7. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Dhaka Board-2019]
(a) Don't look down upon the poor. (Passive)
(b) Suddenly I noticed a very nice deer. (Interrogative)
(c) It only remained sleeping. (Negative)
(d) What a sound sleep it slept! (Assertive)
(e) A deer is found nowhere but in the zoo now. (Affirmative)
7.
(a) Let not the poor be looked down upon.
(b) Didn’t I notice a very nice deer suddenly?
(c) It did nothing but remained sleeping.
(d) It slept a very sound sleep.
(e) A deer is found only in the zoo now.
8. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Mymensingh Board-2019]
(a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man. (Make it a negative sentence)
(b) He inherited vast property from his father and sister. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(c) He was not married. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(d) During his life time, he spent money lavishly to help the poor. (Make it a passive sentence)
(e) He was very generous. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
8.
(a) Hazi Mohammad Mohsin was not an unkind man at all.
(b) Didn’t he inherit vast property from his father and sister?
(c) He was unmarried./ He was a bachelor.
(d) Money was spent lavishly by him during his lifetime to help the poor./During his lifetime, money was spent lavishly by him to help the poor.
(e) How generous he was!
9. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Cumilla Board-2019]
Bangladesh is a land of rivers.
(a) The Padma is a big river in Bangladesh. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
(b) It is called the river of destruction. (Make it an active)
(c) The river is very turbulent. (Make it a negative sentence)
(d) Everybody knows this. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(e) Tourists from home and abroad visit its shore. (Make it a passive)
9.
(a) What a big river in Bangladesh the Padma is!
(b) We/People call it the river of destruction.
(c) The river is not calm/quiet at all.
(d) Who doesn’t know this?
(e) Its shore is visited by tourists from home and abroad.
10. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Rajshahi Board-2019]
(a) Bangladeshi cuisine is full of variety. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(b) We use different spices to make our food tasty. (Make it a passive sentence)
(c) We like Bangladeshi food very much. (Make it a negative sentence)
(d) Let us take Bangladeshi food. (Make it an assertive sentence)
(e) Bangladeshi food is very appetizing. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
10.
(a) Isn’t Bangladeshi cuisine full of variety?
(b) Different spices are used by us to make our food tasty.
(c) We do not dislike Bangladeshi food at all.
(d) We should take Bangladeshi food.
(e) How appetizing Bangladeshi food is!
11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Dinajpur Board-2019]
(a) Rana is a regular student. (Make it a negative sentence)
(b) He is a very hard-working boy. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(c) He never comes to the class late. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(d) He makes good result in all exams. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(e) For this, teachers love him very much. (Make it a passive sentence)
11.
(a) Rana is not an irregular student.
(b) Isn’t he a very hard-working boy?
(c) He always comes to the class in time.
(d) Doesn’t he make good result in all exams?
(e) For this, he is loved very much by teachers.
12. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Jashore Board-2019]
(a) Who does not know the name of Hazi Mohammad Mohsin? (Make it Passive)
(b) He was unmarried. (Make it Negative)
(c) He was born in Hoogly. (Make it Negative-Interrogative)
(d) He is respected everywhere. (Make it Active)
(e) I wish I were Hazi Mohammad Mohsin. (Make it Exclamatory)
12.
(a) To whom is the name of Hazi Mohammad Mohsin not known?
(b) He was not married.
(c) Wasn’t he born in Hoogly?
(d) People/All respect him everywhere.
(e) If I were Hazi Mohammad Mohsin!
13. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Chattogram Board-2019]
(a) Cricket is a very exciting game. (Make it Interrogative)
(b) People enjoy this game. (Make it Passive)
(c) It is a very costly game. (Make it Negative)
(d) Nobody dislikes it. (Make it Affirmative)
(e) I wish I could play it. (Make it Exclamatory)
13. (a) Isn’t cricket a very exciting game?
(b) This game is enjoyed by people.
(c) It is not a cheap game at all.
(d) Everybody likes it.
(e) If I could play it!
14. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Sylhet Board-2019]
(a) Tree plantation is an important task. (Negative)
(b) It is not a difficult task. (Interrogative)
(c) People cannot but plant trees for their existence. (Affirmative)
(d) An important role is played by trees. (Active)
(e) Trees are very important in our life. (Exclamatory)
14. (a) Tree plantation is not a trivial task./ Tree plantation is not an unimportant task.
(b) Is it a difficult task?
(c) People must plant trees for their existence.
(d) Trees play an important role.
(e) How important trees are in our life!
15. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Barishal Board-2019]
(a) Cricket is a very exciting game. (Exclamatory)
(b) People of all ages like this game. (Passive)
(c) It is a very popular game in our country. (Negative)
(d) How enjoyable the game is! (Assertive)
(e) Everybody knows this. (Interrogative)
15. (a) What an exciting game cricket is!
(b) This game is liked by people of all ages.
(c) It is not an unpopular game in our country at all.
(d) The game is very enjoyable.
(e) Who doesn’t know this?
16. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. [Dhaka Board-2018]
(a) Acid throwing is a very heinous act. (Exclamatory)
(b) Everyone hates it. (Interrogative)
(c) It is not a human act. (Affirmative)
(d) The acid throwers should be punished. (Active)
(e) We must become aware of it. (Negative)
16. (a) What a heinous act acid throwing is!
(b) Who doesn’t hate it?
(c) It is an inhuman act.
(d) The authority/The Govt. should punish the acid throwers.
(e) We cannot but become aware of it.
17. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets: [Cumilla Board-2018]
Ruplal lived in a small village. (a) He lived with his family. (Make it an interrogative sentence) (b) Ruplal wanted a peaceful life. (Make it a passive sentence) (c) The village people were very quarrelsome. (Make it an exclamatory sentence) (d) Ruplal's life was not peaceful in the jungle. (Make it an interrogative sentence) (e) Ruplal took only a bag with him. (Make it a negative sentence)
17. (a) Didn’t he live with his family?
(b) A peaceful life was wanted by Ruplal.
(c) How quarrelsome the village people were!
(d) Was Ruplal’s life peaceful in the jungle?
(e) Ruplal took nothing but a bag with him.
18. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. [Rajshahi Board-2018]
(a) None can prosper in life without industry. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(b) The idle always lag behind. (Make it a negative sentence)
(c) Hard work is very essential to succeed in life. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
(d) A hard-working person can see the light of prosperity. (Make it a passive sentence)
(e) We cannot but work hard to be established in life. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
18. (a) Who can prosper in life without industry?
(b) The idle never succeed/go far/go forward.
(c) How essential hard work is to succeed in life!
(d) The light of prosperity can be seen by a hard-working person.
(e) We must work hard to be established in life.
19. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. [Dinajpur Board-2018]
(a) Frugality is a good habit. (Make it a negative sentence without changing meaning)
(b) A frugal man does not like to spend money without reasons. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(c) We should practice it. (Make it passive)
(d) He can save money. (Make it an interrogative sentence without changing the meaning)
(e) He leads a happy life. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
19. (a) Frugality is not a bad habit.
(b) A frugal man dislikes/ hates to spend money without reasons./A frugal man dislikes/hates spending money without reasons.
(c) It should be practised.
(d) Can’t he save money?
(e) What a happy life he leads!
20. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. [Jashore Board-2018]
(a) Riad is a very industrious boy. (Make it exclamatory sentence) (b) He is sincere to his duties. (Make it negative sentence) (c) He does not put off any work for tomorrow. (Make it interrogative sentence) (d) He finishes his duties in time. (Make it passive sentence) (e) Nobody hates him. (Make it affirmative sentence)
20. (a) What an industrious boy Riad is!
(b) He is not insincere to his duties.
(c) Does he put off any work for tomorrow?
(d) His duties are finished in time by him.
(e) Everybody loves/likes him. Or, All love/like him.
21. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets. [Chattogram Board-2018]
(a) Cricket is a very exciting game. (Make it exclamatory)
(b) People of all ages enjoy this game. (Make it passive)
(c) Cricket is a very costly game. (Make it negative)
(d) Nobody dislikes a cricketer. (Make it affirmative)
(e) Would that I could be a great cricketer! (Make it assertive)
21. (a) What an exciting game cricket is!
(b) This game is enjoyed by people of all ages.
(c) Cricket is not a cheap game at all.
(d) Everybody likes a cricketer.
(e) I wish I could be a great cricketer.
33. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Illiteracy is a great problem in Bangladesh. (Exclamatory)
(b) So, the literacy rate in Bangladesh is very poor. (Negative)
(c) It is too poor to be imagined. (Interrogative)
(d) It is the duty of the educated people to educate the illiterate. (Interrogative)
(e) We should take necessary steps to eradicate illiteracy. (Passive)
33. (a) What a great problem illiteracy is in Bangladesh!
(b) So, the literacy rate in Bangladesh is not good at all.
(c) Is it not too poor to be imagined?
(d) Is it not the duty of the educated people to educate the illiterate?
(e) Necessary steps should be taken by us to eradicate illiteracy.
34. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Cricket is very exciting game. (Exclamatory)
(b) People enjoy this game very much. (Interrogative)
(c) How popular cricket is now! (Assertive)
(d) We should make good players. (Passive)
(e) Isn’t the performance of Bangladesh cricket team satisfactory? (Affirmative)
34. (a) What an exciting game cricket is!
(b) Do people not enjoy this game very much?
(c) Cricket is very popular now.
(d) Good players should be made by us.
(e) The performance of Bangladesh cricket team is satisfactory.
35. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Rumana is a Bangladeshi girl. (Negative)
(b) She has a national ID card. (Interrogative)
(c) This national ID card is more necessary than any other card. (Superlative)
(d) How beautiful the national ID card of Bangladesh is! (Assertive)
(e) She takes care of her ID card. (Imperative)
35. (a) Rumana is no other than a Bangladeshi girl.
(b) Doesn't she have a national ID card?
(c) This national ID card is the most necessary card.
(d) The national ID card of Bangladesh is very beautiful.
(e) Let her take care of her ID card.
36. Change the following sentences.
(a) Ours is one of the best schools in district. (Interrogative)
(b) Here teachers are friendly. (Negative)
(c) They make the difficult topics easy. (Passive)
(d) The administration always increases the facilities. (Negative)
(e) It is a very popular school. (Exclamatory)
36. (a) Isn’t ours one of the best schools in district?
(b) Here teachers are not unfriendly.
(c) The difficult topics are made easy by them.
(d) The administration never decreases the facilities.
(e) What a popular school it is!
37. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Men are being persecuted by men everywhere in the world. (Active)
(b) It is a very sorrowful matter. (Exclamatory)
(c) The authority should strictly enforce laws. (Passive)
(d) Nobody should violate the law. (Interrogative)
(e) We always want a peaceful world. (Negative)
37. (a) Men are persecuting men everywhere in the world.
(b) What a sorrowful matter it is!
(c) Laws should be enforced strictly (by the authority).
(d) Should anybody violate the law?/Who should violate the law?
(e) We never want a turbulent world.
38. Read the following sentences and change the sentences as directed in brackets.
(a) We rejoice that we have won the game. (Exclamatory)
(b) We should go out. (Imperative)
(c) Had I the wings of a dove! (Assertive)
(d) As soon as the bell rang, the teacher entered into the classroom. (Negative)
(e) I made him write the essay. (Passive)
38. (a) Hurray! We have won the game.
(b) Let's go out.
(c) I wish I had the wings of a dove.
(d) No sooner had the bell rung than the teacher entered the classroom.
(e) He was made to write the essay by me.
39. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Being a hard working person, you can expect to rise at the peak of success in life. (Negative)
(b) What was not skipped in filling the form for the registration of the JSC examination by him? (Active)
(c) Who dares to face a dangerous situation like falling in quicksand? (Assertive)
(d) Let the right way to success be showed to me. (Active)
(e) Fie! You are a liar. (Assertive)
39. (a) Without being a hard working person, you cannot expect to rise at the peak of success in life.
(b) What did he not skip in filling the form for the registration of the JSC examination?
(c) Nobody dares to face a dangerous situation like falling in quicksand.
(d) Show me the right way to success.
(e) It is shameful that you are a liar.
40. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) A fisherman catches fishes and sells them in the market. (Interrogative without changing meaning)
(b) He always leads a busy life. (Exclamatory)
(c) He has to lead a miserable life. (Negative)
(d) Fishermen repair their own boats. (Passive voice)
(e) If I could help a fisherman! (Assertive)
40. (a) Doesn’t a fisherman catch fishes and sell them in the market?
(b) What a busy life he always leads!
(c) He cannot but lead a miserable life.
(d) Their own boats are repaired by fishermen.
(e) I wish I could help a fisherman.
41. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) The cuckoo is a bird of very shy nature. (Interrogative)
(b) We don't usually see it nearabout the human habitats. (Passive)
(c) How interesting the fact is! (Assertive)
(d) Actually, the cuckoo is cleverer than most other birds. (Positive)
(e) But none is harmed by this bird. (Active)
41. (a) Isn't the cuckoo a bird of very shy nature?
(b) It is not usually seen nearabout the human habitats.
(c) The fact is very interesting.
(d) Actually, very few birds are as clever as the cuckoo.
(e) But this bird harms none.
42. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Bangladesh is a very beautiful country. (Exclamatory)
(b) It has a small land area. (Negative)
(c) It has a large population. (Interrogative)
(d) We face many problems due to over population. (Passive)
(e) Can't we overcome this problem? (Assertive)
42. (a) What a beautiful country Bangladesh is!
(b) It does not have a large land area.
(c) Doesn’t it have a large population?.
(d) Many problems are faced by us due to over population.
(e) We can overcome this problem.
1. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Spring is the best of all seasons. (Negative)
(b) The cuckoo sings only in the morning. (Negative)
(c) What a sweet song a cuckoo sings sitting on the branch of a tree! (Assertive)
(d) Though it looks ugly, this bird possesses one of the sweetest voices. (Positive)
(e) Who does not like the melodious songs of cuckoos? (Passive)
1. (a) No other season is as good as spring.
(b) The cuckoo sings in no other time but morning.
(c) A cuckoo sings a very sweet song sitting on the branch of a tree.
(d) Very few birds possess voices as sweet as that of this bird though it looks ugly.
(e) By whom are the melodious songs of cuckoos not liked?
2. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Learning a language is similar to riding a bicycle. (Negative)
(b) Communication is a very important thing about any language. (Exclamatory)
(c) We should communicate with others by using a language. (Imperative)
(d) It can be learnt through mistakes. (Active)
(e) People should not laugh when others make mistakes. (Affirmative)
2. (a) Learning a language is not dissimilar to riding a bicycle.
(b) What an important thing communication is about any language!
(c) Let’s/Let us communicate with others by using a language.
(d) We/People can learn it through mistakes.
(e) People should refrain from laughing when others make mistakes.
3. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Nipun tried his best to cut a good figure in the examination. (Negative)
(b) Everybody knows this. (Interrogative)
(c) Very few students in the school are as attentive as Nipun. (Affirmative)
(d) Who does not love him? (Voice)
(e) We all should be like Nipun. (Imperative)
3. (a) Nipun left no stone unturned to cut a good figure in the examination.
(b) Who does not know this?
(c) Nipun is one of the most attentive students in the school.
(d) By whom is he not loved?
(e) Let’s all be like Nipun.
4. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets:
(a) The World Cup Cricket is too exciting to wait for it. (Negative Sentence)
(b) This game is very enjoyable to all classes of people. (Negative Sentence)
(c) This year, India is going to arrange the World Cup in different attractive venues. (Passive Sentence)
(d) All are waiting for this cherished moment. (Interrogative Sentence)
(e) Surely, every moment will be enjoyed with great excitement. (Active Sentence)
4. (a) The World Cup Cricket is so exciting that we cannot wait for it.
(b) This game is not at all monotonous to any class of people.
(c) This year, the World Cup is going to be arranged by India in different attractive venues.
(d) Aren’t all waiting for this cherished moment?/ Who isn't waiting for this cherished moment?
(e) Surely, people will enjoy every moment with great excitement.
5. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets:
(a) Shouldn’t we read textbooks regularly? (Assertive)
(b) We go through books with a view to gaining knowledge. (Interrogative)
(c) Don’t the books of great writers contain noble thoughts and great ideas? (Assertive)
(d) They are never our inactive friends. (Affirmative)
(e) So, we must give priority to books over anything else. (Negative)
5. (a) We should read textbooks regularly.
(b) Don’t we go through books with a view to gaining knowledge?
(c) The books of great writers contain noble thoughts and great ideas.
(d) They are always our active friends.
(e) So, we cannot but give priority to books over anything else.
6. Change the sentences as directed in the brackets:
(a) The ant is very industrious. (Exclamatory)
(b) It utilizes every single second. (Negative)
(c) It works day and night to collect food. (Interrogative)
(d) During hard times, it eats the stored food. (Passive)
(e) The lifestyle of the ant should be followed by us. (Active)
6. (a) How industrious the ant is!
(b) It doesn’t waste a single second.
(c) Doesn’t it work day and night to collect food?
(d) During hard times, the stored food is eaten by it.
(e) We should follow the lifestyle of the ant.
22. Change the following sentences as directed.
(a) There is nobody but works hard to gain his object. (affirmative)
(b) Life is nothing but a continuous struggle. (interrogative)
(c) Only the industrious can enjoy the real taste of success. (passive)
(d) An industrious person is too punctual to put off his work. (negative)
(e) What a fool a sluggish man is! (assertive)
22. (a) Everybody works hard to gain their object.
(b) Isn’t life anything but a continuous struggle?
(c) The real taste of success can be enjoyed by only the industrious.
(d) An industrious person does not put off his work.
(e) A sluggish man is very fool.
23. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) None can prosper in life without industry. (Interrogative)
(b) Hard work is very essential to succeed in life. (Exclamatory)
(c) We cannot but work hard to be established in life. (Affirmative)
(d) What a sound sleep it slept! (Assertive)
(e) He was unmarried. (Negative)
23. (a) Can anyone prosper in life without industry?
(b) How essential hard work is to succeed in life!
(c) We must work hard to be established in life.
(d) It slept a very sound sleep.
(e) He was not married.
24. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) The Padma is not one of the smallest rivers in Bangladesh. (Affirmative)
(b) It is called the river of destruction. (Active)
(c) The river is very turbulent. (Negative)
(d) It assumes a very terrible shape in the rainy season. ( Exclamatory)
(e) Everybody knows this. ( Interrogative)
24. (a) The Padma is the biggest river in Bangladesh.
(b) People call it the river of destruction.
(c) The river is not very calm.
(d) What a terrible shape it assumes in the rainy season!
(e) Who doesn’t know this?
25. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) We are proud of our freedom fighters. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(b) Their contribution will never be forgotten. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(c) Today many freedom fighters lead a very miserable life. (Make it an exclamatory sentence)
(d) Their allowance should be increased. (Make in an active sentence)
(e) We should regard their sacrifice. (Make it a negative sentence)
25. (a) Aren’t we proud of our freedom fighters?
(b) Their contribution will always be remembered.
(c) What a miserable life many freedom fighters lead!
(d) The authority should increase their allowance.
(e) We should not neglect their sacrifice.
30. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Akash is a brilliant student in his class. (Negative)
(b) He is very attentive to his studies. (Negative)
(c) He is never late to go to school. (Affirmative)
(d) He goes to school regularly. (Interrogative)
(e) Everybody loves him. (Make it passive)
30. (a) Akash is not a dull student in his class.
