REARRANGE ALOM’S ENGLISH

1. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-

(i) Then he invited applications.
(ii) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.
(iii) Long ago, there lived a Sultan in a country.
(iv) Then he found the desired man.
(v) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his tax collector.
(vi) A number of people applied for the job.
(vii) All the applicants blushed and refused except one.
(viii) So, he asked for the wise counselor's advice.
(ix) When they all arrived, the Sultan asked them to dance.
(x) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept.
Answer: (iii) (v) (viii) (i) (vi) (ii) (x)  (ix) (vii) (iv)
2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-
(a) He asked him where God was.
(b) He praised him highly.
(c) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(d) The teacher thought highly of the boy's understanding.
(e) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(f) The boy devoted himself in earning knowledge.
(g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.
(h) He agreed to teach the lad.
(i) He had expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(j) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.
Answer: (c) (i) (g) (j) (a) (e) (d)  (b) (h) (f)
3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-
(i) He died on August 29, 1976 and was buried on the compound of Dhaka University.
(ii) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, gazals, short stories, novels, etc.
(iii) He lost his father at the age of eight and at the age of eleven, he showed his poetic
genius.
(iv) At the age of nineteen, he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier to fight in the First
World War.
(v) On his return from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen.
(vi) It was tragic that he had been suffering from a cruel disease since1942 and remained
paralyzed for the rest of his life.
(vii) In1924, he married Promila in Kolkata.
(viii) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and he was brought to Bangladesh from
Kolkata in 1972.
(ix) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal.
(x) Then he was declared our national poet by the Government of Bangladesh.
Answer: (ix)  (iii)  (iv)  (v)  (ii)  (vii)  (vi)  (viii)  (x)  (i)
4. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence:
(i) As Bagerhat is near the Bay of Bengal, the water is usually saline.
(ii) Khan Jahan Ali was a philanthropic man.
(iii) He, therefore, excavated many tanks to provide fresh water to the people.
(iv) He came to Bagerhat to preach Islam and to promote the plight of common people.
(v) He found Bagerhat beset with many problems.
(vi) His memory will never be sunk into oblivion.
(vii) Thus he redressed the problem of drinking water.
(viii) The scarcity of drinking water is one of them.
(ix) The people of Bagerhat remember him with great respect.
(x) Gora Dighi is one of them.
Answer: (ii) (iv) (v) (viii) (i) (iii) (x)  (vii) (ix) (vi)
5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) The blacks were subjected to all sorts of indignities and they were denied all basic human
rights.
(ii) He was thrown behind the prison bars, but the oppressive rulers could not break his spirit.

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(iii) Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa who struggled against apartheid all
his life.
(iv) Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.
(v) In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world.
(vi) They were aliens in their own country.
(vii) It was government policy of racial segregation and the Europeans were separated from the
non-Europeans.
(viii) The blacks were treated cruelly.
(ix) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.
(x) Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.
Answer: (iii) (v) (vii) (i)  (vi)  (viii)  (x)  (ix)  (ii)  (iv)
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
(ii) The king called him to the palace.
(iii) At this, the king got furious and condemned him to death.
(iv) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.
(v) Once there was a king.
(vi) With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that, I'll die only a week before your death."
(vii) But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.
(viii) The king then asked, "How long would you like to live?"
(ix) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.
(x) He then thought for a while some ways of escape.
Answer: (v)  (i)  (iv)  (ii)  (ix)  (iii)  (vii)  (viii)  (x)  (vi)
7. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) The last words of the speech are : "Government of the people, by the people, for the people
shall not perish from the earth."
(ii) Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America.
(iii) On the 10th of November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place called
Gettysburg.
(iv) It is one of the finest and the shortest speeches in English language.
(v) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
(vi) On the envelope, it was what he was going to say at the meeting.
(vii) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
(viii) He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelope.
(ix) In the train, he was busy writing something.
(x) In fact, the speech on the envelope is now famous as "Gettysburg Address".
Answer: (ii)  (iii)  (v)  (ix)  (viii)  (vi)  (i)  (vii)  (x)  (iv)
8. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend, which contained nothing but
some words.
(ii) With a great hope in mind, he opened the box.
(iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
(iv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.
(v) To his utter surprise, he found nothing but an ordinary stone.
(vi) Thus, the poet taught his friend a good lesson.
(vii) So, he procured a heavy stone and packed it up in a fine box.
(viii) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable, so, he paid the heavy charge
for carrying.
(ix) The poet had to pay double postage, so, he became very annoyed.
(x) Then he sent it to his friend with the words on it "Carriage to be paid on delivery."
Answer: (iv)  (i)  (ix)  (iii)  (vii)  (x)  (viii)  (ii)  (v)  (vi)
9. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) One day, he was very hungry.
(ii) The grapes were too high for him to reach.
(iii) Again and again he jumped.
(iv) At last he entered to a vineyard.

