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December 4, 2024December 5, 2024 Md. Rokon Uddin (Rumon)

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.

(a) A wise god granted his wish promptly.

(b) He could hardly believe his eyes.

(d) One day, when Midas was sleeping under an apple tree, a ripe apple fell beside him.

(e) The apple turned into gold as soon as he touched it.

(f) There was a king called Midas who was extremely fond of gold.

(g) He picked up the apple.

(h) He wanted more although he had a lot of it.

(a) The mayor called a meeting of the councilors and talked about the problem.

(b) The people of the town came to the Town Hall and said to the Mayor to do something about rats.

(d) A long time ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem.

(e) The Mayor said, “Come in.”

(f) But they could not find a way out.

(g) The stranger entered the hall.

(h) It became full of rats.

(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.

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

(e) He died on 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 B.S (1899 AD) at Churulia in the district of Burdhwan.

(h) At the age of 19, he joined the army as an ordinary solider.

(a) He lost his father in his childhood.

(b) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.

(d) Nazrul Islam was born on 20th May 1899.

(e) As a boy being restless and absent minded, he did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.

(f) One day, this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.

(g) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.

(h) So, he was called Dukhu Mia.

(a) When asked, the youngest daughter said, “Nothing”.

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

(d) His eldest daughter declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can say.”

(e) Long ago, there was a mighty old king of England named Lear who wanted to divide his kingdom among his three daughters.

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

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

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

(a) The dog was cured.

(b) He found a mad dog and injected some weak germs of its diseases into blood.

(d) He had been bitten by a mad dog.

(e)Pasteur was a French scientist.

(f) Pasteur gave him some injection and the boy did not get dog’s diseases.

(g) He discovered that many diseases are caused by germs and he also found curse for several of them.

(h) At first, he treated only animals because he did not want to cause the death of any human being.

(a) He took part in the revolt against King Edward I of England for the independence of his country.

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

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

(e) It flew down time and again but it did not give up its attempts. At its seventh attempt, it was successful in reaching the top.

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

(g) Being defeated for six times, he lost all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day, he was lying in a cave in the forest.

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

(a) The guests praised the king.

(b) People praised him more than their king.

(c)The name of the man was Hatem Tai.

(d) But the guests praised Hatem Tai also.

(e) Long, long ago, there lived a very kind and generous man in Yemen.

(f) One day, the king gave a dinner.

(g) He was not rich but very hospitable.

(h) So, the king felt happy and proud.

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

(b) Alexander, the king of Macedonia, crossed the Khaibar Pass and reached India.

(d) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply and allowed him to rule his country as before.

(e) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab which was ruled by a king named Porus.

(f) He was brought before Alexander.

(g) Porus bravely replied, “Like a king.”

(h) But unfortunately he was defeated and taken as a prisoner.

10.

(a) Enemies invaded his kingdom.

(b) Once he was lying in the cave.

(d) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.

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

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

(g) The spider failed again and again to succeed but it did not give up hope.

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

11.

(a) The Nobel Prize has been given since 1901.

(b) In 1850, Alfred Nobel joined his father’s company and after some years he invented dynamite.

(c) He earned a lot of money from dynamite business. He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work for setting up peace in the world.

(d) He was an engineer and chemist.

(e) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1883 at Stockholm, Sweden.

(f) This award was name 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.

12.

(a) He was educated at home by his father and tutors.

(b) Some of his best works are Gitanjali, Sonar Tori, Kheya, Balaka, etc.

(d) His father was Maharshi Debendranath Tagore.

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

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

(g) He was a man of versatile genius.

(h) He had no regular school education.

13.

(a) The dog dropped the bone and barked at the crow.

(b) One of them started pecking to dog’s tail.

(d) Once a dog was eating a bony piece of meat sitting under a tree.

(e) The dog not only felt disturbed but also became angry.

(f) It flew away and after some time retuned with another crow.

(g) A crow saw him and wished to eat that.

(h) In the meantime, the other crow flew away with the bone.

14.

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

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

(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.

