Practice of Words and phrases of special use

 

as if	What if	had to	had better	it
lest	Was born	let alone	there	as soon as

Mahmud is an independent man now. He (a)_____ in a village of Mymensing. His father was very poor. So he (b) _____work a lot. (c) _____ was no other earning person in the family except his father. But (d) _____was extremely difficult for him to maintain the family. He could not support the family (e) _____ spend for Mahmud’s education. In this circumstances, Mahmud could not remain unmoved. (f) _____  he reached his teens, he thought that he (g) _____  start working. He used to work  (h) _____ he were  a grown up person. He earned enough to support the family  (i) _____ he was not adult. Many adolescents in our country work like Mahmud (j) _____ they should strive.

2. Complete the sentences with words/phrases of special use.                                                         .5 × 10 = 05

it	have to	was born	would rather	what if
there	had to	as though	let alone	had better

Do you know who Nelson Mandela was? He (a) _____ in South Africa.  At that time the people of South Africa were treated with racial discrimination (b) _____ they had been aliens in their own land. They (c) _____bear all sorts of deprivation. They (d) _____die than survive in utter inhumanities. It was a cruel practice. They (e) _____ leave their homeland. The Africans could not enjoy peace. They could not even speak (f)______ get involved in politics. So Mandela wanted to put a stop to it (g) _____ he was thrown behind the bars?  (h) _____ was none to resist. (i) _____ was Mandela’s dauntless step. At last he was able to reach his goal and became the first black president of South Africa. We (j) _____ remember him with respect.

 3. Complete the sentences with words/phrases of special use.                                                  .5 × 10 = 05

as if	What if	had to	had better	it
lest	Was born	let alone	there	as soon as

(a) Computer is now used in almost all sectors of life. So ______ is necessary to know how to operate a computer.

(b) Bayejid Bostami was a great Muslim saint. _______ in Iraque long ago.

(c) ______ stands a car in front of our house. I do not know the reason.

(d) Nazrul’s father died an immature death. So the boy ____ work hard.

(e) Hamid is very proud. He speaks ________he were a jamidar.

(f)  Shihab is very weak in English. He practices a lot______ he should fail.

(g) Some boys were making a noise in the class. But ____ the teacher entered, they became silent.

(h) Bangladesh remained oppressed under Pakistani  rule ______ we did not gain independence?

(i) It is difficult to drive. Many people cannot drive motorbike ______ heavy vehicles.

(j) The boy is talkative. Anyone may get annoyed with him. So you ___avoid him.