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Question No -7 is rearranging sentences. It is not a tough one. The only way to master over this item is to practise more and more. Here are some very important exercises for practice.

Put the following part of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 10

a) The next day the wise man went to the king and begged for seven years.

b) The wise man went home sadly because the king threaten him to kill if he failed.

c) Once there was a foolish king who had a white horse.

d) His daughter advised him to go to the king and beg seven years to teach the horse.

e) The king also had a wise friend whom everyone liked.

f) The king was angry because he wanted that people should like him instead of the wise man.

g) One day he called the wise man and asked him to teach his white horse to speak.

h) When he reached home, he told everything to his daughter.

Answers : [c+e+f+g+b+h+d+a]

Once there was a foolish king who had a white horse. The king also had a wise friend whom everyone liked. The king was angry because he wanted that people should like him instead of the wise man. One day he called the wise man and asked him to teach his white horse to speak. The wise man went home sadly because the king threaten him to kill if he failed. When he reached home, he told everything to his daughter. His daughter advised him to go to the king and beg seven years to teach the horse. The next day the wise man went to the king and begged for seven years.

1. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.

a) The astrologer was taken to the place of execution and then the king asked, “How long would you live?”

b)  Once there was a king who was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

c) The astrologer told something very unpleasant and at this the king got furious and condemned him to death.

d) With the ready wit he said, “ The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death.” “I shall wait to receive your Majesty where you have been sending me”

e) At this the king turned pale and shouted, “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again.”

f) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

g) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death and then he thought for a while for some way to escape.

h) The king wished to know this future from that astrologer and so, the king called hom to the palace.

Ans: b+f+h+c+a+g+d+e

2. a) She saw a box marked half a crown and considered that the box would be the most appropriate gift for him.

b) The princess had a fixed allowance for pocket money and she was not permitted to exceed it.

c) But her governess said, “No, you see the princess has not the money and so of course, she cannot buy the box.”

d) Queen Victoria was taught economical habits by her governess when she was a little girl.

e) Once at a market at Wales she spent all her money in buying a number of presents for relatives and friends.

f) The people in shop wanted to enclose the box with the other articles.

g) But alas! she had no money.

h) As she was leaving, she remembered another cousin for whom she did not buy any present. 

Ans: d+b+e+h+a+g+f+c

3. a) Suddenly there was slight trembling sound from below.

b) The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.

c) At that time, however she was not only the largest ship that had been ever built.

d) She was carrying 1316 passengers and crew of 891.

e) She was regarded as unsinkable for she had 16 water tight compartments.

f) After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision.

g) Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the north Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look out.

h) The great ship Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10, 1912.

Ans: h+d+c+e+g+f+a+b

4. a) The widow rushed from door to door for the mustard seed.

b) Then Buddah told her that since death is a common affair every where, she should not grieve over her son’s death.

c) He asked the widow to bring a handful of mustard seed from a house where death had not entered.

d) One day a widow who had lost her son came to Buddah.

e) The widow requested Buddah to restore her dead son to life.

f) But she found no house where someone had not died.

g) Buddah felt pity for the bereaved woman but could do nothing.

h) Being disappointed, she came back to Buddah and told him about the result of her search. 

Ans: d+e+g+c+a+f+h+b

5 . a) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.

b) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.

c) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

d) Unfortunately, he was caught by a slave merchant.

e) He took shelter in a cave.

f) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.

g) It was unbearable for him.

h) The man was very rude and cruel.

Ans: c+d+a+h+f+g+b+e

6. a) The official also expected some body that would be rich and aristocratic. They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein.

b) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.

c) They looked for him here and there for sometime. But unfortunately, they failed to find him out. So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.

d) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his way of life.

e) Einstein, however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violinin the other. When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein”

f) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.

g) He travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station. But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.

h) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a simple smile. “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk.”

Ans: d+f+g+a+c+e+h+b

7 . a)Once a king was hunting in the forest.

b) The king readily complied with kazi’s order and paid the fine.

c) The aged mother of the young man got infuriated at the rush conduct of the king, rushed to the kazi and sued the king before him.

d) The kazi was a fearless upright judge of the time who never cowered before any threat in discharging his duties faithfully.

e) But after treatment he came round.

f) The kazi ordered the king to pay full compensation to the family of the old man.

g) Accidentally, one of his arrows fell on a young man and he was seriously wounded.

h) The king was summoned to appear before the kazi where the king admitted his guilt.

Ans: a+g+c+d+h+f+b+e

8. a) When anyone came in, he quickly hid his pipe. One day was not quick enough.

b) So, the man brought some water and threw it over Raleigh.

c) He ran out of the house and told everybody about it. After this smoke was not a secret.

d) Sir Walter Raleigh travelled widely, learnt to smoke and returned to England.

e) A man came in and found clouds of smoke in the room.

f) He used to smoke two pipes everyday secretly in his room.

g) He thought Raleigh was burning.

h) He also noticed that more smoke was coming from Raleigh’s mouth.

Ans: d+f+a+e+g+h+b+c

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

b) In 1804, he proclaimed himself to be emperor and France under him was very powerful.

