A
had broken
B
break
C
broke
D
broken
উত্তরের বিবরণ
Complete Sentence Example:
No sooner had we started our journey than the bus broke down.
Explanation:
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No sooner…than is a correlative conjunction used to indicate that one event happens immediately after another.
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Structure:
No sooner had + subject + past participle (verb) + than + subject + past tense (verb)
Similar Expressions:
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Hardly had → used with when
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Scarcely had → used with when
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All three expressions convey the meaning of “করে না করতেই / হতে না হতেই” (as soon as / hardly).
Rules:
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After No sooner, use than (not then).
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After Hardly or Scarcely, use when (not than).
More Examples:
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No sooner had he finished his breakfast than the phone rang.
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No sooner had she stepped outside than it started raining.
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No sooner had we sat down for dinner than the phone rang.
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Polonius believes that the cause of Hamlet's madness is...
Created: 1 week ago
A
Grief over his father's death.
B
His ambition for the crown.
C
His rejected love for Ophelia.
D
His discovery of Claudius's crime.
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Corruption wins not more than honesty-William Shakespeare
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Polonius and Hamlet’s Madness:
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Polonius believes that Hamlet’s erratic behaviour is caused by his unrequited love for Ophelia.
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After instructing his daughter to reject Hamlet's advances and return his letters, Polonius interprets Hamlet's subsequent strange actions as a direct result of this romantic rejection.
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He confidently presents this theory to King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, asserting that Ophelia's refusal of Hamlet's love "hath made him mad."
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The scouts in my school were sure to visit the flooded town, the condition _________ was not known.
Created: 1 month ago
A
that
B
of which
C
whose
D
in which
সঠিক উত্তর: of which.
• Complete sentence: The scouts in my school were sure to visit the flooded town, the condition of which was not known.
• Explanation:
- এই বাক্যটিতে "the flooded town" (বন্যাপীড়িত শহর) এবং "the condition" (অবস্থা) এর মধ্যে সম্পর্ক বোঝাতে একটি সঠিক Relative Pronoun প্রয়োজন।
- The phrase "the condition of which" means "the condition of the flooded town."
- এখানে "the flooded town" হলো antecedent (পূর্বপদ).
- "the condition of which was not known" = "the condition of the flooded town was not known".
• Given options:
- in which → ভুল (এটি স্থান নির্দেশ করে, যেমন- "the house in which he lives", কিন্তু এখানে শহরের অবস্থা বোঝাতে "in" অপ্রাসঙ্গিক)।
- whose → ভুল ("whose" is used for possession by people or personified things, যেমন- "the man whose car was stolen")।
- "whose" -এর পরে সাধারণত noun বসে।
- that → ভুল ("that" is not suitable for non-defining clauses like this)।
- "that" সাধারণত people, animals and things, ইত্যাদি ক্ষেত্রে defining clause -এ informally ব্যবহৃত হয়।
- যেমন- The 8.30 is the train that you need to get. (refers to a thing)
ঘ) of which → সঠিক (এটি Formal English-এ ব্যবহৃত হয় এবং "the condition of the town" বোঝায়)।
- "Of which" is a relative phrase that introduces a subordinate clause, providing additional information about a previously mentioned noun.
• More examples:
- "They visited the village, the beauty of which was amazing."
- (এখানে "the beauty of which" = "the beauty of the village").
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Rubel called me at the time of playing cricket. (Make it complex)
Created: 1 week ago
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Rubel called me when I am playing cricket.
B
Rubel called me when I was playing cricket.
C
Rubel called me and I was playing cricket.
D
Rubel called me when I was played cricket.
Rule for converting a simple sentence with “at the time of” into a complex sentence:
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Keep the first clause unchanged.
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Replace “at the time of” with “when”.
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Adjust the second clause according to the tense of the first clause.
Example:
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Simple Sentence: Rubel called me at the time of playing cricket.
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Complex Sentence: Rubel called me when I was playing cricket.
Source: Advanced Learner's Communicative English Grammar & Composition, Chowdhury & Hossain
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