Important Re-arranging for the HSC Exam

HSC Re-arranging

Important Re-arranging for the HSC Exam
Subject: English I
Question No. 12; Marks 14


01. The following sentences on “Abdul Quader” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He was born in Jilan in Iraq.
(ii) She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things.
(iii) Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam.
(iv) His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there.
(v) His father died even before his birth.
(vi) The boy left for Baghdad with merchants but on their way robbers fell upon them and looted their money.
(vii) Then the roads were unsafe; often gangs of robbers fell upon the travellers.
(viii) One of the robbers said the small boy might have something with him.
(ix) At the time of sending, his mother sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie.
(x) The boy said, “Mother has advised me never to tell a lie even in danger.”
(xi) The leader felt surprised and said, “You might not have disclosed the fact.”
(xii) Boy Abdul Quader spoke out, “No, no, I have forty gold coins sewed in my shirt.”
(xiii) The robbers felt ashamed of their deeds and gave up robbery.
(xiv) The gang leader said that perhaps the boy had nothing with him.

02. The following sentences on “Einstein” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) They looked for him here and there for sometime.
(ii) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
(iii) So they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by tram.
(iv) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me,” replied the great scientist with a smile.
(v) But unfortunately they failed to find him out.
(vi) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his ways of life.
(vii) He travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.
(viii) “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk,” said Einstein.
(ix) They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.
(x) Einstein however walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other.
(xi) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic.
(xii) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.
(xiii) But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.
(xiv) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, “I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein.”

03. The following sentences on “Rabindranath” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He was quite happy in Brighton.
(ii) He described as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.
(iii) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.
(iv) Away from his brother’s home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
(v) Though he was full of admiration for English society yet he was called back to India in 1880.
(vi) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.
(vii) He often visited the Houses of Parliament and listened to Gladstone Debates on Irish Home Rule.
(viii) He returned home without any qualifications of distinction.
(ix) He joined his brother’s family at Brighton and attended school there.
(x) At the age of seventeen in 1878, he arrived in London.
(xi) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended H. Morley’s lectures on English literature.
(xii) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.
(xiii) But the girls’ parents in fact treated him like a son.
(xiv) Their two daughters were taken aback with the presence of a ‘blackie’ in the house.

04. The following sentences on “Hare & Tortoise” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The hare was always proud of his speed. (ii) The next day the hare and the tortoise reached the venue.
(iii) One day he challenged tortoise to defeat in a race. (iv) The hare ran very swiftly.
(v) Long ago there lived a hare in a forest. (vi) They got ready.
(vii) The hare always teased the tortoise. (viii) Covering much, the hare took rest.
(ix) A tortoise also lived nearby. (x) They went to a fox and wanted him to act as a judge.
(xi) He decided to take rest for sometime. (xii) The tortoise accepted the challenge.
(xiii) As the fox waved the flag, the two started running. (xiv) But the tortoise ran very slowly.
05. The following sentences on “Spider & Bruce” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Then he saw a spider trying hard to reach the ceiling of the cave.
(ii) But it did not give up hope.
(iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed.
(iv) Bruce saw the spider climbing to the ceiling after some unsuccessful attempts.
(v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his enemies.
(vi) This dauntless spider inspired Bruce to shake off the darkness of the despair.
(vii) The enemies courted defeat and Robert Bruce regained his kingdom.
(viii) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
(ix) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
(x) He had to flee from his kingdom for his life.
(xi) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
(xii) And he took shelter in a remote cave.
(xiii) Once he was lying in the cave.
(xiv) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy condition.

06. The following sentences on “Androcles” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The lion was relieved of his pain.
(ii) To escape torture, one day he fled from his master’s house.
(iii) It was unbearable for him.
(iv) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(v) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.
(vi) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.
(vii) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave ...

..merchant.
(viii) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(ix) A lion lived in a cave.
(x) He came near the lion.
(xi) He took shelter in the cave.
(xii) In the evening the lion entered the cave.
(xiii) The man was very rude and cruel.
(xiv) Once there lived a young man named Androcles.

07. The following sentences on “Gardening” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) It continued for a full week.
(ii) The very next day the rain started to fall.
(iii) It gives us new ideas too.
(iv) Last year she started her garden early.
(v) Mina loves gardening.
(vi) All her seeds washed away.
(vii) Mina started to prepare fresh.
(viii) Then the sun finally came out.
(ix) It refreshes us.
(x) People may have different hobbies.
(xi) Some may have strange habits.
(xii) It reveals the taste of a person.
(xiii) She now knew the uncertainty that the farmers must endure each year.
(xiv) She wanted to grow some peas before the hot weather set in.

08. The following sentences on “Newton” are jumbled. Re-write them in proper order and make a continuous story.
(i) Newton opened the door of the room.
(ii) Just when the papers had been completely burnt.
(iii) He saw that the fruits of his twenty years’ labours had been turned into a heap of ashes.
(iv) Sir Isaac Newton was a great scientist.
(v) The papers at once caught fire.
(vi) He had a little dog named Diamond.
(vii) There stood Diamond, the cause of this mischief.
(viii) On the table lay a heap of papers on which he had put down the findings of his research for twenty years.
(ix) Almost any other man would have killed the dog on the spur of the moment.
(x) One day he went out of his room leaving his little dog asleep before the fire.
(xi) But Newton patted him on the head with kindness although his heart was full of grief.
(xii) For twenty years he was at hard work, studying a most difficult subject.
(xiii) Then he patiently set to work again.
(xiv) When his master left the room, little Diamond woke up, jumped on the table and overturned the kindled candle.
09. The following sentences on “Englishman & Bangalee” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a story.
(i) He understood it all.
(ii) Next morning the Englishman could not find his coat and shouted, “Where's my coat gone?”
(iii) The Englishman then went to sleep.
(iv) Once an Englishman and a Bangalee gentleman were travelling by the same train.
(v) They were in the same compartment.
(vi) He was an Englishman.
(vii) He looked down upon the Bangalee gentleman who, however, took no notice of it and went to sleep in peace.
(viii) The Englishman picked up the gentleman's shoes and threw them outside through the window.
(ix) “Your coat has gone to fetch my shoes,” said the gentleman gravely.
(x) After a while the Bangalee gentleman woke up.
(xi) He looked for his shoes but could not find them.
(xii) One of them was very proud of himself.
(xiii) Then he took the Englishman’s long coat on the wall and threw it outside through the window and went to sleep again.
(xiv) Soon the Bangalee gentleman felt fast asleep.