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

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

e) he fought several wars with the neighbouring countries and own victories over them.

f) Yet the Frenchman remember him with due respect.

g) He was born in 1769.

h) He died in 1821.

Ans: c+g+d+a+e+b+h+f

10. a) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.

b) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveller and supported himself by begging.

c) As a result, he burnt his fingers.

d) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.

e) Once young Taimur attracted a province but unfortunately his soldiers were killed.

f) The food was very hot.

g) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.

h) He hurridly dug his finger right at the middle of the dish.

Ans: e+b+g+d+a+f+h+c

11. a) Porus came forward with his man and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

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

c) “Like a king” was the reply of Porus.

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

e) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

f) Alexander was pleased with his bold reply.

g) He was brought before Alaxander.

h) Alexander, the king of Macedonia, attacked the land of Porus.

Ans: h+a+b+g+d+c+f+e

11. a) Porus came forward with his people and arms in order to defend his country from the invasion of Alexander. He fought couragiously, but unfortunately, he was defeated in the battle.

b) Alexander asked him, how he would like to be treated by him. “Like a king” was the reply of Porus. Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

c) Then he was taken Prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.

d) Being pleased, Alexander made him ruler of another province in the Punjab. He allowed him to rule his country as before.

e) He showed strong personality and integrity before alexander.

f) Alexander, the conquerer of the world, once crossed the Khaiber pass and reached India.

g) He was brought before Alexander.

h) When he came to the plain of the Punjab, there ruled a king called Porus.

Ans: f+h+a+c+g+e+b+d

12. a)They were also jealous of the great popularity of Socrates among people.

b) Some of the youths became very devoted to him.

c) Socrates soon became very popular.

d) Now there were some people in Athens who did not like his teachings.

e) They were men in authority with great influence.

f) Socrates was never tired of teaching them.

g) Young men gathered round him.

h) These young people learnt from the great teacher such knowledge as is remembered even today all over the world.

Ans: c+g+f+b+h+d+e+a

13 . a) He was specialist in treating boils.

b) He was a false doctor and patients from far and near used to come for treatment.

c) He would operate boils with his razor.

d) The barber treated them in their illness.

e) Once there lived a shrewd barber in a village who pretended to know everything.

f) When some of his patients were cured, the Barber felt proud of his success.

g) Finding no other way, the poor people called in him as he was available.

h) The patients would cry loudly in pain.

Ans: e+g+f+b+h+d+e+a

14. a) When they saw Mr. Monkey, they asked him to devide their bread into two equal halves.

b) Then Mr. Monkey broke the bread into two pieces and put them on the scale.

c) Mr. Monkey was so wise, and just that the other rat agreed to take their problem to him.

d) Once two rats found a piece of bread.

e) “Let’s go and see our friend, mr. Monkey, and ask for his advice.”

f) They couldn’t agree on how to divide it , because each rat wanted a  larger piece than the other.

g) Then one of the rats said, “We have argued and fought for so long that now we’re tired.”

h) “Well, that’s not easy,” said Monkey. “So it’ll cost you a lot.”

Ans: d+f+g+e+c+a+h+b

15. a) On a fixed day, the mice met in a meeting to find a way out.

b) A young mouse submitted a proposal.

c) Finally the mice migrated to another barn finding no other way.

d) There lived some mice in a farmer’s barn happily.

e) Different mice gave different opinions, but all of them were unacceptable.

f) The farmer was in a trouble with the mice and brought a cat in order to get rid of them.

g) Hearing the question, all began to look at one another in frustation.   

h) He proposed to tie a bell around the neck of the cat.

i) As a result. the mice were in danger to come out of their holes.

j) An old mouse accepted the proposal and asked, “But who will bell the cat?” 

Ans: d+f+i+a+e+b+h+j+g+c

16. a) He was quite happy in Brighton.

b) But the girl’s parents in fact treated him like a son.

c) But soon his mother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.

d) Their two daughters were taken a back with the presence of a ‘blakie’ in the house.

e) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India.

f) He returned home without any qualification of distinction.

g) Rabindranath, the fourteenth child of Debandranath and Sarada Devi, joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.

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

Ans: g+a+c+h+d+b+e+f

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

b) At that time some passers-by were walking along the street and they were greatly astonished.

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

d) She went up to him with a bucket full of water and poured the water on him.

e) One day, the woman became more furious than ever and began to insult him.

f) She thought that her husband was not paying the least heed to her and so she always tried to irritated him.

g) This made his wife more furious.

h) Socrates could not tolerate this, so he went out of his room.

Ans: c+e+h+a+g+f+d+b

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

e) He died on the 29 August, 1976.

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

g) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 BS(1899 AD) at Churulia in the district of Burdhwan.

h) At the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.

Ans: g+b+a+h+c+f+d+e

19. a) It was named after an English man named George Everest.

b) There might be snow slides and cracks under ice and snow.

c) Mount Everest has always fascinated climbers.

d) Mount Everest is in the Himalayan Mountains.

e) It is in the north of India between Tibet and nepal.

f) He was the first to survey the Himalayas.

g) It is difficult and dangerous because there is snow all over.

h) But climbing the Everest is difficult and dangerous.

