Affirmative and Negative Agreement – BCS preparation

Affirmative and Negative Agreement

AFFIRMATIVE AGREEMENT

একজন ব্যক্তি কোন একটি কাজ করল এবং অনুরূপ কাজটি আবার অন্য একজন করল।এক্ষেত্রে অণুরূপ কাজটি প্রকাশ করার জন্য এবং Repetition বা পুনরাবৃত্তি  দূর করার জন্য sentence এর দ্বিতীয় অংশে so  অথবা too ব্যবহার করা হয়। আর ইহা ব্যবহারের জন্য যে order টি maintain করা হয় তাকে Affirmative agreement বলে।

– এ agreement এর ক্ষেত্রে First clauseএ যে Tense বা verb এর ব্যবহার করা হবে second clause এও সেই Tense বা verb এর Form ব্যবহার করা হবে।

Affirmative statement+and+

  • subject+beverb/auxiliary+too.
  • so+be verb/auxulary+subject.

– I am happy, and you are too.

– I am happy, and so are you.

– They will work in the lab tomorrow and you will too.

– They will work in the lab tomorrow and so will you.

– Jane goes to the school, and my sister does too.

– Jane goes to the school, and so does my sister.

NEGATIVE AGREEMENT

Affirmative agreement এর মতই Negative sentence  এর “অনুরূপ” কাজ প্রকাশের ক্ষেত্রে second clause এর শেষে Either এবং neither ব্যাবহার করা হয়-

Negative statement + and +

  • Subject+ negative auxiliary or be verb+ either.
  • Neither +positive auxiliary or be verb+ subject.

– I don’t see Monju this morning, and Lion didn’t either.

–  I don’t see Monju this morning, and neither did Lion.

– Musa hasn’t seen the new movie yet, I haven’t either.

–  Musa hasn’t seen the new movie yet, and neither have I.

 

EXERCISES

àMy friend does not like terrorism and ———

 

  1. a)Neither I do,
  2. b) Neither do I,(ans)
  3. c) I do either,
  4. d) I do.

 

àWhich one of the following is correct?

 

  1. a) She took pictures, and I did so.
  2. b) She took pictures, and so I did.
  3. c) She took pictures, and I so did.
  4. d) She took pictures, and so did I.(ans)

 

àWhich one of the following correct?

 

  1. a) Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and so do their children.

 

  1. b) Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and so do their children.
  2. c) Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and also the children.
  3. d) Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and so did their children. (ans)

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