10. The following sentences on “English Soldier” are jumbled. Re-write them in order and make a continuous story.
(i) He was confined in prison for several years.
(ii) In a war with France an English soldier became a prisoner.
(iii) He bought all the cages of birds.
(iv) He was set free.
(v) He opened all the cages one after another.
(vi) He came out and felt very happy.
(vii) I have, therefore, spent a little money to set them free.
(viii) So I can fully realise the miserable condition of the birds.
(ix) One day he visited a bird shop.
(x) He set all the birds free.
(xi) In time the war came to an end.
(xii) He said to him, “Why have you spent so much money for nothing?”
(xiii) The man said, “When I was a prisoner of war, I always longed to be free and see my near and dear ones.”
(xiv) The bird-seller was surprised to see the strange act of the man.

11. The following sentences on “Detecting Thief” are jumbled. Re-write them in order and make a continuous story.
(i) He thought that the purse had been stolen by someone of his servants.
(ii) One day a rich man lost his purse.
(iii) The servant who stole the purse reduced the length of his stick by an inch.
(iv) He made a complaint before the judge.
(v) All of them denied the charge.
(vi) The judge also told that the stick of the thief would increase in an inch.
(vii) He gave all of them the sticks of equal length and asked them to submit the sticks on the following day.
(viii) The judge summoned all the servants.
(ix) All the servants went home and kept their sticks as it was.
(x) He could not detect the actual thief.
(xi) One stick was found shorter by an inch.
(xii) Next day all the servants submitted their sticks to the judge.
(xiii) The thief was easily detected and sent to jail thereby.
(xiv) The judge then hit upon a plan to detect the thief.

12. The following sentences on “Rich Lady & Doctor” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a story.
(i) The old lady regained her normal eyesight.
(ii) A rich lady was suffering from bad eyesight.
(iii) She understood that it was the act of the dishonest doctor.
(iv) After six months the lady was fully cured of her disease.
(v) The doctor was a dishonest man.
(vi) She engaged a doctor to cure her and promised to give a handsome reward to the doctor if he could do the same.
(vii) He stole them from her room day by day.
(viii) The doctor demanded his reward.
(ix) The doctor felt tempted by the costly things in the room of his patient.
(x) The lady, who had been really cured, saw that her valuable articles had been stolen.
(xi) The doctor came every day to the house of ...

...his patient to treat her very carefully.
(xii) This proves that I am still almost blind.
(xiii) So she said, “Doctor, before I became blind, I could see my well-furnished room, but now I can see none of them.”
(xiv) So I cannot pay you the promised reward.
13. The following sentences on “Regain Kingdom” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a continuous story.

...field. (i) For irony of fate he was defeated each time.
(ii) There was a king who lost his kingdom.
(iii) The king regained his lost kingdom.
(iv) The king was inspired by this.
(v) He collected troops.
(vi) He saw a spider trying to climb up the roof of the cave.
(vii) One day he was lying in the cave in a pensive mood.
(viii) He was defeated by his enemies.
(ix) This time he became successful.
(x) The spider failed six times and succeeded in the seventh time.
(xi) He wished to regain his lost kingdom at any means.
(xii) He then hid himself in a cave.
(xiii) He made six attempts one after another to drive away the enemies.
(xiv) He fought against the enemies for the seventh time.

14. The following sentences on “Magician & Tailor” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a story.
(i) “I pity you, my friend,” said the magician, “but things are not so bad with me.”
(ii) “You are very lucky,” said the tailor.
(iii) The tailor still lived by his honest means, as people could not go without clothing.
(iv) Time passed and a bad year of famine did really come and people suffered horribly.
(v) If one magician’s trick fails, he has a hundred tricks more to help him.
(vi) Besides the magician with his hundred tricks could find no customer.
(vii) If tailor’s trade fails, he is undone.
(viii) At last in extreme misery the magician came one day to the poor tailor and said, “Friend, my pride has humbled.”
(ix) The magician moved about promising to eat fire or to vomit pins but still none cared for him.
(x) “Give me something to eat if you can, I am starving.”
(xi) “Don’t envy,” replied the magician. “If a bad time should ever come to you, just tell me and I’ll help you.”
(xii) The tailor talked of his poverty and said, “I know only one trade.”
(xiii) Once a tailor and a magician met together and talked on various topics.
(xiv) People cut down their unnecessary expenditure.

15. The following sentences on “Two Beggars” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Nobody gave anything to either of them.
(ii) He put round his neck a plate with the word ‘dumb’ written on it.
(iii) The other beggar shouted at the top of his voice all the day but earned a little.
(iv) The beggar is not dumb at all.
(v) Next day when the ‘dumb’ beggar sat for begging his rival beggar warned all the passers-by, “Beware of the cheat”
(vi) He thus attracted greater attention of people and earned more money than the second beggar.
(vii) People greatly enjoyed the fun.
(viii) One day a beggar hit upon a new trick.
(ix) He shouted, “Gentlemen, do not believe that liar.”
(x) At the close of the day, the first beggar could bear this no longer.
(xi) “I have been dumb all my life.”
(xii) They compared their earnings each day and abused each other.
(xiii) Once two rival beggars lived in a big city.
(xiv) He felt jealous of this and wanted to teach the first beggar a good lesson.

16. The following sentences on “Shopkeeper & Customer” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a story.
(i) The customer asked him why he had given such underweight.
(ii) The clever customer remained silent for a while.
(iii) Thus the dishonest shopkeeper was paid back in his own coin.
(iv) “I have given you underweight so that you’ll have to carry less load.”
(v) The shopkeeper replied, “Brother, why are you so angry?”
(vi) The shopkeeper gave him underweight as usual.
(vii) He then paid him less than his dues.
(viii) In a market there was a dishonest shopkeeper.
(ix) The shopkeeper asked, “Why have you paid me less?”
(x) One day a clever customer was determined to pay back in his own coin.
(xi) That you may have to count less.
(xii) He used to give underweight to every customer.
(xiii) He went to the shop and wanted one kilo of rice.
(xiv) The customer replied, “I have paid you less so.”
17. The following sentences on “A Farmer & Three Sons” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) This time the sons could break it very easily.
(ii) He tried to bring them to their senses but failed.
(iii) He called all his sons and asked them to bring a bundle of sticks.
(iv) Similarly he asked his two other sons one after another, but no one succeeded.
(v) The eldest son tried hard but failed.
(vi) At last he thought of a plan.
(vii) The farmer then asked them to untie the bundle and break the sticks one by one.
(viii) A farmer had three sons.
(ix) The incident made the farmer unhappy.
(x) “But none of you could break the bundle of sticks. Why couldn’t you do it?”
(xi) Then the farmer said to them. “You see, my sons, each of you broke one stick easily.”
(xii) The eldest son replied, “In the bundle the sticks were together and so we couldn’t break them.”
(xiii) When the bundle was brought, he asked the eldest son to break it.
(xiv) The sons always quarrelled.

