HSC Completing Sentence Board Question – English Rajib

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Dear Student, let’s learn HSC Completing Sentence Board Question that will boost your HSC English.

1. (a) Industry is the key to success.

    (b) A man cannot succeed in life if he is not industrious.

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    (c) The successful men of the world are industrious.

    (d) The man who is industrious can maintain sound health.

    (e) We should not like those persons who are idle.

    (f) I always try to be an industrious person.

    (g) I know the story of an industrious person who kept working hard.

    (h) That man always inspires me to be industrious.

    (i) I have a poor uncle. He could be rich if he worked hard with sincerity.

    (j) He has become poor because of his idleness.

2. (a) John is fond of reading. Whenever he goes to the book fair, he buys books of different types. He has a good collection of books now.

(b) Smoking is detrimental to health. It is high time you gave up smoking.

(c) The students saw the teacher. No sooner had the teacher entered the classroom than the students stood up.

(d) Birds fly in the sky. I wish I were a bird.

(e) My mother was a philanthropist. She loved to live among the poor villagers so that she could have heavenly bliss.

(f) Samia is good at all of her subjects except English. She cannot compete with her classmates because of her weakness in English.

(g) We had to walk through a jungle. We saw a snake while we were passing a bush.

(h) I don’t have enough money. Had I been a rich man I would have helped the poor.

(i) Death is inevitable. There is nobody who can escape death.

(j) Boys, I’m going to discuss an important topic today. Be attentive to my lecture, otherwise, you will miss something important.

3. (a) Trees are essential for our existence. So, we should plant more trees.

(b) English is an international language. Without knowing English you cannot get a good job.

(c) Corruption is an obstacle to our national development. It is high time we took effective measures.

(d) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. I wish I were a child again.

(e) Mobile phone is a wonder of modern science. But it has many disadvantages.

(f) He cannot run the business. So, he should find a job.

(g) He confessed that he had made a mistake. So, I forgave him.

(h) The students could not memorize the poem. It was too difficult for them to memorize.

(i)  Since there was no more question to discuss, the chairman declared the meeting over.

(j) Female education is a crying need for our country. It is a good sign that nowadays girls are getting educated.

4. (a) 21st February is a red-letter day in our life because some of our patriotic sons sacrificed their lives for our mother tongue. It is our Mother Language Day.

(b) Once there was a farmer who had three sons. They were so lazy that they would not do any work.

(c) I have to meet Raihan. Do you know where he lives?

(d) It is high time you stopped smoking. It is detrimental to health.

(e) English is an international language. If you want to go abroad for higher studies you should learn English.

(f) The bee is one of the busiest insects. It flies from flowers to collect honey.

(g) My friend lived in New Zealand. It is many years since we met last.

(h) We must grow the habit of getting up early in the morning. The sooner we get up the more we will get time.

(i) There goes the proverb, ‘United we stand, divided we fall’. Unless we are united we will fall.

(j) Our country is beset with many problems. We all should come forward with a view to solving the problems.

5. (a) Last night I did not have a sound sleep. I feel sleepy because I could not sleep the last night.

(b) You cannot handle such a big responsibility if you don’t have prior experience in teaching.

(c) If the driver had been more careful, he could have avoided the fatal accident.

(d) We were supposed to start our journey the next day. But, it was so hot that we could not go outside.

(e) A village market is one of the many attractions of country life. It is a public place where people gather every day.

(f) The box is very heavy. Are you strong enough to carry it?

(g) Begging is not a profession. It is most disreputable. We must not encourage begging.

(h) Whenever he speaks in English he makes many mistakes. But it is natural that we learn through mistakes.

(i) The station is not far away from here. It will take you five minutes to reach there.

(j) One should bear in mind that forming bad habits is easy to do but difficult to give up.

6. (a) He studies medicine so that he can serve the people.

(b) Time has its wings. It was five years since we had met last.

(c) The poor man knocked at my door. He came to me, with a view to getting some money.

(d) I found a box in the room. The box was too heavy for me to carry alone.

