English Grammar and Composition Learning

Discipline means obedience to rules and regulations framed for human being. We cannot do anything correctly without discipline. It is  a great virtue. Its value is great. It is the root of all virtues. As a social being, man has to abide by some rules and regulations to maintain peace and happiness in the society. A man without discipline cannot shine in life. The family, the society, the office and the state cannot go without it. We find it in schools and colleges, in the army and in the battle field. Teaching learning will not be possible without this virtue. It is followed everywhere in nature. The earth , the moon , the  stars and all planets move round the sun following discipline strictly.In fact, human society is based on discipline. This virtue is the root of all happiness and success. A life without discipline is like a ship without a rudder. So, we all must cultivate this virtue from our childhood to all stages of life.

Facebook is an internet based social network. It is the most popular social network service.It was launched on February 20, 2004. It was founded by Mark Zucker Berg with his college room mates and fellow students. The number of the Facebook users are increasing day by day. most of them Facebook on a mobile service. Its users must be registered before using the social networking site.After creating a personal profile, they can add other users as friends and  exchange SMS.Facebook has affected  the social life and  activity of people in various ways. It connects people  worldwide. It contributes much to develop social and friendly relationship among people living far and near.It provides on-line chatting as well. With the help of Facebook, we can easily find out our long lost friends and relatives who are Facebook members. Besides, Facebook  can be used to raise awareness and  share news and views  among the members. Any person wishing to be a Facebook member needs first to  have an int

 Once upon a time there was a king in England. He had three daughters. They are Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. One day he made up his mind to divide his kingdom among them.So he called them in the court and asked each of them how much they loved him.He also declared that the largest part would be given to the one who loved him most. At first he asked his eldest daughter Goneril, "How much do you love me?"  and she replied that she had loved him more than she would say. Lear was satisfied, called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger  round a part of it. Then came the turn of second daughter Regan who told her father that her love for him would never end and change. Being pleased , Lear gave her another part of his kingdom . Then it was turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter but Cordelia did not flatter her father like her elder sisters. Rather she said, "Nothing. I love you like father."  Lear was shocked and said , "Nothing will come out

Abu Ben Adham was a good man. He was very honest and pious. He helped all men and women in distress.People said,  "Ask Abu and he will do it for you." People liked him.  One night  Abu was sleeping in his bed. There was a strange light in his room. He woke up and saw an angel in the room. The angel was writing attentively in a  book of gold and was writing the names of the persons who loved people selflessly. Abu asked the angel if his name was there. In reply the angel said that his name was not there. Abu then requested to put his name in the list because he loved mankind and his fellow-brothers. So, he belonged to the groups of lovers of  mankind. Hearing this, the angel went away talking down his request. He again appeared the next night. Abu  was very curious to know about the names of the list.The angel showed him the list and he found that his name was at the top of the list. The angel told Abu that it was his reward from Allah  who is just and fair. 

 Once there lived a dove in a certain forest.It was passing its days happily.One day while it was sitting on a tree beside a river, it saw an ant. The ant was thirsty and so it went to the river to  drink water. Suddenly the ant was swept away by a wave and it was about to die. Seeing it, the dove plucked a leaf and dropped it on the water of the river. Te poor ant  got on the leaf and came to the land. It thanked the dove and promised to help it. One day while the dove was sitting on a branch of the same tree, a hunter came there and aimed at the dove.When the hunter was about to shoot the dove, the ant bit him in the leg. The hunter missed his aim and the dove flew away. Thus the ant saved the life of the dove also. Since then both of them became friends. From this story, we learn that we should help others in danger.

 There lived a man  in a village. He had a great attraction to English and so he went to a teacher. The teacher began to teach him but the man was dull-headed. His  teacher tried his best to teach him but he could not develop his knowledge  of English.He could not understand the rules of grammar.He learnt only three words -'yes', 'no' and 'very good' but he did not know their meaning. In reply to anybody's question, he would say  either 'yes' or, 'no' or 'very good'. One day a theft took place in the village. The police officer came and he was an English man. He  asked everybody  if he knew anything about the theft and the villagers replied that they did not know about it.At last the officer came to the man who knew three English words and asked him if he had stolen. The man replied, "Yes." When the officer asked him if he would tell him why he had stolen, the man said, "No." After that when the officer said, "

 An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health. During his stay there, he received an unpaid letter from one of his friend in England. The poet had to pay double postage to take delivery of the letter. But it contained nothing but the sentence, "I am well". The poet became very annoyed at this because he got the news no importance after paying double postage.So, he wanted to teach him a good lesson. The poet procured a heavy stone. He packed it up in a fine box and wrapped the box with colorful wrapping paper Then he posted the box to his friend's address with the words written on it "Carriage to be paid on delivery." Receiving it, his friend thought that the content of the parcel would be valuable and so gladly paid the heavy postage for carrying it.With  great hope in mind, he opened the box. To his utter surprise he found nothing but a simple stone in it.The friend could understand the point. In fact, he got his due reward for his fun.

