Answer: a) had better; B) It; c) have to; D) there; e) What does... look like?; f) As soon as; g) would rather; h) was born; I) let alone; j) as if.
More Exercises
1. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[has to, it is high time, would rather, as soon as, lest, let alone, what's it like, as though, unless, there]
(a) The bridge grew old. The villagers repaired it ---it might break down.
(b) There is a charitable dispensary in our village. No one---pay for the service.
(c) We must learn English as it is an international language.---we adopted proper steps for learning English.
(d) She has a great sense of morality. She--- fail in the exam than adopt unfair means.
(e) ---swimming in the sea? It seems to be very heroic to me.
(f) Rahman is a poor man. He cannot buy a shirt,---a car.
(g) Nobody likes Kulsum at all. She talks---she knew everything.
(h) Play is delayed due to rain. It will resume---the rain stops.
(i) Long ago,---lived a mighty warrior named Kubla Khan.
(j) Time is very important in our life. You cannot prosper in life--- you make proper use of time.
Answer: (a) lest; (b) has to; (c) It is high time; (d) would rather; (e) What's it like; (f) let alone; (g) as if; (h) as soon as; (i) there; (j) unless.
2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[there, What's it like, let alone, as soon as, was born, have to, What does ... look like, Would rather, as if, had better]
(a) A man was injured in the accident, but he didn't--- go to the hospital. It was not so serious.
(b) Once,---lived a lion in a cave. One day a mouse entered the cave. The lion wanted to kill it first but later on it let the mouse go.
(c) You don't have permission to stand here ---park your car.
(d) Somebody should stop David. He was talking about David Copperfield ---he had read the whole book.
(e) Sujana will really be angry if we do not invite her to the party. We --- invite her.
(f) It started raining ---we got out of the car. It was really an awkward situation.
(g) Baby: Mom, ---a fairy ---?
(h) ---having dinner with your favourite celebrity? It must be awesome.
(i) T.S Eliot was a great American modern poet. He ---in 1888. He wrote The Wasteland which was translated into many languages.
(j) I know that I will be rich soon if I become a police officer. Yet, I ---be a teacher, I like teaching.
Answer: (a) have to; (b) there; (c) let alone; (d) as if; (e) had better; (f) as soon as; (g) What does ... look like; (h) What's it like; (i) was born; (j) would rather.
3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[there, what's it like, have to, as if, was born, let alone, would you mind, would rather, as soon as, had better]
(a) — reading the novel I gave you? You seem to be very interested in reading it.
(b) You — not help your friend in the exam hall. It is, in other words, destroying his/her capabilities.
(c) I will stop writing — the bell rings. It is not a good practice to continue writing after the bell has rung.
(d) He writes — he were an author. Actually, he cannot write a single line.
(e) Many children — blind last year. It was a painful phenomenon.
(f) He — wake than sleep. He has to complete the home task as early as possible.
(g) — are a lot of fishes in the pond. This pond belongs to them.
(h) He has no money to buy food, — a fine cloth to wear. He spent all his money lavishly.
(i) You — write the essay correctly and precisely to get good marks. Otherwise, you cannot expect something good from it.
(j) — spending some blissful hours with the children? 1 think you won't.
Answer: (a) Would you mind; (b) had better; (c) as soon as; (d) as if; (e) was born; (f) would rather; (g) There; (h) let alone; (i) have to; (j) What's it like.
4. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[as if, was born, as soon as, what does... look like, have to, there, let alone, would rather, had better, it]
(a) Manner makes a man. Students --- practice good manners in everyday life.
(b) Most of our students are weak in English. They ---follow the advice of their teachers.
(c) He tries to prove his skill in English. He speaks English ---he were an English man.
(d) Cox's Bazar is a popular tourist hub. ---are many nice motels for the tourists.
(e) An honest man told me that he ---pull a rickshaw than beg.
(f) A poor man struggles hard to survive. He can earn tk. 200 a day ---tk. 2000.