18. The following sentences on “A Farmer & Two Sons” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The sons were very lazy.
(ii) They did never do any work.
(iii) He thought and thought and on his deathbed hit upon a plan.
(iv) “My sons, go to the field.”
(v) “Dig the field and you’ll find it.”
(vi) They worked very hard and dug up all the ...

(vii) They said to themselves, “Why should we leave the field all dug up?”
(viii) A farmer had two sons.
(ix) The farmer did not know how to make them work.
(x) He called his sons to his bedside.
(xi) I have laid a hidden treasure there.
(xii) The boys ran to the field at once.
(xiii) We may plant some corn here.
(xiv) But they found no treasure anywhere.

19. The following sentences on “Fox & Grapes” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) There he found ripe grapes.
(ii) He went into vineyards.
(iii) But they were too high for him to reach.
(iv) He then jumped to catch the nearest bunch of grapes.
(v) At last the fox was tired.
(vi) Again and again the fox jumped.
(vii) But the fox missed.
(viii) A fox became hungry and thirsty too.
(ix) The grapes were hanging from vines.
(x) The fox stopped its attempt.
(xi) He took a run to force himself.
(xii) But the fox missed the juicy grapes.
(xiii) “I know, grapes are sour.”
(xiv) The fox said, “Well, I never really wanted to have grapes.”

20. The following sentences on “Mice in a House” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He said, “I have a good plan for your consideration.”
(ii) But an old mouse stood up and said, “No doubt, the idea is good. But pray, who is to bell the cat?”
(iii) They we’re doing a lot of mischief there.
(iv) They could not move freely as before.
(v) The master of the house was very much annoyed and made a plan to get rid of it.
(vi) They held a meeting to discuss the matter and find a way to come out of this danger.
(vii) Several proposals were made, but none of the proposals was good.
(viii) “Then we shall hear him coming and hide ourselves in time.”
(ix) At this all remained silent, as there was none to bell the cat.
(x) All the mice thanked the young mouse for his plan.
(xi) At last a young mouse rose to speak.
(xii) Let us tie a bell round the cat’s neck.
(xiii) In a big house there lived a large number of mice.
(xiv) He brought a cat to kill the mice that put the mice in a great difficulty.
21. The following sentences on “The Greedy Dog” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Suddenly he looked down and saw his own shadow in the water of the stream.
(ii) He thought of having that piece too.
(iii) He thought that it was another dog.
(iv) On the way he had to cross a bridge across a small stream.
(v) The piece was taken away by the current of the stream.
(vi) One day a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher’s shop of the market.
(vii) So he jumped his own shadow out of foolishness with a loud bark.
(viii) He had another piece of meat in his mouth.
(ix) He opened his mouth.
(x) He ran away with it.
(xi) Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat as well as the one he wanted to snatch.
(xii) He was running along the bridge.
(xiii) He was easily tempted to see another piece of meat.
(xiv) The piece of meat dropped off from his mouth.

22. The following sentences on “Monkey & Two Cats” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The two cats stole a piece of cake.
(ii) They could not decide to divide the cake between themselves.
(iii) At last they came to a monkey.
(iv) The clever monkey took the opportunity.
(v) So he began to weigh the cake.
(vi) Each time he put the unequal portions on the scale.
(vii) Thus he ate up the entire cake.
(viii) Once two cats lived in a house.
(ix) They began to quarrel over the share.
(x) The two cats asked the monkey to make two equal divisions of the cake.
(xi) The monkey deprived them of the thing.
(xii) The monkey broke the cake into two parts.
(xiii) The two cats were befooled by the monkey and went away.
(xiv) The monkey bit a part of it to make them equal.

23. The following sentences on “A Man & His Goose” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The lady was too much greedy.
(ii) So she asked the man to do so.
(iii) It was not a usual one.
(iv) Each egg brought the man quite a fair amount of money.
(v) Why should we not receive all the eggs at a time?
(vi) The man’s wife was not satisfied with this.
(vii) A man had a goose.
(viii) It laid one golden egg every morning.
(ix) But the man did not agree with her.
(x) The goose died at once.
(xi) She thought, “The goose has quite a number of golden eggs in its womb.”
(xii) Thus the foolish woman lost the goose as well as the prospect of golden eggs.
(xiii) One day when the man was out of his house, his greedy wife brought a sharp knife and cut open the belly of the goose.
(xiv) The man soon became rich.

24. The following sentences on “Fox & Goat” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) After a while a goat came there for a drink.
(ii) “What are you doing there at the bottom of the well?” asked the goat.
(iii) “If you want a taste of it yourself.”
(iv) As the goat peeped into it and saw the fox inside the well.
(v) Please jump into it.
(vi) He invited the goat and said, “My friend, this well is famous for its sweet water.”
(vii) Without a moment’s thought the foolish goat jumped into the well.
(viii) Before leaving the place he looked back into the well and said, “Foolish goat, look before you leap.”
(ix) Once a thirsty fox happened to fall into a well.
(x) The fox at once leaped on the goat’s back, then onto his long horns and got out of the well.
(xi) He tried his best to get out of it but in vain.
(xii) The cunning fox was glad to see the goat.
(xiii) At once he made a plan.
(xiv) I have jumped into it and I’m drinking to my heart’s content.
...

...25. The following sentences on “Bear & Two Friends” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The two friends were very much frightened.
(ii) Suddenly they saw a bear coming towards them.
(iii) Once two friends were passing through a forest.
(iv) But they promised to stand by each other in danger.
(v) The forest was very dense and full of ferocious animals.
(vi) One of them knew how to climb a tree.
(vii) “Did it say anything to you?”
(viii) He at once climbed a tree and hid himself.
(ix) The bear came up to him and smelt him.
(x) The friend replied, “Yes, the bear told me not to trust a friend who left me in my danger to seek his own safety.”
(xi) Taking him to be a dead, the bear left the place.
(xii) When the bear was gone the man in the tree came down and said, “Thank God that you are saved.”
(xiii) The other one, finding no way, fell flat on the ground and held his breath, pretending to be dead.
(xiv) But friend, I saw the bear put its mouth very close to your ear.

