during the summer.

(x) An ant was taking out of his granary some grains of wheat.

(xi)The Grassopher saw what the ant was doing.

(xii)Hearing this the ant smiled grimly.

(xiii)The Grassopher replied that he was not idle.

(xiv) During summer the ant was gathering the grains.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.

(ii)            But it did not give up hope.

(iii)           The spider failed again and again to succeed.

(iv)           Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.

(v)            He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.

(vi)           The dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of despair.

(vii)         The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.

(viii)       The king fougth bravely but lost the battle.

(ix)           Robert Bruce was a famous king of Scotland.

(x)            He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.

(xi)           Enemies invaded his kingdom.

(xii)         He took shelter in a remote cave.

(xiii)       One he was lying in the cave.

(xiv)       The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               He was born  on 18 June at Bathua village in Hat Hazari of Chittagong.

(ii)             He is the third among fourteen children of his parents.

(iii)           Then he got himself admitted into a collegiate school and passed the Matriculation standing 16th position.

(iv)            After passing the Intermediate Examination,he got himself admitted into the university of Dhaka in the Department of Economics.

(v)             He established Grameen Bank in 1976 and started his microdcredit programme from Jobra village.

(vi)            His activities of poverty alleviation and promotion of peace have been famous all over the world.

(vii)          You must have heard the name of Professor Dr.Muhammad Yunus.

(viii)        His father’s name is Hazi Dula Mia and mother’s name is Sufia Khatun.

(ix)            He completed his primary education from Lama Bazer Primary School and got first place in the scholarship examination.

(x)             He got M.A.in Economics in 1961 and did his Ph.D in 1969 from the USA.

(xi)            He passed the Intermediate Examination from Chittagong College.

(xii)          Grameen Bank and his microcredit programmes have been very successful in poverty reduction all over the world.

(xiii)        His project for the promotion of peace through poverty reducation all over the world.

(xiv)         His is awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 2008 of which the Bengali nation is proud.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               His friends and dispels could not bear the sight.

(ii)             With eyes full of tears,they bade Socrates a last farewell.

(iii)           A few moments passed,Socrates lay down and covered his face.

(iv)            The cup contained hemlock,a very strong poison.

(v)             At last,the hour of deparature had arrived.

(vi)            A moment later,he uncovered his face and looking at Crito,said, “Don’t forget the debt,Crito.”

(vii)          They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

(viii)        Socrates met his friends and dispels for the last time.

(ix)            He asked them to let him die in peace.

(x)             At sunset,the Governor of the prison came.

(xi)            Then there  came a man with a cup in hand.

(xii)          He argued with them about the immorality of the soil.

(xiii)        He told them that the soul of man cannot die.

(xiv)         Socrates took the cup in his hand,said his prayer and drank the hemlock.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              This time he put on gorgeous dress.

(ii)            The courtier understood his fault and begged pardon to the poet.

(iii)           On his way back home,Sadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s home.

(iv)           He set out for the emperor’s palace in ordinary dress.

(v)            Sadi replied, “My dress derserves this food.

(vi)           He was simple in his ways of life.

(vii)         On the way,he took shelter in a courtier’s house.

(viii)       Sheikh Sa’di was a great Persian poet.

(ix)           They asked, “Why are you putting the foods in your dress?”

(x)            Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.

(xi)           The courtier’s men were surprised to see this.

(xii)         The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.

(xiii)       Now Sadi began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress.

(xiv)       The courteier received him cordially and entertained him with rich and delicious foods.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Then he joined the training programme of NHC.

(ii)            Poverty then forced him to look for works.

(iii)           He was remained associates with it since then.

(iv)           He was an unemployed youth of an improvised family.

(v)            Belal’s lot has changed radically.

(vi)           Belal is now an affluent man.

(vii)         He worked as a labourer.

(viii)       Then he got a lease of land in his village.

(ix)           He is now happy to be a self-sufficient man.

(x)            He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure.

(xi)           Through hard work he has managed to turn the wheel of fortune.

(xii)         He applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables.

(xiii)       Belal studied upto class eight.

(xiv)       Belal first received training in vegetable cultivation.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The farmer was surprised.

(ii)            So,he could not devote himself to his work.

(iii)           Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.

(iv)           He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.

(v)            He could not think where to keep the money.

(vi)           He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(vii)         He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money.”

(viii)       He gradually raised that he had money,but no peace of mind.

(ix)           “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

(x)            He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.

(xi)           He took the bag of the money from the rich man and thanked him.

(xii)         This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

(xiii)       A rich man went to a farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(xiv)       He said to him, “Look my friend, I’ve brought taka one thousand for you.”

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              But it had no effect.

(ii)            At last he found a jar in a garden.(

(iii)           As he was leaving the jar in despair,he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(iv)           But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v)            He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi)           He took some pebbles.

(vii)         Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii)       Then he flew away.

(ix)           Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.

(x)            A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.

(xi)           When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank to his fill.

(xii)         As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by littleThe crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiii)       The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiv)       There was some water in the jar. 

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide the kingdom.

(ii)            Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can say.”

(iii)           But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.

(iv)           Lear was satisfied.

(v)            He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one third of it.

(vi)           He was tired of rulling and needed rest.

(vii)         Then it was turn of Cordelia,the youngest and most loved daughter.

(viii)       Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of nothing.”

(ix)           When asked his second daughter Regan said, “My love for you shall never change

(x)            At first Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do you love me?”