(a) When asked if he had any objection if they took him under the police custody, he answered ‘no’.
(b) A police officer went to that place and asked all the people there if they knew anything about the incident but the villagers replied in the negative.
(c) The man being dull-headed could not learn English but could learn only ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘very well’ without knowing their meaning.
(d) At last the police officer asked the man, he replied in the affirmative.
(e) He came back to his village and whenever anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he would say either ‘yes’, ‘no’ or ‘very well’.
(f) Finally, when the police officer wanted to arrest him, he replied as ‘very well’ and accordingly he was arrested and put to jail.
(g) One night a theft took place in a house of the village and the police were informed of it.
(h) A man living in a village wanted to learn English and so he went to a teacher.

16.

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.

17.

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.

18.

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.

19.

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.

20.

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.

21.

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.

22.

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.”

23.

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.

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.

24.

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.

25.

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.

26.

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.

27.

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.

28.

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.

29.

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.

30.

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.

31.

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.

32.

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.

33.

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.

34.

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 appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.

35.

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.

36.

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.

37.

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?”

38.

39.

(a) He thought him to be dead.

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

(d) Once upon a time two friends were passing through a forest.

(e) Then the bear went away.

(f) Finding no other way, the later one laid down on the ground and feigned death.

(g) The first friend climbed up a tree but the later could not climb.

( h) They were talking about their love for each other. [Dhaka Board:2024 (1)]

40.

(a) The king followed the advice of the physician and became slim and fully cured.

(b) He advised the king to move a heavy club into the air till he got tired.

(d) The doctor was very wise.

(e) He became bulky and could not move or do anything.

(f) Once there was a king who was very idle.

(g) He did not prescribe any medicine.

(h)He called in a doctor. [Rajshahi Board-2024 (2)]

41.

(a) In 1930 he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year.

(b) In 1947. when the partition was made Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India.

(d) He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935.

(e) He took his Master’s Degree in English at the age of 22.

(f) 1951. he joined the Kharagpur College.

(g)Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899.

(h)The next year he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College. [Ctg Board-2024 (5)]

42.

(a) He said to him. “Look. my friend! Keep the money and remove your distress.”

(b) So. he could not devote himself to his work. away at night.

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

(e) He dug a hole in his hut and kept them there.

(f) A rich man went to a farmer with fifty thousand taka in a bag.

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

(h) He gradually realized that he had money but no peace of mind.[Sylhet-2024; (6)

b/c

c/b

43.

(a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi and ordered him to give all he had to him.

(b) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.

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

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

(e)On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them and took away all the goods and money from the merchants.

(f) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without any fear.

(g) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.

(h) Saadi then said, “I hope that you will make the good use of these books.” [Barishal-2024; (07)]

44.

(a) Belal’s lot has changed radically.

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

(d) Poverty forced him to look for work.

(e) Then he joined the training programme of NHC and received training in vegetable cultivation.

(f) He has also been raising hybrid cows for milk as well as to produce manure.

(g)Belal was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.

(h) He applied his new and improved knowledge for cultivating vegetables. [Din-2024; (08)]

45.

(a) He got a lease of land in his village.

(b) As a result, his lot has been changed radically.

(d) He has also been raising hybrid cows for milk and manure.

(e) Shamim was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.

(f)So, he joined the training in vegetable cultivation.

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

(h) He applied his new and improved knowledge for cultivating vegetables. [Mym- 2024; (09)]

46.

(a) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.

(b) Napoleon, the king of France, was a great hero.

(d) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.

( e) The boy said, “I shall cross the sea and go my home.”

(f)Suddenly, he noticed a wonderful thing.

(g) The boy was brought before him.

(h) An English boy was making a small boat.[Cumilla-2024; (04)]

47.

(a) They got money, made a shelter in a makeshift house and started making ‘Nakshi Kantha’ with new and old clothes and thread of different colours.

(b) Yet Nur Banu did not become frustrated and inspired her husband to stand against all odds.

(d) As Nur Banu was good at art in her early age, she could make wonderful design in her Kanthas.

(e)A few years back Nur Banu lost everything for the river erosion.

(f) Her husband sold them in the market and became solvent.

(g) She together with her husband worked hard and made a lot of Kanthas.

(h) She had an ornament made of gold and she gave it to her husband to sell it. [Jashore Board-2020; (11)]

48.

(a) “I am not playing. I have already gone through these pages.”

(b) His father was passing by.

(d) He at once entered the room and said. “O my boy, don’t play with your book.”

(e) His father Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barishal bar.

(f) One day the boy Fazlul Huq was reading in his study room.

