Completing a story

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Completing a story

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Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text.

21 February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every year as International Mother Language Day. The day is a national holiday. On this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state language in undivided Pakistan in 1952. The struggle to achieve our language rights is known as the Language Movement.

The seed of the Language Movement was sown on 21 March 1948 when Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the Governor General of Pakistan, declared in a public meeting in Dhaka that Urdu would be the only state language of Pakistan. The declaration raised a storm of protest all over the country. The protest continued non-stop, gathering momentum day by day. It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952. The government outlawed all sorts of public meetings and rallies to stop it. The students of Dhaka University defied the law and brought out a peaceful protest procession on 21 February 1952. When the procession reached near Dhaka Medical College, the police opened fire on the students, killing Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Safiur and Jabbar. As a result, there were mass protests all over the country and the government had to declare Bangla as a state language. This kindled the sparks of the independence movement of Bangladesh.

21 February is an (a) ______ day in our national history. We observe the day with a view to (b) ______ respect to the language martyrs. The heroic sons of the soil sacrificed their lives for the (c) ______ of Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan. This sacrifice led the Bangladeshis to the (d) ______ movement of Bangladesh. In other (e) ______, language movement worked as the inspiration of our freedom.

2.

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.

(a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi and ordered him to give all he had to him.
(b) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.
(c) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
(d) He had a bundle of books and some money with him.
(e) On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them and took away all the goods and money from the merchants.
(f) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without any fear.
(g) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.
(h) Saadi then said, "I hope that you will make the good use of these books."

3.

Read the beginning of a story below. Add at least ten sentences to complete the story. Give a suitable title to it.

Dilara is thirteen years old living in Swapnopur. Her poor parents have two other little children. It is hard for her illiterate parents to earn enough to run the family well. Dilara hopes to bring about a change to her life.

4.

Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written.

(a) Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, widely known as Rumi was born in 1207, in Balkh, a region that is now part of Afghanistan.
(b) His life changed profoundly after meeting the wandering dervish, Shams Tabrizi.
(c) After Shams disappeared, Rumi expressed his longing and devotion through poetry.
(d) Rumi's teaching on love, compassion and unity continue to inspire people around the world.
(e) His family moved to 'Konya' in present day Turkey when he was a young boy.
(f) Their deep spiritual friendship inspired Rumi to seek a new understanding of divine love.
(g) Rumi became a respected Islamic scholar and a teacher following his father's footsteps.
(h) He eventually composed 'Masnavi', one of his greatest works.

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