SSC 2025

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Connector
 Some Tricks
 List of Linkers or Linking words and their uses-
01. ঘটনার ক্রম বা ধারাবাহিকতা ববাঝাতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি:
(i) first, firstly, at first, in the first place, at the
beginning, in the beginning etc.
Example: I will be very busy today. At first, I have to go
(ii) second, secondly, third, thirdly, fourth,
to the bank to draw some money. Then, I will pay the
fourthly, fifth, fifthly etc.
school fees. After that, I need to go to the market to buy
(iii) in between, in the middle of etc.
some apples. Finally, I will meet my friends.
(iv) next, afterwards, after that, then etc.
[SB’24; BB’20]
(v) in the end, at the end, lastly, at last, finally,
to sum up, in conclusion, to conclude etc.
02. অহতহরক্ত তথ্য প্রদান করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি: and, both .......and, or, either .........or, neither...........nor,
as well as, too, likewise, also, so on, apart from, similarly, again,
(i) And (এবং, ও) Example: it is good for health both physically and
mentally. [Ctg.B’24; JB, CB’19]
(ii) Either ............ or (হয় এটি ____নয় Example: Either you or your brother has done this.
অপরটি, হয় এই জন ____ নয় অপর জন):
(iii) Neither ........ nor (এটিও নয় ___ ওটিও Example: Neither Ruma nor Rina will help you.
নয়; এই জনও নয় ___ ওইজনও নয়):
(iv) Both ........... and (উভয়ই) Example: Both Kamal and Kashem speak English well.
(v) Or (অথবা, ট ংবা, বা) Example: I will take milk or tea. [Din.B’19]
(vi) As well as (এবং সেই োথথ): Example: Rani as well as her sister will visit us.
(vii) Not only.......... but also (স বল এটি নয়........সেটিও):
Example: I am very happy with the new employee. He is
not only sincere but also efficient.
[RB,BB’24; JB’20]
(viii) In addition (অটি ন্তু, এছাড়াও): Example: Abir has a nice watch. In addition, he has a
costly cell phone. [Ctg.B’19, BB’17]
(ix) Besides/Moreover/Furthermore (অটি ন্তু, Example: The man has a big house. Besides / Moreover /
উপরন্তু, তাছাড়া): Furthermore he has a new car.
[MB’24, Din.B’19]
(x) Apart from (বযতীত, এছাড়া): Example: Apart from many lands, his father has a big business.
(xi) Too (ও): Example: He helps all his brothers. He helps his
neighbours too.
(xii) Similarly (এ ইভাথব): Example: You should respect your parents. Similarly, you
should respect your teachers.

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03. উদািরণ প্রদান করতত Linking word হিতসতব বযবহৃত words বা phrase সমূি:
(i) For example/for instance/such as/ Example: Many birds are called birds of prey. For
namely (উদাহরণস্বরূপ) example/for instance/such as/namely, the eagle,
the vulture etc. [DB’20]
(ii) In other words (অন্য থায়) Example: His crazy activities were crossing all limits; in
other words, he was almost mad.

04. ববসাদৃশ্যমূলক তু লনা ববাঝাতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি:

(i) Instead (পটরবথতে): Example: He does not study at all. Instead, he kills his time.
(ii) On the contrary/on the other hand Example: I always help him. On the contrary/on the other
(অন্যটদথ , পক্ষান্তথর, েম্পূণে টবপরীথত): hand he misbehaves with me. [BB’17]
(iii) But (ট ন্তু): Example: The boy studied hard but he failed. [Ctg.B,
SB’24; JB, CB’19]
(iv) Yet/Still (তা েথেও): Example: He walked fast. Yet/Still he could not reach
school in time.
(v) While/Whereas (অথচ): Example: You always help your brothers. While/Whereas
they don't like you.
(vi) Although/though (যটদও): Example: Though they glitter for sometimes, they fade
away in the long run. [DB’24]
(vii) Even though (যটদও/এমনট ): Example: He went out without an umbrella even though
it was raining heavily.
(viii) Despite/in spite of (েথেও): Example: Despite/In spite of hard work, he could not succeed.
(ix) However/anyhow (যা সহা ): Example: You could not do well in the examination.
However/anyhow you will be promoted.
(x) All the same (এ ই থা): Example: It is all the same whether you go there or not.
(xi) Nevertheless/nonetheless (েথেও): Example: He was sick before his examination. Nevertheless/
Nonetheless he did well in the examination.
(xii) Than (সচথয়, অথপক্ষা): Example: Asad is taller than Azim. (is) মূলত (‘is’ এখানে
উহ্য) অবস্থায় আনছ।
05. সাদৃশ্যমূলক তু লনা বুঝাতত বযবহৃত Linking word হিতসতব words বা phrase সমূি:
(i) As .............. as (মত, সযমন............... সতমন): Example: Rakib is as intelligent as his brother.
(ii) So................as: Example: Rana is not so tall as his sister.
NB: As........... as হ্াাঁ সবাি বাথ য বযবহৃত হয়। So..................as ো ববাধক বানকে বেবহৃত হয়।
(iii) In the same way/Like wise (এ ইভাথব): Example: Rahim was a victim of circumstance; Rasel was
victimized in the same way.
(iv) By far (যতিু কু পযেন্ত): Example: There were ten boys in the class. Rafiq was by far
the best. (Of the ten boys in the class)

