Question No. 3
Use of suitable phrases and words
1.
(a) Rita: Mom, ___ a platypus ___?
Mother: It is a small animal like a duck.
(b) ___ goes Snigdha. She is a very meritorious girl.
(c) Zuthi cannot dance to an ordinary song, ___ a classical music. She is still at primary level in dance.
(d) Some important issues will be discussed in the meeting. You ___ attend it.
(e) Plato was a Greek philosopher. He ___ in 427 BC.
(f) You have become involved in politics. ____ your parents know it?
(g) ___ is 8 pm. I cannot stay here anymore.
(h) Zani burst into laughter ___ I fell on the slippery ground.
(i) Kamal's father died last year. Consequently, he ___ shoulder the burden of the family.
(j) ___ swimming in the river on every Friday?
2.
(a) Have you seen an ostrich? What ___ it ___?
(b) Plato ___ in ancient Greece.
(c) It is ___ we stopped corruption from the society.
(d) ___ he fails in the HSC Examination?
(e) Sohel ___ die than beg.
(f) He behaves ___ he was my boss.
(g) You ___ go to Canada for leading a better life.
(h) He bought a Chattogram-bound train ticket. ___ he reached the station when the train left.
(i) I have never gone to Sylhet. ___ visiting Sylhet in the coming winter vacation?
(j) The old man is very tired. He can't walk a mile ___ five miles.
3.
(a) He treats me ___ I was his younger brother. Actually, he is one of my distant relatives.
(b) Rima is a daughter of poor parents. She has no private tutor. So, she ___ study hard.
(c) ___ was a stormy night. It was raining also.
(d) I cannot ride a bike, ___ car. I have no money to buy any of these two things.
(e) Victor Hugo is a famous French novelist and dramatist. He ___ in 1802.
(f) Samira, ___ a kangaroo ___?
(g) Today is holiday. ___ going to the zoo?
(h) You are not attentive to your study. __ you fail in the exam?
(i) You ___ cross the river at this moment. The river is very rough now.
(j) ___ flows a river by our village. We often swim in it.
Answer: 1. a. What does a platypus look like, b. There, c. let alone, d. had better, e. was born, f. what if, g. It, h. as soon as, i. had to, j. What’s it like.
2. a. What does it look like, b. was born, c. high time, d. What if, e. would rather, f. as if, g. has better, h. Hardly had, i. What’s it like, j. let alone.
3. a. as if, b. has to, c. It ,d. let alone, e. was born, f. What does a kangaroo look like?, g. What is it like, h. What if, i. had better, j. There.
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