Exercise on Sentence with Explanation

1. Without which of the part of speech a sentence cannot be formed?

Noun	Pronoun
Adjective	Verb
Correct Answer: Verb
Explanation: Verb হলো বাক্যের বা sentence- এর প্রাণ। Verb ছাড়া sentence গঠণ সম্ভব না। যেমন: Saira eats pizza. এখানে, Saira third person, singular number হওয়ায় verb- এর পরে s যোগ হয়েছে। যদি Saira বাদ দিয়ে “Eat pizza” বলা হয় তাহলেও sentence- এর গঠণ ঠিক থাকে ও একটি অর্থ প্রকাশ করে। Pizza বাদ দিলেও “Saira eats” অর্থপূর্ণ sentence থাকে কিন্তু eats বাদ দিলে “Saira pizza” অর্থহীন হয়ে যায় বা sentence থাকেনা।

2. Which is the subject of the following sentence? Raisa is writing a letter.

Raisa	Is
Writing	Letter
Correct Answer: Raisa
Explanation: এখানে “Raisa” letter লেখার কাজটি করছে তাই “Raisa” হলো sentence-এর subject.

3. Which is the object of the following sentence? Rima will sing a song.

Rima	Will
Sing	Song
Correct Answer: Song
Explanation: এখানে Rima হলো Subject, will হলো auxiliary verb, sing হলো main verb এবং song হলো object.

4. Which is the correct sentence?

Anisa loves to read books.	Loves books to read Anisa.
Books loves to Anisa read.	Read Anisa loves to read.
Correct Answer: Anisa loves to read books.
Explanation: এখানে, sentence- এর order maintain করা হয়েছে । অর্থাৎ Sub+ verb+ infinitive+ object.

5. Which of the following is a run-on sentence?

I am very happy because I have attended the concert of my favorite singer.	In spite of his illness Rahim is coming to perform in the program and participating in the meeting.
Rahim will go to the varsity he will meet his friends and study with them for the upcoming exam.	Bangladesh is a densely populated country and the people of this country are well known for their ho
Correct Answer: Rahim will go to the varsity he will meet his friends and study with them for the upcoming exam.
Explanation: এই sentence- টি অবশ্যই একটি run-on sentence কারণ এতে punctuation problem আছে । Rahim will go to the varsity, he will meet his friends and study with them for the upcoming exam. এই কমাটি দিলে sentence- টি correct হবে ।

6. Which of the following is an Assertive sentence?

Anis reads his favorite novel.	Does Anis read his favorite novel?
Read your favorite novel.	May Allah help Anis read his favorite novel.
Correct Answer: Anis reads his favorite novel.
Explanation: কারণ এখানে একটি simple statement বোঝানো হয়েছে ।

7. Which of the following is an Interrogative sentence?

Are you going to the varsity?	I am going to the varsity.
We are singing a song.	They are playing football.
Correct Answer: Are you going to the varsity?
Explanation: কারণ এখানে একটি প্রশ্ন বা question করা হয়েছে ।

8. Which of the following is an Imperative sentence?

Sing a song.	Are you singing a song?
She is singing a song.	I like to sing a song.
Correct Answer: Sing a song.
Explanation: কারণ এখানে একটি আদেশ বা order করা হয়েছে।

9. Which of the following is an Optative sentence?

Are you doing the right thing?	I am doing the right thing.
Do the right thing.	May Allah guide you to the right path.
Correct Answer: May Allah guide you to the right path.
Explanation: কারণ এখানে একটি মনের ইচ্ছা বা প্রার্থনা বা prayer বোঝানো হয়েছে।

10. Which of the following is an Exclamatory Sentence?

What a melodious song it is!	This is a melodious song.
She is singing a melodious song.	I love to listen to melodious songs.
Correct Answer: What a melodious song it is!
Explanation: কারণ এখানে একটি গান বা song-এর ব্যপারে একটি মনের আবেগ বা emotion বোঝানো হয়েছে ।

11. Which of the following is a Simple sentence?

She is an outstanding singer.	She is a good singer but not popular.
She is singer and also likes to compose.	Though she is a singer, she doesn’t want to sing.
Correct Answer: She is an outstanding singer.
Explanation: এখানে একটি subject এবং একটিমাত্র finite verb আছে।

12. Which of the following is a Complex sentence?

The student is ill but he sat for the exam.	Though the student is ill, he sat for the exam.
The student sat for the exam.	Did the student sit for the exam?
Correct Answer: Though the student is ill, he sat for the exam.
Explanation: এখানে একটি main clause “he sat for the exam” এবং একটি subordinate clause “Though the student is ill” আছে ।

13. Which of the following is a Compound sentence?

The movie was lengthy but interesting.	In spite of its length the movie was interesting.
Though the movie was lengthy, it was interesting.	I don’t like lengthy movies.
Correct Answer: The movie was lengthy but interesting.
Explanation: এখানে দুইটি principal clause একটি coordinating conjunction “but” দিয়ে যুক্ত আছে।

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