06. কারণ প্রকাশ্ করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি:

(i) Since/because/as/for (সযথহতু ): Example: He could not attend school since/because/as/for
he was sick. [Ctg.B’24; JB, CB’19]
(ii) Why (স ন/ট জন্য): Example: I do not know why he is absent.

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07. পূতবে যা বলা িত়েতে বা করা িত়েতে তার ফলশ্রুহততত যা দাাঁহ়িত়েতে তা প্রকাশ্ করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি:
(i) So/therefore (সুতরাং, অতএব): Example: He has walked five miles. So/therefore he
seems to be tired. [MB’24; CB,Din.B’20; SB’17]
(ii) As a result/as a consequence/ Example: He was absent from the class. As a result/as a
consequently/ eventually (ফলস্বরূপ/ ফথল): consequence/consequently/eventually, he could
not bring the homework. [SB’24; BB’19]
(iii) Thus (এরূথপ): Example: Adeeb is very insincere. He does not study at
all. Thus, he wastes his time.
[SB’24; Din.B’17; All Board’18]
(iv) Naturally (স্বভাবতই): Example: He always gets up late. Naturally he misses his
first class.

08. বকান কাতের উতেশ্য ও ফলাফল বযক্ত করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি: Linkers গুথলা এথক্ষথে দুথিা clause-স েংযুক্ত থর।
(i) Lest (যটদ/নাহথল): Example: He reads seriously lest he might fail.
(ii) So as to (যাথত, বলথত সেথল): Example: I keep the door open; so as to let fresh air enter
into the room.
(iii) So that/in order that/that (যাথত): Example: The man is working hard so that/in order that/that
he can overcome his problem.
(iv) So........ that (এত সয): Example: The old man is so weak that he cannot walk.
(v) As much as (এত সবটি পটরমাণ সয): Example: He took milk as much as he could.
(vi) As many as (এত সবটি েংখ্য সয): Example: He ate as many mangoes as he could.

09. শ্তে আতরাপ করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি: এথক্ষথে Linking word গুথলা দুটি clause স েংযুক্ত থর।
If (যটদ): Example: If you want, I shall help you. [RB,Ctg.B’20;
BB’17]
Or/otherwise (নথচৎ, নতু বা): Example: Eat or/otherwise go away, do or die.
Unless (যটদ না): Example: You will fail unless you are sincere. [MB’24;
CB’20; SB’17]
Until/till (পযেন্ত, না পযেন্ত): Example: Wait here till/until I come back.
Provided/Provided that/Providing that (যটদ): Example: The plane will take off provided/provided
that/providing that the weather is fine.
In case (যটদ- িতে সবাঝাথত): Example: In case you fail to find my house, call me.
As long as (যতক্ষণ পযেন্ত): Example: Allah will be with us as long as our purpose is honest.
Supposing that (মথন থর): Example: Supposing that you will come. I shall wait for you.
Once (যটদ এ বার): Example: Once you make a promise, you should not break it.
Had (যটদ- িতে সবাঝাথত): Example: Had you wanted, I would have helped you.
Were (যটদ- িতে সবাঝাথত): Example: Were I a king, I would help the poor.
Should (যটদ-িতে সবাঝাথত): Example: Should you not help him, the consequence
would be different.

