9.

(a) Bayazid Bostami was one of the greatest

saints of Islam. (Positive) [DB-2015]
(b) One night, while reading, his mother asked him
for a glass of water. (Passive)
(c) There was no drinking water in the house, so he
went out to fetch it. (Complex).
(d) When he came back, he found his mother
sleeping (Compound)
(e) Thus what he showed was a great love and
respect to his mother. (Simple)
 
10.
(a) Cox's Bazar sea-beach is the largest sea-beach
in the world (Complex). [CB-2015]
(b) It is one of the most beautiful sea-beaches in
the world (Positive).
(c) It is called pleasure seeker’s paradise (Active).
(d) The visitors go there to enjoy natural beauties
(Compound)
(e) Those who become tired may go to relax there
(Simple).
 
11.
(a) Cricket is a very exciting game.
(Exclamatory)
(b) People of all ages enjoy this game. (Passive)
(c) At present cricket is the most popular game
in our country (Positive)
(d) Bangladesh is one of the weakest Test
playing countries . (positive). people do not like
watching test cricket.
(e) They are fond of watching “Twenty-twenty”
cricket. (Interrogative)
 
13.
(a) I read Naneen's letter published on 5th
January (complex). (b) I can understand
her problems (compound). (c) Nazneen
thinks that things are always rosy in a
nuclear family (Simple). (d) She admires
the advantages of a nuclear family
(passive) (e) But How mistaken she is!
(Assertive).
 
14.
(a) English is more used than any other language.
(Positive) (b) Organizations frequently need
employees who have a good command of English.
(Simple) (c) An English knowing man can earn
better salary. (Passive) (d) English is spoken all over
the world. (Active) (e) We should learn English to
make a room for us in the competitive world.
(Complex).
15.
(a) Jerry was a small boy who lived in the
orphanage. (Simple) (b) He was the strongest
of all the boys (Positive). He used to cut wood
for the writer (c) He also did some
unnecessary things for her. (Passive) (d) His
mother visited him at the orphanage in
autumn. (Complex) (e) One morning the
writer was awakened by the sound of his
taping on the door (Active). She did not say
anything, though she was disturbed.
16.
Fahima, a college girl, wanted to introduce a
debating club. (a) The college authority gave her
the responsibility to organize the club (make it
complex). (b) She enlisted the name of the people
who were interested in debating (make it simple).
Fahima happily agreed. (c) When the teacher was
not in the class, she went around to every class
(make it compound). (d) She made them convince
in debating (make it passive). (e) She is one of the
cleverest girls in the class (make it positive).
Every students like
Fahima much for her well-behaviour.
17.
Rabindranath, the 14th child of Debendranath,
wrote his first verse at the age of eight. (a) When
he was 17 years old, he was sent for studies
(Simple). (b) He described London as a dismal city
(Passive). (c) Though he was happy in Brighton, a
friend of the family persuaded his brother to send
him to London (Compound). (d) He was lucky to
get a friendly English family (Complex). (e)
Rabindranath is one of the greatest poets in the
world (Positive). In 1880, Rabindranath if was
called back to India.