(i) Change the following sentences into Complex:

(a) We need flowers to decorate a place. (b) We should read books to gain knowledge. (c) Mangoes are ripe in the summer. (d) He wants to be a doctor to serve people. (e) There is a large flower garden in front of the school. (f) Health is wealth.

(g) It is too poor to imagine. (h) During his life time, he spent money lavishly to help the poor. (i) It lies in every phase of our society. (j) The farmers work hard to support themselves. (k) Bangladesh is a test playing country but its standard is not high.

(l) But today many of them lead a very miserable life. (m) The postman is a familiar figure. (n) A fool was sitting by the side of a village road. (o) Once upon a time there was a girl named Jasmine.

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(ii)  Change the following sentences into Complex :

(a) During the rainy season the Padma assumes a terrible shape. (b) Tourists from home and abroad visit its shore to enjoy themselves. (c) Truthfulness may lead the whole world to peace and happiness. (d) One should be truthful to succeed in life. (e) Once there was a king named Lear. (f) She saw a young man playing on his flute.

(g) People in general are fond of glittering things. (h) She bought a dheki to husk rice.

(i) The heart is formed for love and cannot be happy without the opportunity of giving and receiving love. (j) Once there lived a poor and old woman. (k) She wanted Buddha to bring her dead child to life. (l) For boys and girls Durga Puja has a special charm. (m) A good student should be conscious of politics but should not be the cat’s paw of the shrewd politicians. (n) Clean air is important for life. (o) Honesty is a great virtue.

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(iii)      Change the following sentences into Simple :

(a) As the demand for flowers is increasing day by day, we should cultivate flowers on commercial basis. (b) If we read books, we can enrich our minds. (c) It is man who is the maker of his own fortune. (d) One night when he was saying his prayer, a thief broke into his room. (e) The persons in the high rank of the society are involved in corruption and have become millionaires. (f) Though cricket is a costly game, people of all classes enjoy playing it.

(g) If we take proper steps, their condition may improve. (h) Every day we see him when he goes in a khaki dress.

(i) The minister then asked what his occupation was. (j) People, who live in the village are mainly farmers. (k) He sits to read when it is time to read. (l) He learns his lessons when it is time to learn. (m) When it is summer, it becomes emaciated. (n) One day she went to countryside and she was accompanied by her friends. (o) Gold is a metal which is very precious.

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(iv) Change the following sentences into Simple :

(a) She had none who could look after her. (b) When the goddess Durga comes everyone must shake off his own sorrows and troubles. (c) All the people come together and celebrate the festival. (d) He who is taken by anger causes a lot of troubles. (e) The national memorial which is at Savar is a symbol of the nation’s respect. (f) One thing that pollutes air is smoke.

(g) My brother was honest for which he was rewarded. (h) I know the man who came here. (i) People who love food can taste local as well as foreign food.

(j) In a family of five or six children the parents have to send some of their kids to work so that they can fill their empty stomach. (k) A man who leads an idle life brings misery for his life. (l) He was not only wise but also famous. (m) People who come from home and abroad enjoy its beauty very much. (n) He entered the kingdom of the prince and captured a large village. (o) Young people spend much time before TV and waste their precious time.

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(v)  Change the following sentences into Compound :

(a) Selling these mangoes, people earn a lot of money. (b) Many do not try to better their condition by hard labour. (c) By reading books, we can enrich our minds. (d) Though a healthy man is an asset to his family, an unhealthy man is a liability. (e) Though he is a low paid employee, his responsibility is great. (f) Seeing the strange appearance of the fool, he asked him about the reason of his action.

(g) Though she was a nice little girl, she was not an ordinary child. (h) When I reached there, my friend received me cordially.

(i) Although it may not make one rich, it brings peace of mind. (j) He had a daughter whom he loved very much. (k) But there are some other metals looking like gold. (l) In spite of her working very hard there was happiness in her heart. (m) As love is divine, everybody wants love. (n) He always advised his sons to respect their teachers. (o) As they get a long vacation from schools, they enjoy the festival with childlike mirth.

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(vi) Change the following sentences into Compound :

(a) He came to a house to ask for something to eat. (b) Finding a large thorn, he pulled it out. (c) Sometimes this jam is so acute that it blocks more than a kilometre of a street. (d) Attracted by such reports she came to test the king. (e) While pondering he noticed some bees humming for honey in a withered rose. (f) Being very angry he began to whip her cruelly.

(g) The earth being round, we meet again. (h) The farmer was very excited to see the golden egg. (i) But the farmer was greedy enough to have all the eggs in a day. (j) Once upon a time, there lived a certain merchant who had seven daughters. (k) I get my living by my own fortune.

(l) It gives both pleasure and the contentment of mind. (m) As angling is my hobby, I usually catch fish with a fishing line. (n) Watching violent movies, young people become violent. (o) They had no food to satisfy their hunger.