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প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থীরা, আজ ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয়পত্রের Important item Transformation of sentence এবং Preposition এর ব্যবহার নিয়ে আলোচনা করা হলো।

TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES

অর্থের পরিবর্তন না ঘটিয়ে একটি ঝবহঃবহপব কে অন্য আরেকটি ঝবহঃবহপব এ পরিবর্তন করাই হলো Transformations of sentence বা Changing Sentence.  যেমন:  Affirmative: The girl is honest. (মেয়েটি সৎ)

Negative: The girl is not dishonest. (মেয়েটি অসৎ নয়)

Note: এখানে sentence রূপের পরিবর্তন হয়েছে অর্থের কোন পরিবর্তন হয়নি| honest এi Antonym ‘dishonest’ ব্যবহার করে অর্থকে ঠিক রাখা হয়েছে।

প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, তোমাদের আবারো বলছি Grammar এর প্রত্যেকটি রঃবস একে অপরের সাথে সম্পর্কিত। Transformation of sentence এর সাথেও রয়েছে Synonym, Antonym, clause, parts of speech, verb এর বিভিন্ন রূপ সহ Tense এর নিবিড় সম্পর্ক।

Read the text and change the sentences as directed. 

 (a) Poverty is the greatest problem in our country. (make it positive) But we hardly realize that this miserable condition is our own creation. (b) Many people do not try to better their conditions by hard labour. (Make it compound) (c) They only curse their fate. (Make it passive) But this is not reality. (d) It is man who is the maker  of his own fortune. (Make it simple) So, they should work hard to improve their lot. (e) By working hard, they can remove their poverty (Make it negative)

Answer: (a) No other problem in our country is as great as poverty.

(b) Many people do not try hard and better their condition.

(c) Their fate is only cursed by them.

(d) Man is the maker of his own fortune.

(e) Without working hard, they can’t remove their poverty.

COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH SUITABLE PREPOSITIONS.

Man is fond (a) ____ turning back from the present to the past again and again. Nothing is more pleasant (b) ___ him than memories of his childhood. Whenever I am sick of the present, I try to get relief (c) ___ the past day of my childhood. A man can not remember every thing that happened in his childhood. But certain events are stored in the sub-conscious mind. They sometime peep (d) __ minds eye. My play ground was the bank of the mighty Teesta. In all the seasons this river had great attraction (e)___ me. Whenever I was not (f) __ home. I could be found (g) __ its bank. There would be other children also (h) ___ me. We Used to row on the river, jum (i) __ it and swim (j) __.

Answer: (a) of (b) to (c) in (d) through (e) for (f) at (g) on  (h) with  (i) into (j) in