(g) In Dhaka city, traffic jam is very common. ---may occur anywhere at any time.
(h) ---a smoker stops smoking, he can avoid the risk of any danger.
(i) Shakespeare --- on 23rd April 1564.
(j) Tell me. ---an alien ---?
Answer: (a) have to; (b) had better; (c) as if; (d) There; (e) would rather; (f) let alone; (g) It; (h) As soon as; (i) was born; (j) What does ... look like.
5. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[was born. would you mind. there. would rather, what does...look like. as if let alone, had better, have to, as soon as]
(a) He cannot tell my name, — my address. He is lying.
(b) The Bangladeshi cricketers have done well in the World Cup. They — struggle more to with the World Cup.
(c) — the earth —? It's not completely round.
(d) I — walk than get on the bus. This time the bus is very crowded.
(e) — I reached the station, the train left. Really I was lucky.
(f) Dr Muhammad Shahidullah was a great linguist. He — in 1885 A.D.
(g) He acts — he were rich. So nobody likes him.
(h) You look sick. You — go home immediately.
(i) — was a boy at the door. He wanted to talk to me.
(j) — eating sea fish? I think you will enjoy a lot.
Answer: (a) let alone; (b) have to; (c) What does......look like; (d) would rather; (e) As soon as; (f) was born; (g) as if; (h) had better; (i) There; (j) Would you mind.
6. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[there, let alone, what does---look like, what if, as soon as, was born, as if, would rather, had better, have to]
(a) Silvia is generally a gentle girl. But yesterday she behaved — she had lost her sense.
(b) The boy is very week. He cannot run five miles — ten miles.
(c) It was raining cats and dogs. So they — wait until the rain stopped.
(d) The man coming from the city thinks that he — die than beg.
(e) — an elephant's trunk —? It is a snake-shaped organ doing the work of a nose and even a hand.
(f) — he entered the castle, the door automatically closed behind.
(g) It is the shortest way from my home to DU. I — not go another way.
(h) — the road ends over there? We have to walk the whole campus to find the exit.
(i) Barack Obama was the President of the USA. But his father — in Kenya.
(j) — was a time when people used to use camels and animals for crossing the distant path.
Answer: (a) as if; (b) let alone; (c) had to; (d) would rather; (e) What does ..... look like; (f) As soon as; (g) had better; (h) What if; (i) was born; (j) There.
7. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[there, what's it like, let alone, as soon as, was born, so that, how ... doing, would rather. as if. had better]
(a) — the thief saw the police, he started running but he was caught shortly.
(b) You want to come to our house. I'll draw a map for you — you can easily find it.
(c) We went to the theatre yesterday. Today I — go to the cinema. What about you?
(d) I knew — would not be any examination. So, I did not study seriously.
(e) David has gone through major knee surgery. He'll never walk again, — play football.
(f) On my way to college I was stopped by an old man. The old man behaved — he had met me before. (g) — working in a call centre? You don't seem to be very happy with your job.
(h) You — tell her everything now. She might get you wrong.
(i) Mamun: Salam, have you met Mr Kabir recently? — is he —?
(j) Jalal Uddin Muhammad Akbar was a great Mughal Emperor. He — in 1542. He introduced Bengali year.
Answer: (a) As soon as; (b) so that; (c) had better; (d) there; (e) let alone; (f) as if; (g) What's it like; (h) would rather; (i) How... doing; (j) was born.
8. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[Nothing but, What if, Would you mind, Let alone, Lest, As if, Had better, There, More than, Was born, , What's ....... like, No sooner than]
(a) The boy does not read carefully. — he fails in the exam?
(b) Socrates has been declared innocent by the Greek court recently. This unparallel philosopher — in 470 BC, in Athens.
(c) Our life is very short in comparison with eternity. It is — sum total of days, months and years.
(d) I feel sick. — taking me to a hospital?
(e) The moon is attractive to all. — the sun —?
(f) The man was more than eighty. He walked slowly — he should stumble on the street.
(g) Though he was a quack, he behaved — he had been an M.B.B.S doctor.