Ans: d+e+a+f+c+h+g+b

20. a) After the war he came back to Kolkata in 1919.

b) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born of poor parents in 1899.

c) There Nazrul studied in a high school at Kazir Simla for three years and then returned to bardwan.

d) During that time a muslim police officer found him to be genius and sent him to his village home.

e) He started residing in the office of Bengal Muslim Literary Association.

f) In 1914 the First World War broke out and Nazrul joined the army at the age of 19.

g) When he was 12 years old, he flew away to Asansole and worked in a baker’s shop.

h) His remarkable poem, “Bidrohi” was published in that year when he was

Ans: b+g+d+e+c+f+a+h

21. a) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.

b) This brought for him a good name.

c) He was born in 1874 in Paris.

d) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest story writers of modern time.

e) Then he took to writing plays.

f) He qualified as a doctor and this life had no charms for him.

g) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs. Cadlac, Lady Frederick etc.

h) He made his first appearence in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.

Ans: d+c+f+a+h+b+e+g

22. a) Later on the master arriving at the market found death and asked why she made a threatening gesture to his servant.

b) There was a merchant in Baghdad, who sent his servant to buy provisions.

c) He came back white and trembling.

d) She looked at him making a threatening gesture.

e) She replied that she was surprised to see him in Baghdad.

f) In order to escape death, he left Baghdad for Samara riding a horse of his master.

g) She was surprised because she had an appointment with him that night in Samara.

h) And told his master that he had seen death in the market disguised as a woman.

Ans: b+c+h+d+f+a+c+g

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

b) But when he did any mischief, he would say, “God had done it by me.”

c) “Why are you stealing mangoes from my garden?”

d) The owner said nothing.

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

f) He took a stick and was waiting for the bad man to come down from the tree.

g) There was a bad man in a village.

h) the owner of the garden saw him stealing and got inside the garden.

Ans: g+b+a+h+c+e+d+f

24. a) “Is my name there?” asked the angel curiously.

b) Once there lived a man named Abu Bin Adam.

c) He found an angel writing something.

d) He was very honest.

e) “What are you writing?” he asked the angel.

f) Suddenly his sleep broke off.

g)One night he was sleeping in his living room.

h) ‘the name of those whom Allah loves’ he replied.

Ans: b+d+g+f+c+e+h+a

25. a) When asked Cordelia said “Nothing”. Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of nothing.”

b) He was tired of rulling and needed rest.

c) Lear was satisfied. He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.

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

e) At first, Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do you love me?” Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than i can say.”

f) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, “My love for you shall never change.” Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.

g) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear. He had three daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

h) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom. But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.   

Ans: g+b+h+e+c+f+d+a

26. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 1
a) When he arrived at the farm he saw a farmer standing outside surrounded by many three legged chickens.
b) The farmer replied, “Yes, I breed them because my wife and my son live here and we all like to eat chicken legs. Since a chicken only has two legs, I breed this three legged ones so we could all eat our favorite piece.”
c) The man decided to drive faster to see if the chicken could follow the speed. As he went faster and faster, so did the chicken.
d) One day, a man was driving in the countryside when he saw a three legged chicken running down the road next to his car.
e) “Are these your chickens?” the man asked.
f) “I don’t know. I haven’t caught one yet!”
g) Suddenly the chicken stopped running next to the car and ran down a country road towards a farm. The man decided to follow the chicken to the farm.
h) “That’s amazing!” said the driver “How do they taste?”
The parts of stories can appear in the following order: d), c), g), a), e), b), h) and f)

27. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
(a) But Fazlul Huq was a man of very independent character, so he resigned his post in 1911 and started legal practice.
(b) Fazlul Huq attracted the attention of B.F. Fuller, the ten Governor of East Bengal who appointed him a Deputy Magistrate.
(c) In 1897, he passed B.L. examination with distinction and began his independent legal practice at Kolkata High Court.
(d) Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq was born in 1872 at Saturia in Barisal.
(e) The next year he was appointed Lecturer and Examiner of M.A in Mathematics in Kolkata University.
(f) He received his primary education there and then entered Barisal Zilla School.
(g) At the age of twenty-one, he passed the B.Sc Examination from the Presidency College, Kolkata and M.Sc degree in Mathematics in 1895.
(h) He passed the entrance examination standing first in Dhaka division.
Answer no-7 : Rearrange d + f + h + g + e + c + b + a.

28. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
a) Columbus went to king Fardinand for help but in vain.
b) Columbus is an important name in the history of discovery.
c) He saw a vast sheet of unlimited water.
d) He became a sailor in his boyhood.
e) There he came in contact with many people.
f) Then he went to the Queen of Spain and she helped him.
g) He went to many parts of Europe and Africa and he also went to the British island, Iceland etc.
h) But such voyage would require ships.

1.®b 2.®d 3.®c 4.®g 5.®e 6.®h 7.®a 8.®f.

