Question Bank . The Right Forms of Verbs


 


Question Bank

1.Complete the following text with the right forms of verbs given in the box.                           DB-25

take

start

come

be

deliver

decorate

begin

preside

read

advise

Our annual prize giving ceremony (a)...off yesterday. We (b)...our school campus very nicely. The ceremony (c)...at 3 p.m. Our headmaster (d)...over the function and the Education Minister (e)...the chief guest. The function (f)...with the recitation from the Holy Quran. One of our senior teachers (g)...out the annual report. The honorable chief guest (h)...a brief encouraging speech (i)...us to be regular in studies and (j)... part in the movement against illiteracy.

2. Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.         RB-25,DjB-24, MB-23,DB-22

lag

remember

lead

follow

work

build

reach

be

idle

depend

Bangladesh is full of natural resources. The prosperity of the country (a)...on the proper utilization of the resources. We should not (b)...a lazy life. We should all (c)...up our country. For this reason, we have to (d)...hard. No nation can prosper without industry. We should all (e)...that industry is the key to success. If we (f)...the days away, we (g)...behind. The nations that (h)...industrious (i)...the pinnacles of development. So, we should (j)...them.

3. Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.                          CB-25

get

enjoy

remain

spend

spend

pay

stay

be

cook

read

I have a friend named Alisha. She and I (a)...in the same class in the same school. Though we (b)...from the same village, we are good friends. During last winter I (c)...a chance (d)...a visit to her village and I (e)...a happy time there. While I (f)...in her village, I (g)...many delicious dishes which (h)...by Alisha’s mother. Actually, I wanted (i)...some more days there. But as I had some other plans, I had to come back. The memory of that visit (j)...ever fresh in my mind.

4. Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.                            JB-25

overlook

expect

be

be

backbite

criticize

exist

shun

see

imagine

Everybody (a)...that he or she (b)...the best. Actually, goodness or badness (c)...a little or much (d)...in him or her simultaneously. But they only (e)...the good side of them (f)...the bad once. We (g)...ourselves and (h)...the bad. But the reality is that we always (i)...others that is not (j)...

5. Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.                        CtgB-25

weigh

require

think

be

have

cheat

bargain

be

take

face

The price of household products (a)...now a great problem for us. Every day we (b)...it. Most of the people (c)...low income (d)...in danger. They (e)...of purchasing meat and fish as they (f)...We are to (g)...over buying even simple products. Many times the buyers (h)...The sellers cheat the buyers at the time of (i)...something. Some steps have (j)..by the government to identify

the culprits.

6. Complete the following text with right forms of verbs given in the box.                           BB-25

require

anticipate

provide

spread

promote

define

be

direct

remain

stay

E-commerce is rapidly being (a)...in our country. It may be (b)...as a business through electronic transition. Buyers and sellers are not (c)...to talk face to face. We may get our required product (d)... at home. One of the best opportunities (e)...that businessmen from home and abroad can (f)... their business using this system (g)...in their respective countries. It (h)...us with global information, resources and services. It is (i)...that it will (j)...our domestic business very soon.


                                               Answer Sheet

1.a)came b)decorated c)started d)presided e)was

f)began g)read h)delivered i)advising j)take

2.a)depends b)lead c)build d)work e)remember f)idle g)will lag h)are i)will reach j)follow

3.a)read b)are not c)got d)to pay e)spent f)was staying g)enjoyed h)were cooked i)to spend j)will remain

4.a)imagines b)is c)being d)exists e)see f)overlooking g)should criticize h)shun i)backbite j)expected

5.a)is b)face c)having d)are e)can’t think f)require g)bargain h)are cheated i)weighing j)been taken

6.a)spread b)defined c)required d)staying e)is f)direct g)remaining h)provides i)anticipated j)promote


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