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2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

i) Alexander, the king of Macedon, crossed the khyber Pass and reached India.

ii) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab.

iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply.

iv) There ruled a king called Porus.

v) But unfortunately he was defeated in a battle.

vi) ÔLike a kingÕ was the reply of Porus.

vii) He was brought before Alexander.

viii) He wanted to attack the land of Porus.

ix) He showed his boldness before Alexander.

x) He also made him king of another province in the Punjab

xi) Then he was taken prisoner.

xii) Porus came forward with his men and arms to defend his land form the attack of Alexander.

xiii) He allowed him to rule his country as before.

xiv) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated.

Answer: i + ii+ iv+ viii+ xii+ v+ xi+ vii+ xiv+ vi+ ix+ iii+ xiii+ x.

3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

i. His friends and disciples could not bear the sight.

ii. With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

iii. A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.

iv. The cup contained hemlock, a very strong poison.

v. At last, the hour of departure had arrived.

vi. A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito, said, ÔDonÕt forget the debt, Crito.Õ

vii. They burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

viii. At sunset, the Governor of the prison came.

ix. Then there came a man with a cup in hand.

x. Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.

Answer: v+ viii+ ix+ iv+ x+ iii+ vi+ i+ vii+ ii

4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:

i) He struggled hard and at last was able to come out of the trap minus his tail.

ii) As the foxes assembled he shouted to them, ÔDear friends, IÕve made a great discovery.

iii) There lived a very clever fox in a jungle.

iv) ÔLook IÕve already cut off mineÕ, he tried to convince the others.

v) The listeners were very confused and were trying to assess the situation.

vi) But an old fox said ÔYou didnÕt cut your tail. May be youÕve lost it in some way or other, and now you want the others to lose their tails.Õ

vii) ÔAfter a long research IÕve found that we donÕt need our tailsÕ, said he.

viii) He called a meeting of all the resident foxes of the jungle.

ix) He became envious of the other foxes and made a plan to have their tails cut.

x) One day while walking through the jungle he fell into a trap.

Answer: iii+ x +i+ ix+ viii+ ii+ vii+ iv+ v +vi.

5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

i) Sometimes it was difficult to satisfy him with answer.

ii) His father got angry for this kind of activity.

iii) Because he always asked ÒWhy, why, whyÓ.

iv) The boy often undertook some risky adventures.

v) He was Thomas Alva Edison.

vi) But there was only one person who did never feel annoyed with the boy.

vii) For example, once the boy set his fatherÕs barn on fire only to see how it could burn.

viii) Do you know who this boy was?

ix) And that person was his loving mother.

x) A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in a village.

Answer: x+ iii+ i+ iv+ vii+ ii+ vi+ ix+ viii+ v.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.

i) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.

ii) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.

iii) On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.

iv) In 1972, he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.

v) His poem inspired our freedom fighters in the liberation war of Bangladesh.

vi) At last at the age of 19, he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.

vii) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories, gajals, novels, etc. and traveled all branches of Bengali literature.

viii) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B. S. (1899 A. D.) at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.

ix) He died on the 29 August, 1976.

x) His famous poem ÒBidrohiÓ stirred the whole nation.

Answer: viii + ii + i + vi + iii + vii + x + v + iv + ix.