 Once a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop. He was very glad to have it and thought of a heavy meal at home. He was greedy. On the way there was a small river. Over the river there was a bridge. The river was full to the brim. While the dog  was passing the bridge he saw his own shadow into the water. But he thought it was another dog. The shadow dog also had a piece of meat that was his own meat. But the dog was unable to understand the matter. To have that  piece of meat the dog barked and jumped  into the river. As he opened his mouth his own meat dropped into the water. He tried his best to have his own but in vain. The dog was foolish. So, he lost not only his meat but also his life. The teaching of the story is 'grasp all lost all'.  

Traveling means going from one place to another.Traveling has a great educative value. Books give us only bookish knowledge. It helps to know about different people and their ways of life.much more of things.If we see those with our own eyes.Traveling expands the mental horizon of man. It removes our prejudices,  superstitions and other limitations.The man who passes life in a particular place and never leaves his place to visit other places and his historical things has a very narrow outlook. It is true that traveling helps to gather experience and wisdom comes from experience. So education is not perfect without traveling.In fact, a traveler becomes what we call all around man.It gives us pleasure.Moreover, it teaches us to bear hardship. It  also gives us good training for success in life. Our educational institute should arrange tours or visits to the places of importance or things of historical interest.

 A tea stall is a small shop which sells ready tea with some dry foods.It is a common sight in our country. It is usually found in cities, towns, market places, railway stations, bus stands and near offices, hospitals, mills and factories and even in villages. A tea  stall opens early in the morning and closes very late at night. In some important places like railway stations, steamer terminals etc the tea stall remains open round the clock. It is not well furnished. There are some chairs, table and benches. A tea stall needs some materials to get tea ready. There is an oven where a kettle is burning. There is also a pan of milk to prepare tea. Hot tea, biscuits, cakes, bread, bananas, betel leaf, cigarettes etc are sold here. One or two  boys serve the things to the customers. The manager manages everything and collects money. A tea stall is a noisy and busy place. It is a meeting place of different classes of people. People of different classes visit it. They  often discuss politics

Internet  is a  networking system  based on computer for sending news and views in the shortest possible  time.  It is a new scientific device for quick and speedy news transmission. A person can dial a number from his /her computer and a link to the internet will soon give him /her a connection in and outside the country according to his expectation. Internet has brought about a revolutionary change in the world of modern communication. At present, we are enjoying many facilities of internet. We can share our feelings, emotion, thoughts and ideas with the other people of home and abroad through it in a second. We can send messages and information to any corner of the world. Internet plays an important role in the field of trade and commerce. Internet based e-commerce is now becoming more popular day by day. At present, people can buy and sell their goods without going to market. Students can read books without going to the library. But many people of our country  cannot afford to buy

Mobile phone is a great wonders of modern science. It added a new dimension to our communication system. It is a telephone system that works without any wire. It has many benefits.It can be moved easily from one place to another.Its invention has made our communication easier.It has conquered time and distance.We can send messages to distant places, play games and sports, know time and do the work of calculation. Sometimes we get different kinds of  news and views. Nowadays messaging and internet system have been included in it. We  cannot think of passing a single day without mobile phone. Grameen phone , Banglalink, Citycell,Teletalk, Airtell, Warid and Robi provide us  with mobile phone services. At present we can communicate with the people living in the distant countries of the world with the help of mobile phone.However, there is no unmixed blessing on earth. Mobile phone has some demerits. It can cause cancer, damage  of blood brain, barrier and brain tumor to the users. It also

 Once  there was giant. He was selfish. He had a large beautiful garden. The garden  was full of soft green grass. Here and there all over the grass stood many colourful flowers like stars. There was a nice in the  garden where the beautiful young children used to play everyday.  But they did not know about the selfish giant who was the owner of the garden. One day they came and started playing in it. Suddenly the giant saw the children playing in his garden. As he  was selfish, he forbade them to play in it. Moreover, he made a big wall around the garden and the children were shocked because they could not enter into the garden. So, Allah was displeased with the giant for his selfish activity.  As a result, the garden became desolate soon and no flowers bloomed in it. At last the giant could realize his fault and requested the children to play in the garden but was too late. The children  never came to play  in the garden . As a result, the garden lost  its beauty and charm for ever. 