26. The following sentences on “Wolf & Lamb” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) And it makes no difference whether it was you or your father.
(ii) So he began to pick a quarrel with the lamb.
(iii) The lamb began to tremble out of fear.
(iv) So saying the wolf sprang upon the poor lamb and ate him up.
(v) He shouted, “You rogue, how dare you make the water dirty for me?”
(vi) He said, “Excuse me, sir, how can I make the water dirty for you?”
(vii) “You are drinking upstream and I am drinking down.”
(viii) The wolf could say nothing to that but shouted, “Oh, I remember, you called me bad names last year about this time.”
(ix) But the wolf paid no heed to his reply.
(x) One day a wolf came to a stream for a drink and saw a pretty lamb drinking in the same stream.
(xi) He growled angrily, “Then it must have been your father.”
(xii) “I was not even born then.”
(xiii) The wolf thought of killing the lamb and eating its flesh.
(xiv) How can that be, sir?” said the lamb meekly.

27. The following sentences on “Caliph & His Courtiers” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He replied, “My lord, to me, you are the most precious pearl, ------- I stay to guard you."
(ii) All the slaves but this one went for the pearls.
(iii) The Caliph answered, “Listen then to the story why I love him so dearly.”
(iv) The courtiers said with one voice, “Oh, lord, truly the man deserves your special favour.”
(v) “Once, as I was going through a town, a casket containing valuable pearls fell down from the back of a camel in train.”
(vi) The Caliph of Baghdad had a slave.
(vii) As a result, the pearls were scattered about.
(viii) He was very ugly to look at.
(ix) “Everyone will get what he picks.”
(x) One day the courtiers asked the Caliph, “Oh, lord, how is it that you love this ugly slave more than all others?”
(xi) I asked him why he did not go.
(xii) I told my slaves, “Go and have them.”
(xiii) The lid of the casket was broken.
(xiv) Yet the Caliph loved him very dearly.

28. The following sentences on “Dog & Donkey” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) After they had travelled for some time, they felt hungry.
(ii) A dog and a donkey were carrying a basket of bread.
(iii) The dog begged for a piece of bread from the donkey’s back.
(iv) The donkey began to eat the grass that grew by the roadside.
(v) They were going together on a long journey.
(vi) The dog could not eat grass.
(vii) But the donkey would not grant the request.
(viii) The donkey begged the dog to stand by.
(ix) Shortly after a wolf was seen coming towards them.
(x) The dog said that those who eat alone must also fight alone.
(xi) The donkey was trembling out of fear.
(xii) And the dog left the ass to be eaten up by the wolf.
(xiii) But the dog would not.
(xiv) Saying these words he went away.
29. The following sentences on “Shoemaker & Monkey” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The shoemaker left the razor lying open.
(ii) The monkey lived on a tree near his shop.
(iii) The monkey was lying with its throat cut.
(iv) It would watch the shoemaker at work.
(v) The tools were damaged in this way.
(vi) He took a razor and pretended to draw it.
(vii) Then he left the shop.
(viii) The monkey worked with the tools like the shoemaker.
(ix) A shoemaker was once very much troubled.
(x) When he returned, he found the monkey lying dead in the shop.
(xi) When he went out, the monkey would come down and enter the shop.
(xii) At last an idea occurred to the shoemaker.
(xiii) He worked across his throat several times in full view of the monkey.
(xiv) He was tricked by a monkey.

30. The following sentences on “A Fox without Tail” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He kept away from other foxes for some time.
(ii) He said proudly, “Friends, I have brought you a good message.”
(iii) After many struggles he managed to get out.
(iv) A fox was once caught in a trap.
(v) But he escaped with the loss of his tail.
(vi) “You see, I have shed my tail.”
(vii) He was very much ashamed.
(viii) “So I advise you all to get rid of your tails.”
(ix) They should laugh at him.
(x) “Be light and free like me.”
(xi) And he resolved to meet the situation boldly.
(xii) This made his life unbearable.
(xiii) One day he went to an assembly of foxes.
(xiv) What a nuisance it was and what a great comfort its absence is!

31. The following sentences on “Abu & Angel” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous ...

...story.
(i) This however did not damp Abu’s spirits.
(ii) He saw a bright angel in the room, writing in a book of gold.
(iii) The angel said with a sweet smile that he was writing the names of those who loved God.
(iv) He is one of those who had won the love of God.
(v) The angel replied that it was not in the book.
(vi) He opened his eyes.
(vii) He requested the angel cheerily to put him down as one who loved his fellowman.
(viii) One night Abu Bin Adhem woke up from a happy dream.
(ix) The angel wrote and disappeared with the book.
(x) He asked the angel what he was writing.
(xi) The next night Abu was again awakened by dazzling light in the room.
(xii) He saw the same angel with a book in his hand.
(xiii) Abu enquired if his name was there.
(xiv) And he was glad beyond measure when the angel showed him that his name headed the list.

32. The following sentences on “Farmer & His Horse” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The farmer now realised his mistake.
(ii) But he did not consider that this was of any importance.
(iii) The poor animal soon broke its leg and fell down.
(iv) After he had gone some distance, the shoe came off.
(v) So the farmer went on.
(vi) A farmer saddled his horse to take his wares to market.
(vii) The farmer thought the horse would be able to finish the journey on three shoes.
(viii) But as he rode further on, the animal began to limp on the ground.
(ix) When about to start he noticed that one of the horse’s shoes was without nails.
(x) The farmer also lost his horse forever for neglecting to nail the shoe in time.
(xi) But there was no blacksmith nearby.
(xii) The wares were not broken only.
(xiii) He hoped that the horse would be able to carry him somehow to the marketplace.
(xiv) But alas! that was not to be.
33. The following sentences on “Farmer & Partridge” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He said to his son that they must come themselves the next day with their own labourers.
(ii) So, go to our neighbours.
(iii) In the nest she had her young ones just old enough to fly.
(iv) After seeing the wheat, the owner said to his son, “The crop is ripening.”
(v) “You request them to help us gather the harvest.”
(vi) So she left the field with her children that very day.
(vii) The mother bird told them that one who asked one’s friends for help.
(viii) The young partridges were very much frightened.
(ix) A partridge had a nest in a wheat-field.
(x) A few days later, the owner came again with his son.
(xi) Nobody came to reap the crop.
(xii) He found the crop over-ripen.
(xiii) One day the owner of the field came with his son to examine the crop.
(xiv) The partridge felt that the man meant business this time.

