Complete the sentences using suitable phrases/clauses. (a) Had he been a little careful, —. Actually, he was not attentive to his studies at all. (b) All employees want to be —. But the boss may have his own preference. (c) He wants to plant some seedlings. As it is rainy season now, it is high time he —. (d) The present is good though —. We should not forget taking lessons from the present & past as well. (e) — may be very fatal sometimes. It must not linger for long. (f) Kith and kin are persons —. We should help them in their danger. (g) There is no college in our Upazila. Had I possessed a vast property, —. (h) The boy was very hungry and weak. I took him to our house with a view to —. (i) Take proper safety measures lest —. The construction work is going on in full swing. (j) A proverb about fate goes that '—'. But it is partially true.

1.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) The job market is getting from bad to worse day by day. If you don't work hard in your student life, —. (b) Trees are most important for our survival. They supply oxyzen without which —. (c) My HSC exam is knocking at the door. I have to study attentively so that —. (d) I have lost my cell phone. Would you mind — 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 —. (f) Flower is a symbol of beauty, love and purity. There is hardly any one who —. (g) Walk fast lest —. (h) Jui is studying medicine. She wants —. (i) During the recent years, most teenagers have become Facebook freak. They waste time for nothing. They should know that —. (j) He came to my room while —. He did not wake me up.

2.Complete the following sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) Honesty is the best policy. If you maintain honesty, —. (b) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time —. (c) English is an international language. I wish —. (d) If I had much money, —. (e) There goes a proverb that —. So, you have to make friendship with a gentleman. (f) Hardly has he seen his friend —. (g) It is a long time since we —. (h) All of us have to work hard with a view to —. (i) I was too young to —. (j) A student has to be punctual. He has to study regularly lest he —.

3.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) We are closely related to our environment. We should keep the environment free from pollution so that —. (b) We must follow the rules of hygiene. Without following the rules of hygiene, we —. (c) He was very hopeful about winning the game. He — 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 —. (e) She has got GPA 4.50. If — more seriously, she would have got GPA 5 in the exam. (f) The boy was playing. When — he stopped his playing at once. (g) I feel a very bad headache. If —, I would continue my classes. (h) Time plays a very crucial role in human life. We cannot prosper in life unless —. (i) He runs very fast. Last year he — that other competitors were left behind. (j) Human body needs a balanced diet. If we take a balanced diet, it —.

4.Complete the sentences using suitable words/phrases clauses:— (a) Last night I did not have a sound sleep. I feel sleepy — TV. (b) You cannot handle such a — if you don't have prior experience in teaching. (c) If the driver had been more careful, — the fatal accident. (d) We were supposed to start our journey the next day. But it was so hot that —. (e) A village market is one of the many attractions of country life. It is a public place where —. (f) The box is very heavy. Are you strong enough — ? (g) Begging is not a profession. It is most disreputable. We must not —. (h) Whenever he speaks in English —. But it is natural that we learn through mistakes. (i) The station is not far away from here. It will take you five minutes —. (j) One should bear in mind that forming bad habit is easy to do but —.

5.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) Rifat does not like —. 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 —. (c) — is not good. We should give it up. (d) — gives no pleasure. It is always painstaking. (e) There is nobody —. Hence happiness is a relative term. (f) Birds — in winter are called migratory birds. We should not kill them. (g) People are careful — in Dhaka city. They don't waste their resource. (h) Man is a social being. No man can do —. (i) Robinson Crusoe was born in England. His father wanted him —. (j) — in Bangladesh are unemployed. Self-employment is a possible solution to this problem.

6.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) 21st February is a red-letter day in our life because —. It is our Mother Language Day. (b) Once, there was a farmer who had three sons. They were so lazy that —. (c) I have $\to meet$ Raihan. Do you know where —? (d) It is high time you —. It is detrimental $\to$ health. (e) English is an international language. If you want $\to go abroad for higher studies$ —. (f) The bee is one of the busiest insects. It flies from flower $\to flower \to$ —. (g) My friend lived in New Zealand. It is many years since —. (h) We must grow the habit of getting up early in the morning. The sooner we get up —. (i) There goes the proverb 'United we stand, divided we $fall^{\prime}. Unless we are united$ —. (j) Our country is beset with many problems. We all should come forward with a view $\to$ —.

7.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) He studies medicine so that — (b) Time has its wings. It was five years since we — (c) The poor man knocked at my door. He came to me with a view to — (d) I found a box in the room. The box was too heavy for — (e) I went to market yesterday. Had you requested me, I — (f) Do not worry about me. I — after I have finished my study. (g) They are very hard working. If the bank gives them loan on easy terms, they — (h) Unity is strength, united we stand, — (i) We had to walk through a jungle. We saw a snake while we — (j) Everybody will go to the graveyard after death. A graveyard is a place —

8.Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) Trees are essential for our existence. So, we should —. (b) English is an international language. — you cannot get a good job. (c) Corruption is an obstacle to our national development. It is high time —. (d) My childhood was full of joys and happiness. I wish —. (e) Mobile phone is a wonder of modern science. But —. (f) He cannot run the business. So, he should —. (g) He confessed that —. So, I forgave him. (h) The student could not memorise the poem. It was too difficult —. (i) Since they had no more question to discuss, —. (j) Female education is a crying need for our country. It is a good sign that nowadays —.

9.Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) John is fond of reading. Whenever he goes to the book fair, —. He has a good collection of books now. (b) Smoking is detrimental to health. It is high time you —. (c) The students saw the teacher. No sooner had the teacher entered the classroom than —. (d) Birds fly in the sky. I wish I —. (e) My mother was a philanthropist. She loved to live among the poor villagers so that —. (f) Samia is good at all of her subjects except English. She cannot compete with her classmates because of —. (g) We had to walk through a jungle. We saw a snake while we —. (h) I don't have enough money. Had I been a rich man, —. (i) Death is inevitable. There is nobody who —. (j) Boys, I'm going to discuss an important topic today. Be attentive to my lecture, otherwise —.

10.Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses/phrases: — (a) Industry is the — . (b) A man cannot succeed in life — . (c) — of the world are industrious. (d) The man — can maintain a sound health. (e) We should not like those persons — . (f) I always — . (g) I know the story of an industrious person — . (h) That man always inspires me — . (i) I have a poor uncle. He could be rich — . (j) He has become poor — of his idleness

11.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases. (a) He is a liar. Do not rely —. (b) Mobile phone is a wonder of modern science. But —. (c) Time has its wings. It was five years since we —. (d) Our country is beset with many problems. We all should come forward with a view to—. (e) Whenever he speaks in English, —. But we learn through mistakes. (f) Patriotism is a noble virtue. It is high time —. (g) A student has to be punctual. He has to study regularly lest —. (h) There is nobody —. Hence happiness is a relative term. (i) Trees are essential for our existence. So, we should plant —. (j) Early rising gives a man enough free time. Since I am an early riser, —.

12.Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/ phrases. (a) A railway station is the place where —. (b) No sooner had he reached the station —. (c) He is satisfied with what —. (d) The car made in Japan —. (e) He behaved as if —. (f) What is lotted —. (g) My purse has been lost where —. (h) My friend, Ripon, appeared before the interview board. As he was smart, —. (i) You are a liar. You cannot eat a mango let alone—. (j) I am very hungry today. I had better —.