(xi)           He had three daughters Goneril,Regan and Codelia.

(xii)         Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.

(xiii)       When asked Cordelia said, “Nothing”.

(xiv)       Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The first friend climbed up a tree without any second thought.

(ii)            Suddenly a bear came there growling.

(iii)           Who doesn’t know the story of two friends passing through a forest?

(iv)           The latter could not climb the tree.

(v)            They were talking about their love for each other.

(vi)           He could not make out what to do.

(vii)         The bear smelt his nose,ears and face.

(viii)       With ready wit,he lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.

(ix)           Then the bear went away.

(x)            After that the first friend come down.

(xi)           He said that the bear advised him not to trust a man who leaves his friend in danger.

(xii)         He asked his friend what the bear told him.

(xiii)       It considered him to be dead.

(xiv)       The second friend stood up.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               He was born in Jilan in Iraq.

(ii)             She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things.

(iii)           Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam.

(iv)            His mother decided to send him to Bagdad with a view to educating him there.

(v)             His father died eveb before his birth.

(vi)            The boy left for Bagdad with a caravan of merchants,but on their way a gand of robbers fell upon them and looted their money.

(vii)          That time the roads were unsafe;often gangs  of robbers fell upon the traveler and plundered their belongings and money.

(viii)        One of the robbers said the small boy might have something with him.

(ix)            At the time of sending,his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never tell a lie.

(x)             The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.”

(xi)            The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.

(xii)          But Abdul Quadar spoke out, “No,no, I have forty gold coins sewed in my shirt.”

(xiii)        The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up robbery.

(xiv)         The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story

(i)               The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indiginities.

(ii)             But the oppressive rulers could not break his spirit.

(iii)           Nelson Medela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

(iv)            Eventually,the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.

(v)             In fact,he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.

(vi)            All his life he struggled against apartheid.

(vii)          They were aliens in their owb country.

(viii)        It was government policy of racial segregation.

(ix)            The blacks were treated cruelly.

(x)             He was thrown behind the prison bars.

(xi)            The great leader vowed to put an end  to the inhuman practice.

(xii)          They were denied all basic rights.

(xiii)        The Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans.

(xiv)         Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

(ii)            The king called him to the palace.

(iii)           At this the king got furious and condemned him to death.

(iv)           A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

(v)            Once there was a king.

(vi)           With ready wit he said, “The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death!”

(vii)         But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

(viii)       The king then asked, “How long would you live?”

(ix)           The astrologer told something very unpleasant.

(x)            He thought for a while for some way of escape.

(xi)           He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death.

(xii)         At this the king turned turned pale.

(xiii)       “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again, “shouted the king.

(xiv)       I shall wait to receive your majesty where you have been sending me.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He became very annoyed.

(ii)            Then he sent it to his friend with the words on it “Carriage to be paid on delivery.”

(iii)           He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

(iv)           The poet had to pay double postage.

(v)            He packed it up in a fine box.

(vi)           With a great hope in mind he opened the box.

(vii)         So he procured a heavy stone.

(viii)       Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.

(ix)           During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.

(x)            His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable.

(xi)           So,he paid the heavy charge for carrying.

(xii)         The letter contained nothing but some words.

(xiii)       To his utter surprise,he found nothing but an ordinary stone.

(xiv)       An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The master was very amused.

(ii)            One of the ducks was standing on one leg and had the other leg folded inside.

(iii)           The master looked at the cook.

(iv)           The master clapped his hands loudly.

(v)            The cook told him that the duck had one leg only.

(vi)           The roast looked delicious and the cook ate one of the legs of the duck.

(vii)         The master was very annoyed.

(viii)       The master was not to be fooled.

(ix)           At that moment the cook looked out of the window.

(x)            He said there was no such thing as one-legged duck.

(xi)           A cook onece roasted a duck for his master.

(xii)         The cook replied that his master was right.

(xiii)       It put down its other leg and ran off.

(xiv)       The cook insisted that the duck had one leg only.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Androcles was very much afraid.

(ii)            So,one day he crept into a cave and fell asleep.

(iii)           His master was cruel and unkind.

(iv)           He became very weak and sick for want of food.

(v)            A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.

(vi)           Once there was a slave named Androcles.

(vii)         He felt sure that the beast would kill him.

(viii)       He thought that he might die.

(ix)           It was crying for pain in its leg.

(x)            He held himself in a forest for many days.

(xi)           After a while, a great noise woke him up.

(xii)         One day he fled away from his master’s house.

(xiii)       Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.

(xiv)       Androcles removed a thorn from the lion’s paw.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              They looked for him here and there for sometime.

(ii)            Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.

(iii)           So, they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.

(iv)           “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a smile.

(v)            But understandably,they failed to find him out.

(vi)           Einstein,the great scientist,was simple in his ways of life.

(vii)         He traveled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.

(viii)       “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,”said Einstein.

(ix)           They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein.

(x)            Einstein however,walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.

(xi)           The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.

(xii)         The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.(Zvui mijZvq ivYx LyeB wewb¥Z nb|)

(xiii)       But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.

(xiv)       When he reached the destination,the queen said to him, “I sent for a car for you,Dr.Einstein.”

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He bougth a cat to kill the mice.

(ii)            They were doing a lot of mischief there.

(iii)           There was an old house in a village.

(iv)           The mice were in great difficulty.

(v)            There lived a number of mice in that house.