34. The following sentences on “Socrates” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The passers-by on the street felt very much amused at the incident.
(ii) This calmness and silence of the philosopher made the wife more furious.
(iii) After thunder came rain.
(iv) His wife, on the contrary, was of a violent temper and flew into passion on the slightest excuse.
(v) She began to abuse her husband in the strongest terms.
(vi) Socrates bore all this calmly and sat at the doorstep of his house.
(vii) Socrates was determined not to be put out.
(viii) He was looking out on the public street.
(ix) She took up a bucket of water and poured out its contents over her husband’s head.
(x) Socrates was a famous Greek philosopher.
(xi) Socrates joined with them in their laughter and merriment.
(xii) He was noted as much for his wisdom as for his calmness.
(xiii) One day she became more furious than ever.
(xiv) Then he remarked, “This was what was expected.”

35. The following sentences on “Banyan Tree & Travellers” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) Really, it is a pity that so big a tree should be so useless.
(ii) They rested under a big Banyan tree on the way.
(iii) The tree overheard the conversation.
(iv) Nor any fruit to please the taste.
(v) It said with a smile, “This is gratitude indeed!”
(vi) It is so big and has such thick foliage.
(vii) A few travellers were tired by a long walk in the sun.
(viii) And he remarked, “How strange this tree is!”
(ix) Yet it has no flower to please the eye or the smell.
(x) The Banyan tree is of no use whatsoever to man.
(xi) Another traveller said, “Why do you speak of flower and fruit only?”
(xii) Perhaps the cool shade in which you are resting and refreshing yourself now is nothing ----a mere illusion!
(xiii) As they talked among themselves, one of the men looked up at the branches overhead.
(xiv) The remark of the tree went home to the travellers and they hung down their heads in shame.

36. The following sentences on “A Young Farmer Girl” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) One day on her way to market she was with a can of milk on her head.
(ii) So lost was the girl in her dream that she actually gave a proud shake of her head to express her rejection.
(iii) The young men of the locality would gather round her.
(iv) All the milk spilled on the ground.
(v) The can on her head fell down at once.
(vi) She gave free play to her romantic ideas.
(vii) This would give her enough milk to make her rich.
(viii) She would then build a new house for herself.
(ix) Tears began to roll down her cheeks.
(x) Her dress too would be the envy of the neighbouring maids.
(xi) The girl got a rude awakening from her foolish dream.
(xii) Suing for her hand, she would reject them all as beneath her.
(xiii) A young farmer girl was of a romantic turn of mind, rather given to daydreams.
(xiv) She would accumulate the profit on the sale of her milk every day and buy more and more cows ...

...with it.
37. The following sentences on “A Cowboy & A Train” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) The driver thought that this was a mere spark of a village urchin.
(ii) They thanked the boy heartily and reported the matter to the higher authorities.
(iii) And the boy thus grew up to be a good citizen of his country.
(iv) One morning a boy was tending cattle by the side of a railway line.
(v) The Railway Board thought the best reward they could offer the boy was to arrange for his free education in a school.
(vi) Suddenly he noticed that a small railway bridge had given way under the previous night’s heavy shower.
(vii) A simple cowboy as he was, at once realised the great danger that awaited the train and its passengers.
(viii) So the train continued to advance, whistling furiously to scare away the boy.
(ix) He ran up to the line, and standing on it began to wave his shirt as a warning to the driver.
(x) The driver was at last compelled to stop the train a little distance from the boy.
(xi) But the boy would not leave his post.
(xii) As the driver and the guard came down, the boy took them to the bridge.
(xiii) He also saw a passenger train in the distance, coming towards it at full speed.
(xiv) They then realised what a great danger they had escaped.

38. The following sentences on “Arun Barun & a Purse” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) “You wanted to enjoy the profit alone; the effect of the claim too you must face alone.”
(ii) Arun saw a bag lying on the road.
(iii) Arun refused to admit Barun’s claim; the bag had been picked up by him; so its contents belonged to him only.
(iv) The bag fell of from his horse’s back without his knowledge.
(v) Once Arun and Barun were travelling along a country road.
(vi) Finding the bag in Arun’s hand, he charged him with theft.
(vii) Arun was handed over to the police.
(viii) Arun pleaded that he was not a thief, ----- the bag had been just found by him and his friend.
(ix) Just then there appeared the real owner of the bag in search of his treasurer.
(x) Barun remarked, “You just now claimed the bag for yourself only.”
(xi) So saying, Barun left the place.
(xii) “Why then dragged me now as a co-sharer?”
(xiii) Picking it up he found it contained valuable jewels. Being glad he exclaimed, “Well, Barun, just see what I have got!”
(xiv) Barun remarked that Arun should say, “We” instead of “I”.

39. The following sentences on “Wolf & Dog” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He was the pet of his master’s family, and was well fed and well cared.
(ii) One day a wolf chanced to meet a stout dog.
(iii) As to work, he had nothing to do except keeping watch at night.
(iv) As they fell into conversation, the dog spoke highly of the comforts of his life.
(v) The wolf complained that his own lot was quite different.
(vi) This is why he was so ravenous by nature.
(vii) Well, I no longer envy you.
(viii) Just then the wolf noticed a mark round the dog’s neck and enquired what it was.
(ix) So saying, the wolf went away.
(x) The wolf said, “So you are not free at all.”
(xi) “I prefer my freedom without food a thousand times to your well-fed and comfortable life of bondage.”
(xii) He was never sure of food and had sometimes to go without it for the whole day.
(xiii) The dog pitied him with a superior air.
(xiv) The dog replied that it was the mark of the chain in which he was kept.

40. The following sentences on “Electric Pumps” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) They kept the vehicles from sinking in the mud.
(ii) Electric pumps now do the work of windmills.
(iii) The smallest plodder was to be over 250 square kms big.
(iv) Then, slowly, the water was pumped out.
(v) At this point, the plodder was just a field of soft mud.
(vi) These tires made the tractors with huge balloon tires.
(vii) They were used to bring up rich soil.
(viii) These tires made the tractors as light as ballet dancers.
(ix) Anyone who tried to walk across it would sink to the waist.
(x) Then special ploughs dug 3 meters (10 feet) and more into the earth.
(xi) It took years to dry out the soil.
(xii) To build one, workers had to put up great dikes around parts of the bay.
(xiii) Once the plodders were dry, work began on the land.
(xiv) The Dutch used tractors with huge balloon tires.
41. The following sentences on “Abraham Lincoln” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth”.
ii) The place is called Gettysburg.
iii) He was the President of the United States of America.
iv) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
v) Have you ever heard the name of Abraham Lincoln?
vi) The last words of the speech are:
vii) On the 10th November 1863, a railway train was carrying him.
viii) It is one of the finest and the shortest speeches in the English language.
ix) On the envelop, written what he was going to say at the meeting.
x) The train was carrying him to a place.
xi) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.
xii) In the train he was busy writing something.
xiii) In fact, the speeches on the envelop is now famous as “Gettysburg Address”
xiv) He was not writing on a paper, but on the back of an envelop.