29. a) He told the crow that she was the most beautiful of all the birds with her excellent feathers but it was a great pity that she could not sing.
b) One day while going through the forest, all on a sudden he found a crow sitting on the branch of a tree.
c) At once the piece of meat fell down from her mouth and the cunning fox ate it with great enjoyment.
d) The cunning fox being really very greedy wanted to have the piece of meat.
e) She had a piece of meat in her beak.
f) Once there was a cunning and shrewd fox.
g) He made a plan.
h) The crow being influenced by the speech of the fox began to sing.

1.®f 2.®b 3.®e 4.®d 5.®g 6.®a 7.®h 8.®c.

30. a) Through the kindness of a patron, he was educated at the Town Grammar School and then at the University of Cambridge.
b) He was born in 1564, two months before Shakespeare, in the town of Canterbury. He was the son of a poor shoe maker.
c) He may be regarded as the true founder of drama. Then he was stabbed in a drunken fight and died wretchedly.
d) In 1587, at the age of 23, he produced his first play, Tamburlaine, which brought him instant recognition.
e) He graduated at the age of 19, and then went to London where he became an actor living in the low town atmosphere of excess poverty and wretchedness.
f) In five years, while Shakespeare was serving apprenticeship, Marlowe produced all his great works.
g) Thereafter, although he led a wretched life, he remained loyal to a high literary purpose.
h) Christopher Marlowe was the greatest of Shakespeare’s predecessors.

Answer no- 1.®h 2.®b 3.®a 4.®e 5.®d 6.®f 7.®g 8.®c.

31. a) As a result, a sanguinary war broke out between the two countries.
b) There was much anger and fighting because of this law.
c) At last Blefuscu sent a group of diplomats to Lilliput seeking for peace.
d) The Lilliputians used to eat eggs, breaking them open at the larger end but their Emperor made a law that eggs were to be broken at the smaller end.
e) The Lilliputians captured fifty Blefuscian wirships and brought them to the shore of Lilliput.
f) The Emperor of Blefuscu supported their cause and gave them shelter in his Kingdom.
g) The Emperor of Blefuscu received peace on certain abominable conditions.
h) Many people fled away from the country and crossed over to the land of Blefuscu.

Answer no-1®d 2.®b 3.®h 4.®f 5.®a 6.®e 7.®c 8.®g.

32. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
(a) But the corporal, full of dignity, did nothing but stood by and shouted orders.
(b) ‘Are you?’ said the officer.
(c) Presently an officer, not in uniform rode up.
(d) ‘Hello,’ he said to the corporal, ‘Why don’t you lend your men a hand to get that beam up?’
(e) He then getting down from his horse worked very hard to put the beam to its place and the man was none other than Washington himself.
(f) ‘Don’t you know that I am a corporal?’ was the reply.
(g) There were too few men for the work.
(h) In the American war of independence, a corporal and a party of soldiers were sent to raise a heavy beam for a battery.

Answer: 7. Re-arranging

h + g + a + c + d + f + b + e

In the American war of independence, a corporal and a party of soldiers were sent to raise a heavy beam for a battery. There were too few men for the work. But the corporal, full of dignity, did nothing but stood by and shouted orders, Presently an officer, not in uniform rode or. ‘Hello,’ He said to the corporal, ‘Why don’t you lend your men a hand to get that beam up? ‘Don’t you know that I am a corporal?’ was the reply. ‘Are you?’ said the officer. He then getting down from his horse worked very hard to put the beam to its place and the man was none other than Washington himself.

33. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
a. Mustafa was rather worried about his sons want of prudence. But he did not want to talk to Sayeed about it. He thought his son might not believe him.
b. There was a wise and rich merchant named Mustafa in Damascus.
c. ‘My friend, the Armenian, of course’. said his son. ‘He is the most honest man in Damascus.’
d. ‘Very well’, said Mustafa. ‘For once, I will trust your judgment.’ He gave his son a large box, which was also heavy and strong and with three locks.
e. The Armenian was dishonest. But he was very clever and managed to cheat Sayeed several times without raising suspicions.
f. He told him to take it to his friend for safe keeping.
g. One day Mustafa and Sayeed had to go on business to Baghdad. ‘Now, whom can I trust with my money during my absence?’ asked Mustafa anxiously.
h. He had an only son Sayeed by name. Sayeed trusted a young friend from Armenia too much.
Answer to the question
1. b, 2. h, 3. e, 4. a, 5. g, 6. c, 7. d, 8. f.

34. a. The Sultan was unable to choose an honest man. So, he asked for a wise counselors advice.
b. The Sultan was sitting on his throne. The wise man was also sitting near him. As soon as the applicants were assembled before the throne, the Sultan said, ‘Gentleman, I’d like you to dance.’
c. When they arrived, they were told to go to the Sultan, one at a time, through a dark and empty corridor.
d. ‘Your Highness’, said the wise man, ‘I suggest that you should invite all the applicants to the palace. Then I’ll show you the honest person when I ask them to dance.’
e. He invited applications and a number of people applied for the job.
f. ‘I have here,’ he said to the wise man, ‘some applications for the post of tax-collector.’
g. A Sultan wanted to find an honest man to collect taxes in his kingdom. Could you tell me how I can find an honest officer?
h. So, the Sultan asked all the applicants to come to the palace.
Answer to the question no-2:
1. g, 2. e, 3. a, 4. f, 5. d, 6. h, 7. c, 8. b.