(e) I went to the market yesterday. Had you requested me, I would have come.

(f) Do not worry about me. I will take my supper after I shall have finished my study.

(g) They are very hard working. If the bank gives them a loan on easy terms, they will receive it.

(h) Unity is strength. United we stand, divided we fall.

(i) We had to walk through a jungle. We saw a snake while we were going to the house.

(j) Everybody will go to the graveyard after death. A graveyard is a place where dead bodies are buried.

7. (a) We are closely related to our environment. We should keep the environment free the environment from pollution so that we can live a healthy life.

(b) We must follow the rules of hygiene. Without following the rules of hygiene, we can not keep our body fit.

(c) He was very hopeful about winning the game. He had practiced a lot before he took part in the competition.

(d) He had a street accident and his mother injured herself falling on the stairs. To tell the truth, misfortune never comes alone.

(e) She has got GPA of 4.50. If she had studied more seriously, she would have got a GPA of 5 in the exam.

(f) The boy was playing when he heard the news. He stopped his playing at once.

(g) I feel a very bad headache. If I was not sick, I would continue my classes.

(h) Time plays a very crucial role in human life. We cannot prosper in life unless we work hard.

(i) He runs very fast. Last year he ran so swiftly that other competitors were left behind.

(j) Human body needs a balanced diet. If we take a balanced diet, it will keep us fit.

8. (a) Honesty is the best policy. If you maintain honesty, you can lead a happy life.

(b) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time we gave up smoking.

(c) English is an international language. I wish I could be a child again.

(d) If I had much money, I would help the poor.

(e) There goes a proverb that all that glitters is not gold. So, you have to make a friendship with a gentleman.

(f) Hardly has he seen his friend when the train left.

(g) It is a long time since we met last.

(i) I was too young to say no to a woman.

(j) A student has to be punctual. He has to study regularly lest he should fail the exam.

9. (a) The job market is getting bad to worse day by day. If you don’t work hard in your student life, you can not shine in life.

(b) Trees are most important for our survival. They supply oxygen without which we can not survive.

(c) My HSC exam is knocking at the door. I have to study attentively so that I can do well in the exam.

(d) I have lost my cell phone. Would you mind giving me your cell phone so that I can talk to my mother?

(e) Last week my friend Hasan met with an accident. No sooner had I heard the news than I went to see him.

(f) Flower is a symbol of beauty, love, and purity. There is hardly anyone who does not love flowers.

(g) Walk fast lest you should miss the train.

(h) Jui is studying medicine. She wants to be a scientist.

(i) During recent years, most teenagers have become facebook freaks. They waste time for nothing. They should know that honesty is the best policy .

(j) He came to my room while I was reading. He did not wake me up.

10. (a) Rifat does not like rich food. He knows that rich food does not contain rich vitamins.

 (b) As Shafi is devoted to studies all his teachers love him. He hopes to secure a brilliant result.

 (c) Telling a lie is not good. We should give it up.

 (d) Reading for exams gives no pleasure. It is always painstaking.

 (e) There is nobody who does not want to be happy. Hence happiness is a relative term.

 (f) Birds that come to our country in winter are called migratory birds. We should not kill them.

 (g) People are careful enough living in Dhaka city. They don’t waste their resource.

 (h) Man is a social being. No man can do whatever he likes.

 (i) Robinson Crusoe was born in England.  His father wanted him to be a scientist.

 (j) Many people in Bangladesh are unemployed. Self-employment is a possible solution to this problem.

11. (a) The industry is the key to success. If you work hard, you will gain success in life.

 (b) Corruption is the main hindrance to development. It is high time we curved corruption.

 (c) Abdul is an HSC candidate. He is studying hard lest he should fail in the exam.

 (d) There are a good number of reasons why students fail in English. That English is a foreign language is the main reason.

 (e) Birds fly in the sky. I wish I could fly in the sky.

 (f) No sooner had we reached there than the program started. Unless we went there earlier, we would miss the beginning of the program.

 (g) It is not good to mix with bad guys. A man is known by the company he keeps.