42. The following sentences on “Stephen Hawking” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) It established his reputation as a greatest scientist.
ii) It became famous.
iii) In it he explains cosmology for the general public.
iv) He wrote a book, “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bangs to the Present Times”.
v) He is famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe.
vi) He got his Ph.D. in Cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old.
vii) He got married in 1963.
viii) He is ...

...very skilled in Mathematics from an early age.
ix) He was also very skilled in theoretical Physics.
x) Thus he received the prestigious Albert Einstein Award.
xi) He had a brilliant result.
xii) So he was able to join Cambridge University as Lucas Ian Professor of Mathematics.
xiii) He is considered the greatest Physicist after Einstein.
xiv) Stephen Hawking was born in an educated family.

43. The following sentences on “George Washington” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) His family used to cultivate tobacco in their estates in Virginia.
ii) George Washington was the first President of the USA.
iii) When George Washington was twenty years old, he took over these estates and lived a comfortable life.
iv) In 1752 France and Britain started war.
v) Then George Washington left his estates and joined the English forces.
vi) He soon made a good name for himself as a brilliant officer.
vii) He was born in 1732 in Virginia.
viii) When England and France made peace he went to his home of Virginia to live happily.
ix) In 1775 some English troops were attacked and a war broke out.
x) Thirteen colonies joined into a Congress in 1774.
xi) In 1773 the unpleasant incident known as Boston Tea Party took place between the Americans and the British.
xii) Peace treaty was signed between America and Britain in 1783.
xiii) In 1776 the colonies formally declared themselves independent.
xiv) In 1789 Washington became the first President of the United States.

44. The following sentences on “Albert Einstein” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) At the age of twenty one, he graduated from the Federal Institute.
ii) He obtained his doctorate in 1905 AD.
iii) He was born of Jewish parents in Germany in 1879 AD.
iv) But he resigned the post of the University of Zurich.
v) It was in Zurich.
vi) At the request of a group of scientists, he wrote to the American President Roosevelt to use atomic energy in bombs.
vii) When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Einstein was in America as a visiting professor.
viii) Einstein became famous for his Theory of Relativity.
ix) For Hitler’s cruelty to the Jews, he did not return to his homeland.
x) He received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 AD.
xi) Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of modern age.
xii) He resigned the post to become a full professor at a German university.
xiii) Four years after his doctorate, he took the post of Associate Professor at the University of Zurich.
xiv) Two years later, he joined a service in Barn.
45. The following sentences on “Alexander Fleming” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) They lived in countryside.
ii) Fleming helped in sheep rearing even when he was not old enough to go to school.
iii) Alexander Fleming was born in 1881 in Scotland.
iv) His parents were farmers.
v) Fleming was seven among the eight children of his parents.
vi) When he was five years old he started gong to the neighbourhood school.
vii) Classes were usually held by the bank of the nearby river.
viii) This school had only about fifteen students and one teacher.
ix) Everything in this school was quite informal.
x) When Fleming was ten, he moved to a bigger school at Danvel.
xi) But Fleming, the future scientist, loved every minute of his daily walk.
xii) He had to walk four miles everyday.
xiii) It was four miles away from his first school.
xiv) It was quite tiring.

46. The following sentences on “Joynul Abedin” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He did not like the hard and fast rules of schools.
ii) He was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.
iii) So, he drew pictures secretly.
iv) Do you know Joynul Abedin?
v) His father Tamij Uddin was a police officer.
vi) He was awarded gold medal in all India Art Exhibition.
vii) His name and fame spread all over the world.
viii) In 1938 he became first class first in the Art College.
ix) At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata.
x) He breathed his last on May 28, 1976.
xi) At the age of nineteen, he got himself admitted into Kolkata Govt. Art College.
xii) He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1939.
xiii) He was in search of an art school there.
xiv) His pictures were internationally praised.

47. The following sentences on “William Shakespeare” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He observed the ways of the players.
ii) The boy’s name was William Shakespeare.
iii) He got work in a theatre company.
iv) Others say that he was a school master.
v) He was a successful businessman.
vi) In the town of Stratford, there might have been a bright eyed boy of nine or ten making his way to Grammar School.
vii) We know that he married Anne Hathaway.
viii) When he was still a young man, Shakespeare left his wife and family and went to London.
ix) After he left school, he became a lawyer’s clerk.
x) His mother’s name was Mary Arden.
xi) So the boy had the best education that could be given him in the town.
xii) Again we are told that he was apprenticed to a butcher.
xiii) Shakespeare’s father was a well-to-do citizen of Stratford.
xiv) Strange to say that we do not know much about Shakespeare’s early life.

48. The following sentences on “Mother Teresa” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) She started her life in Calcutta as a teacher in a convent school.
ii) Mother Teresa was a dedicated soul.
iii) It became the shelter for the sufferers.
iv) Her earlier name was Agnes.
v) She came to India in 1928 for serving the people.
vi) At eighteen she dedicated to become a nun.
vii) She was born in 1910 at Skopje, a small village in Yugoslavia.
viii) Then she became an Indian citizen.
ix) She was an Albanian by birth but she became an Indian.
x) She began to render service to the down trodden.
xi) She was awarded the Nobel Prize for ...

...peace in 1979.
xii) She established Nirmal Hriday at Kalighat in Calcutta.
xiii) Her activities spread all over the world.
xiv) During this period she was left for the poor.
49. The following sentences on “King & Astrologer” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) Hearing this, the King turned pale like a dead man.
ii) He shouted to his men, “Drive this wretch away.”
iii) Once upon a time there was a king.
iv) He was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologers.
v) With ready wit the astrologer said, “The stars declare that I shall die only a week before your Majesty.”
vi) He also said, “Let him not come here again.”
vii) “So good bye” he said to the King.
viii) “How long will you live?” asked the king.
ix) A famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital on his way to Benares.
x) At this he got furious.
xi) The King called on him to know about his future.
xii) He condemned him to death saying, “Man like you should not live to spoil the peace of the world.”
xiii) The astrologer told him something unpleasant.
xiv) But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

50. The following sentences on “King Solomon” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) The Queen of Sheba heard about the name and fame of King Solomon.
ii) She also brought with her some artificial flowers.
iii) So, the Queen came to King Solomon’s palace.
iv) Many years ago there lived a king named Solomon.
v) Among them there were some real flowers also.
vi) The flowers were beautiful and looked alike.
vii) At once he realised those flowers to be real.
viii) He was very wise and helped people in many ways.
ix) She could not believe that he was so wise and wealthy.
x) The Queen brought with her hundred servants who carried many fine presents.
xi) The Queen asked the courtiers to find out the real ones.
xii) King Solomon watched some bees flying over some flowers.
xiii) She decided to visit his country and meet him personally.
xiv) They failed to differentiate.