(vi)           At this all remained silent,as there was none to tie the bell round the cat’s neck.

(vii)         All the mice thanked the young mouse for his plan.

(viii)       Several proposals were made but none of the proposals was good.

(ix)           At last a young mouse rose to speak.

(x)            The master of the house was very annoyed and made a plan to get rid of them.

(xi)           They could not move freely as before.

(xii)         They held a meeting to discuss the matter and find a way to be free from this danger.

(xiii)       He said, “I have a good plan for your consideration.Let us tie a bell round the time.”

(xiv)       But an old mouse stood up and said, “No,doubt the idea is good.But who will tie the bell?”

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Basir milked the cow and drank the milk.

(ii)            Ali was the younger brother and Basir was the elder.

(iii)           Basir grew fatter and Ali became thinner day by day.

(iv)           There lived two brothers lived Ali and Basir.

(v)            They inherited a cow that Ali grazed everyday.

(vi)           One day their father died.

(vii)         Basir drank the juice alone.

(viii)       Ali watered the palm tree.

(ix)           Basir agreed to share the cow’s milk with Ali.

(x)            Basir had to share the cow’s milk with Ali.

(xi)           The clever man whispered something into Ali’s ears.

(xii)         Ali started beating the cow just when Basir was about to milk it.

(xiii)       Basir requested Ali not to cut the palm tree.

(xiv)       A clever man noticed everything.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              One day a woman became more furious than ever.

(ii)            “I know that after thunder comes rain.”

(iii)           Socrates joined with them in their laughther.

(iv)           Suddenly she poured much water over him.

(v)            Socrates went outside.

(vi)           He quietly remarked, “I am expecting this.”

(vii)         Socrates believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a human being.

(viii)       He sat on the doorstep of his residence looking out on the path street.

(ix)           She began to insult the great scholar of Greece.

(x)            She went upto him with a bucket full of water.

(xi)           He had a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.

(xii)         The passers-by in the street were much amused at the incident.

(xiii)       The wife found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word.

(xiv)       She tried her utmost to irritate Socrates. 

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Sometimes it was difficult to satisfy him with water.

(ii)            His father got angry for this kind of activity.

(iii)           People soon got tired when they talked to him.

(iv)           Because he always asked, “Why,Why,Why?”

(v)            He was born in a village of Milan in the United States of America on the 11th of February,1847.

(vi)           The boy often undertook some risky adventures.

(vii)         He was Thomas Ala Edison.

(viii)       He was very inquisitive about things around him.

(ix)           But at the same time he was proud of the young boy.

(x)            But there was only one person who did never feel annoyed with the boy.

(xi)           For example,once the boy set his father’s barn on fire only to see how it could burn.

(xii)         Do you know who this boy was?

(xiii)       And that person was his loving mother.

(xiv)       A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in a village.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He was quiet happy in Brighton.

(ii)            He described London as a dimal city,smoky,foggy and wet.

(iii)           Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarda Devi Tagore.

(iv)           Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Dr.and Mrs Scott.

(v)            Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.

(vi)           He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.

(vii)         He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Gladstone and John Bright’s debates on Irish Home rule.

(viii)       He returned home without any qualification of distinction.

(ix)           He joined the brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.

(x)            At the age of seventeen,in 1878,he arrived in London.

(xi)           Young Tagore joined London University,where he attended Henry Morley’s lectures on English literature.

(xii)         But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.

(xiii)       But the girls’ parents in fact treated him like a son.

(xiv)       Their two daughters were taken aback with the presence of a blackie in the house.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He was glad to have a meal.

(ii)            He told his wife about a poor helpless Beduin woman.

(iii)           The Caliph offered her food which they had brought with them.

(iv)           On hearing the fact,his wife expressed her eagerness to set out immediately for helping her fellow woman.

(v)            She heard that the Caliph Omar (R) was a harsh man.

(vi)           After a while they reached the house of the Beduin Woman.

(vii)         His wife was still waiting for her husband.

(viii)       It was past midnight when the Caliph returned home.

(ix)           When they went,they took with them some food.

(x)            Then they entered into a conversation on life and teachings of the prophet (Sm)

(xi)           She expressed her feelings towards them.

(xii)         The Beduin restlessly walked up and down.

(xiii)       Now she bowed low in gratitude to the Caliph.

(xiv)       Later on she learnt that the visitor was the caliph.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Alexander,the king of Macedon,crossed the Khayber pass and reached India.

(ii)            Then he came to the plain of the Punjab.

(iii)           Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

(iv)           There ruled a king called Porus.

(v)            But unfortunately he was defeated in a battle.

(vi)           “Like a king,” was the reply of Porus.

(vii)         He was brought before Alexander.

(viii)       He wanted to attack the land of Porus.

(ix)           He showed his boldness before Alexander.

(x)            He also made him king of another province in the Punjab.

(xi)           Then he was taken to prisoner.

(xii)         Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

(xiii)       He allowed him to rule his country as before.

(xiv)       Alexanader asked him how he would like to be treated.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               He struggled hard and at last was able to come out of the trap minus his tail.

(ii)             As the foxes assembled for the meeting he should to them, “Dear friends! I’ve made a great discovery.”

(iii)           There lived a very clever fox in a jungle.

(iv)            “So I advise all of you to do away with your tails,”he concluded. “You’ll look far better without them, I’m sure.Look! I’ve already cut off mine”.he tried to convince the others.

