9. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph:

a. He was born in a prosperous family in 1832.

b. In the middle of 1880s the French government decided to organize a World Fair in Paris.

c. The Tower was completed in March 11889.

d. All over European engineers copied them.

e. He graduated from the Central School of Engineering in Paris.

f. Gustav Eiffel proposed a 989 feet tower of icon as a symbol of the exhibition.

g. For years Gustav made plan after plan of dams, factories and structures of great size.

h. Forty engineers and designers under EiffelÕs direction worked for two years.

i. Gustav Eiffel was a Frenchman.

j. The construction of the Tower began in January 1887.

Answer: i + a + e + g + d + b + f + j + h + c

10. Rearrange the following sentences to make a sequenced paragraph:

a. The letter contained nothing but some words.

b. During his stay he received an unequal from his friend.

c. His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable and so he paid the heavy charge for carrying.

d. Then he sent it to his friends with the words on it Carriage to be be paid on delivery.

e. He became very annoyed.

f. So he procured a heavy stone.

g. He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

h. An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

i. The poet had to pay double postage.

j. He packet if up in a fine box.

Answer: h + b + i + a + e + g + f + j + d + c

Article Articles are determining words that define a noun or noun phrase as specific or unspecific.

A, an Ges the ‡K Article wn‡m‡e cwiwPZ|

Article `yB cªKvi|

1. Indefinite Article and

2. Definite Article.

Indefinite Article

A Ges an ‡K Indefinite Article e‡j Kvib Zviv ‡Kvb Awbw`©ó e¨w³, cªvYx ev e¯‘‡K eySvq| mPivPi singular countable noun Gi c~‡e© A A_ev an e‡m|

Example- He has a pen.

- I bought a book.

- This is an elephant.

- He took an apple.

Definite Article

The †K definite Article e‡j Kvib Bnv †Kvb wbw`©ó e¨w³, cªvYx, e¯‘‡K ev weg~Z© wKQy‡K eySvq|

Example-I saw the bird that is flying.

- I read the book written by Rakhal Raha.

- Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.

Use of A and An

1. mvaviYZ consonant Gi c~‡e© a Ges vowel (a, e, i, o, u) Gi c~‡e© an e‡m|

†hgb – a hen, a book, a pen, an apple, an egg, an orange.

2. k‡ãi ïiæ‡Z hw` h _v‡K Ges h Gi D”PviY h Gi gZ n‡j Zvi c~‡e© a e‡m| wKš‘ h Gi D”PviY ev Ab¨ ‡Kvb D”PviY n‡j Zvi c~‡e© an e‡m| †hgb- a horse, a historian, an honest man, an hour.

3. k‡ãi ïiæ‡Z hw` Vowel _v‡K Ges Zvi D”PviY hw` u Gi gZ nq Zvn‡j Zvi c~‡e© a e‡m| ‡hgb- a ewe, a European, a uniform, a university, a useful metal.

4. O w`‡q MwVZ k‡ãi c~‡e© an e‡m| ïaygvÎ one k‡ãi c~‡e© a e‡m| †hgb- an open field, an open heart surgery, an opera, an orange, wKš‘ a one taka note, a one eyed man.

5. msw¶ß iƒc A_©vr abbreviation Gi cª_g A¶i vowel Gi gZ D”PvwiZ n‡j Zvi c~‡e© an e‡m| wKš‘ abbreviation Gi cª_g A¶i consonant Gi gZ D”PvwiZ n‡j Zvi c~‡e© a e‡m| †hgb- an M.B.B.S, an F.C.P.S, an M.A, a B.A, wKš‘ a B.SC.

Other uses of A and An

1. GK RvZxq mKj singular common noun Gi c~‡e© a/an e‡m|

‡hgb- A tiger is a dangerous animal; An ant is an industrious insect.

2. GKRb/ GKwU eySv‡j Zvi c~‡e© a/an e‡m| †hgb- He bought an orange, He lives in a tiny room. There lived a farmer.

3. Preposition A‡_© KL‡bv KL‡bv a e¨eüZ nq| Giƒc a †K disguised preposition e‡j| †hgb- He went a (on) fishing, She went a (on) shopping.

4. Few, little, good many, lot of, great many, good deal, BZ¨vw` plural noun Gi c~‡e© a /an e‡m| gv‡S gv‡S many Gi c‡i a /an e‡m|

n cieZ©x Ask AvMvgx msL¨vq