51. The following sentences on “Thomas Edison” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) At twenty one he left the telegraph office to devote all his time to being an inventor.
ii) A train was approaching.
iii) He went on to invent the electric light, bulb, the phonograph and the movie camera.
iv) Thomas Edison started selling newspapers and snacks.
v) So he joined a library and read every single book in it.
vi) The child’s father was so grateful that he offered to teach Edison to be a telegraph operator.
vii) One day, when he was waiting at a station he noticed a small boy who was playing by the track.
viii) Edison ran out and grabbed the child just in time.
ix) After a year he became good enough to get a job in the telegraph office.
x) So he built a little laboratory in the luggage van where he could carry out experiments when he wasn’t selling things.
xi) Edison accepted the offer and soon he began to learn regular lessons.
xii) Another way of occupying himself was by reading.
xiii) He continued to read and experiment whenever he had time.
xiv) There were long periods with nothing for him to do.

52. The following sentences on “Hajjaj-bin-Yusuf & Dahir” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(a) He was very angry when he heard the news.
(b) An Arab ship was carrying a party of Muslim from Ceylon to Mecca for the Hajj.
(c) This sad news reached Hajjaj-bin-Yusuf, the Governor of Iraq.
(d) The ship was attacked by sea robbers from Debul, a seaport in Sind.
(e) He sent a messenger to Raja Dahir, the ruler of Sind.
(f) They looted it and carried away many Muslim women and children.
(g) A hard battle was fought in Sind.
(h) Hajjaj was very angry when he received his reply.
(i) He sent his nephew Mohammad-bin-Quasim to Sind as the head of 12,000 Arab soldiers.
(j) He asked him to return the Muslim women and children.
(k) He decided to teach this proud king a lesson.
(1) Raja Dahir sent a cold reply to this message.
(m) Raja Dahir was killed and his army was completely defeated.
(n) He also told him to promise that he would not allow the people of Debul to repeat their action.
53. The following sentences on “Kazi Nazrul Islam” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) At last at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.
(ii) At the age of 11 in 1909 he showed his poetic feat.
(iii) He lost his father when he was only eight years old.
(iv) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories and so on.
(v) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in Bardwan, a district in the then Bengal Presidency.
(vi) On his return from the army he gave up the sword for the pen and devoted himself to literature.
(vii) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
(viii) He was soon recognised as one of the greatest poets of Bengal.
(ix) He breathed his last on August 29, 1976 and was laid to rest in the compound of Dhaka University Mosque.
(x) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and Nazrul Islam was brought to Dhaka from Calcutta.
(xi) Then he was underage and so he could not join the army.
(xii) He fell seriously ill in 1942 and was never recovered from his illness.
(xiii) Owing to his illness, more than three decades of his life were unproductive.
(xiv) His poems and songs greatly inspired our freedom fighters in 1971.

54. The following sentences on “The Negro and African King” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) The Negro said, “You now see how all men are servants to one another, I’m serving the beggar and you are serving me.”
ii) There was an African King. iii) One day, an old Negro came to him.
iv) He was very proud. v) The Negro laughed merrily.
vi) “Let me go and give the poor man something to eat,” said the Negro.
vii) “What happened?” asked the King. viii) The Negro ...

...said to the King, “All men are servants to one another.”
ix) The Negro said, “Very well.” x) “So I am your servant, am I ?” said the King.
xi) But as he went towards the beggar, his walking stick dropped from his hand.
xii) Just then a beggar came. xiii) The King picked it up and handed it back to the Negro.
xiv) “Prove it before sunset or I will kill you.”

55. The following sentences on “Socrates” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) These young people learnt from the great teacher such knowledge as is remembered even today all over the world.
ii) They were also jealous of the great popularity of Socrates among people.
iii) One of the charges was that he was educating the traitors.
iv) So they plotted to get rid of him.
v) Another charge was that he was corrupting the young men of the city of Athens.
vi) Socrates soon became very popular.
vii) They were men in authority with great influence.
viii) Young men gathered round him.
ix) Now there were some people in Athens who did not like his teachings.
x) These people brought some charges against Socrates. xi) Socrates was never tired of teaching them.
xii) They turned against him and became his bitter enemies. xiii) So Socrates was arrested and put on trial.
xiv) Some of the youths became very devoted to him.

56. The following sentences on “George Orwell” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) His father worked there for the civil service. ii) He rejected the conventions and left Eton.
iii) He entered Eton College in 1919. iv) There he wrote in various college magazines.
v) His penname was George Orwell. vi) He joined the Burma Police in 1922.
vii) His unique political allegory “Animal Farm” was published in 1945.
viii) Eric Arthur Blair was born in 1903 in India. ix) The family moved to England in 1907.
x) He had become the embodiment of the man in the street. xi) He served with Indian Imperial Police in Burma.
xii) George Orwell died in 1950.
xiii) This experience inspired his first novel “Burmese Days” (1934).
xiv) It is perhaps his best in the realm of fiction.

57. The following sentences on “Ibn-I-Batuta” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
i) He travelled for more than thirty years visiting many Asian and African countries.
ii) He boarded a ship for Chittagong. iii) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
iv) Ibn-I-Batuta became very pleased hearing it. v) It took him almost six months to reach Chittagong.
vi) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
vii) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
viii) You might have heard the name of Marco Polo.
ix) Ibn-I-Batuta was a great Muslim explorer.
x) Once on a voyage to China he lost his way and found himself in the Maldives Islands.
xi) He was a native of Morocco and lived in the 14th century.
xii) He wrote down all that he saw.
xiii) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.
xiv) Ibn-I-Batuta travelled even more than Marco Polo.
58. The following sentences on “Rabindranath Tagore” are jumbled. Re-write them properly to make a continuous story.
(a) So arrangements were made at house for his proper education.
(b) He was at the same time a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a philosopher and a musician.
(c) After the completion of his house education he was sent to school.
(d) But he studied literature with Professor Henry Morley only for a few months and then returned home.
(e) At the age of seventeen he was sent to London to study law.
(f) Only at the age of eight, he started composing poems.
(g) But he did not like institutional education.
(h) Rabindranath Tagore was one of the most leading poets in the history of world literature.
(i) He was born in the renowned Tagore Family in 1861.
(j) In his thirteenth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to visit the Himalayas.
(k) After returning from England, he began to write tirelessly in all branches of literature.
(1) At the age of eighty, Rabindranath breathed his last.
(m) When he was sixteen, his poems and essays were being published in journals.
(n) He wrote his poetic novel “Banaphul” at the age of fifteen.

