Complete the following sentences. (a) — illiteracy is a curse. (b) We should try our level best —. (c) In order to eradicate illiteracy our government —. (d) Conscious people of the society should also come forward with a view to —. (e) — if all the people of our country were educated.

1.Complete the sentences: - (a) He asked me ―. (b) ― how it can be done. (c) Hardly had he started for school ―. (d) He told me that ―. (e) ― there is a way.

2.Complete the sentences:- (a) Yesterday I could not get up from bed in time because ―. (b) As soon as I got up from bed ―. (c) Since I could not avail the bus, ―. (d) On the way to school, I walked fast lest ―. (e) If I reached late ―.

3.Complete the sentences:- (a) Five years have passed since —. (b) It is a matter of sorrow that —. (c) I tried to write to you but —. (d) In fact, we all are always —. (e) We hope that we —.

4.Complete the sentences:- (a) 1971 is the year when ―. (b) Though Bangladesh has limited natural resources ―. (c) ― because he is not attentive to study. (d) Be truthful if ―. (e) His silence proves that ―.

5.Complete the sentence : (a) An educational institution is a seat of learning ―. (b) It should be a peaceful place where ―. (c) But nowadays peaceful atmosphere is absent from educational institutions because ―. (d) The students who ―. (e) The sooner it can be controlled, the ―.

6.Complete the following sentences:- (a) We come to know about the happenings of home and abroad if ―. (b) People read newspaper lest ―. (c) Many students do not read newspaper regularly as ―. (d) Many people earn their living by ―. (e) I become happy when ―.

7.Complete the following sentences:- (a) Acid rain is harmful because ―. (b) The wind was so strong that ―. (c) Had he been a little careful ―. (d) They were frightened when ―. (e) Take your umbrella lest ―.

8.Complete the sentence:- (a) Smoking is a habit which ―. (b) Many people go on smoking though ―. (c) ―, we will suffer a lot. (d) People can't give up smoking easily because ―. (e) So attempts must be taken by us to ―.

9.Complete the sentences: (a) It is said that ―. (b) In youth, the mind is so soft that ―. (c) If we lose the morning hours of life ―. (d) We will reap good harvest ―. (e) On the other hand, if we remain lazy ―.

10.Complete the sentences: (a) Cricket is a game ―. (b) Boys and girls of our country ―. (c) Though cricket is a costly game, ―. (d) Bangladesh is a test playing country ―. (e) ― to upgrade the standard.

11.Complete the sentences:- (a) Slum dwellers are so poor ―. (b) As they live there in an inhuman condition —. (c) Although they do hard labour from dawn to dusk, ―. (d) Come forward to help them lest ―. (e) Only then they will be able to ―.

12.Complete the following sentences: (a) He pretends as if ―. (b) It is high time ―. (c) Walk slowly lest ―. (d) ― cannot succeed. (e) Had I seen you before, ―.