(b) He is not negligent to his studies at all.
(c) He is always early to go to school.
(d) Doesn’t he go to school regularly?
(e) He is loved by everyone.
31. Rewrite the following passage changing the form of speech.
(a) But he is not inactive at all. (Affirmative)
(b) She always gets up early in the morning. (Interrogative)
(c) The beauty of Cox’s Bazar Sea beach is very amazing. (Exclamatory)
(d) He has brought good news for me. (Passive)
(e) Only Allah can save us from evil. (Negative)
31. (a) He is very active.
(b) Doesn’t she always get up early in the morning?
(c) How amazing the beauty of Cox’s Bazar sea beach is!
(d) Good news has been brought by him for me.
(e) None but Allah can save us from evil.
32. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) There is nothing unpleasant in Baishakhi Mela near Jamalpur Zilla School. (Interrogative)
(b) It is called the river of destruction. (Active)
(c) Who didn’t know his name? (Passive)
(d) Very few students of her class are as brilliant as she. (Superlative)
(e) I made a comfortable journey. (Negative)
32. (a) Is there anything unpleasant in Baishakhi Mela near Jamalpur Zilla School?
(b) People/We call it the river of destruction.
(c) To whom was his name not known?
(d) She is one of the most brilliant students of her class.
(e) I didn’t make an uncomfortable journey.
48. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Poverty is greater than any other problem in our country. (Negative)
(b) Many do not try to better their condition by hard labour. (Interrogative)
(c) They only curse their fate. (Negative) But this is not right.
(d) None but a man is the maker of his own fortune. (Affirmative)
(e) So, is there anything for us but to work? (Assertive)
48. (a) No other problem in our country is as great as poverty.
(b) Do many try to better their condition by hard labour?
(c) They do nothing but curse their fate.
(d) A man alone is the maker of his own fortune.
(e) So, there is nothing for us but to work.
49. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) A mobile set is a very useful device. (Make it Exclamatory)
(b) It is not expensive. (Make it Interrogative)
(c) No other thing is as helpful as a mobile set. (Make it Affirmative)
(d) It is used for different purposes. (Make it Active)
(e) Only a wicked person uses it for evil purpose. (Make it Negative)
49. (a) What a useful device a mobile set is!
(b) Is it expensive?
(c) A mobile set is the most helpful thing.
(d) People use it for different purposes.
(e) None but a wicked person uses it for evil purpose.
50. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) The bee is a very industrious insect. (Exclamatory)
(b) It lives together. (Negative without changing its original meaning)
(c) It flies from flower to flower and collects honey. (Interrogative without changing its original meaning)
(d) It stores honey in the hive. (Passive)
(e) We should follow the life of a bee. (Imperative)
50. (a) What an industrious insect the bee is!
(b) It doesn’t live alone.
(c) Doesn’t it fly from flower to flower and collect honey?
(d) Honey is stored in the hive by it.
(e) Let’s follow the life of a bee.
43. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) We should uplift our women folk. (Imperative)
(b) They have noble mission to fulfill as men. (Interrogative)
(c) By education, women will be elevated. (Negative)
(d) So, all-out education should be imparted to the women folk. (Active voice)
(e) There is no woman who is not a potential mother. (Affirmative)
43. (a) Let's uplift our women folk.
(b) Don't they have noble mission to fulfill as men?
(c) Without education, women will not be elevated.
(d) So, we/the government should impart all-out education to the women folk.
(e) Every woman is a potential mother.
44. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Dhaka was founded by the Mughals in the 17th century. (Make it an active sentence) (b) The Mughals governed the region during the early modern period. (Make it an interrogative sentence) (c) The Mughals constructed many buildings here. (Make it a passive sentence) (d) Ahsan Manjil is a very attractive building. (Make it an exclamatory sentence) (e) Only Nila of her family visited Dhaka. (Make it a negative sentence)
44. (a) The Mughals founded Dhaka in the 17th century.