35. a. ‘How interesting!’ said the English-woman. ‘Buckingham Palace in London was built in only two weeks.’
b. They went sight-seeing in a taxi.
c. The American was very proud of tall building in New York. He boasted to his friends, ‘Do you know that the Empire State Building was built in three months?’
d. At that moment the taxi passed a tall building. ‘What’s that?’ The English-women asked the driver who was a Mexican.
e. ‘I don’t know.’ answered the driver. ‘It wasn’t there yesterday.’
f. An American, a Frenchman and an English-women had been to Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
g. ‘Really?’ replied the Frenchman. ‘The Eiffel Tower in Paris was built in only one month.’
h. The three tourists were admiring the tall buildings in the city.
Answer to the question no-10:
1. f, 2. b, 3. h, 4. c, 5. g, 6. a, 7. d, 8. e.

36. a. Then one day, the fruit-seller said to the grocer, ‘I am going to the town to do some shopping. Please send your son with me to carry my things.’ The grocer sent his son with the fruit-seller.
b. ‘You liar, how can a crow carry away such a big boy?’ the grocer shouted angrily. ‘Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights,’ said the fruit-seller.
c. The grocer said, ‘The mice ate away your balance and weights. So I can’t return them.’
d. The grocer understood the point and returned the balance and the weights.
e. One day, a grocer borrowed a balance and weights from a fruit-seller.
f. The lame excuse of the dishonest grocer made the fruit-seller very angry. But he checked his temper.
g. After a few days, the fruit-seller asked the grocer to return his balance and weights.
h. The next day the fruit-seller came back alone from the town. ‘Where is my son?’ asked the grocer. ‘A crow carried your son away,’ replied the fruit-seller.
Answer to the question no-11:
1. e, 2. g, 3. c, 4. f, 5. a, 6. h, 7. b, 8. d.

37. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
a. Mustafa was rather worried about his sons want of prudence. But he did not want to talk to Sayeed about it. He thought his son might not believe him.
b. There was a wise and rich merchant named Mustafa in Damascus.
c. ‘My friend, the Armenian, of course’. said his son. ‘He is the most honest man in Damascus.’ d. ‘Very well’, said Mustafa. ‘For once, I will trust your judgment.’ He gave his son a large box, which was also heavy and strong and with three locks.
e. The Armenian was dishonest. But he was very clever and managed to cheat Sayeed several times without raising suspicions.
f. He told him to take it to his friend for safe keeping.
g. One day Mustafa and Sayeed had to go on business to Baghdad. ‘Now, whom can I trust with my money during my absence?’ asked Mustafa anxiously.
h. He had an only son Sayeed by name. Sayeed trusted a young friend from Armenia too much. Answer to the question no-1: 1. b, 2. h, 3. e, 4. a, 5. g, 6. c, 7. d, 8.

38. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.
.a. The Sultan was unable to choose an honest man. So, he asked for a wise counselors advice.
b. The Sultan was sitting on his throne. The wise man was also sitting near him. As soon as the applicants were assembled before the throne, the Sultan said, ‘Gentleman, I’d like you to dance.’
c. When they arrived, they were told to go to the Sultan, one at a time, through a dark and empty corridor.
d. ‘Your Highness’, said the wise man, ‘I suggest that you should invite all the applicants to the palace. Then I’ll show you the honest person when I ask them to dance.’
e. He invited applications and a number of people applied for the job.
f. ‘I have here,’ he said to the wise man, ‘some applications for the post of tax-collector.’
g. A Sultan wanted to find an honest man to collect taxes in his kingdom. Could you tell me how I can find an honest officer?
h. So, the Sultan asked all the applicants to come to the palace.
Answer to the question no-2: 1. g, 2. e, 3. a, 4. f, 5. d, 6. h, 7. c, 8. b.

39. a. ‘How interesting!’ said the English-woman. ‘Buckingham Palace in London was built in only two weeks.’
b. They went sight-seeing in a taxi.
c. The American was very proud of tall building in New York. He boasted to his friends, ‘Do you know that the Empire State Building was built in three months?’
d. At that moment the taxi passed a tall building. ‘What’s that?’ The English-women asked the driver who was a Mexican.
e. ‘I don’t know.’ answered the driver. ‘It wasn’t there yesterday.’
f. An American, a Frenchman and an English-women had been to Mexico City, the capital of Mexico.
g. ‘Really?’ replied the Frenchman. ‘The Eiffel Tower in Paris was built in only one month.’
h. The three tourists were admiring the tall buildings in the city.
answer to the question no-3: 1. f, 2. b, 3. h, 4. c, 5. g, 6. a, 7. d, 8. e.