 (h) Dulal Sheikh is a quack. He behaves as if he were a doctor.

 (i) It is very cold outside. You had better stay at home.

 (j) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. Would that I were a child again.

12. (a) Geometry is very much confusing to Zillur. He practices geometry a lot so that he can master the subject very well.

(b) I could not recognize you at first. It was five years since we had met.

(c) Sanjida was writing quite well in the exam when suddenly she felt a bad headache. As a result, she could not finish the exam with satisfaction.

(d) Don’t worry. I will be there after I shall have finished my study.

(e) Fateen was really in great danger. He came to you with a view to getting help from you, but you disappointed him.

(f) Sujon was very weak, but he had to carry a big box. The box was too heavy for him to carry.

(g) The farmers of our country are very poor, but they can work hard. If the bank gives them a loan on an easy term, they can receive it.

(h) Load-shedding occurs because we cannot produce adequate electricity. It is high time we gave up smoking.

(i) I requested him to join me in playing cricket. He joined me despite his unwillingness.

(j) He tried his best to get the job but he could not get it. Had he got the job, he would have been happy.

13. (a) 16th December is observed as Victory Day every year in Bangladesh. It is really a red-letter day in our national history because on this day we achieved victory.

 (b) A proverb goes that honesty is the best policy. So we must try to lead an honest life.

 (c) Courtesy means polite behavior. Courtesy costs nothing but brings a lot.

 (d) Bangladesh is an agricultural country. As her economy depends on agriculture we should put emphasis on it.

 (e) Time is very important in our life. You cannot prosper in life unless you utilize your time.

 (f) Bangladesh is our motherland. It is a small but beautiful country. Though it is a small country, it is blessed with natural resources.

 (g) Early rising gives a man enough free time. Since I am an early riser, I get enough time.

 (h) You must have confidence in your ability. If you work confidently, you will be successful.

 (i) My final examination is going on. I studied hard lest I should fail the exam.

 (j) His father has no ability to bear his son’s educational expenses. So the son takes up a part-time job so that he can bear his educational expenses.

14. (a) Garment industry in Bangladesh is one of the major sources of earning foreign exchange. But this sector is afflicted with many problems.

(b) Once Taimur attacked the province of a powerful prince. When the prince heard the news he became very sad.

(c) Mr. Karim is a hardworking man. Though he works hard, he cannot turn the wheels of his fortune.

(d) Success does not come to a man automatically. When a man works in a systematic way he is sure to shine in life.

(e) Female education is a crying need for our country. It is a good sign that nowadays more girls are getting educated.

(f) Motherland is like heaven. It is our sacred duty to defend the dignity of our motherland.

(g) Life should not be considered a bed of roses. It is full of sorrows and suffering.

(h) When you will complete work, you will go home.

(i) The thief was afraid of the police. He ran away lest he should be arrested.

(j) He is an honest worker. Despite his honest work, he is not promoted.

15. (a) The students were sympathetic and patriotic. That’s why they sacrificed their lives.

 (b) There were five boys. I took five books that each boy got one book.

 (c) When he came out, he was given a greeting. He was worthy of getting such greetings.

 (d) Though the pen writes well, it is very expensive. I can’t afford to use it.

 (e) The poem is too difficult for the students to understand. They couldn’t but memorize it.

 (f) If I had a camera, I could take some photos. I like photography.

 (g) He came to my room while I was sleeping. He didn’t wake me up.

 (h) Rina waited until she was given the money. She went after getting it.

 (i) He went to London so that he could study law. He was devoted to studying.

 (j) He confessed that he had done it. So, I forgave him.

The Grand Canyon- Mountain Lying Down – English Rajib

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A gash in the earth beyond imagining from 600 ft to 18 miles across, reaching down from cool, piny plateaus to the scorching desert, exposing nearly two billions years of earth’s history, preserving shelters and shrines and storehouses and the arts and crafts of Native Americans who have found a home here for at least 4000 years. Some still call it home.