(v)             The listerners were very confused and were trying to assess the situation.

(vi)            The fox was very sad as he thought he looked strange and foolish without his tail.

(vii)          “You didn’t cut your tail,”said he,pointing at the speaker, “May be you’ve lost it in some way or other,and now you want the others to lose their tails.”

(viii)        So, friend? What’s the use of carrying such a heavy load of a tail all the time?”He asked.

(ix)            ‘After a long research I’ve found that we don’t need our tails.” said he.

(x)             He called a meeting of all the resident foxes of the jungle.

(xi)            He became envious of the other foxes who obviously looked some handsome,and made a plan to have their tails cut.

(xii)          But an old fox saw through the evil scheme of the fox without a tail.

(xiii)        One day while walking through the jungle he fell into a trap.

(xiv)         “They make you look ugly and dirty but they are of little use.”added he.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               The hare was always proud of his speed.

(ii)             The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.

(iii)           One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.

(iv)            The hare ran very swiftly.

(v)             Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.

(vi)            They got ready.

(vii)          The hare always teased the torotoise.

(viii)        Covering much,the hare took rest.

(ix)            A tortoise also lived nearby.

(x)             They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.

(xi)            He decided to take rest for sometime.

(xii)          The tortoise accepted the challenge.

(xiii)        As the fox waved the flag,the two started running.

(xiv)         But the tortoise ran very slowly.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               The food was very hot.

(ii)             The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.

(iii)           It was situated far away from the capital.

(iv)            When the news reached the prince,he came with a large army.

(v)             The area was surrounded on all sides.

(vi)            Taimur’s soldiers were all killed,but Taimur escaped with great difficulty.

(vii)          He disguished himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.

(viii)        Taimur was so hungry that he did not wait.

(ix)            He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish.

(x)             Young Taimur once attacked a province of a powerful prince.

(xi)            One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.

(xii)          He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.

(xiii)        As a result he burnt his fingers.

(xiv)         Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)               He could not think where to keep the money.

(ii)             He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.

(iii)           He gradually realized that he had money,but no peace of mind.

(iv)            He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(v)             So,he could not devote himself to his work.

(vi)            He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money.

(vii)          Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.

(viii)        He said to him, “Look,my friend! I have brought one thousands rupees for you.”

(ix)            The farmer was surprised.

(x)             The rich man went to the farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(xi)            He always thought that his money could be stolen any time.

(xii)          He took the bag of money from the richman and thanked him.

(xiii)        This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

(xiv)         “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              As he was leaving the jar in despair,he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(ii)            But it had no effect.

(iii)           At last he found a jar in a garden.

(iv)           But it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v)            He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi)           He took some pebbles.

(vii)         Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii)       Then he flew away.

(ix)           Then he dropped the pebbles into the jar.

(x)            A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink.

(xi)           When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank his fill.

(xii)         As each pebble went down,the water in the jar rose up little by little.

(xiii)       The crow tried to turn the jar over and over again.

(xiv)       There was some water in the jar.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              “Alas!” she cried, “Why should I always have to stay in the kitchen while my sisters dress in silk and satin?”

(ii)            She had to work very hard in the kitchen.

(iii)           Her mother was dead.

(iv)           Once upon a time there lived a maiden named Cinderella.

(v)            She had two elder sisters.

(vi)           That is why,she was called Cindrella.

(vii)         Her sisters were unkind to Cindrella.

(viii)       The two sisters rode away in their fine silk dress.

(ix)           They made her stay among the pots and Kettles and do all the hard work about the house.

(x)            One day the sisters came dancing into the house.

(xi)           Sometimes, to keep warm,she crept among the cinders.

(xii)         Poor Cindrella who had to stay behind,looked at her old ragged clothes and burst into tears “We have been invited to the king’s ball,” they cried.

(xiii)       “We have been invited to the king’s ball,”they cried.

(xiv)       At length the day of the great ball came.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The guests praised the king.

(ii)            This made the king very happy.

(iii)           But he was very hospitable.

(iv)           People loved him.

(v)            The king ordered the man to kill Hatem Tai and bring his head.

(vi)           So the king wanted to kill him.

(vii)         There lived a very kind man in Yeman.

(viii)       The king felt happy and proud.

(ix)           One the following day he sent one of his men to Hatem Tai.

(x)            The name of that kind man was Hatem Tai.

(xi)           One day the king gave a dinner.

(xii)         He was not rich.

(xiii)       They praised him more than their king.

(xiv)       The guests also praised Hatem Tai.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He did not like the hard and fast rules of Schools.

(ii)            He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1974.

(iii)           He was an artist.

(iv)           So,he drew pictures secretly.

(v)            Do you know Joynul Abedin?

(vi)           His father Tamj Uddin was a police officer.

(vii)         He was awarded gold medal in All India Art Exhibition.

(viii)       His name and fame spread all over the world.

(ix)           In 1938,he became first class in the Art College.

(x)            At the age of fifteen,he went to Kolkata.

(xi)           He breathed his last on May28,1976.

(xii)         At the age of nineteen he got himself admitted into Kolkata govt.Art College.

(xiii)       He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1993.

(xiv)       He was in search of an art school there.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              An English boy was making a small boat.

(ii)            “My country is on the other side of the sea.

(iii)           “I did not see my mother for a good time.”

(iv)           Napoleon,the king of France was a great hero.

(v)            The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.

(vi)           He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.

(vii)         Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.

