Completing Sentence and Proverbs
§ HSC Special Words and Phrases + Completing Sentence Rules: 5+10 = 15 Marks
1. First Conditional: If +Present
Indefinite, Sub+will/can/may+verb1
Example: If he wants, I will help
him.
2. Second Conditional: If +Past
Indefinite, Sub+would/could/might+verb1
Example: If he wanted, I would
help him.
3. Third Conditional: If +Past
perfect, Sub+would have /could have/might have+verb3
Example: If he had wanted, I
would have helped him.
4. It is high time + Sub+verb2
It is high time we removed
corruption from the country.
5. Present tense +since+ Past indefinite
It is many years since I met him.
Many years have passed since I
met him.
6. Past indefinite+ since + Past
perfect
It was many years since I had met
him.
7.Present Indefinite + as if/ as
though + Past indefinite
Dulal is a quack. He behaves as if he
were an MBBS doctor.
He talks as if he knew
everything.
8. Past indefinite + as if/as though
+ past perfect
Dulal was a quack. He behaved as if he
had been an MBBS doctor.
He talked as if he had known
everything.
9. Would you mind+ verb+ ing?
Would you mind opening the door?
10. look forward to/with an eye to +
verb+ing
I look forward to receiving your
letter.
11. With a view to+ verb+ing
I went to market with a view to
buying a pen.
12. Lest+Sub+should /might + verb1
Read more lest you might fail.
13. No sooner had------than + past
ind
No sooner had the thief seen the
police than he ran away.
14. Hardly/Scarcely had-----when +
past ind
Hardly had the teacher entered the
class when all the students stood up.
15. Past perfect + before+ past ind
The patient had died before the
doctor came.
16. Past ind +after + Past perfect
The patient died after the doctor
had come.
17. Would that + Sub+could+v1+ext!
Would that I could fly like a
bird!
18. Let alone= not to mention/cannot
be thought or imagined
I can’t afford a bicycle, let
alone a car.
19. What if =hypothetical
situations/worries/suggesting alternatives
What if it rains tomorrow?
What if we miss the train?
What if we try a different
method?
20. What does look like= It tells
the physical appearance of something
What does your car look like? Ans:
It’s blue, small and shiny.
21. What is it like=It tells overall
qualities or characteristics
What is your car like? Ans: It’s
reliable and easy to drive.
22. would rather+ verb1+than
I would rather take coffee than
tea.
23. had better +verb1
You had better study well.
24. have to/ has to + verb1
You have to work hard to stand
first in Dhaka Board.
He has to go to college
regularly.
25. Provided that, providing that=
If
Provided that the weather is good,
the plane will take off.
26. Unless= If not
You can’t succeed unless you work
hard.
Proverbs:
1. The man who follows two hares
catches neither.
2. Pride goes before a fall.
3. Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown.
4. The wearer best knows where the
shoe pinches.
5. A man is known by the company he
keeps.
6. Danger often comes where danger
is feared.
7.Weal and woe come by turns.
8. A drowning man catches at a
straw.
9. United we stand, divided we fall.
10. Two and two make four.
11. A stitch in time saves nine.
12. Time and tide wait for none.
13.Ill got, ill spent.
1. Use the special words to fill up the gaps.
|
let alone |
as if |
as soon as |
There |
would rather |
|
what's like |
if |
have to |
had better |
it |
(a) I met him ten years ago. I can hardly
recall his name, — his address.
(b) — has been many years since I saw him. So,
I can not recognize him.
(c) Don't behave — you knew everything.
Remember all others here are senior to you.
( d)You — build your own house than live in a
rented house. House rent has increased much now a days.
(e) Give him the good news — you meet him.
(f) — are many rivers in Bangladesh. The rivers
abound with plenty of fishes.
(g) — I had a typewriter, I would type well.
(h) You — consult with a doctor. The condition
of your health may deteriorate.
(i) — he — ? He is friendly and he can help
you.
(j) Time is over. I — go now.
1. Complete the following sentences using
suitable clauses/phrases: 1×10=10
(a)If I had much money _______.
(bThere goes a proverb that _____. So you have to
make friendship with a gentleman.
(c)He was very hopeful about winning the game. He —
before he took part in the competition.
(d)She has got GPA 4.50. If — more seriously, she
would have got GPA 5 in the exam.
(e)Dulal Sheikh is a quack. He behaves as if —.
(f)The thief stole my watch and I saw it. As soon as
I saw him —.
(g)Hardly had we started to eat___.
(h)Had he been a little careful, —. But he was not
attentive to his study at all.
(i)Students should read textbooks again and again
with a view to —.
(j)The crown is the symbol of a king. Uneasy lies
the head that —.
2. Complete the following
sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: 1×10=10
a. Danger comes where ________. So we have to be careful
in our life.
b.Hardly had we seen the police _______. Thus we were saved.
c. We are late. The class will start soon. Walk fast
lest ____.
d. The condition of Mitu’s father was not well. If I
knew his mobile number___.
e.I was really in a great danger. He came here with
a view to ___.
f. What a lovely view that was! If I had a camera,
____.
g.No sooner had he reached the station ____.
h.He behaved as if ____.
i.Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time.
____.
j.A student has to be punctual. He has to study
regularly lest ___.
3. Complete the sentences using suitable
clauses/ phrases :
(a) Honesty is the best policy. If you maintain
honesty, —.
(b) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time
—.
(c) English is an international language. I wish
—.
(d) If I had much money, —.
(e) There goes a proverb that —. So, you have to
make friendship with a gentleman.
(f) Hardly had he seen his friend —.
(g) It is a long time since we —.
(h) All of us have to work hard with a view to —.
(i) I was too young to —.
(j) A student has to be punctual. He has to study
regularly lest he —.
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