(g)He saw Fazlul Huq was reading his lessons and tearing off the pages of his book one after another.

(h) The great leader of the country whom we love and admire is Sher-E-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq.[Cum-2020; 12]

49.

(a) Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942.

(b) In 1993 Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(c) For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful nonviolent defiance against the South African Government and its racist policies.

(d)Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.

(e)In 1993, South African President F. W. de Klerk was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(f) In 2009, Mandela’s birthday was declared “Mandela Day” to promote global peace.

(g) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa.

(h) In 1994, Mandela was elected as South Africa’s first black President.

50.

(a) On the way, people were showing due respect to the statue of the goddess.

(b) So, feeling proud, the donkey started to bray in joy.

(d) Then the driver of the donkey became very angry.

(e) Saying this, he stated beating the donkey with his stick.

(f) Seeing this donkey thought that people were showing him honour.

(g) He said, “You wretched, do you think people show you this respect? Such a bad day foe man will never come.”

(h) Moreover, it refused to move even a step.

51.

(a) “Stop,” said the bad man. “What have I done to deserve it?” bad man came down, the owner of the garden caught hold of him and began to beat

(b) When the him with the stick.

(c) One day the bad man was stealing some mangoes from the garden of a neighbour. The owner of the garden saw him stealing the mangoes and rushed to the garden.

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

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

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

(g)The owner of the garden said nothing. He took a stick and was waiting for the bad man till he came down from the tree.

(h) There was a bad man in a village. (39)

52.

(a) Applicants were enlisted serially for the competition.

(b) A date was fixed for the competition.

(d) A king declared a rich prize for the teller of biggest lie.

(e) They tried their best to tell bigger lies but failed to win the mind of the king.

(f) It was nearly to a close of the competition.

(g) He said that the king was a worthless person.

(h) A new comer prayed for worthless person. a chance to try and he was allowed. (45)

53.

(a) Next day the wiseman went to the king and begged seven years.

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

(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 wiseman and asked him to teach his white horse to speak.

(h) When he reached home, he told everything to his daughter. (48)

54.

(a) Being curious Banquo also wanted to know his future.

(b) The prophecy made Macbeth ambitious and inspired him to murder Duncan, the king, so that he could be the king.

(c) Macbeth and Banquo, two generals of Scotland were returning home on a stormy night after defeating the soldiers of Norway and Ireland.

(d) Macbeth was stunned to hear it as the king was still alive.

(e) To his surprise he was told that he would be less successful than Macbeth.

(f) Regarding Macbeth they told that he would be the king in future.

(g) On the way they met the Three Witches who foretold the future.

(h) Because he would not be the king, but his son would.(52)

55.

(a) Lalon lost one of his eyes for the smallpox disease.

(b) He came in touch with philosopher and singer of Cheuriya, Kushtia, Siraj Shah who recovered him and had, later great influence upon his Baul philosophy.

(d) Once Lalon was going out to pilgrimage at his young age but he contracted smallpox on the way.

(e) Fakir Lalon Shah was born in 1774 at Horispur, Horinakundo, Jhenaidah; valiantly in a Kayastha family of the village Bhadra in Kumarkhali of Kustia district.

(f) Later without any institutional education, he established a new variety of Baul tradition denouncing the caste distinction. (g) Lalon returned to his house, but was denounced by his wife and the relatives since he had been under the shelter and association of the Muslims.

(h) The Malam Shah and his wife Matijan rescued dying Lalon from the banks of the Ganges.

56.

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

(b) To satisfy his curiosity, he often undertook some risky adventures.

(d) And that person was his loving mother.

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

(f) He was Thomas Alva Edison.

(g) His father got angry for this kind of activities.

(h) A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in the village because he always asked. “why, why, why.”(=

57.

a) He took the feathers one by one and stuck them in among his own feathers.

(b) When he returned to the crows, they also drove him away.

(d) They attacked him, pulled out the feathers and drove him away.

(e) He looked at himself and became glad and proud because he was no longer ugly like other crows.

(f) The crow realized his fault and promised he would never be false or overambitious.

(g) Once a crow thought that he was ugly to look at and wanted to be beautiful.

(h) So, he made up his mind to go to the peacocks and live with them but the peacocks thought that he was a crow in the guise of a peacock. (68)

58.

a) In Macbeth he has depicted the greedy characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and their demise.

