Lesson 16

Ex-1
Positive Comparative
1. Cheap Cheaper
2. Deep Deeper
3. Fine Finer
4. Large Larger
5. Short Shorter
6. Tall Taller
7. Young Younger
8. Big Bigger
9. Busy Busier
10. Heavy Heavier
11. Happy Happier
12. Lovely Lovelier
13. Beautiful More beautiful
14. Important More important
15. Intelligent More intelligent
16. Useful More useful
17. Good Better

Ex-2
Comparative Superlative
1. More Most
2. Better Best
3. Easier Easiest
4. Uglier Ugliest
5. Thinner Thinnest
6. Wiser Wisest
7. Richer Richest
8. Lower Lowest
9. Later Latest
10. Greater Greatest
11. Closer Closest
Lesson -17(Article)
Ex- 1
a. I have an egg.
b. The cow is a useful animal.
c. Never tell a lie.
d. Put the book on the table.
e. He is an honest man.
f. My brother is an M.A.
g. The Padma is a big river.
h. Always speak the truth.
i. The sun rises in the east.
j. Mother reads the Quran daily.
k. He is the best boy in the class.
l. Dhaka stands on the Buriganga.
m. He likes an apple.
n. I have an umbrella.
o. The baby has a doll.
p. The earth is round.
q. The Sun rises in the East.
r. Mr Zahir is an honourable man.
s. A one eyed man is begging.
t. I read the Daily Star.
u. Ceylon is an island.
v. Draw a picture of an owl.
w. We should help the poor.
x. My father is a PhD.
y. 31st December is the end of the year.
Lesson – 18(Kinds of Verb)
Underline the 'verbs' in the following sentences.
a. The sun rises in the East everyday.
b. My classroom has four fans.
c. The wind blows hard.
d. I eat mangoes.
e. Give me a glass of milk.
f. They are poor.
g. The baby was crying.
h. Ali goes to school everyday.
i. Rat kills mouse.
j. The cow lives on grass.
k. My parents take good care of us.
l. My favourite colour is green.
m. The bee is a small insect.
n. On a rainy day, all the children stay at home.
o. Babies like toys, fisherman catches fish in the river.
p. I have two red pens.
q. The bee flies from flower to flower.
r. They play football.
s. Sheela wants a cup of tea.
t. Always help the poor.
u. I did not go to school.
v. The ant keeps food in its nest.
w. The tiger is a wild animal.
x. The frog lives both in water and on land.
y. Our teacher never feels tired.
z. I live with my parents.
aa. I read in class Five.

2. Identify the main verbs and auxiliary verbs in the following sentences.

a. Are(A) you a wise man?

b. They are(A) helping(P) the poor.

c. He has(A) made(P) a mistake.

d. He has(A) a bad headache.

e. The book is(A) written(P) by him.

f. Many soldiers have(A) died(P).

g. The patient had(A) died(P) before the doctor came(P).

h. The book is(A) helpful(P).

i. The child has(A) fallen(P) into the ditch.

j. Man has(A) invented(P) many things.

k. They have(A) done(P) this.

l. The birds are(A) chirping(P).

m. We have(A) won(P) the match.

n. The British were(A) ruling(P) the world.

0. We have(A) done(A) our duty.

p. Man was(A) helpless(P) in the past.

q. Man is(A) bound to die(P).

r. The lady has(A) affection for her child.

s. Grandmother told(P) us a story.

t. He broken(P) the window glass.

3. Fill in the blanks with 'is', 'am' or 'are'.

There is a school next to my house. I am a student of the same school. There are
hundreds of students in my school. My class is on the ground floor. The senior classes
are on the second floor. I am the monitor of my class. My brother is the monitor of his
class. My teacher is very hard working. All my friends are good boys. I am very fond of
my school library. We are going to have our Annual Day next month. My school closes
at 2 o'clock. There are many buses of my school. I am proud of my school.
4. Fill in the blanks with proper verb.

a. The cow has a tail.

b. He has a pen.
c. He has a story book.
d. He teach English.
e. Open at page 50.
f. They are poor.
g. I love the work.
h. The crow is black in colour.
i. The crow eats dirty things.
j. The cat has four legs.
k. We must eat healthy food.
I. We get healthy foods from plant and trees.

5. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Use a word only once.
is Do am have did has
are Was had were does

a. The soup you made yesterday was delicious.