(b) Didn’t the Mughals govern the region during the early modern period?
(c) Many buildings were constructed here by the Mughals.
(d) What an attractive building Ahsan Manjil is!
(e) None but Nila of her family visited Dhaka.
45. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) My friend invited me to pay a visit to Cox’s Bazar. (Interrogative) (b) I was very glad. (Negative) (c) I accepted the invitation. (Passive) (d) I was very excited to see the sea beach. (Exclamatory) (e) It is called the pleasure seekers’ paradise. (Active)
45. (a) Didn't my friend invite me to pay a visit to Cox's Bazar?
(b) I was not sad at all.
(c) The invitation was accepted by me.
(d) How excited I was to see the sea beach!
(e) People/The visitors call it the pleasure seekers' paradise.
46. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Man is mortal. (Make it a negative sentence)
(b) Everybody must die. (Make it a negative sentence)
(c) But everybody wishes to live a happy life. (Make it an interrogative sentence)
(d) No man is free from error. (Make it an affirmative sentence)
(e) Good men are influenced by the great thinkers. (Make it an active sentence)
46. (a) Man is not immortal.
(b) Everybody cannot but die.
(c) But who doesn't wish to live a happy life?
(d) Every man commits error.
(e) The great thinkers influence good men.
47. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Corruption is a great curse. (Interrogative)
(b) No other problem in Bangladesh is so serious as corruption. (Affirmative)
(c) It paralyses the whole nation. (Passive)
(d) Everything is destroyed by it. (Active)
(e) We must realize it. (Negative)
47. (a) Isn't corruption a great curse?
(b) Corruption is the most serious problem in Bangladesh.
(c) The whole nation is paralysed by it.
(d) It destroys everything.
(e) We cannot but realize it.
26. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) There is no institute without a library. (Make it an Affirmative Sentences)
(b) We must read many books other than textbooks. (Negative)
(c) The librarian helps the students. (Passive)
(d) Our school library is one of the biggest libraries. (Interrogative)
(e) Many new books are bought every year. (Active)
26. (a) Every institute has a library.
(b) We cannot but read many books other than textbooks.
(c) The students are helped by the librarian.
(d) Isn’t our library one of the biggest libraries?
(e) The library/People buy many new books every year.
27. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) Honesty is a great virtue. (Exclamatory)
(b) An honest man is respected by all. (Active)
(c) My brother is an honest man. (Negative)
(d) Honesty will always be rewarded. (Interrogative)
(e) So, we should be honest in our life. (Negative)
27. (a) What a great virtue honesty is!
(b) All respects an honest man.
(c) My brother is not a dishonest man.
(d) Won’t honesty always be rewarded?
(e) So, we should not be dishonest in our life.
28. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
(a) A journey is as pleasant as reading a book. (Comparative)
(b) The journey we made yesterday was very enjoyable. (Negative)
(c) We could not help taking our lunch late. (Affirmative)
(d) We saw the vast green paddy fields touching the horizon. (Passive)
(e) It was a very memorable journey. (Exclamatory)
28. (a) Reading a book is not less pleasant than a journey.
(b) The journey we made yesterday was not boring at all.
(c) We had to take our lunch late.
(d) The vast green paddy fields were seen touching the horizon by us.
(e) What a memorable journey it was!
29. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets.
a) Water, an important element of the environment, is polluted in many ways. (Interrogative) b) The water which is pure is necessary for us. (Negative) c) Man pollutes water by throwing waste in it. (Interrogative) d) The farmers use water in time of cultivation largely. (Imperative) It is one of the most important elements of all living beings. e) We should not pollute water. (Passive)
29. (a) Isn’t water, an important element of the environment, polluted in many ways?
(b) The water which is pure is not unnecessary for us.
(c) Does man pollute water by throwing waste in it?
(d) Let the farmers use water in time of cultivation largely.
(e) Water should not be polluted by us.