(viii)       “Let me go to my country.

(ix)           One day he was walking along the sea-shore.

(x)            The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.

(xi)           The boy was brought before him.

(xii)         “ I shall go to my country to send him to his country.

(xiii)       He made all arrangements to send him to his country.

(xiv)       The boy said, “ I shall cross the sea.”

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The lion was relieved of his pain.

(ii)            To escape torture,one day he fled from his master’s house.

(iii)           It was unbearable for him.

(iv)           He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.

(v)            He used to infict heavy torture on him.

(vi)           The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.

(vii)         Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.

(viii)       The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.

(ix)           A lion lived in a cave.

(x)            He came near the lion.

(xi)           He took shelter in a cave.

(xii)         In the evening the lion entered the cave.

(xiii)       The man was very rude and cruel.

(xiv)       Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.

(ii) He was an engineer.

(iii) The ‘Nobel Prize’has been being given since 1901.

(iv) In1850 Alfred joined his father’s company.

(v) This award was named after Alfred Nobel.

(vi) Dr Alfred was born on 21st October,1883 at Stockholm,Sweden.

(vii) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.

(viii) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work.

(ix) His father Emanuel Nobel was an arthitect and researcher.

(x) After some years Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.

(xi) The prize is given every year.

(xii) So it was called the ‘Nobel Prize.”

(xiii) The award was also given for setting up peace in the world.

(xiv)The prize has immortalized his name.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) The lion laughed and said, “O you! Are you suitable to help me?”

(ii) The lion said, “You are small in size but wonderful.”

(iii) While going outside the net,the lion said, “It is a lesson for me.”

(iv) In fact,the strong or mighty sometimes are also dependent on the weak one.

(v) “Many thanks to you.You have saved my life,”said the lion.

(vi) From then the lion was kindhearted to the tiny creatures.

(vii) The mouse was proud of saving the lion.

(viii) The lion caught it and it began to tremble with fear.

(ix) A lion was sleeping in a cave.

(x) Listening this,the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap.

(xi) At that time,a mouse fell upon its body playing.

(xii) After sometime,the lion fell into a trap and he was crying “Save me,please,save me,please.”

(xiii) The mouse cut the net into pieces and thereby he was saved.

(xiv) The mouse said,“Let me go,sooner or later, I may help you.”.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) Ayesha Begum and her husband had nothing to support themselves.

(ii) Her husband was a landless farmer.

(iii) He used to work on other people’s land.

(iv) Finally Ayesha Begum began to beg from door to door.

(v) They started to work with their father in their village.

(vi) Their sons grew up.

(vii) In the town they began to earn well.

(viii) At first they used to send money to their parents.

(ix) But after getting married they could not send money to them.

(x) Ayesha Begum had three sons and two daughthers.

(xi) So they had to pass their days through much hardship.

(xii) They became very weak and feeble for want of food.

(xiii) She did so to manage food for herself and her husband.

(xiv) One day they came to the town to earn more money.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) He saw Fazlul Huq was reading his lessons and tearing off the pages of his book one after another.

(ii) “So, I do not need them at all,” said he.

(iii) He thought his son would one day be a great man in the subcontinent.

(iv) “I am not playing.I have already gone through these pages.”

(v) He was greatly charmed at the wonderful memory of his son.

(vi) The great leader of our country whom we love and admire is Sher-e-Bangla A.K Fazlul Huq.

(vii) He at once entered the room and said, “O my boy,don’t play with your book.”

(viii) From his boyhood,he was a very meritorious boy.

(ix) His father Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barisal Bar.

(x) His father wanted to test him.

(xi) He asked him to quote some lines from such and such pages of his book.

(xii) Fazlul Huq quoted the pieces from memory word for word.

(xiii) His father was passing by.

(xiv) One day the boy Fazlul Huq was reading in his study.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i) It continued for a full week.

(ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.

(iii) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.

(iv) Last year he started her garden early.

(v) Mina loves gardening.

(vi) All her seeds washed away.

(vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.

(viii) Then the sun finally came out.

(ix) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.

(x) People may have different hobbies.

(xi) Some may have strange habits.

(xii) It revealves the taste of a person.

(xiii) It refreshes us.

(xiv) It gives us new ideas too.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              As he came near,the man said that he wanted some financial help.

(ii)            Hojja immediately replied, “Why have you made me climb all the way downstairs to ask for money instead of shouting from below? 

(iii)           Hojja was quite curious.

(iv)           Hojja decided to teach him a good lesson.

(v)            Sudenly he saw someone calling from below.

(vi)           At this Hojja became furious.

(vii)         He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.

(viii)       One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-story house.

(ix)           Being greatly annoyed,the man asked why Hojja had made him climb up the stairs only to say that he had no money.

(x)            The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.

(xi)           When they both got to the roof top,Hojja said to the man, “Sorry,I have no money.”

(xii)         He thought that the man had something important to say.

(xiii)       Therefore,he told the man to climb up the stairs with him.

(xiv)       So he climbed from the roof down the stairs.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              Desdemona was fascinated by his stories and especially by the story of his life.

(ii)            Othello was a brave soldier who had risen to become a general.

(iii)           He told them of deserts,caves and mountains high enough to touch the sky.

(iv)           Brabantio,a rich senator of Venice,had only one child, a daughter named Desdemona.

(v)            Her pity soon turned to love and she confessed to Othello that she loved him.

(vi)           She refused them all because she loved Othello, a noble Moor from North Africa.