40. a. Then one day, the fruit- seller said to the grocer, ‘I am going to the town to do some shopping. Please send your son with me to carry my things.’ The grocer sent his son with the fruit-seller.
b. ‘You liar, how can a crow carry away such a big boy?’ the grocer shouted angrily. ‘Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights,’ said the fruit-seller.
c. The grocer said, ‘The mice ate away your balance and weights. So I can’t return them.’
d. The grocer understood the point and returned the balance and the weights.
e. One day, a grocer borrowed a balance and weights from a fruit-seller.
f. The lame excuse of the dishonest grocer made the fruit-seller very angry. But he checked his temper. g. After a few days, the fruit- seller asked the grocer to return his balance and weights.
h. The next day the fruit- seller came back alone from the town. ‘Where is my son?’ asked the grocer. ‘A crow carried your son away,’ replied the fruit-seller.
Answer to the question no-4:
1. e, 2. g, 3. c, 4. f, 5. a, 6. h, 7. b, 8. d

41. a) The astrologer was taken to the place of execution and then the king asked, “How long would you live?”

b)  Once there was a king who was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

c) The astrologer told something very unpleasant and at this the king got furious and condemned him to death.

d) With the ready wit he said, “ The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death.” “I shall wait to receive your Majesty where you have been sending me”

e) At this the king turned pale and shouted, “Drive this wretch away and let him not come again.”

f) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

g) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death and then he thought for a while for some way to escape.

h) The king wished to know this future from that astrologer and so, the king called hom to the palace.

Ans: b+f+h+c+a+g+d+e

42. a) She saw a box marked half a crown and considered that the box would be the most appropriate gift for him.

b) The princess had a fixed allowance for pocket money and she was not permitted to exceed it.

c) But her governess said, “No, you see the princess has not the money and so of course, she cannot buy the box.”

d) Queen Victoria was taught economical habits by her governess when she was a little girl.

e) Once at a market at Wales she spent all her money in buying a number of presents for relatives and friends.

f) The people in shop wanted to enclose the box with the other articles.

g) But alas! she had no money.

h) As she was leaving, she remembered another cousin for whom she did not buy any present. 

Ans: d+b+e+h+a+g+f+c

43. a) Suddenly there was slight trembling sound from below.

b) The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.

c) At that time, however she was not only the largest ship that had been ever built.

d) She was carrying 1316 passengers and crew of 891.

e) She was regarded as unsinkable for she had 16 water tight compartments.

f) After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision.

g) Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy water of the north Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look out.

h) The great ship Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10, 1912.

Ans: h+d+c+e+g+f+a+b

44. a) The widow rushed from door to door for the mustard seed.

b) Then Buddah told her that since death is a common affair every where, she should not grieve over her son’s death.

c) He asked the widow to bring a handful of mustard seed from a house where death had not entered.

d) One day a widow who had lost her son came to Buddah.

e) The widow requested Buddah to restore her dead son to life.

f) But she found no house where someone had not died.

g) Buddah felt pity for the bereaved woman but could do nothing.

h) Being disappointed, she came back to Buddah and told him about the result of her search. 

Ans: d+e+g+c+a+f+h+b

45. a) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.

b) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.

c) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

d) Unfortunately, he was caught by a slave merchant.

e) He took shelter in a cave.

f) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.

g) It was unbearable for him.

h) The man was very rude and cruel.

Ans: c+d+a+h+f+g+b+e

46. a) The official also expected some body that would be rich and aristocratic. They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein.

b) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.

c) They looked for him here and there for sometime. But unfortunately, they failed to find him out. So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.

d) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his way of life.

e) Einstein, however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violinin the other. When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein”

f) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.

g) He travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station. But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.

h) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a simple smile. “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk.”

Ans: d+f+g+a+c+e+h+b

47. a)Once a king was hunting in the forest.

b) The king readily complied with kazi’s order and paid the fine.

c) The aged mother of the young man got infuriated at the rush conduct of the king, rushed to the kazi and sued the king before him.

d) The kazi was a fearless upright judge of the time who never cowered before any threat in discharging his duties faithfully.

e) But after treatment he came round.

f) The kazi ordered the king to pay full compensation to the family of the old man.

g) Accidentally, one of his arrows fell on a young man and he was seriously wounded.

h) The king was summoned to appear before the kazi where the king admitted his guilt.

Ans: a+g+c+d+h+f+b+e

48. a) When anyone came in, he quickly hid his pipe. One day was not quick enough.

b) So, the man brought some water and threw it over Raleigh.

c) He ran out of the house and told everybody about it. After this smoke was not a secret.

d) Sir Walter Raleigh travelled widely, learnt to smoke and returned to England.

e) A man came in and found clouds of smoke in the room.

f) He used to smoke two pipes everyday secretly in his room.

g) He thought Raleigh was burning.

h) He also noticed that more smoke was coming from Raleigh’s mouth.

Ans: d+f+a+e+g+h+b+c

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

b) In 1804, he proclaimed himself to be emperor and France under him was very powerful.

