Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-I-Khuda

5.Read the passage about the European explores. Complete the following table with information from the passage.

Dr. Muhammad Qudrat-I-Khuda, born in 1900 in Birbhum, West Bengal, India, was a great scientist. He passed the Matriculation Examination from Kolkaka Madrasa in 1918 in the first division. He obtained his MSc degree in Chemistry standing first in the first class from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1924 and was awarded gold medal. He obtained the DSc degree in 1929 from London University. He was the Principal of Islamis College and Presidency College Kolkata. In 1947, he came to East Pakistanm from 1947-1949. He was appointed as the Scientific Advisor of the Ministry of Defense. After the independence of Bangladesh, Qudrat-i- khuda was made Chairman of the National Education Commission in 1972. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Dhaka University in 1975 and served there till his deat in 1977. The Government of Bangladesh honoured him with ‘Ekushey Padak in 1976 and “Swadhinata Dibash Purashkar’ in 1984.

European Explorers

	European Explorers
Purpose	Setting up new trade link.
Trading	Species traded from Far East to (i) ————–
Periods	Nationality	From	To	Goods	Purpose
1415-1535	Europeans	Europe	(ii) ——-	species	to grow trade.
15th Century	The Portuges and the Dutch	Indian Ocean	China	(iii)——–	for use.
(iv) ———–	The British	Europe	(v) ——-	porcelain	to earn money.

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
6. Match the parts of sentence given in column “A” “B” and “C” to write five complete sentences.

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a)Truthfulness which is the greatest	(i)are created in society and we	(i)aspects of telling lies.
(b)People often tell lies	(ii) in order that we can lead a happy	(ii) society and then we are faced with a shameful situation.
(c) Owing to telling lies, various problems	(iii)they  don’t think of the harmful	(iii) and honorable life in society.
(d) Moreover, a lie never lies hidden for long	(iv) of all human virtues helps us	(iv) experience hellish sufferings.
(e) So, we must give up the habit of telling lies	(v) gets exposed, spoils our honour in	(v) proper in life and makes our life happy.

7. 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) All the men on the beach stared at the magnificent fish for a minute.

(b) In cold and windy beach, some fishermen were trying to catch the giant bluefish- the talk of the town.

(c) The battle continued.

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

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

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

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

(h) The fish was five feet of the shore and was fighting harder than ever.

A.1.Make five sentences using parts of sentences from each column of the table below.

Drug addiction	is	strong attraction for any harmful things.
It	has	not only a national but also a global problem.
Drugs	means	used for intoxicating and stimulating effects.
These drugs	are	grasped the young generation of the country.
Addiction		taken by smoking or through injection.

2. Complete the sentences.

(a) Scarcely had I heard the explosion ————–.

(b) Had you forbidden me —————.

(c) You can get A+ provided —————.

(d) Walking which is a —————–.

(e) She could not lead a happy life ————–.

3. Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) Few people know Latin, ————–?

(b) We think you will be successful, ———–?

(c) Not only I but also my parents are invited to the party, ———–?

(d) The mother rose in her at the sight, ————-?

(e) That he is honest is known to all, ————-?

4. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.

we would like to go on an excursion can we have your permission sir said the students yes you can arrange it after the examination is over and you should choose a historical place for that replied the headmaster thank you sir

5. Complete the sentences.

(a) Historical places help us —————-.

(b) Man is curious ——————-.

(c) —————–, he can know many things.

(d) We should pay a visit to a historical place———–.

(e) It is high time —————–.

6. Make tag questions of these statements.

(a) Nobody believes a cheat, —————–?

(b) Everybody hates him,——————?

(c) He has to drag a miserable life,———–?

(d) He can hardly succeed in life, ————–?

(e) Let us always speak the truth, ———-?

8. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following text.

the traveler said can you please tell me the way to nearest inn yes said the peasant do you want one in which you can spend the night no replied the traveler I only want a meal