(h) You are getting bulky day by day. You — take physical exercise.
(i) The boy is only twenty years old. But his behaviour shows he is — fifty.
(j) The presence of students in the class is less than sixty today. — were about 100 students present in the last class.
Answer: . (a) What if; (b) was born; (c) nothing but; (d) Would you mind; (e) What's ...... like; (f) lest; (g) as if; (h) had better; (i) more than; (j) There
9. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[Have to, as if, No sooner had, What's it like, Had better, would rather, was born, what does — look like, let alone, there]
(a) An illiterate man can’t do anything. He can’t think of himself — of the country.
(b) He broke the axe handle. He — repair it at his own cost than take money from her.
(c) Many well off people live in this place. But — is no good school here.
(d) If you want to go abroad, you — get a passport. It won’t take enough time.
(e) It was raining, — the rain stopped than they started their journey.
(f) The setting sun looks very nice. It is — it were a golden plate.
(g) It is getting dark, You — leave this place as soon as possible.
(h) A: — visiting a place of historic interest?
(i) Wordsworth is a poet of nature. He — in England.
(j) A: — a moonlit night —? B: It looks bright with soft light.
Answer: (a) let alone; (b) would rather; (c) there; (d) have to; (e) No sooner had; (f) as if; (g) had better; (h) What's it like; (i) was born; (j) What does... look like.
10. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/ words given in the box:
[there, would rather, let alone, as soon as, was born, what does ..look like, have to, as if, had better, would you mind]
(a) — an alien —? Is it like a human being?
(b) You are praising yourself — you were a scholar. Empty vessels sound much.
(c) You — eat vegetables than fast food. They are helpful for digestion.
(d) He cannot tell my name, — my address. He is lying.
(e) The Bangladesh cricketers have done well in the Champions Trophy. They — struggle more to win the World Cup.
(f) Dr Muhammad Shahidullah was a great linguist. He — in 1885 A.D.
(g) You look sick. You — go home immediately.
(h) — eating sea fish? I think you will enjoy a lot.
(i) — I reached the station, the train left. Really I was lucky.
(j) — was a boy at the door. He wanted to talk to me.
Answer: (a) What does...... look like; (b) as if; (c) would rather; (d) let alone; (e) have to; (f) was born; (g) had better; (h) Would you mind; (i) As soon as; (j) There.
Try Yourself
1. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.
[as soon as, cannot but, it is high time, there, does look like, as it were, what if, let alone, cannot help, had better, was born, no sooner had]
(a) The man talked---nothing had happened in his life.
(b) Karl Max, a German philosopher, economist, historian and sociologist,---on 5 May 1818.
(c) Corruption has grasped our morality.---we freed ourselves from this vice.
(d) ---the fog dispersed, the team started their journey for new discoveries in the forest.
(e) You are financially gifted. You --- spend money for humanitarian work than wasting it for attaining illegal something.
(f) Have you ever visited any mountain area? What ---it ---?
(g) --- he fails in the exam? He will take part next year.
(h) ---are few people having courage withstanding against immorality.
(i) You have wasted much time. Now you ---studying hard to cover the loss.
(j) He has done so much offence. He cannot get the sympathy of his parents---his neighbours.
2. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.
[as if, what does---look like, have to, let alone, there, was born, what's it like, as soon as, would rather, had better]
(a) Health is wealth, so we all — follow the rules of health in order to live a sound life.
(b) — was a king named Lear. He had three daughters whom he loved very cordially.
(c) I cannot even remember his name, — his address.
(d) — eating an unboiled egg? This must be injurious to health.
(e) I — avoid him earlier. My parents repeatedly warned me about his misconduct.
(f) We — help him than walk home. He really needed our help.
(g) It may rain at any moment. We should start — we can.
(h) The child was blind when he —. Since then he has been a blind child.
(i) Behave yourself. Don't cross your limit and don't pretend — you did not know anything about the incident.
(j) — a deer —? Really it is really very beautiful.
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