BUSINESS ENGLISH

Bachelor of Business Studies

(BBS) Program

Course Code : BBS 1505

BUSINESS ENGLISH

Bachelor of Business Studies

(BBS) Program

Written by
Rafsan Mahmud

Editor
Shamim Kabir

Course Co-ordinator
Rafsan Mahmud
English
Bachelor of Business Studies
(BBS) Program

Open School
Bangladesh Open University
Gazipur-1705.

Print
First : March 2007

Cover Design
Kazi Saifuddin Abbas

Computer Compose & DTP Layout

Md. Siddiqul Islam

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Price
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English is a 5 credit course book for the BBS Programme, written by Rafsan Mahmud, edited by Shamim
Kabir. This book has been published by the recommendation of referee who reviewed the book
anonymously.

ISBN 984-34-3089-X
 CONTENTS
Sl. No. Lesson Title Page No.
1. Lesson-1 : The Landlord and the Barber .......................................1

2. Lesson-2 : A Garments Worker .....................................................7

3. Lesson-3 : Production of New Things .......................................... 12

4. Lesson-4 : Magic Cure ................................................................ 18

Adapted from "Life with Grandfather"

5. Lesson-5 : A Mother's Job .......................................................... 24

Adapted from "A story about Tenali Raman"
6. Lesson-6 : Relation and Jealousy .............................................. 29
Adapted from "My Elder Brother" by Leo Tolstoy
7. Lesson-7 : A Great Man's Service ................................................ 37
Adapted from "the Gentleman in White"
by Vincent Edwards
8. Lesson-8 : Sentence ................................................................... 43

9. Lesson-9 : Tense ........................................................................ 47

10. Lesson-10 : Phrasal Verbs or Group Verbs. .................................. 54

11. Lesson-11 : Idiom and Phrase. ..................................................... 59
12. Lesson-12 : Appropriate Preposition ............................................. 71
13. Lesson-13 : Punctuation and Capitalization. ................................ 75
14. Lesson-14 : Prefix and Suffix, Synonyms and Antonyms. .............. 79

15. Lesson-15 : Rules of Correcting Sentences or Correction . ......... 102

16. Lesson-16 : Joining of Sentences ................................................ 112

17. Lesson-17 : Transformation of Sentence ..................................... 122

18. Lesson-18 : Dialogue Writing ...................................................... 135

19. Lesson-19 : Letter Writing .......................................................... 147

20. Lesson-20 : Translation .............................................................. 156

21. Lesson-21 : Paragraph. .............................................................. 164

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 A Note from Course Co-ordinator

Dear Learner
We are delighted that you have got yourself admitted into Bangladesh
Open University. We welcome you to the English book for Bachelor of
Business Studies (BBS) course. Hope you will find your study useful and
enjoyable.
Indeed, learning English may be very interesting if you are sincere. We have
one English book for the BBS course. ENGLISH is introduced for the 1st
year students. This book contains a variety of prose pieces, short stories and
different grammatical items. These will help you improve different skills
like listening, speaking, reading and writing in English. We think you will
be capable of writing letters, paragraphs, shortmessages, short reports and
understanding news of TV, Radio and daily news papers in English at the
end of this course.
The syllabus includes all the Lessons of the text book. You will find a
sample question paper at the end of the text book. This book is written on
the basis of open and distance learning (ODL) system. It is prepared in an
easy manner so that learners can realise it without the help of teachers.
If you find a difficult word, please do not hesitate to consult a dictionary.
We are sure that you will do better in the examination if you solve questions
of the text book. So go ahead and start studying. We hope you will find your
study fruitful and successful.

Wish you all the best.

Rafsan Mahmud
Assistant Professor
Bangladesh Open University.