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10. সম়ে ও স্থান হনতদেশ্ করতত বযবহৃত Linking word সমূহ:
At that time (সে েময়): Example: He took admission in 1995. At that time, he was
18 years old.
Where (সযখ্াথন): Example: Dhaka is the city where he was born.
There (সেখ্াথন): Example: I went to Chittagong. There lives his father.
As (যখ্ন....তখ্ন): Example: As he grew older, he became interested in politics.
When ( খ্ন): Example: I don't know when the train will arrive. [JB,
Din.B’24; JB’17]
While (যখ্ন): Example: I was reading while the telephone rang.
Before (আথে): Example: The bell had rung before the teacher entered the
classroom.
After (পথর): Example: The bell rang after the teacher had entered the
classroom.
Since: (যখে বেনক): Example: It is quite a long time since we met.
As soon as (োথথ োথথ, সযইমাে, সেইমাে): Example: As soon as the teacher entered the classroom,
the students stood up.
Sometimes (মাথঝ মাথঝ): Example: Sometimes, my uncle visits our house.
At present/presently (বতেমাথন): Example: At present/presently, he works in a firm.
Now (এখ্ন): Example: I am watching TV now.
Then (তখ্ন): Example: I wake up at 5.30 am. Then I go for morning walk.
Recently (েম্প্রটত): Example: Recently he visited a few European countries.
Once first time (একবার…প্রেমবার): Example: My friends have been to Paris at least once. I am
going there next summer for the first time.
No sooner had .....than (হথত না হথতই): Example: No sooner had the thief seen the police than he
fled away.
Hardly had ........ when (হথত না হথতই): Example: Hardly had he reached the station when the train left.
Scarcely had ........ when (হথত না হথতই): Example: Scarcely had the teacher entered the classroom
when the students stood up.
Afterwards (তৎপরবতেীথত): Example: He fell ill and was admitted to hospital.
Afterwards he died.
11. বকান উপসংিার বা সারসংতেপ প্রকাশ্ করতত বযবহৃত Linking words সমূি: in brief, in short, to sum up, to
summarize, on the whole, above all, in all/in total etc.
In brief (েংথক্ষথপ): Example: He established a school in his village. He also
set up a hospital. In brief he is a kind hearted man.
In short (েংথক্ষথপ): Example: He is studious, sincere and obedient. In short,
he is brilliant.
To sum up/to summarise (েংথক্ষথপ): Example: He went to Europe during the last summer
vacation. He visited London, France, Italy. To
sum up / to summarise, it was a wonderful trip.
On the whole (সমাথির ওপর): Example: Our principal likes all the students. He behaves
well with everybody. On the whole he is a
gentle man.
Above all (েথবোপটর): Example: He is a good teacher and helpful to everybody.
Above all he is a good man.
In all/in total (সমাি): Example: In all/in total there are seven thousand people in
our village.

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12. বকাতনা কাতের ধরন বা কােহট কীভাতব করা ি়ে তা হনতদেশ্ করতত বযবহৃত Linking words সমূি:
As if / As though (সযন): Example: He speaks as if/as though he were an intellectual.
How (সয িরথন, সযভাথব): Example: This is the way how he talks.
However (বযভানব): Example: You can take however you like. [SB, RB’20]
As (সযমন): Example: Work as I suggest you. [DB,CB’24;SB’20]
Like (মত): Example: She can sing like her sister does. [RB, BB’24]
Such ...........as/that (এমন......সয): Example: Our country needs such leaders as/that are patriots.
As it were (সযমন): Example: The camel is as it were the ship of the desert.

13. একই সমত়ে সংঘহটত দুহট ঘটনা প্রকাশ্ করার েন্য বযবহৃত Linking word সমূি:
At the same time (এ ই েমথয়): Example: He was eating and talking to his friend at the
same time. [DB’20]
At that time (সে েমথয়): Example: When you rang me, at that time I was reading.
As (যখ্ন): Example: As I was going home, I met a mad man.
Meanwhile (ইথতামথিয): Example: I entered the wedding ceremony. Meanwhile
almost all the guests left the hall.

14. বো়িা়ে বো়িা়ে বযবহৃত আরও হকেু Linking word:

Whether......... or (সহা বা না সহা ): Example: It is all the same whether you attend the meeting
or not.
Would rather…..than (বরং): Example: I would rather die than beg.
Though............yet (যটদও....... েথেও): Example: Though he is rich yet, he is honest.
15. Linking word হিতসতব ব্যব্হৃত relative pronoun:
Who (সয, টযটন): Example: I know the boy who came here yesterday.
Which (সযটি): Example: Facebook is a social medium which is very
popular. [RB, BB’24; JB, Din.B’20]
Whom (যাথ ): Example: The man whom you met yesterday is my uncle.
Whose (যার): Example: This is the boy whose pen has been lost.
That (সযটি): Example: It is known to all that gold is a valuable metal.
[DB’24]
What (যা): Example: What you said is not true.
Whoever (সয-ই): Example: Whoever works hard, succeeds in life.
Whatever (যা-ই): Example: I will give you whatever you want.
Whichever (সয-ই): Example: Whichever of you can give the answer will be rewarded.

