৮ নম্বর প্রশ্ন : Suffixes & Prefixes
প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী, আজ ইংরেজি ২য় পত্রের Question no. 8 : Suffixes & Prefixes চর্চা করব এবং পরে এর উত্তর মিলিয়ে নেব।
Complete the text adding suffixes, prefixes or the both with the root words given in the parenthesis.
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People are (a) ╛ (general) ╛ fond of glittering things. They are the (b) ╛ (love) ╛ of surface. They are concerned with the (c) ╛ (out) ╛ show of things and beings. They (d) ╛(hard) ╛ bother about intrinsic value. Gold is very (e) ╛(value) ╛ thing. But there are (f) ╛ (very) ╛ metals in nature that look like gold. They fade soon and become (g) ╛(beauty) ╛. So, the surface of anything should not be the key for its (h) ╛(measure) ╛. We all should be (i) ╛ (care) ╛ about this truth. Otherwise, we will have to be (j) ╛(repent) ╛ in the long run.
Answer: (a) generally (b) lovers (c) outward (d) hardly (e) valuable (f) various
(g) beautiless (h) measurement (i) careful (j) repentant
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To (a) ╛(rich) ╛ your vocabulary, you have to read books and learn new words with their (b) ╛(mean) ╛ and patterns of (c) ╛(use) ╛. You have to (d) ╛ (read) ╛ the same topic. (e) ╛ (Repeat) reading will help you (f) ╛(stand) ╛ them clearly and use them in (g) ╛ (very) ╛ life situations. Remember, language learning is a (h) ╛ (continue) ╛ process and your (i) ╛ (proficient) ╛ will come today or tomorrow. What is needed most is (j) ╛ (continue) ╛ .
Answer: (a) enrich (b) meaning (c) using (d) read (e) Repeated (f) understand
(g) every (h) continuous (i) proficiency (j) continuation
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Smoking produces (a) ╛(danger) ╛ effects on man. By smoking a man incurs both physical and (b) ╛(economy) ╛ loss. The butt end of a cigaratte often causes a (c) ╛(devastate) ╛ fire. Smoking is a kind of (d) ╛ (addict) ╛. Those who become (e) ╛(addict) ╛ to drug, first begin smoking which is the initial step to addiction. We should raise (f) ╛(smoking) ╛ (g) ╛(aware) ╛ among our people. It is (h) ╛ (possibility) ╛ to stop smoking by giving (i) ╛(punish) ╛. (j) ╛ (out) ╛ effort from everybody is essential to minimize smoking.
Answer: (a) dangerous (b) economic (c) devastating (d) addiction (e) addicted
(f) nonsmoking (g) awareness (h) impossible (i) punishment (j) Allout
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The Royal Bengal Tiger is a very (a) ╛(know) ╛ animal to all of us. It is our (b) ╛(nation) ╛ animal. It is a (c) ╛(ferocity) ╛ animal but (d) ╛(beautify) ╛ to look at. (e) ╛ (Fortunate) ╛ some (f) ╛(greed) ╛ people kill them (g) ╛ (serious) ╛. Thus it is going to face its (h) ╛ (extinct) ╛. Our government should take (i) ╛(need) ╛ steps to save this world (j) ╛ (fame) ╛ animal.
Answer: (a) known (b) national (c) ferocious (d) beautiful (e) Unfortunately (f) greedy
(g) seriously (h) extinction (i) necessary (j) famous
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Money cannot buy (a) ╛(happy) ╛. Money is (b) ╛(obvious) ╛ necessary for our life. But it is not the thing that (c) ╛(necessary) ╛ brings happiness. Happiness is (d) ╛(absolute) ╛ a psychological thing. Basically, it is the name of a (e) ╛(feel) ╛. It lies in the (f) ╛(content) ╛ of mind. A poor man with mental (g) ╛(satisfy) ╛ may become really happy in life. On the other hand a man with a lot of (h) ╛ (rich) ╛ may not be happy. Their wealth becomes the cause of (i) ╛(happy) ╛ because most of the time they suffer from (j) ╛(secure) ╛. So, they lead a life full of cares and anxieties.
Answer: (a) happiness (b) obviously (c) necessarily (d) absolutely (e) feeling
(f) contentment (g) satisfaction (h) riches (i) unhappiness (j) insecurity
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Honesty is opposite to (a) ╛(honest). An honest man is not (b) ╛ (harm) ╛ to anybody. He never does (c) ╛ (just) ╛ to others. When he does anything (d) ╛ (moral) ╛, he feels (e) ╛ (comfortable) ╛. He never tells a lie. He is always (f) ╛ (response) ╛ to his duty. We should follow the path of (g) ╛ (honest) ╛ and leave the path of (h) ╛(honesty) ╛. In that case, you will be (i) ╛(love) ╛ by all and will be able to reach the path of (j) ╛(prosper) ╛.
Answer: (a) dishonesty (b) harmful (c) unjustice (d) immoral (e) uncomfortable
(f) responsible (g) honesty (h) dishonesty (i) loved (j) prosperity
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