b. Jack and Ruby are in the same school.
c. Nina has a doll. It is a pretty doll.
d. When I was a baby, I had no teeth.
e. Mr and Mrs David have an old car. It is ten years old.
f. They did their homework last night.
g. Jerry and Annie were absent from the class yesterday.
h. I am the tallest boy in my class.
i. She does her work carefully.
j. We do our work in the office.
 Chapter-19
Ex-1
Present Past Past participle
1. Break Broke Broken
2. Bring Brought Brought
3. Call Called Called
4. Come Came Come
5. Dig Dug Dug
6. Eat Ate Eaten
7. Drink Drank Drunk
8. Fight Fought Fought
9. Go Went Gone
10. Give Gave Given
11. Know Knew Known
12. Kill Killed Killed
13. Take Took Taken
14. Write Wrote Written
15. Live Lived Lived
16. Pay Paid Paid
17. Say Said Said
18. See Saw Seen
19. Tell Told Told
20. Put Put Put
21. Read Read Read
22. Get Got Gotten
23. Fly Flew Flown
24. Run Ran Run
25. Do Did Done
26. Arise Arose Arisen
27. Catch Caught Caught
28. Help helped Helped
Ex-2
Present form
1. Left Leave
2. Lied Lie
3. Played Play
4. Cast Cast
5. Felt Feel
6. Caught Catch
7. Brought Bring
8. Task Task
9. Knew Know
10. Wrote Write
 11. Chose Choose
12. Drank Drink
13. Gave Give
14. Came Come
15. Broke Break
16. Ate Eat
17. Driven Drive
18. Dug Dig
19. Bit Bite

Ch-20

Ex-1
a. I go to market. Present Indefinite Tense
b. You ate polao. Past Indefinite Tense
c. He catches fish. Present Indefinite Tense
d. I went home. Past Indefinite e Tense
e. It has been raining for two hours. Present perfect continuous Tense
f. They are walking. Present continuous Tense
g. You have done the sums. Present perfect Tense
h. The patient had died before the doctor came. Past perfect Tense
i. They were playing. Past continuous Tense
j. He wrote a letter. Past Indefinite Tense
k. He will help me. Future Indefinite Tense
Ex-2 (Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the
bracket):
a. The earth moves round the Sun. (move, moves, moving)
b. He is working here for the last five years. (lived, is working)
c. I am doing my homework now. (do, did, am doing)
d. He went out five minutes ago (had gone, was gone, went)
e. I have done a lot of work today (did, have done, had done)
f. Everybody is waiting for you (waits, is waiting, waited)
g. I am hearing a strange noise for one hour. (am hearing, have)
h. The birds have flown away. (flown, flew, fly)
i. There are only two men on board. (is, are, have been)
j. We have been digging this canal for a month. (have, dry) are
digging, have been digging)
k. Hakim's grandmother died in 1984. (dies, died)
l. I saw him a weak ago. (see, have seen, saw)
m. My brother is going to school now. (goes, is going, has gone)
n. I always go to my workplace on foot. (go, went, am going)
0. I get up at 6 o'clock every morning. (get, got, have got)
p. My parents live in a beautiful house (lives, live)
q. He has done a lot of works. (did, doing, done)
r. I have received his letter yesterday. (have received, received)
s. Mother was feeding her baby. (feed, feeding, fed)

t. I had eaten mango before he came (had eaten, came; ate,

came, eat, comes)

u. I shall see you tomorrow. (shall see, see, have seen)

v. I shall be writing letter in the morning. (shall be writing, have

been, writing, be writing)
Ex-3. Change the verbs in the following sentences into the
simple past tense.

a. Mita sits on a chair.

Ans. Mita sat on a chair.

b. He tells a lie.

Ans. He told a lie.

c. The man sells rice.

Ans. The man sold rice.

d. I have done the sum.

Ans. I did the sum.

e. He drives a car.

Ans. He drove a car.

f. Does they ring the bell?

Ans. Did they ring the bell?

g. Tipu spends much money.

Ans. Tipu spent much money

h. I have heard the news.

Ans. I heard the news.

i. He is present in the meeting.

Ans. He was present in the meeting.

j. There are five pens on the table.

Ans. There were five pens on the table.

k. The dog eats its dinner.

Ans. The dog ate its dinner.

4. Change the verbs in the following sentences into simple

future tense.

a. He catches fish.

Ans. He will catch fish.

b. Samad writes a letter.

Ans. Samad will write a letter.

c. Lipi sings a song.

Ans. Lipi will sing a song.

d. I am leaving for Dhaka.

Ans. I will leave for Dhaka.

e. The child has drawn a picture.

Ans. The child will draw a picture.

f. My brother met me.

Ans. My brother will meet me

g. She learns English.

Ans. She will learn English.

5. Turn the following tense of verbs according to the
direction given in the brackets.

a. He watches television. (Present Continuous)

Ans. He is watching television.

b. He goes to school. (Simple Past)

Ans. He went to school.

c. I have taken my meals. (Simple Future)

Ans. I will take my meal.

d. The moon is shining. (Past Continuous)

Ans. The moon was shining.

e. You are wasting time. (Simple Past)

Ans. You wasted time.

f. I am waiting for you. (Simple Future)

Ans. I will wait for you.

g. He has a pen. (Simple Past)

Ans. He had a pen.

h. They make a noise. (Present Continuous)

Ans. They are making a noise.

i. I am very glad. (Simple Past)

Ans. I was very glad.

j. Our classes begin at 7 am. (Simple Past)

Ans. Our classes began at 7am.

k. They are catching fish. (Simple Future)

Ans. They will catch fish.

l. My mother has bought me a pen. (Simple Past)

Ans. My mother bought me a pen.

m. I had a nice pen. (Simple Present)

Ans. I have a nice pen.