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(v) Once upon a time, there lived a fox in a forest.
(vi) But each time, he failed to reach the grapes.
(vii) At last being tired, he went away saying that the grapes were sour.
(viii) He took a run and jumped to reach the bunch of grapes but could not reach it.
(ix) He searched for food everywhere but he did not get any food.
(x) There were ripe grapes hanging up on the vine.
Answer: (v)  (i)  (ix)  (iv)  (x)  (ii)  (viii)  (iii)  (vi)  (vii)
10. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school.
(ii) He has made great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh.
(iii) Dr. Md. Qudrat-i-Khuda was born on 8 May at village Margram in the district of Birbhumin
West Bengal in 1900 AD.
(iv) In1924, getting star marks he passed MSc in Chemistry from Kolkata Presidency College.
(v) He died on 3 November in 1977.
(vi) His father Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious man.
(vii) In1929, he passed DSc from Imperial College in England.
(viii) At the age of six, he was admitted into a Furkania Madrasa and then he was admitted into an
English school.
(ix) He made a great plan to give the new structure of education system.
(x) In 1952, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board.
Answer: (iii)  (vi)  (viii)  (i)  (iv)  (vii)  (ii)  (x)  (ix)  (v)
11. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) All the servants were called and interrogated.
(ii) In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan.
(iii) Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man's house.
(iv) The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace.
(v) When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his
stick.
(vi) But nobody confessed their guilt.
(vii) So, the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court.
(viii) The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch
the thief.
(ix) Naturally, it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace.
(x) He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would
increase by an inch the next day.
Answer: (iii)  (ix)  (i)  (vi)  (vii)  (iv)  (ii)  (x)  (v)  (viii)
12. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-
(i) As a result, he studied under a great thinker Plato.
(ii) He also wrote books on Biology, Literature, Economics and Comparative Politics.
(iii) Plato taught Aristotle according to his own way.
(iv) Aristotle was born in Greece.
(v) His father wanted him to be a physician but he never cherished to be so.
(vi) Later on, Aristotle took the pen to write on topics suitable for human civilization.
(vii) He is called the father of Biology because of his creativity.
(viii) 'Politics' is one of his famous books which exposes fullest development of his
wisdom.
(ix) He was the son of a royal physician.
(x) He wanted to be a free thinker.
Answer: (iv) (ix) (v) (x) (i) (iii) (vi)  (viii) (ii) (vii)
13. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-
(i) "Please let me go to my country."
(ii) An English boy was making a small boat.
(iii) "I shall cross the sea and go to my country by this boat."
(iv) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
(v) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(vi) Napoleon was charmed by the words of the small boy.

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(vii) "I haven't seen my mother for a long time."
(viii) The boy said, "My country is on the other side of the sea."
(ix) One day Napoleon, the king of France, was walking along the sea shore.
(x) The boy was brought before him and he asked him what he would do with such a
small boat.
Answer: (ix) (v) (ii) (x) (viii) (vii) (iii)  (i) (vi) (iv)
14. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-
(a) He asked him where God was.
(b) He praised him highly.
(c) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.
(d) The teacher thought highly of the boy's understanding.
(e) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where He is not.
(f) The boy devoted himself in earning knowledge.
(g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.
(h) He agreed to teach the lad.
(i) He had expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.
(j) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.
Answer: (c) (i) (g) (j) (a) (e) (d)  (b) (h) (f)
15. The sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence:-
(i) He was one of the most renowned linguists of Bangladesh.
(ii) He died in 1969 and we remember him with respect.
(iii) He was second to none in Bengali Language and Literature.
(iv) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was born in 24 Porgona. West Bengal in 1885.
(v) He joined Jessore Zilla School in 1910.
(vi) He passed the entrance and FA exam in 1904 and 1906.
(vii) He received some awards and contributed much to Bengali Literature.
(viii) He passed Hons. and M.A. in 1910 and 1912.
(ix) He joined Dhaka University as a Lecturer of Bengali in 1921.
(x) He got his Ph.D in 1928.
Answer: (iv) (vi) (v) (viii) (ix) (x) (iii)  (vii) (i) (ii)

16. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:-

(a) One prize is awarded in each field.
(b) The prize is instituted by a man who was the inventor of the science of destruction.
(c) Nobel Prize is the world's most important prize.
(d) He is Alfred Bernard Nobel.
(e) Though he is a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
(f) Nobel Prizes are awarded every one for outstanding achievements in the field of
science, literature and for promoting world's peace.
(g) The prize is given to persons with most outstanding contribution.
(h) If there are more than one recipient of the prize in one field, the prize money is
equally distributed amongst all the winners.
(i) Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.
(j) He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December,
1896.
Answer: (c) (b) (d) (j) (e) (f) (i)  (g) (a) (h)
17. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) He used to tell interesting stories to the people of the village.
(ii) He never spoke in the rest of his life.
(iii) His name was Nambi.
(iv) He lived in a temple at the edge of the village and passed his time under the banayan tree in front
of the temple.
(v) Before telling a story, he used to light a lamp in front of the tree.
(vi) There was a remote village named Somal.
(vii) One day he could not continue his story.
(viii) After a few days, he called all the villagers and told them something.

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(ix) He was so ignorant that he could not tell his age, but he could make up stories.
(x) The villagers were enchanted by a man.
Answer: (vi)  (x)  (iii)  (iv)  (ix)  (i)  (v)  (vii)  (viii)  (ii)
18. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) The crow tried to turn the jar over again and again, but it has no effect.
(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.
(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.
(iv) There was some water in the jar, but it was at the bottom and out of his reach.
(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.
(vi) He took some pebbles and dropped them into the jar.
(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.
(viii) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to have a drink.
(ix) When the water came to the mouth of the jar, the crow drank and met up his thirst.
(x) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.
Answer: (viii)  (v)  (ii)  (iv)  (i)  (iii)  (vii)  (vi)  (x)  (ix)
19. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag and could not think where to keep the money.
(ii) He gradually realised that he had money, but no peace of mind.
(iii) He dug a whole in his hut and kept the money there.
(iv) So, he could not devote himself to his work.
(v) The farmer was surprised and said to himself, "One thousand rupee is a lot of money."
(vi) Now a thinking took hold of the farmer that his money could be stolen any time.
(vii) He said to him, "Look my friend! I have brought one thousand rupees for you. Keep this
money and remove your distress."
(viii) The rich man went to the farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.
(ix) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him.
(x) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.
Answer: (viii)  (vii)  (v)  (ix)  (i)  (iii)  (vi)  (x)  (iv)  (ii)
20. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.
(i) He had many wise men in his court.
(ii) Birbal, who was praised by everybody for his presence of mind, was one of them.
(iii) Akbar, an emperor of Delhi, was a great Mughal who was not learned but he had great respect for
the learned.
(iv) Birbal made a list, but he put the emperor's name at the top of the list.
(v) One day the emperor asked Birbal to make a list of the fools living in the country.
(vi) The emperor saw the list and became surprised to see his name at the top.
(vii) Birbal said, "I beg your pardon, your majesty. The other day you gave ten thousand gold
coins to an unknown man to buy you some horses. He may not come back. So, I call you a
fool."
(viii) "I shall drop your name from the list and write his name in your place."
(ix) He called him and asked, "How is it that you call your emperor a fool?"
(x) "If the man comes" said the emperor "What will you do?"
Answer: (iii)  (i)  (ii)  (v)  (iv)  (vi)  (ix)  (vii)  (x)  (viii)

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