The Story of The Magi of The East
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10]
(i) Being wise their gifts were, no doubt, wise and these proved their love and respect for the baby in manger.
(ii) The Magi were the three wise men of the East who brought gift to the infant Jesus.
(iii) They introduced the custom of giving Christmas presents.
(iv)Similar is the case with the Christmas presents of Jim and Della.
(v) Jim, on the other hand, sold his gold watch to buy a set of beautiful combs for his wife.
(vi) Della sold her hair to buy a platinum fob-chain for her husband's gold watch.
(vii) They were led by a star to the stable of Bethlehem where Jesus was born.
(viii) They are the Magi of the day.
(ix) Out of their true love, they had sacrificed their dearest possessions in order to buy Christmas presents.
(x) The worldly wise men may call them fools but, actually, Jim and Della are the wisest of all who give and receive gifts.
Solution
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The Magi were the three wise men of the East who brought gift to the infant Jesus. They introduced the custom of giving Christmas presents. They were led by a star to the stable of Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Similar is the case with the Christmas presents of Jim and Della. Out of their true love, they had sacrificed their dearest possessions in order to buy Christmas presents. Della sold her hair to buy a platinum fob-chain for her husband's gold watch. Jim, on the other hand, sold his gold watch to buy a set of beautiful combs for his wife. The worldly wise men may call them fools but, actually, Jim and Della are the wisest of all who give and receive gifts. Being wise their gifts were, no doubt, wise and these proved their love and respect for the baby in manger. They are the Magi of the day.
The Story of The Necklace Thief and The Clever Judge
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Dhaka Board-2019]
(i) All the servants were called and interrogated.
(ii) In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan.
(iii) Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man's house.
(iv) The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace.
(v) When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick.
(vi) But nobody confessed their guilt.
(vii) So the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court.
(viii) The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch the thief.
(ix) Naturally it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace.
(x) He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day.
Solution
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Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man's house. Naturally it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace. All the servants were called and interrogated. But nobody confessed their guilt. So the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court. The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace. In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan. He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day. When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick. The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch the thief.
Dr.Kudrat-e-Khuda
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Rajshahi Board-2019]
(a) He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school.
(b) He has made great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh.
(c) Dr.Kudrat-e-Khuda was born on 8th May at village Maragra in the district of Birbhum in West Bengal in 1900 AD.
(d) In 1925, getting star marks he passed M.Sc in Chemistry from Kolkata Varsity.
(e) He died on 3rd November in 1977.
(f) His father Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious man.
(g) In 1929, he passed D.Sc from Imperial College in England.
(h) At the age of six, he was admitted into a Furkania Madrasa and then he was admitted into an English School.
(i) He made a great plan to give the new structure of education system.
(j) In 1953, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board.
Solution
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Dr.Kudrat-e-Khuda was born on 8th May at village Maragra in the district of Birbhum in West Bengal in 1900 AD. In 1929, he passed D.Sc from Imperial College in England. At the age of six, he was admitted into a Furkania Madrasa and then he was admitted into an English School. He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school. In 1925, getting star marks he passed M.Sc in Chemistry from Kolkata Varsity. In 1929, he passed D.Sc from Imperial College in England. In 1953, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board. He made a great plan to give the new structure of education system. He has made great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh. He died on 3rd November in 1977.
Kazi Nazrul Islam
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Cumilla Board-2019]
(i) He died on August 29, 1976 and was buried in the compound of Dhaka University.
(ii) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, gazals, short stories, novels, etc.
(iii) He lost his father at the age of eight and at the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.
(iv) At the age of nineteen, he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier to fight in the First World War.
(v) On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen.
(vi) It was tragic that he had been suffering from a cruel disease since 1942 and remained paralyzed for the rest of his life.
(vii) In 1924, he married Promila in Kolkata.
(viii) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata in 1972.
(ix) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal.
(x) Then he was declared our national poet by the Government of Bangladesh.
Solution
Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal. He lost his father at the age of eight and at the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius. At the age of nineteen, he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier to fight in the First World War. On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen. He wrote a lot of poems, songs, gazals, short stories, novels, etc. In 1924, he married Promila in Kolkata. It was tragic that he had been suffering from a cruel disease since 1942 and remained paralyzed for the rest of his life. Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata in 1972. Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal. He died on August 29, 1976 and was buried in the compound of Dhaka University.
The King and The Astrologer
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Jashore Board-2019; Sylhet Board-2013; Rajshahi Board-2012; Dinajpur Board-2012; Dhaka Board-2005]
(a) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
(b) The king called him to the palace.
(c) At this, the king got furious and condemned him to death.
(d) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.
(e) Once there was a king.
(f) With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that I'll die only a week before your death."
(g) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.
(h) The king then asked, “How long would you like to live?”
(i) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.
(j) He then thought for a while some ways of escape.
Solution
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Once there was a king. The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer. A good astrologer visited the capital of the king. The king called him to the palace. The astrologer told something very unpleasant. At this, the king got furious and condemned him to death. But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution. The king then asked, “How long would you like to live?” He then thought for a while some ways of escape. With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that I'll die only a week before your death."
The Speech of Abraham Lincoln
The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Barishal Board -2019; Sylhet Board -2015]
(i) The last words of the speech are “Government of the people, by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
(ii) Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America.
(iii) On the 10th ‘November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place called Gettysburg.
(iv) It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in English language.
(v) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
(vi) On the envelope, it was what he was going to say at the meeting.
(vii) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
(viii) He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelope.
(ix) In the train, he was busy with writing something.
(x) In fact, the speech on the envelope is now famous as ‘Gettysburg Address”.
Solution
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Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America. On the 10th November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place called Gettysburg. He was going there to speak at a meeting. In the train, he was busy with writing something. He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelope. On the envelope, it was what he was going to say at the meeting. In fact, the speech on the envelope is now famous as ‘Gettysburg Address’. It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in English language. The last words of the speech are: ‘Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
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