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

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

e) he fought several wars with the neighbouring countries and own victories over them.

f) Yet the Frenchman remember him with due respect.

g) He was born in 1769.

h) He died in 1821.

Ans: c+g+d+a+e+b+h+f

50. a) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.

b) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveller and supported himself by begging.

c) As a result, he burnt his fingers.

d) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.

e) Once young Taimur attracted a province but unfortunately his soldiers were killed.

f) The food was very hot.

g) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.

h) He hurridly dug his finger right at the middle of the dish.

Ans: e+b+g+d+a+f+h+c

51. a) Porus came forward with his man and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

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

c) “Like a king” was the reply of Porus.

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

e) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

f) Alexander was pleased with his bold reply.

g) He was brought before Alaxander.

h) Alexander, the king of Macedonia, attacked the land of Porus.

Ans: h+a+b+g+d+c+f+e

Or,

a) Porus came forward with his people and arms in order to defend his country from the invasion of Alexander. He fought couragiously, but unfortunately, he was defeated in the battle.

b) Alexander asked him, how he would like to be treated by him. “Like a king” was the reply of Porus. Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

c) Then he was taken Prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.

d) Being pleased, Alexander made him ruler of another province in the Punjab. He allowed him to rule his country as before.

e) He showed strong personality and integrity before alexander.

f) Alexander, the conquerer of the world, once crossed the Khaiber pass and reached India.

g) He was brought before Alexander.

h) When he came to the plain of the Punjab, there ruled a king called Porus.

Ans: f+h+a+c+g+e+b+d

52. a)They were also jealous of the great popularity of Socrates among people.

b) Some of the youths became very devoted to him.

c) Socrates soon became very popular.

d) Now there were some people in Athens who did not like his teachings.

e) They were men in authority with great influence.

f) Socrates was never tired of teaching them.

g) Young men gathered round him.

h) These young people learnt from the great teacher such knowledge as is remembered even today all over the world.

Ans: c+g+f+b+h+d+e+a

53. a) He was specialist in treating boils.

b) He was a false doctor and patients from far and near used to come for treatment.

c) He would operate boils with his razor.

d) The barber treated them in their illness.

e) Once there lived a shrewd barber in a village who pretended to know everything.

f) When some of his patients were cured, the Barber felt proud of his success.

g) Finding no other way, the poor people called in him as he was available.

h) The patients would cry loudly in pain.

Ans: e+g+f+b+h+d+e+a

54. a) When they saw Mr. Monkey, they asked him to devide their bread into two equal halves.

b) Then Mr. Monkey broke the bread into two pieces and put them on the scale.

c) Mr. Monkey was so wise, and just that the other rat agreed to take their problem to him.

d) Once two rats found a piece of bread.

e) “Let’s go and see our friend, mr. Monkey, and ask for his advice.”

f) They couldn’t agree on how to divide it , because each rat wanted a  larger piece than the other.

g) Then one of the rats said, “We have argued and fought for so long that now we’re tired.”

h) “Well, that’s not easy,” said Monkey. “So it’ll cost you a lot.”

Ans: d+f+g+e+c+a+h+b

55. a) On a fixed day, the mice met in a meeting to find a way out.

b) A young mouse submitted a proposal.

c) Finally the mice migrated to another barn finding no other way.

d) There lived some mice in a farmer’s barn happily.

e) Different mice gave different opinions, but all of them were unacceptable.

f) The farmer was in a trouble with the mice and brought a cat in order to get rid of them.

g) Hearing the question, all began to look at one another in frustation.   

h) He proposed to tie a bell around the neck of the cat.

i) As a result. the mice were in danger to come out of their holes.

j) An old mouse accepted the proposal and asked, “But who will bell the cat?” 

Ans: d+f+i+a+e+b+h+j+g+c

56. a) He was quite happy in Brighton.

b) But the girl’s parents in fact treated him like a son.

c) But soon his mother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.

d) Their two daughters were taken a back with the presence of a ‘blakie’ in the house.

e) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India.

f) He returned home without any qualification of distinction.

g) Rabindranath, the fourteenth child of Debandranath and Sarada Devi, joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.

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

Ans: g+a+c+h+d+b+e+f

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

b) At that time some passers-by were walking along the street and they were greatly astonished.

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

d) She went up to him with a bucket full of water and poured the water on him.

e) One day, the woman became more furious than ever and began to insult him.

f) She thought that her husband was not paying the least heed to her and so she always tried to irritated him.

g) This made his wife more furious.

h) Socrates could not tolerate this, so he went out of his room.

Ans: c+e+h+a+g+f+d+b

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

e) He died on the 29 August, 1976.

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

g) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 BS(1899 AD) at Churulia in the district of Burdhwan.

h) At the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.

Ans: g+b+a+h+c+f+d+e

59. a) It was named after an English man named George Everest.

b) There might be snow slides and cracks under ice and snow.

c) Mount Everest has always fascinated climbers.

d) Mount Everest is in the Himalayan Mountains.

e) It is in the north of India between Tibet and nepal.

f) He was the first to survey the Himalayas.

g) It is difficult and dangerous because there is snow all over.

h) But climbing the Everest is difficult and dangerous.