Once a poor girl named Afia worked in a rich man's house. Afia was a beautiful girl but poor, have to work. The  house master was a kind and honest man who was also kind for her but the mistress was very cruel. She used to scold her now and then. One day while serving tea, a tea cup dropped from Afia's had and it broke. At this the mistress of the house scolded her very much. Afia remained silent but  did not get rid of her hand. She brought a cane and began to beat her mercilessly. Afia  began to cry and begged her pardon. She  said again and again, "Please don't beat me so much. Please forgive me." The cruel lady  was so cruel that she did not stop beating. A  last Afia lost her sense and lay on the floor. However, she was taken to a nearby clinic where she was given medical treatment. Finally, she got back her sense. On the other hand, the police came and arrested the lady. Afia  was saved and was handed over to her parents.

 Abdur Rahman  is an SSC examinee. He  is  not attentive to his lessons especially in English because he is very weak in English. Moreover, he is lazy. So, his preparation in English is not good. A  month  ago before his examination he managed a short suggestion of some important questions on English. He only memorized these questions.He did not practice grammatical items  thoroughly. His father advised him again and again to read English with a good English teacher but the boy  did not listen to his father's  advice. A last the day of the Examination came . On the day he went to the Examination center late, took the answer script and felt nervous. After that , Abdur Rahman got the question paper and went through it at first. But alas most of the questions were uncommon.He  forgot most of his memorised answers and could not write any answer to the point. He felt sorry for his great folly and came to realize that a good preparation is essential for doing well in the Examination. He

 Once  a school  named Moheb Ullah was going home boy after completing his class. While he was crossing the road, he saw an old man lying on the road. He was senseless.There were a  crowd of people there but there was nobody to do something to save his life.Moheb , a brave and intelligent boy, went near the man, felt his pulse and could realize that he was still alive.Everybody present there was talking about the car which knocked him down but no one was thinking of taking him to hospital for his treatment.Only Moheb thought of it, hired a rickshaw and took her to the nearby hospital. Some doctors came running and felt the pulse of the man. One of them thanked the boy because only after a few minutes the man would have died. Then the doctors of the hospital tried their best to save the life of the man. At last the man got back his sense, opened his eyes and saw Moheb standing beside his bed. He could recognize him that he was his son's friend. He informed his friend Mizan of the ac

 Once upon a time there was a king who was very fond of  knowing his future from the astrologer.A famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital on  his way to Beneras. The king called on him to know his future and the astrologer said something unpleasant. At this the king got furious. He sentenced the astrologer to death saying, "A man like you should not live to spoil the peace of the world."But another thought crossed his mind before  the astrologer was removed for execution. Then the king asked, "How long  would you live?" With ready wit he replied to the king  that he would die only a week before the king's death. At this the king  turned pale  and shouted ." Drive this wretch away, let him not come again." The astrologer was saved and  bade the king good bye. He went away saying that he would wait to receive him (king) where the king had been sending him(astrologer).

Once upon a time there was a king called Midas. He was  greedy and extremely fond of gold .Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. Once he thought that if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man in the world.A wise god granted his wish soon. Half an hour later, the king was sitting under an apple tree in his  garden and suddenly  a ripe  apple fell beside him. It was so delicious that the king could not check his desire to enjoy its taste. As he touched it, it turned into gold. He   could hardly believe his eyes. But at last he could realize that  he had had the magical power of the golden touch. Then he touched his chair and  he was  surprised to see that it also turned into gold. As he entered the palace , his little daughter came running to him. He took her in his arms but alas! she turned into gold. Then  the king could realize the danger of the golden touch. He understood his mistake and payed to the wise god to take away the golden touch. The wise god took the

 Sheikh Saadi was a great wise man. He studied for thirty years, traveled thirty years and wrote books for thirty years. Once  he was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants. He had a bundle of books and some money with him. The merchants were going with their goods and a lot of money. They were going through a desert. They walked for twelve days, became tired and wanted to take rest but found no oasis. Next day they found a fine oasis but the oasis was completely deserted. While they were  taking rest suddenly a group of robbers appeared before them and attacked them. They took away all the money and valuable goods of the merchants. The  leader of the robbers came to Saadi, caught him and told him to give him what he had. Saadi gave him the bundle of books and said to him, "I hope you will make good use of these books." At  this the leader became surprised and asked him  how he would make good use of the books. Saadi  told him to give the books to his children and em