The Indian tribes call it Kaibab or “Mountain Lying Down.” The first Spanish men to see it dubbed it “Gran Can’on”. No matter in what name it is known by, The Grand Canyon-a spectacular gift from mother nature to mankind.- remains as awe-inspiring today as it must have been to the first people to stumble upon it. And the description above speaks volume.

There perhaps is a bit of romanticism in all of us.   My more knowledgeable friends tell me that this trait is more universal in children, albeit, in varying degrees.

Things we read about in our younger days would very often be the vehicles of our imagination, propel our minds to lands beyond the seven seas.

My vehicle for my formative years’ imaginations was Bhibutibhusan’s Aparajita. Apurba. As a young lad was an avid reader of storybooks, the more favorite ones being tales of travels that used to be published as Bilat Jatreer Chithi (letter of going to London).

Apu would read that the Italian sky was the bluest or that there is a statue of Victor Hugo in a Paris park, and would resolve to visit all those places when he grew up.

As a preteen youngster, I used to identify myself with Apu and longed to see those strange places. Those childhood impressions were so strong that in later years when I went to Paris for the first time, Musee Victor Hugo was very prominent on my list of museums to be visited.

The statue at the square, I believe, was destroyed during World War 2. Southern Italy,  as close to the Mediterranean as possible, of course, was next to the itinerary. I cannot, through, recall the sky there was as blue as I had expected it to be.

 Several years ago I read the quoted description and I promised myself a trip to the Grand Canyon at the first opportunity.

The opportunity came last year when my wife and I decided to travel abroad for six months-most of that period spent visiting with our children currently living in North America.

The highlight of our travel on this occasion was a 3-week trip by car from Key West, in Florida to Santa Monica, in California.

The journey across seven of the states in the USA was a very interesting one indeed. The Grand Canyon deserves a special place in my tale.

This nature’s wonder is one of the world’s most outstanding spectacles. In form, glowing color, and geological significance, it is regarded to be unsurpassed.

At no other place in the world is such a vast view of Time displayed so clearly. Each stratum of rock –excavated by the mighty Colorado River-distinctly marks the period of the Earth’s history, claimed to be, from 2 billion to 250 million years ago.

The first recorded viewing of the canyon by a non –Native American was in 1540 when Don Lopez de Cardenas, a captain on Coronado’s expedition in search of the Seven Golden Cibes of Cibola, stumbled upon the great gorge.

More than 300 years later John Wesley Powell led the first expedition to explore the length of the canyon. It took the expedition 3 months to cover the 280-mile distance, and of the 10-men expedition team, 7 returned.

President Theodore Roosevelt gave it the status of a national Monument in 1908 and several years later it became National Park.

The park has an area of over 1,900 square miles and 280 miles of the Colorado River runs through the park.

The depth of the Canyon, from rim to the river, ranges from 2,000 ft to 5,500 ft and the width varies from 600 ft to as much as 18 miles.

So varied is the climate in the park area that six of the seven climate belts recognized throughout the world are represented in the Grand Canyon region.

Many hundred small ruins of ancient Indian pueblos (towns) have been discovered in the Canyon and on the rims. 

Of them, the Havasupai tribe was present before the first European explorers arrived in 1540. Part of the canyon is named after this tribe.

The National Park draws some 5 million visitors each year and the South Rim, which remains open throughout the year, is by far the more popular tourist spot.

Heavy snows close the North Rim roads most of the winter. Since we were traveling from New Mexico on Interstate Highway 40, which runs well south of the Canyon, we decided to go to the Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim.

Of the two major approaches to the par from the 1-40, we select the route via Flagstaff and Williams that runs through the Kaibab national forest famous for its pine trees. The view along most of the route is quite picturesque.

Admission to the park area is by a 7-day permit that costs $10 per private vehicle. Since dusk was approaching fast as we entered the village, we decide to first go to one of the observation points along the Rim to watch the sunset, or the sunrise at the Grand Canyon is more spectacular.

But, both sights are highly recommended. I promise my readers that foregoing the beauty sleep at least one morning in order to be able to get one of the several observation points well before sunrise time (check previous evening) will be worth the trouble.