16. Relative conjunction, (that) linking word হিতসতব বযবহৃত ি়ে।

That (সয): Example: He said that he would go to Chittagong tomorrow.

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 Board Standard Practice Questions

01. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [মমর্জাপুর ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্]
(a) — flood is considered to be a natural calamity; it is no doubt a blessing for the people. It is considered to
be a blessing in the sense (b) — it makes the soil alluvial. (c) — silt is scattered over land after land (d) —
flood and makes the soil fertile. So, it can be said that the flood has (e) — constructive and destructive sides.
02. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [মিক্ারুনমনসা নূন স্কুে এন্ে ক্ডের্]
Every citizen has some duties and responsibilities for his nation. (a) — most of the people are careless in
this respect. People of this country have achieved national identity at the cost of a great sacrifice (b) — is
still evaluated nationally. (c) — some selfish people never want to give them recognition. (d) — we all
should do some benevolent activities (e) — we will be guilty to the nation.
03. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [গি. েযাব্ডরটমর হাই স্কুে, ময়মনমসিংহ]
Trees are very useful to us. They help us in many ways. They give us oxygen, food and shade. (a) — they
protect us from air pollution. (b) — many people are not aware of this. They are cutting down trees every
moment without consideration. (c) — they continue to do it, one day there will be no trees left on earth. (d)
— this really happens, our life will be at stake. (e) — we should stop this practice immediately and grow
more and more trees for our survival.
04. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [রিংপুর ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ০৫ মট স্কুে]
Soil is necessary for life (a) — most of our foods come from soil. It is true that some of us eat meat. (b) —
meat comes from animals that live on plants. And those plants again grow on soil. (c) — we do not give
food to soil, plants will become weak. (d) — natural and Inorganic manure are necessary for cultivation. (e)
— compost manure is widely used in cultivation. Agriculture scientists discourage farmers to use pesticides
because of their harmful side effects.
05. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [ময়মনমসিংহ মর্ো স্কুে এব্িং আরও ১৫ মট স্কুে]
It is better to have brain (a) — beauty. (b) — physical beauty is purely visual, the beauty of brain is all
encompassing. It is (c) — a known fact that beauty is only skin deep. What is worse is (d) — physical beauty
is not ever lasting (e) — it declines with age and time.
06. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [আদমর্ী ক্যান্টনডমন্ট পাব্মেক্ স্কুে এব্িং আরও ১২ মট স্কুে]
Dengue fever is a serious disease (a) — is caused by a kind of virus called “Dengue virus”. (b) — this virus
was identified in Africa (c) — now it has spread all over the world. (d) — in most cases dengue fever has
its remedy, It Is better to prevent it. (e) — we keep our houses clean and people are conscious of it, we can
easily avoid this disease.
07. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [পাব্না ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ০৮ মট স্কুে]
Corruption has become a part and parcel of our life. (a) — no office work is done without corruption; people
have taken it as an acceptable practice. (b) — this evil ‘practice should be stopped. (c) — the government is
strict; it will be possible. (d) — some corrupt officials are punished; it has not been evicted from government
offices. (e) — it must be eradicated at any cost.
08. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [মব্দযাময়ী গি. গােজস হাই স্কুে]
In our society we find a group of people who are fond of sky-high talking. They often say that they can do
so (a) — better (b) — that. In fact, they are good for nothing. They want to hide their inability by their sky-
high talking. (c) — such kinds of people are asked to show their performance they quarrel with their tools.
(d) — a man of action talks less and advises others to talk less and work more. A man of action need not
talk about his ability (e) — he is not an empty vessel.