 Once a golden necklace was lost from a rich man's house. A few servants worked in that house. Naturally it was suspected that anyone of the servants had stolen the necklace. The rich man asked all of them but nobody confessed his guilt. So the  man went to a judge and made a complaint  before the judge. The judge called all the servants but all of them denied the charge. The judge  then hit upon a plan to find out the thief. He managed to bring some sticks and gave each of them a stick of the equal length. Then he asked them to submit it on the following day. He also told them that stick of the thief would increase by an inch.Returning home, every one kept his stick as it was and passed his night freely but the servant who stole the necklace shortened the length of  his stick by one inch. The next day all the servants appeared before the Judge in just time and submitted their sticks. But the thief was easily detected when his stick was found shortened by an inch. Then the thief wa

Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer who worked very hard to maintain his family. But he could hardly manage two square meals a day. One day while walking through the field, he found a purse of gold dropped by a passer-by. He picked it up and carried it home. His wife was very greedy and became very glad to see it and advised his husband to use it  or at least  a part of it for themselves so that they could  overcome their poverty.But the farmer was a very honest man and so he did not agree with his wife.Rather he told  her that honesty is the best policy and decided to find out the owner of the purse.   At last he found the person who lost the purse, went to him and gave him the purse. The owner was a rich man and became  highly pleased at the honesty of the poor farmer. he  gave him some gold coins as a reward. Selling the gold coins he got a lot of money and started a small business with that money. In course of time he became a rich man. Thus his  honesty was rewarded and hi

Long long  ago there was a town in Germany called Hamlin. It was a small but a beautiful town to look at.There a river on one side as well as a mountain on the other side.The town was faced with a great problem. It became full of rats and the rats were so big and fierce that they fought the dogs, killed the cats and bit the babies in the cradles. The people of the town fell in a great danger. At last they came to the Mayor and the Mayor called a meeting of his councilors but they could not find out a  solution. At that time a strange person with a flute in his came  and he said,  "People call me the Pied Piper. If you pay me one thousand guilders. I will rid your town of rats." The Mayor agreed with him. The pied piper started  playing on a strange flute. Hearing the sound, the rats came out of the house, following him, jumped into the river and were drowned . Then  the piped piper demanded the promised  money  from the Mayor but the Mayor did not keep his  promise. At this t

Mother Teresa was dedicated soul. Her original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born in Mecidonia in 1910.  She was an Albanian by birth but she became an Indian.  At eighteen, she decided to become a nun. She came to India in 1928 to serve the people. She was shocked to see the sad condition of the poor people in the streets of Kolkata. Then she became an Indian citizen. She started her life in Kolkata as a teacher in  a convent college.  She  established 'Nirmal Hridoy' meaning 'Pure Heart'. This home became the shelter for the sufferers. Teresa and her fellow nuns gathered the dying people from the streets and brought them to their home. Teresa began to serve  the poor and the helpless. Her activities spread all over the world.  She received a number of awards. She got the Nehru Prize in 1972, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980.  Mother Teresa died at the age of 87 on 5 September, 1997. Her name will remain immortal in the hearts of the

A street hawker is a person who sells different things moving from street to street.He is a common sight in towns and cities.He is a poor and helpless person. He usually lives in a slum. He puts on a peculiar dress of different colours. He knows his business well. He often makes peculiar sound to draw the attention of his customers. sometimes he starts singing or dancing. His special customers are children and women. He sells various kinds of things like sweets, drinks, books, pens, medicines, ready made garments, cosmetics, fruits, vegetables etc.He carries his goods  in his hands or over his shoulders. Actually he sells things at a cheap rate . He works hard to manage his family . But he has to live a poor life.Some  steps should be taken to improve the lot of a street hawker.

 Electricity is the driving force of modern civilization.Load-shedding means the discontinuation of electricity supply on certain lines. Nowadays is a regular affair in our country. It happens when the demand of electricity is greater than production. Less production of electricity,  misuse of electricity, illegal connection etc are greatly responsible for load shedding. Load shedding causes  great sufferings to the people. It paralyses our life. It badly affects the economic and social development of a country. It hampers  our productions. Mills , factories , industries, shops, hospitals etc cannot run without electricity. The foods kept in the refrigerators get rotten. The housewives suffer greatly sitting in the darkness. Sometimes they fall to perform their duties in time.The students and the patients are the worst suffers of it. The student cannot study. The patients cannot reach hospital for treatment in time. Sometimes operations are stopped. So, proper steps should be taken to