(vii)         He had shown his bravery in many bloody battles against the Turks.

(viii)       She pitted Othello for the misfortunes and hardships of his life.

(ix)           She was so beautiful that many young men of the best families wished to marry her.

(x)            Everyone praised him and the snate trusted and honoured him.

(xi)           He also told them of men who ate human flesh and strange race of people whose heads were under their shoulders.

(xii)         Brabantio often invited Othelo to his house where he and his daughter listended in wonder to Othello as he spoke about his adventured.

(xiii)       Hearing it,she had to weep and she never became tired of listening to it.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              The perseverarance and tenacity of the spider inspired Bruce very much.

(ii)            One day he sat in a lonely hall,brooding over his sad lot.

(iii)           This happened six times.

(iv)           Swearing to do or die,he fought the English for the seventh time.

(v)            But the spider did not give up the struggle.

(vi)           This time he was successful in driving the English from his kingdom.

(vii)         He was also an ardent patriot and a gallant soldier.

(viii)       Suddenly a spider caught his view.

(ix)           But he once lost his kingdom to England in a battle with the British forces.

(x)            It was trying to reach the ceiling.

(xi)           He fought with the English for his country for a long time,but he failed.

(xii)         But each time it tried,it dropped again.

(xiii)       Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.

(xiv)       It tried again and again and at last reached its goal.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              He is rebel poet and our national poet.

(ii)            Very often he used to flee away from school.

(iii)           He lost his father in his boyhood.

(iv)           So,he drew the attention of the public.

(v)            He was called Dukhu Mia for his sorrow.

(vi)           Nazrul Islam was born on the 20th May,1899 in Burdwan.

(vii)         He was fond of adventures,music and jatra party.

(viii)       As a result his mother fell in great financial problem.

(ix)           He did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.

(x)            He spent his early life in great hardship.

(xi)           He spent his early life in great hardship.

(xii)         One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.

(xiii)       He could sing,dance and compose verses even in his boyhood.

(xiv)       As a boy Nazrul was restless and absent minded.

Re write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

(i)              They set it on fire.

(ii)            Seeing the armed forces taking position,Dr Zoha came forward.

(iii)           Finally,Dr Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning.

(iv)           Later,he was bayonet charged too.

(v)            Meanwhile,the students doused a parked army jeep with kerosene.

(vi)           The teacher saw this.

(vii)         The armed forces saw the situation.

(viii)       They started to take up position against the students.

(ix)           Then he declared that their bullets would pierce his heart first.

(x)            He requested the armed forces not to open fire on the students.

(xi)           But they didn’t pay any heed to him.

(xii)         So,they requested the guards on duty to open the gate.

(xiii)       The situation went beyond control.

(xiv)       The agitated students of Rajshahi University started to jump over the locked gate and to scale the wall.

Rewrite the sentences in the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14

i) The hare was always proud of his speed.

ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.

iii) One day he challenged the tortoise to defeat him in a race.

iv) The hare ran very swiftly.

v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest.

vi) They got ready.

vii) The hare always teased the tortoise.

viii) Covering much the hare took rest.

ix) A tortoise also lived nearby.

x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.

xi) He decided to take rest for sometime.

xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.

xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running.

xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.

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Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in one paragraph to make a story: 14

i) They looked for him here and there for sometime.

ii) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.

iii) So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.

iv) ‘I did not think that any body would send a car for me,’ replied the great scientist with a smile.

v) But understandably, they failed to find him out.

vi) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his ways of life.

vii) He traveled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.

viii) ‘But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,’ said Einstein.

ix) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.

x) Einstein, however walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.

xi) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.

xii) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.

xiii) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.

xiv) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein.

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Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14

i) He was quite happy in Brighton.

ii) He described London as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.

iii) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debondranath and Sarda Devi Tagore.

iv) Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Dr. and Mrs. Scott.

v) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.

vi) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.

vii) He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Glodstone and John Bright’s debates on Irosh Home Rule.

viii) He returned home without any qualifications of distinction.

ix) He joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.

x) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he arrived in London.

xi) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended Henry Morley’s lectures on English literature.

xii) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the West.

xiii) But the girl’s parents in fact treated him like a son.

xiv) Their two daughters were taken a back with the presence of a ‘blackie’ in the house.

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Re-write the sentences in the proper order to make a continuous paragraph: 14

i) The lion was relieved of his pain.

ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.

iii) It was unbearable for him.

iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.

v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.

vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.

vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant.

viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.

ix) A lion lived in a cave.

x) He came near the lion.

xi) He took shelter in a cave.

xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.

xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.

xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

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Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a single paragraph to make a story: 14

i) It continued for a full week.

ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.

iii) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.

iv) Last year she started her garden early.

v) Mina loves gardening.

vi) All her seeds washed away.

vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.

viii) Then the sun finally came out.

ix) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.

x) People may have different hobbies.

xi) Some may have strange habits.

xii) It reveals the taste of a person.

xiii) If refreshes us.

xiv) It gives us new ideas too.

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Re-write the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

i) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

ii) The king called him to the palace.

iii) At this the king got furious and condemned him to death.

iv) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

v) Once there was a king.

vi) With ready wit he said, ‘The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death!’

vii) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

viii) The king then asked, ‘How long would you live?’

ix) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.

x) He then thought for a while for some way of escape.

xi) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death.

xii) At this the king turned pale.

xiii) “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again”, shouted the king.

xiv) I shall wait to receive your majesty where you have been sending me.