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09. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [কুমমল্লা ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ০৭ মট স্কুে]
“Where there is a will there is a way.” This proverb is quite true. People hate their fate (a) — they cannot get
the result as per their wishes: But (b) — a man works deliberately for building his future, success will touch
him definitely. There is no magic power (c) — it is the magic of hard work. (d) — when one gets success,
fortune will side him too. The unlucky people rebuked the fate. (e) — There is no alternative of work.
10. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [মদনার্পুর মর্ো স্কুে এব্িং আরও ০৫ মট স্কুে]
Fortune has often been blamed for blindness. (a) — blindness and fortune are not (b) — blind as those (c)
— blame their fate (d) — do not try to overcome adversities. Neither good luck (e) — bad luck has anything
to do with the ultimate destiny of a man.
11. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [আদমর্ী ক্যান্টনডমন্ট পাব্মেক্ স্কুে এব্িং আডরা ৩মট স্কুে]
Computer virus is a terror to users of computers. (a) — it is not the biological virus, it disturbs the plain
operation of a computer. Computer virus is usually a programme to delete the files which are saved (b) —
useful memories. Sometimes the virus attacks the hard disk (c) — harms it. (d) — this happen, (e) — no
operation is possible after the attack.
12. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [রার্শাহী সরক্ামর ব্ামেক্া উচ্চ মব্দযােয়]
There is hardly anybody (a) — does not like flowers. Flowers are symbols of beauty and purity. Flowers are
of many kinds. (b) — them, the rose is the best one. People like it most (c) — it has sweet fragrance and
beauty. (d) — flowers bloom, nature wears a charming look. We cannot help gazing at them. Flowers always
charm and amuse us with their beauty and sweet scent. (e) — flowers are very necessary for human life.
13. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [ক্যামমিয়ান স্কুে এন্ে ক্ডের্]
Writing is one of the most useful things (a) — invented by man. (b) — our present civilization depends largely
upon writing. (c) —, we could know a little about our past (d) — written documents. It was impossible for us to
know anything about our history. Then, a question may arise that, (e) — has invented this art?
14. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [রিংপুর মর্ো স্কুে]
Truthfulness is the greatest of all virtues (a) — makes a person really great. (b) — we cultivate the habit of
speaking the truth, we cannot command the confidence of others. The man (c) — nobody believes can never
be famous in life. It may be (d) — we may succeed once or twice by telling lies. (e) — it never brings about
good result. A lie never lies hidden.
15. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [দযা মমডেমনয়াম স্টার স্কুে এন্ে ক্ডের্, রিংপুর]
The Rohingya are often described (a) — the world’s most persecuted minority. They are an ethnic group,
majority of whom are Muslims, (b) — have lived for centuries in the majority Buddhist Myanmar. Currently,
there are about 1.1 million Rohingya (c) — live in the Southeast Asian country. The Rohingya speak
Rohingya or Ruaingga, a dialect (d) — is distinct to others spoken in Rakhaine State and throughout
Myanmar. They are not considered one of the country’s 135 official ethnic groups andhave been denied
citizenship in Myanmar since 1982, (e) — has effectively rendered them stateless. -
16. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [কুমমল্লা ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ১০ মট স্কুে]
Everybody knows (a) — sincerity is the key to success. A sincere person can prosper in life. The man (b)
— does not follow the rules of sincerity can never go a long way in the world. Many a man is not conscious
of the Importance of sincerity for (c) — they don’t have the benefit of success. (d) —, we should be sincere
to our work. (e) — we are sincere to our work, we will suffer in the long run.

