HSC Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words (special uses of words and phrases) Exercises with Solutions

HSC Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words (special uses of words and phrases)Exercises with Solutions 1

Special Uses of Words and Phrases

1. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.   In case What's the matter Had better But for     Have/has to Lest Let alone It is high time Would rather Supposed to (a) Our friend, Safiq is not regular in his classes. He leads a peculiar life nowadays. —— with him? (b) You are going to a new place. Take a map with you —— you get lost. (c) You helped me a lot before the exam. I am grateful to you. —— your help, I would have failed          really. (d) The conditions of your studies are very bad. Your test exam is knocking at the door. —— you           studied hard. (e) I was surprised when I saw my father coming by a rickshaw. He was —— come by a car. (f) He is very miserly. He doesn't help his neighbours —— the villagers. (g) The sky is cloudy. It may rain soon. Let's hurry up —— we should get wet.

   (h) My friend used to live a carefree life. Now he is in Canada but cannot adjust to the
        routine bound life there. He —— stay in his own country.
   (i) My younger sister is a beauty-loving girl. She is not fit for science. She —— study in Humanities          group.
   (j) Tasin had been ill for nearly a month. His study was hampered. Now he —— work a lot to get a             good result.

Answers: (a) What's the matter (b) In case (c) But for  (d) It is high time (e) Supposed to (f) Let alone (g) Lest (h) Had better  (i) Would rather  (j) has to

2 . Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box.   There What does — look like let alone as soon as    was born have to What’s it like would rather as if had better (a) In England, most school children —- wear a uniform. Is it the same in Bangladesh? (b) I —- take a taxi than walk home. It’s already too late. (c) We —- take an umbrella. It may rain. (d) I can’t remember the title of the book, —- the details of the story. I read it many years ago. (e) I don’t like Tamanna’s attitude. She speaks in a way —- she knew everything. She should show respect to others. (f) The tennis match restarted —- the rain had stopped. It was a great relief for the spectators. (g) —- living in Hawaiian style? You seem to be very happy with your life in Hawaii. (h) Baby: Mom, —- does a ghost —-?      Mom: Sorry dear, no idea. I had never been to any Ghost Island. (i) Long ago, —- lived a mighty warrior, Kublai Khan. He built an amazing alabaster palace in a deep, dark, and mysterious forest. (j) Socrates was a great Greek philosopher. He —- in 469 BC. He spoke against the traditional Greek beliefs and so he was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. Answers: (a) have to (b) would rather (c) had better (d) let alone (e) as if (f) as soon as (g) What’s it like (h) What does a ghost look like? (i) There (j) was born. 3. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the following box.         what’s.... like was born let alone had better there what does ... look like it would rather as soon as have to   (a)      The room appears to be suffocating. —— it —— opening the windows? (b)      It is raining outside. You —— take an umbrella. (c)      He cannot read newspaper —— edit a newspaper. (d)      —— lived a wise man but he was not well known to all. (e)      You look tired. —— appears to me that you have worked hard. (f)      Rahman is a symbol of versatile genius. He —— in a needy family. (g)      —— a dinosaur ——? Have you ever seen it? (h)      Manners make a man. Students —— practise good manners in everyday life. (i)       Panic seized me —— I heard the roaring voice. (j)       Though I am in dire need of money, I —— die than seek any financial help from him. Answers: (a) what's...like (b) had better (c) let alone (d) There (e) it (f) was born (g) What does...look like (h) have to (i) as soon as (j) would rather 4. Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box. what’s.... like have/has/had to let alone was born there what does ... look like What if would rather as soon as had better   (a)      Alexander ____ to conquer the world. (b)      My brother —— not move for Dhaka today than tomorrow. (c)      Students —— complete the semester in due time. (d)      Sabbir cannot write the English alphabet well, —— write a letter to his father. (e)      ___Runa ___? She is dishonest at the core. (f)       —— he wakes up, he checks his phone for messages. (g)      —— a satellite ——? Have you ever seen it? (h)      You ——! Come back. (i)       —— the man fails to earn anything? (j)       He —— to join his office from a long distance regularly. Answers: was born, would rather, had better, let alone, what’s like, as soon as,  what does…look, there, what if, has to