We were so awestruck by the magnificent sunset views that it was well into the evening by the time we got to our hotel.

Accommodation at the park is reasonably priced but advance booking is recommended.

It was very evident that the entire tourist facility infrastructure was designed to make everyone’s visit as comfortable as one can afford and as interesting as one would like it to be.

All facilities are managed extremely efficiently and by private operators who pay a royalty to the park authorities.

I wish governments in this part of the world were brave and intelligent enough to consider similar modus operandi wherever service to the public is involved.

The cafeterias attached to each lodge are good fun: very spacious, number of food counters, bars for those that wish to indulge and, of course, the inevitable tourist shops.

One could spend hours just sitting and watching the visitors-a truly international crowd.

By the time we finished our dinner, it was nearing midnight and since we did not want to miss the sunrise the next morning, we called it a day.

The morning call was at 4.30 am and we were on our way to Mather Point, one of the observation points, at 5:00. It was still dark and we actually had to use torchlight to make sure that we did not get too close to the rim.

Even at that hour of the morning, we were not the earliest ones to reach the Mather Point.

Sunrise on that morning was at 5:20 and well before that the place was full of tourists-tiny tots to some very elderly citizens near where were sitting.

Just waiting for the sun to come up was an experience. There was the morning stillness in the air, the silence among the spectators matched the quit Nature- people were speaking in whispers only as if nose might discourage the sun from making its appearance.

But, when it did appear it was truly glorious.  I wish I were able to describe in words my experience of that particular moment.

Those readers, who have ever watched sunrise either across the sea or over the mountain, will know what I am not being able to translate in words.

I have had the good fortune of watching the sunrise both at Tiger Hill and at Puri and I do hold the opinion that the experience at the Grand Canyon has no parallel.

The tourist facilities include a conducted sightseeing shuttle service in motor coaches along the South Rim that offers startling views into various sections of the Canyon.

We took the morning trip over the West Rim Drive, which includes Trail View, Hopi, and Pima Points and leads to Hermits Rest, a unique cliff house with an observation lounge and porch.

The shuttles run every 10 minutes or so and one has the freedom of getting off at any not allowed on this drive except in the case of physically disabled visitors.

The major observation points along the East Rim are Yavapai, Moran, and Lipan. The Watchtower towards the end of the East Rim offers an unsurpassed view of the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, and Kaibab National Forest.

Several Trail Trips are offered as well. These conducted trips on mule-back, we gathered, provide the most intimate and awe-inspiring views along the trail that goes down to the bottom of the canyon are also available.

These trips, however, are recommended for able-bodied visitors only and since the writer is not so young anymore and has had an open-heart surgery a couple of years ago, he was dissuaded from trying any of the trips.

We also saw several groups of young men and women back-packing down the trail.

A word of advice to those that wish to venture: the number of people taken on each trip is limited and advance reservation is a must unless one is planning on staying at the Canyon for weeks.

The two highest peaks in the Canyon are called The Vishnu Temple and The Zoroaster Temple.

Being curious, I checked at the Visitor Center and was advised that the names refer to the Canyon’s exposed rock layers.

The pink-colored layer at the bottom is known as the Zoroaster Granite. The layer above that, called the Vishnu Schist, apparently was formed almost 2 billion years ago.

Not so ancient is the Grand Canyon Railway, which has been running a daily service between Williams and the village since 1901. we saw a train arriving around 10 in the morning –it was a beauty.

We gathered that some of the coaches date back to 1920 and are still drawn by turn-of-the-century steam engines.

A very noticeable feature of the American life throughout the Canyon was the local’s concern for the preservation of the wildlife-the animals, the flora, and fauna.

Everywhere there were prominent notices about not feeding the animals, not leaving plastic bags around; exotic trees were labeled, flowerbeds were abundant everywhere. 

I have often wondered whether it is just their affluence that makes them so nature-loving or is it a national characteristic!

We enjoyed our visit to The Grand Canyon tremendously and when we left the village, two days later, our only regret was that we had not allowed for more time at the Canyon in our travel plans.

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