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17. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [র্য়পুরহাট গােজস ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ০৬ মট স্কুে]
Higher education is needed in our national life. (a) — now a question has risen (b) — it is a luxury. (c) —
higher education is not a luxury, the poorer section of people now think it to be so expensive (d) — they
cannot afford the educational expenses of their children. For the greater interest of the nation the government
should help the meritorious students (e) — they can be highly educated.
18. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [হমেক্রস গােজস হাই স্কুে এব্িং আরও ০৫ মট স্কুে]
A miser got some money (a) — he was not pleased with it. He was in constant fear (b) — thieves and robbers
would steal it. (c) — he thought it necessary to devise some steps (d) — no one might get scent of it and
steal it. (e) — much thought he bought a lump of gold with all his money and buried it at a secret place.
19. Complete the passage using suitable connectors. [গি. মুসমেম হাই স্কুে, চট্টগ্রাম]
Alexander was only twenty years old (a) — he came to the throne. (b) — even as a child he had shown fierce
courage, a thirst for knowledge (c) — desire to conquer. He believed (d) — like Achilles, he too had gods
as his ancestors and that he, (e) —, had a divine right to conquer and rule the world.
20. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [পাব্না ক্যাডেট ক্ডের্]
The moon is a very familiar figure to all us. She awakens a feeling of love and tenderness in our hearts.
(a) ––– the infant in arm stretches out its hands to grasp this beautiful object. (b) ––– her appeal is not
confined to only children. The full moon has always played an important role in literature. (c) ––– science
has different things to tell about the moon. (d) ––– on a clear night, we look out on the magic of moon
light. It is often difficult for us to realize (e) ––– the moon is shining in borrowed feathers.
21. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [রার্শাহী ক্ডেমর্ডয়ট স্কুে]
Exam strategy is very important to be successful in the examination. (a) — subject knowledge, a student
should be strategic. (b) — examination approaches, you should be careful about exam dates, time (c) — the
required things need to be readied. In the examination hall, we should follow some instruction (d) — time/
factor/ budgeting time reading the whole question paper, underlining the key/ main/ focus words, careful
handwriting, using double space etc. He should attempt to answer all the questions according to the
instruction and (e) — he will get the desired success.
22. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [মাইেডস্টান ক্ডের্]
The greatness of a book depends (a) ––– on the acceptability among the readers. If we read a book (b) –––
once, we can discover many things in it. But based on one reading, we cannot judge the standard of a book
when a book is praised (c) –––. we have no doubt about the greatness of the book. (d) –––– the first reading
we may not understand a book but if it is read more than once, we will see (e) ––– it was read and praised.
So, those great books are those that have passed the test of time.
23. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [রার্উক্ উত্তরা মডেে স্কুে এন্ে ক্ডের্]
Man is a social being. He wants a person with whom he can mix and converse freely, exchanging thoughts
and ideas. (a)____a man naturally seeks the society of those who are like himself in their taste and
inclination. (b) ____ we mix with the good (c) ____ the noble, it will ennoble us too. Our character can
(d) ____ be judged from that of our companions. (e) ____ we may be taking to evil ways, a true companion
will try his best to correct us.
24. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [ইস্পাহামন পাব্মেক্ স্কুে এন্ে ক্ডের্ এব্িং আরও ০৭ মট স্কুে]
The paragraph and the essay are different from each other (a) ___ there are some similarities between them.
(b) ___ the paragraph has a topic sentence to introduce the main idea. Secondly it has a number of sentences
in the middle to develop that main idea. (c) ___ there is concluding sentence in it to bring the main idea to
a close. (d) ___ the essay also consists of a beginning, a middle and an end. It is (e) ___ obvious that the
paragraph and the essay share some common features in respect of the structures.

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25. Complete the passage using suitable connectors: [যডশার ক্যান্টনডমন্ট হাই স্কুে]
It is often said that our large population is our number one problem. (a) ______ it is not true at all.
(b) ______, large population can be turned into a unique manpower in a country. (c) ______, China
can be cited. (d) ______ her population is more than 1,300 million, she is progressing day by day.
(e) ______, we are lagging behind.
Answer
01. (a) Though (b) that (c) Generally (d) by (e) both

02. (a) But: (b) which (c) Although (d) However/So (e) otherwise

03. (a) Besides (b) But (c) If (d) When (e) So

04. (a) because (b) But (c) If (d) Both (e) Now/At present

05. (a) than (b) Though/Although (c) undoubtedly (d) that (e) as/ and

06. (a) which (b) At first (c) but (d) Although (e) If

07. (a) Since (b) But (c) If (d) Though (e) However

08. (a) or (b) than (c) When (d) But (e) because

09. (a) because (b) when (c) except (d) So (e) But

10. (a) But (b) so (c) who (d) and (e) nor

11. (a) Though (b) as (c) and (d) If (e) thus/ then

12. (a) who (b) Among (c) because (d) When (e) So/That is why

13. (a) as/ever; (b) In fact (c) Besides (d) without (e) who

14. (a) that/which (b) Unless (c) whom (d) that (e) But

15. (a) as (b) who (c) who (d) that/which (e) which/that

16. (a) that (b) who (c) which (d) So/Therefore (e) Unless

17. (a) But (b) whether (c) though (d) because/as (e) so that

18. (a) but (b) that (c) So (d) so that (e) After

19. (a) when (b) And; (c) and/as well as (d) that (e) too.

20. (a) Even (b) And (c) But (d) When (e) that

21. (a) Besides (b) When (c) and (d) such as/ like (e) consequently

22. (a) mainly (b) only (c) highly (d) Only through/ By (e) why

23. (a) So (b) If (c) and (d) thus (e) Even if

24. (a) But (b) Firstly (c) Finally/ Lastly (d) Similarly (e) therefore
25. (a) but (b) In fact (c) For example (d) though (e) On the other hand