A. Look at the picture and talk about it:

Read the following passage:

Mina draws pictures. She puts colours on her drawings. She likes to use bright colours. She shows her drawings to her teachers. She also shows the drawings to her friends. All of them like the drawings and praise her. Drawing pictures is her favourite pastime.

Count the sentences in the passage.

A sentence is a group of words which gives a complete meaning and it must have a subject and a verb.

Birds sing in the morning.

Subject + v + extension

B. Ask and answer the following questions:

a) What do you do in your spare time?
b) Write 3 sentences about your pastime.

1. _________________
2._________________
3._________________

c) What class do you read in?

1 ___________

d) What is the name of your school?

The name __________

e) What is the name of your country?

_______________________

Now divide the answers into the basic elements: subject + verb + extension

C. Read the following passage:

Sumi writes stories. Story writing is her hobby. She writes stories both in Bangla and English. Some of her stories are published in the school magazine. Her friends and teachers read those stories. They praise her write-up. Her parents also encourage her to write stories. _________

Write more sentences to complete the passage about Sumi.

Note. To write anything we have to use sentences. To describe anything in speech or writing we have to use sentences. We also listen to and read sentences in conversations and in text books, newspapers and other written materials. Without using correct sentences we cannot communicate effectively.

D. Read the following passage:

Milon is very attentive in his studies. He never spends time playing only. One day his father was going to market. He said to Milon, "What do you want me to buy for you?" Milon said, "Bring some paper for me father, please." His father brought paper for him and a beautiful pen also. Milon said to his father, "What a beautiful pen it is! Thank you, father." His father said, "You are welcome. May you be happy."

Note. There are different kinds of sentences in the passage. Note the types:

1. Milon is very attentive in study. -Affirmative statement
2. He never spends time playing only. -Negative statement
3. What do you want me to buy for you? - Interrogative sentence
4. Bring some paper for me father, please. - Imperative sentence
5. What a beautiful pen it is! - Exclamatory sentence
6. May you be happy. - Optative sentence

We will learn more about all these kinds of sentences in the following lessons.

E. 1. Look at the following picture and talk about it:

2. Write 10 sentences about what you see in the picture.