(b) Among 37 plays the four greatest tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth

(d)This age is called the Golden Age of English Literature.

(e) He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.

(f) Elizabethan age is named after Queen Elizabeth I who reigned over England from 1558 to 1603.

(g)Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford, Avon.

(h) He is often called the “Bard of Avon. (69)

59.

(a) At last, he cured the lady and demanded his fees.

(b) In the meantime, the aristocratic and expensive furniture of her house made the physician covetous.

(d) She agreed to pay him a huge sum of money if she was cured completely, but would not pay a single penny if he failed. (e) I can’t see my furniture! I am not cured yet, said the lady.

(f) Once getting blind suddenly, an old lady called in a doctor.

(g) But the lady refused to give him any fee.

( h) So, he delayed her cure and started to take away the furniture one by one. (70)

60.

(a) His parents had a mean ancestry there and so his relatives brought him up in Wittenberg.

(b) He is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.

(d) Christopher Marlowe was a great predecessor of William Shakespeare.

(e) ‘Doctor Faustus’ is a play which deals with life and death, good and evil.

(f) He wrote a number of plays which made him famous all over the world.

(g) He wanted to be a mighty god and have a world of pomp and delight and with this end in view he studied black art.

(h) There he studied theology, but he was not satisfied with this kind of knowledge. (67)

61.

(a) He became very annoyed.

(b) So, he procured a heavy stone.

(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 a double postage.

(h) The letter contained nothing but some words.(61)

62.

(a) One day he received a most heart-breaking news that his father had died.

(b) Once there was a king named Hamlet.

(d) He was told that a snake had killed his father.

(e) But when he saw his mother being married with his uncle daudius, he got greatly shocked and suspicion filled his mind. (f) He had a son called Prince Hamlet.

(g) He rushed home with a heavy heart.

(h)Prince Hamlet was studying philosophy in a university abroad.

63.

(a) When asked, the youngest daughter said, “Nothing”.

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

(d) His eldest daughter declared, “Sir, I love you more than I can say.”

(e) Long ago, there was a mighty old king of England named Lear who wanted to divide his kingdom among his three daughters.

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

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

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

64.

(a) The dog was cured.

(b) He found a mad dog and injected some weak germs of its diseases into blood.

(d) He had been bitten by a mad dog.

(e)Pasteur was a French scientist.

(f) Pasteur gave him some injection and the boy did not get dog’s diseases.

(g) He discovered that many diseases are caused by germs and he also found curse for several of them.

(h) At first, he treated only animals because he did not want to cause the death of any human being.

65.

(a) He took part in the revolt against King Edward I of England for the independence of his country.

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

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

(e) It flew down time and again but it did not give up its attempts. At its seventh attempt, it was successful in reaching the top.

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

(g) Being defeated for six times, he lost all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day, he was lying in a cave in the forest.

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

66.

(a) The guests praised the king.

(b) People praised him more than their king.

(c)The name of the man was Hatem Tai.

(d) But the guests praised Hatem Tai also.

(e) Long, long ago, there lived a very kind and generous man in Yemen.

(f) One day, the king gave a dinner.

(g) He was not rich but very hospitable.

(h) So, the king felt happy and proud.

67.

(a) A wise god granted his wish promptly.

(b) He could hardly believe his eyes.

(d) One day, when Midas was sleeping under an apple tree, a ripe apple fell beside him.

(e) The apple turned into gold as soon as he touched it.

(f) There was a king called Midas who was extremely fond of gold.

(g) He picked up the apple.

(h) He wanted more although he had a lot of it.

68.

(a) The mayor called a meeting of the councilors and talked about the problem.

(b) The people of the town came to the Town Hall and said to the Mayor to do something about rats.

(d) A long time ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem.

(e) The Mayor said, “Come in.”

(f) But they could not find a way out.

(g) The stranger entered the hall.

(h) It became full of rats.

69.

(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.

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

(e) He died on 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 B.S (1899 AD) at Churulia in the district of Burdhwan.

(h) At the age of 19, he joined the army as an ordinary solider.

70.

(a) He lost his father in his childhood.

(b) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.

(d) Nazrul Islam was born on 20^th May 1899.

(e) As a boy being restless and absent minded, he did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.

(f) One day, this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.

(g) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.

(h) So, he was called Dukhu Mia.

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