59. The following sentences on “Revenge of an English Poet” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He became very annoyed.
(ii) Then he sent it to his friend with the word on it “Carriage to be paid on delivery”.
(iii) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
(iv) The poet had to pay double postage.
(v) He packed it up in a fine box.
(vi) With a great hope in mind he opened the box.
(vii) So, he procured a heavy stone.
(viii) Thus the poet taught his friend a good lesson.
(ix) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.
(x) His friend thought that the contents of the parcel were valuable.
(xi) So he paid the heavy charge for carrying.
(xii) The letter contained nothing but some words.
(xiii) To his utter surprise he found nothing but an ordinary stone.
(xiv) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

60. The following sentences on “Rocket Launching” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(a) A rocket is launched from a space centre.
(b) The stages fall off to make the load less.
(c) As the Earth has tremendous gravity, a rocket must reach a speed of 40,000 km per hour to get out of this gravity.
(d) It is called a payload of the cargo that rocket carries.
(e) Rocket fuel consists of two liquids and the liquids explode when mixed which pushes the rocket forward.
(f) May be astronauts or satellites the payload.
(g) The escape velocity is the speed, which a rocket needs to get out the Earth’s gravity.
(h) A rocket needs to carry huge amounts of fuel to pick up speed. The heavier the rocket the more fuel it will need.
(i) There are about fifteen launch sites around the world.
(j) The first idea of a rocket was developed by Russian schoolmaster Konstantin Tsiolkivaski in 1903.
(k) The ...

.larger the rocket the heavier the payload can be.
(l) The fuel is not carried in one tank but in different containers.
(m) The containers are called stages.
(n) Space travel actually started when American engineer Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fuel rocket.

61. The following sentences on “Cook & Master” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) The master clapped his hands loudly, which made the duck run off putting down its other leg.
(ii) He drew the attention of his master and showed him that some ducks did indeed have one leg.
(iii) The cook finally agreed with master & said if he had known this trick, he would have clapped his hands before cooking.
(iv) A cook once roasted a duck for his master.
(v) The master was surprised to hear it and said that there was no such duck having one leg.
(vi) Right at that moment the cook looked out of the window and saw some ducks resting outside in the courtyard.
(vii) The roast looked so delicious that the cook couldn’t resist the temptation of eating one of the drumsticks.
(viii) The cook told him that the duck had one leg only.
(ix) The master was amused at the ready wit of the cook and forgave him.
(x) The master was very annoyed with the stubbornness of the cook and threatened to fire him from the job.
(xi) One of the ducks was standing on one leg and had the other leg folded inside.
(xii) The cook insisted that this duck had only one leg.
(xiii) He asked him what had happened to the other leg.
(xiv) When his master sat down to eat, he quickly noticed the missing leg.
62. The following sentences on “Sir Walter Scott” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) Sir Walter Scott was both a poet and novelist.
(ii) Five years after his leaving the university, he got married.
(iii) He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1771.
(iv) Despite his being sick and early-age, he studied in school and university till he was twenty-one.
(v) He died in September, 1832.
(vi) The King and Queen of England requested the poet to stay in the palace leaving his birthplace.
(vii) He was brought back to Abbottsford in 1832 when illness became severe.
(viii) In reply to their request the poet wrote his longest poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” in 1802.
(ix) He was a wonderful man.
(x) “The Lady of the Lake” is also a famous poem of the poet.
(xi) He went out for a tour on the continent for the recovery of his health but of no use.
(xii) He was attacked with apoplexy in 1830.
(xiii) It was first published three years after.
(xiv) This poem made him very famous.

63. The following sentences on “Money and Farmer’s Tension” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(i) He could not think where to keep the money.
(ii) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag.
(iii) He gradually realised that he had money, but no peace of mind.
(iv) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.
(v) So, he could not devote himself to his work.
(vi) He said to himself, “One thousand rupees is a lot of money”.
(vii) Now a new thinking took hold of the farmer.
(viii) He said to him, “Look, my friend, I have brought one thousand rupees for you”.
(ix) The farmer was surprised.
(x) Once upon a time, a rich man took pity on a poor farmer and gave him one thousand rupees in a bag.
(xi) He always thought that his money could be stolen anytime.
(xii) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him.
(xiii) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.
(xiv) “Keep this money and remove your distress.”

64. The following sentences on “Hazrat Mohammad (Sm.)” are jumbled. Re-write them to make a continuous story.
(a) At the age of 25 he married a beautiful wealthy accomplished lady, Khadija.
(b) As a result most of the people became his enemy.
(c) He lost his grand father at the age of eight.
(d) He left Mecca in 622 AD with his followers and went to Medina.
(e) He lost his mother at the age of six.
(f) Hazrat Mohammad (Sm.) was born in the Quraish family of Mecca in 570 AD.
(g) He was brought up by his grand father.
(h) In the eighth Hijri he conquered Mecca.
(i) His father had died before he was born.
(j) He got Nabuat at the age of forty.
(k) He died at the age of 63.
(1) He proclaimed that Allah is one and He has no partner.
(m) They decided to kill him.
(n) He performed “Bidai Hajj” at age of 62.

65. The following sentences on “Alfred Bernard Nobel” are jumbled. Re-write them well and make a continuous story.
(a) Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.
(b) This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contributions in six fields.
(c) The prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of the science of destruction.
(d) Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
(e) For this valuable discovery, Nobel became famous all over the world.
(f) This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel.
(g) The Nobel Prize is the world’s most important prize.
(h) He invented dynamite.
(i) He was born in Stockholm on the 21st October, 1833 and he died on the 10th December 1896.
(j) He earned a huge sum of money from selling it but at his death, he left a will for outstanding contributions.
(k) The material is widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and in wars.
(1) The will indicates that the interest money should be given as prizes on physics, chemistry, medicine, literature & peace.
(m) The first Nobel Prize was given to Roentgen on the 10th December 1901 for his outstanding research in X-rays.
(n) The prize was named Nobel Prize.
66. The following sentences on “Napoleon Bonaparte” are jumbled. Re-write them properly and make a continuous story.
(i) He soon became the greatest man in the country. (ii) France under him was very powerful.
(iii) He won victories over them.
(iv) Napoleon rose quickly to a high position in the army by his good work and courage.
(v) He worked hard and made them work hard. (vi) He joined army as an ordinary ...

...soldier.
(vii) He was hard to them when there was need to be