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The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences the proper order in a continuous paragraph to make a story.

i) The perseverance and tenacity of the spider inspired Bruce very much.

ii) One day he sat in a lonely hall, brooding over his sad lot.

iii) This happened six times.

iv) Swearing to do or did, he fought the English for the seventh time.

v) But the spider did not give up the struggle.

vi) This time he was successful in driving the English from his kingdom.

vii) He was also an ardent patriot and a gallant soldier.

viii) Suddenly a spider caught his view.

ix) But he once lost his kingdom to English in a battle with the British forces.

x) It was trying to reach the ceiling.

xi) He fought with the English for his country for a long time, but he failed.

xii) But each time it tried, it dropped again.

xiii) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.

xiv) It tried again and again and at last reached its goal.

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The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Re-write the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story: 14

i) As he came near, the man said that he wanted some financial help.

ii) Hojja immediately replied, ‘Why have you made me climb all the way down stairs to ask for money instead of shouting from below.’

iii) Hojja was quite curious.

iv) Hojja decided to teach him a good lesson.

v) Suddenly he saw someone calling from below.

vi) At this Hojja became furious.

vii) He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.

viii) One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-storey house.

ix) Being greatly annoyed, the man asked why Hojja had made him climb up the stairs only to say that he had no money.

x) The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.

xi) When they both got to the roof top, Hojja said to the man, ‘Sorry, I have no money.’

xii) He thought that the man had something important to say.

xiii) Therefore, he told the man to climb up the stairs with him.

xiv) So he climbed from the roof down the stairs.

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i) This time he put on gorgeous dress.

ii) The courtier understood his fault and begged pardon to the poet.

iii) On his way back home, Sa’di again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.

iv) He set out for the emperor’s place in ordinary dress.

v) Sa’di replied, ‘My dress deserves this food.’

vi) He was simple in his ways of life.

vii) On the way, he took shelter in a courtier’s house.

viii) Sheikh Sa’di was a great Persian poet.

ix) They asked, ‘Why are you putting the foods in your dress?’

x) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.

xi) The courtier’s men were surprised to see this.

xii) The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.

xiii) Now Sa’di began to put his foods in the pockets of his dress.

xiv) The courtier received him cordially and entertained with rich and delicious food.

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i) Alexander, the king of Macedon, crossed the Khaiyber pass and reached India.

ii) Then he came to the plain of Punjab

iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

iv) There ruled a king called Porus.

v) But unfortunately he was defeated in a battle.

vi) “Like a king”, was the reply of Porus.

vii) He was brought before Alexander.

viii) He wanted to attack the land of Porus.

ix) He showed his boldness before Alexander.

x) He also made him king of another province in the Punjab.

xi) Then he was taken prisoner.

xii) Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

xiii) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

xiv) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated.

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i) Bashir milked the cow and drank the milk.

ii) Ali was the younger brother and Bashir was the elder.

iii) Bashir grew fatter and Ali became thinner day by day.

iv) There lived two brothers named Ali and Bashir.

v) They inherited a cow that Ali grazed everyday.

vi) One day their father died.

vii) Bashir drank the juice alone.

viii) Ali wanted the palm tree.

ix) Bashir agreed to share the juice with Ali.

x) Bashir had to share the cows milk with Ali.

xi) The clever man whispered something into Ali’s ears.

xii) Ali started beating the cow just when Bashir was about to milk it.

xiii) Bashir requested Ali not to cut the palm tree.

xiv) A clever man noticed everything.

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i) Desdemona was fascinated by his stories and especially by the story of his life.

ii) Othello was a brave soldier who had risen to become a general.

iii) He told them of deserts, caves and mountains high enough to touch the sky.

iv) Brabantio, a rich senator of Venice, had only one child, a daughter named Desdemona.

v) Her pity soon turned to love and she confessed to Othello that she loved him.

vi) She refused them all because she loved Othello, a noble Moor from North Africa.

vii) Othello told them strange stories of battles he had fought in and places he had seen.

viii) He had shown his bravery in many bloody battles against the Turks.

ix) She pitied Othello for the misfortunes and hardships of his life.

x) She was so beautiful that many young men of the best families wished to marry her.

xi) Everyone praised him and the senate trusted and honoured him.

xii) He also told them men who ate human flesh and of strange race of people whose heads were under their shoulders.

xiii) Brabantio often invited Othello to his house where he and his daughter listened in wonder to Othello as he spoke about his adventures.

xiv) Hearing it, she had to weep and she never became tired of listening to it.

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i) The lion laughed and said, ‘O you! Are you suitable to help me?’

ii) The lion said, ‘You are small in size but worthful.’

iii) While going outside the net, the lion said, ‘It is a lesson for me.’

iv) In fact, the strong or mighty someone is also dependent to the weak one.

v) ‘Many thanks to you. You have saved my life’, said the lion.

vi) From then the lion was kindhearted to the tiny creatures.

vii) The mouse was proud of saving the lion.

viii) The lion caught it and it began to tremble with fear.

ix) A lion was sleeping in a cave.

x) Listening this, the mouse came swiftly and found the lion in a trap.

xi) At that time, a mouse fell upon its body playing.

xii) After sometime, the lion fell into a trap and he was crying, ‘Save me, please, save me, please.’

xiii) The mouse cut the net into pieces and thereby he was saved.

xiv) The mouse said, ‘Let me go; sooner or later I may help you.’

