Affirmative Negative
Rule Affirmative Negative
1. Only/Alone/Merely Only Allah can help us. None but Allah can help us. (কেউ না,
(শুধু) কেবল কে)
2. Must/Have to/Has We must obey. We cannot but obey. / We cannot help
to obeying.
3. Both...and Both A and B were Not only A but also B were present.
present.
4. And (qualities) He was obedient and He was not only obedient but also gentle.
gentle.
5. Every/All Every man is mortal. There is no man but is mortal.
6. As soon as As soon as he saw, he ran. No sooner had he seen than he ran.
7. Superlative Degree Dhaka is the biggest city. No other city is as big as Dhaka.
8. Positive verb I will remember you. I will not forget you.
9. Always He always attends. He never misses.
10. Too...to He is too weak to walk. He is so weak that he cannot walk.
11. As...as Rimi is as wise as Simi. Rimi is not less wise than Simi.
12. Universal Truth The sun sets in the west. Doesn’t the sun set in the west?
13. Sometimes He sometimes comes. He doesn’t always come.
14. Many I have many friends. I don’t have a few friends.
15. A few He has a few books. He doesn’t have many books.
16. Much He has much money. He doesn’t have a little money.
Assertive Interrogative
Rule Assertive Interrogative
1. Positive → Negative He was gentle. Wasn’t he gentle?
Question
2. Present (V1/s/es) He plays. Doesn’t he play?
3. Never → Ever I never drink tea. Do I ever drink tea?
4. Everyone/All Everybody wants peace. Who doesn’t want peace?
5. Every + Noun Every man is wise. Is there any man who isn’t
wise?
6. Nobody/None Nobody loved him. Who didn’t love him?
7. There is no... There is no student like Who is like him?
him.
8. It is no use It is no use of cheating. Why cheat? / Is there any
use?
9. It doesn’t matter It doesn’t matter if he What though if he fails?
fails.
Exclamatory Assertive
Exclamatory Assertive
What a lovely day! It is a very lovely day.
How nice she is! She is very nice.
Hurrah! We won. It is a matter of joy that we won.
Alas! He is dead. We mourn that he is dead.
Would that I were a king! I wish I were a king.
Imperative Assertive
Imperative Assertive
Do the work. You should do the work.
Please help me. You are requested to help me.
Don’t tell lies. You should not tell lies.
Never be rude. You should never be rude.
Let us go. We should go.
Let him play. He might play.
Simple – Complex – Compound
নং Simple Sentence Complex Sentence Compound বাংলা টিপস
Sentence
1 In spite of/Despite Though/Although + Subject + Verb + “In spite of” = বাধা
+ Verb + ing Subject + Verb but/yet েত্ত্বেও
2 Without + Verb + Unless / If not Or “Without” মাত্ত্বন না
ing েরত্ত্বল
3 By + Verb + ing If + Subject + Verb Verb...and... "By doing" =
েরত্ত্বল
4 Verb + ing... As / Since / When + Sub + Verb and োজটি হওয়ার
Sub + Verb Verb েময় কবাঝাত্ত্বল
5 At the time of + When/As + Subject + Subject + Verb েময় উত্ত্বেখ
Verb + ing Verb and Verb থােত্ত্বল
6 Too…to / So…that + Very… and Too মাত্ত্বন
Enough…to cannot/could not cannot/could not অতিতরক্ত, So that
মাত্ত্বন এি
কবতি...কে
7 To / In order to + So that / In order that + ...and wanted উত্ত্বেিয কবাঝাত্ত্বি
Verb can/could to...
8 Besides + Verb + When / Who (Relative Not only...but অতিতরক্ত োজ
ing Clause) also কবাঝাত্ত্বি
9 At the time of + As soon as / No ...and... এে োত্ত্বজর পরই
Verb + ing / sooner...than / অনয োজ
Hearing... Hardly...when
10 Noun + who + Noun + who + Verb Noun + and + Relative Clause
Verb + ing he/she + Verb বযবহার েত্ত্বর
11 Noun + who + be Noun + who is + adj Noun + and + adjective বা গুণ
+ adj it/he/she is + adj প্রোত্ত্বি
12 Time Preposition When it was... It was...and... েময় কবাঝাত্ত্বি (at
(at/in/on/at the age dawn, in the
of) morning ইিযাতি)
Example:
Simple: In spite of working hard, he failed.
Complex: Though he worked hard, he failed.
Compound: He worked hard but he failed.
Simple: He ran to catch the train.
Complex: He ran so that he could catch the train.
Compound: He ran and wanted to catch the train.
