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Monday, September 5, 2011

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing Sentences

Read the bellow sentence:

I shall comeback incase you want.
He carried an umbrella incase it rained.
Incase of want of money,phone me.

Structure:

subj. +verb (future)+in case +subj. +verb(present)+ext.
Subj.+verb(past)+in case +subj,+verb(past)+ext.
Incase of +noun ,subj. +verb +ext.

Complete the bellow sentences:

He will go in case................................
They would study in case...................
In case of his illness,...........................

Read the bellow sentence:

I wish I were rich.
He wishes he sang a song.
Wouldthat I could play chess.

Structure:

subj. +wish+subj.+were/verb(past)+ext.
Would that +subj.+could+verb(present)+ext.

Compete the bellow sentences

She wishes..............................................
I wish.........................................................
Would that................................................

Read the bellow sentence

Would you mind having a cup of tea.
Would youmind going there.

Structure:

Would you mind +verb-ing +ext.

Complete the bellow sentences:

Would you mind......................................
Would you mind visiting..........................

Read the bellow sentence:
I know him to be honest.
We consider him honest.
He treats me as honest.
You took me as your well wisher.

Structure:

Feel/,suppose/,imagine/,report/,discover/,know/.judge/,assume +to be +adjective.
Consider/,find/,think,/believe,/declare,/prove +adj.(Here tobe may be hidden).
Regard,treat,acknowledge,condemn *as *adj.
Accept/,consider/,know,/define/,describe/,interpret/,regard,treat/,use,/ recognize .+as +noun but
take +for+noun.

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing Sentences

Read the bellow sentence

A house is the place where we live.
11 p.m is the time when we sleep.

Structure:

The place +where +subj. +verb +ext.
The time +when +subj.+verb +ext.

Complete the following sentence:

Dhaka is the place where..............................................
A mosque is the place where.......................................
Saturday is the day when..............................................
1952 was the year when................................................

Read the bellow sentence:

She has much intelligence that she can pass or cannot fail.
There are so many stars in the sky that we can not count .

Structure:

so +much/many +noun +that +subj. +(can +verb )or( cannot +verb) or verb +ext.

Complete the bellow sentence:

I have not so much time...........................................
You plucked so many flowers.................................

Read the bellow sentence:

you can go when you have done your duty.
She will swim after she has gone to take a bath.
We went there after the rain had stopped
Mother had cooked before she reached home.

Structure:

subj. +verb(present/future)+ext +when/after +subj. +has/have +verb -p.p +ext.
Subj.+verb(past) +when/after +subj. +had +verb-p.p +ext.
Subj. +had +verb -p.p +ext +before +subj.+verb (past) +ext.

Complete the following sentence:

we shall play after.........................................
He rises when...............................................
we played after.............................................
you had punished him before......................

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing Sentences

Read the bellow sentence:

If you read ,you will pass.
If he had a car, he could drive.
If I had bought the book,I would have given you that.
Had You met her,she would have pleased much.
Were I a king,I would help her.
Had they an unbrella,they would give you that.

Structure:

If +subj. +verb (past) +ext,subj. +'ll +verb (present) +ext.
If+subj. +verb(past) +ext,subj. +would /could/might +verb (present) +ext.
Had/were +subj. +obj. ,subj. +would/could/might +verb (present) +verb+ ext.
If +subj. +had +verb-p.p +ext,subj. +would/could/might +have +verb-p.p +ext.
Had +subj. +verb-p.p+ext,subj.+would/could/might +have +verb-p.p +ext.

Complete the following sentence:

If she starts early,...................................
If they run in the sun,...............................
If we met her,...........................................
Were a child again,..............................
Had we a house,....................................
If he had learnt his lessons,..................
Had you gone there,..............................

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing Sentences

Read the following sentences:

I saw the boy who came here.
This is the man whom you met last night.
This is the boy whose brother is an M.B.B.S.
The book that you gave me was lost.
I bought the book which you had.

Structure:

N/P +who /whose-noun/that +verb +ext.
N/P +whom/which/that +subj. +verb +ext.

Complete the bellow sentence:

You are the boy whom.......................................
Titu was the man whose......................................
The machines which you sold..............................
The cattle that are grazing in the field.....................
The girl who is my friend......................................

Read the bellow sentence:

Without reading, you cannot pass.
By taking less food,we can remain fit.

Structure:

Without+verb -ing +ext,subj. + can not +verb +ext.
By +verb -ing +ext,subj. +can +verb+ext.

Complete the bellow sentence:

Without running fast.........................................
By taking regular physical exercise..................
Without walking much....................................
By  eating fruits and vegetables,

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing sentences

Read the bellow sentence:

He talks asif/asthough he knew nothing.
They denoted as if we had been poor.

Structure:

subj.+verb (present)+as if /as though +subj. +verb(past) +ext.
Subj. +verb(past) +as if/as though +subj. +had +verb-p.p +ext.

Complete the following sentence:

you behave as if......................................................
she tells the matter as though..............................
we ran fast as if.....................................................
the boy proceeded as though..............................

Read the bellow sentence:

I didnot take fish let alone meat.

Structure:

subj. +verb +obj. +let alone +obj.

Complete the bellow sentence

He cannot pass in the third division let alone....................................................
I can not swim a killometter let alone...................................................................
note -a same word/phrase is used before and after let alone...........................

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing sentences

Read the following sentence:


No sooner had the train reachedthan we got into it.
Scarcely had we arrived when it rained.
Hardly had they gone when you came.


Structure:


No sooner had +subj. +verb-p.p +than +subj. +verb(past) +ext.
Scarcely/hardly had +subj. +verb-p.p +when /before +subj. +verb (past)+ext.


Complete the bellow sentence:


No sooner had the rain started than..........................................................
Scarcely had the teacher entered into the class when............................
Hardly had the boy shouted before...........................................................




Read the bellow sentence:


It is time to play now.
It is high time for us to play now.
It is time/high time we ate rice.


Structure:


It is time /high time +to +verb(present).
It is time/high time +for +obj. +to verb(present)
It is time/high time +subj.+verb (past) +ext.


Complete the following sentence:


It is time.....................................
It is high time for us.................
It is time/high time you.............

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing sentences

Read the bellow sentence:


Due to poverty ,he looked for a job.
You didnot come because of your illness.


Structure


Due to/Because of/Owing to/On account of +noun/verb -ing,subj. +verb +ext


Complete the following sentence


Owing to their rich....................................
On account of his merit............................
Due to her absence.................................
Be cause of my unemployment................




Read the bellow sentence:


I would rather die than beg.
He would rather go by bus than launch.


Structure


would rather/sooner +verb +than +verb
would rather +verb +noun +than +noun


Complete the following sentence


We would rather go.........................................
They would rather take meat..........................




Read the bellow sentence:


I had better go now.
She had better sing a song.


Structure:


subj. +had better +verb +ext.


Complete the following sentence


We had better...................
They had better................
note:would rather/sooner/had better +verb (present).

LEARNING TO COMPLETE SENTENCE

Completing sentences

Read the bellow sentence:


Inspite of his rich,he is dishonest.
Despite their working hard,they did not shine.


Structure:


Inspite of/despite +noun/verb-ing +ext, subj. +verb +ext.


Complete the bellow sentence


Inspite of his having merit,......................
Despite her qualification,..............


Read the following sentence:


He took mathe instead of biology.
They ate fish inlieu of meat.


Structure


noun + in lieu of /instead of +noun


Complete the following sentence:


She met Rahim in lieu of........
They went home by train instead of...................