Ans: d+e+a+f+c+h+g+b

60. a) After the war he came back to Kolkata in 1919.

b) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born of poor parents in 1899.

c) There Nazrul studied in a high school at Kazir Simla for three years and then returned to bardwan.

d) During that time a muslim police officer found him to be genius and sent him to his village home.

e) He started residing in the office of Bengal Muslim Literary Association.

f) In 1914 the First World War broke out and Nazrul joined the army at the age of 19.

g) When he was 12 years old, he flew away to Asansole and worked in a baker’s shop.

h) His remarkable poem, “Bidrohi” was published in that year when he was

Ans: b+g+d+e+c+f+a+h

61. a) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.

b) This brought for him a good name.

c) He was born in 1874 in Paris.

d) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest story writers of modern time.

e) Then he took to writing plays.

f) He qualified as a doctor and this life had no charms for him.

g) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs. Cadlac, Lady Frederick etc.

h) He made his first appearence in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.

Ans: d+c+f+a+h+b+e+g

62. a) Later on the master arriving at the market found death and asked why she made a threatening gesture to his servant.

b) There was a merchant in Baghdad, who sent his servant to buy provisions.

c) He came back white and trembling.

d) She looked at him making a threatening gesture.

e) She replied that she was surprised to see him in Baghdad.

f) In order to escape death, he left Baghdad for Samara riding a horse of his master.

g) She was surprised because she had an appointment with him that night in Samara.

h) And told his master that he had seen death in the market disguised as a woman.

Ans: b+c+h+d+f+a+c+g

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

b) But when he did any mischief, he would say, “God had done it by me.”

c) “Why are you stealing mangoes from my garden?”

d) The owner said nothing.

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

f) He took a stick and was waiting for the bad man to come down from the tree.

g) There was a bad man in a village.

h) the owner of the garden saw him stealing and got inside the garden.

Ans: g+b+a+h+c+e+d+f

64. a) “Is my name there?” asked the angel curiously.

b) Once there lived a man named Abu Bin Adam.

c) He found an angel writing something.

d) He was very honest.

e) “What are you writing?” he asked the angel.

f) Suddenly his sleep broke off.

g) One night he was sleeping in his living room.

h) ‘the name of those whom Allah loves’ he replied.

Ans: b+d+g+f+c+e+h+a

65. a) When asked Cordelia said “Nothing”. Lear was shocked and said, “Nothing will come of nothing.”

b) He was tired of rulling and needed rest.

c) Lear was satisfied. He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.

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

e) At first, Lear asked his eldest daughter, “How much do you love me?” Goneril declared, “Sir, I love you more than i can say.”

f) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, “My love for you shall never change.” Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.

g) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear. He had three daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

h) He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom. But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.   

Ans: g+b+h+e+c+f+d+a

66. (a) In 1948 he founded the ‘Dhaka Art Institution’.

(b) In 1938 he got first class in the Art School and in the same year he was awarded gold medal in all India Exhibitions.

(c) He had great thirst for drawing pictures.

(d) Joynul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.

(e) On 28 May, 1976 he breathed his last in Dhaka.

(f) He drwe a lot of pictures of the Second World War and his name and fame spread all over the world.

(g) He did not like hard and fast rules of school and so he drwe pictures secretly.

(h) For this at the age of 15 he went to Kolkata to see Art School and at the age of 19 he was admitted into Kolkata Government Art College.

Answer: d g c h b f a e

67. (a) He travelled for more than thirty years.

(b) He boarded a ship for Chittagong and it took him about six months to reach there.

(c) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.

(d) Ibn Batuta became very pleased hearing it.

(e) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.

(f) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.

(g) You might have heard the name of Ibn Batuta.

(h) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.

Answer: g a h b f c e d

68. (a) Suddenly he woke up and swa an angel.

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

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

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

(e) His name was Abu Ben Adham.

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

(g) He was once sleeping peacefully.

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

Answer: c e g a f h d b

69. a. He became very annoyed.
b. So, he procured a heavy stone.
c. During his stay, he received an unpaid letter from his friend.
d. An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.
e. He packed it up in a fine box.
f. He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
g. The poet had to pay double postage.
h. The letter contained nothing but some words.

Ans. d+c+g+h+a+f+b+e.

An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health. During his stay, he received an unpaid letter from his friend. The poet had to pay double postage. The letter contained nothing but some words. He became very annoyed. He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson. So, he procured a heavy stone. He packed it up in a fine box.

70. a) Suddenly, he stopped one of the guests.

b) The marriage ceremony was over and the guests were all going to the feast

c) He spoke so strangely that the guest stood still and listened to the story.

d) He saw people walking past him.

e) The old man told him about his last journey on the sea.

f) The old sailor sat on a stone outside the church.

g) He had a strange mad look in his eyes.

h) “There was a ship,” the old sailor began.

Ans.  bfgdaehc  

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.

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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.

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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.

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(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 :
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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 :
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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 :

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   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.

Answer no-7:

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