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i) His friends and disciples could not bear the sight.

ii) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

iii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.

iv) The cup contained hemlock, a very strong poison.

v) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.

vi) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito, said, ‘Don’t forget the debt, Crito.’

vii) They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

viii) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.

ix) He asked them to let him die in peace.

x) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.

xi) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.

xii) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.

xiii) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.

xiv) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.

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i) He became very annoyed.

ii) Then he sent it to his friend with the words on it ‘Carriage to be paid on delivery’.

iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

iv) The poet had to pay double postage.

v) He packed it up in a fine box.

vi) With a great hope in mind he opened the box.

vii) So he procured a heavy stone.

viii) Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.

ix) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.

x) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable.

xi) So he paid the heavy charge for carrying.

xii) The letter contained nothing but some words.

xiii) To his utter surprise he found nothing but an ordinary stone.

xiv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

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i) One day the woman became more furious than ever.

ii) ‘I know that after thunder comes ran.’

iii) Socrates joined with them in their laughter.

iv) Suddenly she poured much water over him.

v) Socrates went outside.

vi) He quietly remarked, ‘I am expecting this.’

vii) Socrates believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a human being.

viii) He sat on the door step of his residence looking out on the path-street.

ix) She began to insult the great scholar of Greece.

x) She went up to him with a bucket full of water.

xi) He had a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.

xii) The passers-by in the street were much amused at the incident.

xiii) The wife found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word.

xiv) She tried her utmost to irritate Socrates.

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i) He struggled hard and at last was able to come out of the trap minus his tail.

ii) As the foxes assembled for the meeting he shouted to them, ‘Dear friends, I’ve made a great discovery.

iii) There lived a very clever fox in a jungle.

iv) ‘So I advise all of you to do away with your tails,’ he concluded. ‘You look for better without them, I’m sure. Look I’ve already cut off mine’, he tried to convince the others.

v) The listeners were very confused and were trying to assess the situation.

vi) The fox was very sad as he thought he looked strange and foolish without his tail.

vii) ‘You didn’t cut your tail’, said he, pointing at the speaker; ‘May be you’ve lost it in some way or other, and now you want the others to lose their tails.’

viii) ‘So, friends? What’s the use of carrying such a heavy load of a tail all the time?’ he asked.

ix) ‘After a long research I’ve found that we don’t need our tails’, said he.

x) He called a meeting of all the resident foxes of the jungle.

xi) He became envious of the other foxes who obviously looked more handsome, and made a plan to have their tails cut.

xii) But an old fox saw through the evil scheme of the fox without a tail.

xiii) One day while walking though the jungle he fell into a trap.

xiv) ‘They make you look ugly and dirty but they are of little use,’ added he.

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i) Alas! she cried, ‘Why should I always have to stay in the kitchen while my sisters dress in silk and satins?’

ii) She had to work very hard in the kitchen.

iii) Her mother was dead.

iv) Once upon a time there lived a maiden named Cinderella.

v) She had two elder sisters.

vi) That is why, she was called Cinderella.

vii) Her sisters were unkind to Cinderella.

viii) The two sisters rode away in their fine silk dress.

ix) They made her stay among the post and do all the hard work about the house.

x) One day the sisters came dancing into the house.

xi) Sometimes, to keep warm, she crept among the cinders.

xii) Poor Cinderella who had to stay behind, looked at her old ragged clothes and burst into tears.

xiii) ‘We have been invited to the king’s ball,’ they cried.

xiv) At length the day of the great ball came.

Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-18

11. (i) Khan Jahan Ali found Bagerhat beset various problems. (ii) He built numerous mosques in Bagerhat. (iii) The Sat Gambuj Mosque is the most magnificent of them. (iv) It is regarded as one of the architectural beauties of the country. (v) The mosque was used both as a prayer hall and a court of Khan Jahan Ali. (vi) The UNESCO has declared the mosque as a world Heritage site.

12.

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(i) Alexander, the king of Macedon, crossed the Khyber Pass and reached India.

(ii) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab.

(iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

(iv) There ruled a king called Porus.

(v) But unfortunately he was defeated in a battle.

(vi) ‘Like a king’ was the reply of Porus.

(vii) He was brought before Alexander.

(viii) He wanted to attack the land of Porus.

(ix) He showed his boldness before Alexander.

(x) He also made him king of another province in the Punjab.

(xi) Then he was taken prisoner.

(xii) Porus came forward with his men and arms to defend his land form the attack of Alexander.

(xiii) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

(xiv) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated.

Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-19:

11. (i) The river erosion has made thousands of people homeless. (ii) it takes a devastating turn with the onset of the monsoon. (iii) people living near river banks have to bear the brunt of the river erosion. (iv) Vast tracts of cultivable land have been washed away by eroding rivers. (v) Many areas need special attention for protection from the river erosion. (vi) the government has taken up a scheme to protect affected areas.

12.

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12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. rewrite the sentences in proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 1×14=14

(i) His friends and disciples could not bear the sight.

(ii) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

(iii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.

(iv) The cup contained hemlock, a deadly poison.

(v) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.

(vi) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito, said, “Don’t forget the debt, Crito.”

(vii) They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

(viii) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.

(ix) He asked them to let him die in peace.

(x) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.

(xi) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.

(xii) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.

(xiii) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.

(xiv) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.