Price hike means an unusual increase of price of essential commodities. Nowadays it is a common phenomenon or incident in our country. The prices of necessary things are increasing by leaps and bounds. There is an abnormal rising in food, clothes, fuel, oil and all other essential items. Now the prices have gone beyond the reach of many people's buying capacity.  There are a number causes behind price hike. Over population is a major cause of it. With the growth of population, more food and other essential things are needed. But  our country cannot produce enough food for its increasing population. Artificial crisis of food is another cause. Recent years doing syndicate, the businessmen are increasing the price of necessary commodities as they like. The authority tried to control but they are helpless to the businessmen. They lost all of their ethical quality. Newspapers showed a vast amount of onion, potatoes, tomatoes etc.  destroyed for increasing the price. The businessmen were

 Once there lived a poor man in a village with his wife and number of children. He was thinking how he could get solvency. One day he bought a goose from the market and the stomach of the goose was full of gold eggs.  He could not check his greed. A wicked idea came to his mind. He wanted to be rich overnight and so he wanted to get all the eggs at a time. He told his plan to his wife. His wife was not greedy and said,  "Be happy with what you have."  The farmer did not listen to her  word and decided to kill the goose. One day  his wife was absent from the house and the greedy farmer got a golden chance that day. He brought a sharp knife and cut open the belly of the goose with it.  But alas! there was no egg in it and the farmer lost the goose for ever. He could understand his foolishness but it was too late. He became sad and thought that he would not get gold  eggs anymore.  He cried out saying . "What a great fool I am !" Then  his wife said, "You're n

 Once upon a time, a lion was sleeping in a forest. Suddenly a mouse came there.It did not notice the sleeping lion. It was running about and playing happily.  By chance it was ran over the face of the lion. It awoke the lion . At this the lion grew very angry and caught the mouse. The mouse became afraid and began to tremble in fear but it did not lose heart. It said to the lion, "Please, forgive me. I will repay your kindness one day." Hearing this, the lion smiled and let the mouse go. He also told it to do its own job. Days, months and years passed. One night the lion was caught in a hunter's net.  He tried his best to be free. from the net but in vain. He  began to roar and  said, "Save me please , save me please."  The mouse heard the roar and found the lion in a trap. The  mouse said,  "Great king, don't worry and keep quiet. I  will set you free soon." It  cut the net pieces and the lion became free. The lion thanked the mouse and said that

Once upon a time, there were two friends living in a country. They were bosom friends. They promised that they would help each other at the time of danger.One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly a bear came in front of them. So, both of them became afraid and thought about their safety. At once one of the friends climbed up a tall tree. The other friend felt helpless and was thinking what to do. Then he was sure that he was in a great danger.  But he knew that a bear does not touch a dead body and so he lay down on the ground just like a dead ma. The bear came near the lying friend and took him for a dead body. It did not touch him and went away.The first came down from the tree and went to his lying friend. He said to his friend. "What did the bear say to you?"  The second friend replied, "The bear has advised me not to believe a false friend who leaves his friend alone in danger. One should be careful in choosing friends."   The first  friend fel

                                                             The Fox and  a  Vineyard  Once upon a  time, a hungry fox was walking through the forest. As he was he was going hither and thither in  search of food. After walking a while, he came to a vineyard. The grapes were hanging. So, he was tempted very much at the sight of the grapes. But the grapes were hanging very high from the bunches of the trees. The fox was thinking. He  wanted to have a good  dinner with them. He said to himself, "If I can jump high enough. I shall have a good many of them."  So, he jumped to have some of these grapes. He tried his best to reach the grapes but he could not.  He jumped over and over again and again. The more he jumped, the more tired he became . At last he became very tired and could no longer jump.Then he could realize that the grapes were out of his reach.  He became  frustrated and gave up trying to get the grapes. He only looked at them with his greedy eyes and after a while

                                       A Rich Man and a Happy Cobbler There lived a happy cobbler who passed his days working and singing from morning till night.A rich neighbor of him was a banker who one day said to him, "How much a year do you earn?" The cobbler laughed and said, "I earn enough to make both ends meet." The rich man said, "I think you are in great distress." The cobbler said, "I am happy to lead such life." The next day the rich man again came and met the cobbler. He gave him fifty thousand taka and said, "Keep this money and remove your suffering." The cobbler was surprised and did not take it at first. The rich man told him that he could use the money in times of need.Taking the money the cobbler thanked the man  but a new thinking took hold of the cobbler. He did not find any safe place to keep the money. He dug a hole in his hut and kept it there but he always thought that his money could be stolen a