Tense and Right forms of Verb

Choose the right form of verb : It is high time we (act) on the matter.

• are acting
• acted
• have acted
• could act

I have no objection to ---- your story again.

• hear
• have heard
• hearing
• be heard

Travellers — their reservation well in advance if they want to fly during the Eid holidays.

• had better to get
• had to get better
• had better get
• had better got

The boy promised ---- the girl.

• to marry
• marrying
• married
• to be married

It is time --- the work.

• did
• doing
• to do
• does

My father insists on ---- quality materials for the construction of our new house.

• use
• to use
• the use
• using

My mother had me ------ milk everyday.

• to drink
• drinking
• to drinking
• drink

Choose the correct sentence.

• He has come home yesterday
• He comes home yesterday
• He will come home yesterday
• He came home yesterday

The train --- before we reach the station.

• will be left
• has left
• had left
• will have left

I wish I --- a king.

• was
• were
• am
• is

He talks as if he ----- everything.

• has known
• had known
• will know
• knew

We will tell him about it after he----

• had arrived
• had come
• had reached
• arrives

I am not used to --- at this time of the day.

• walking
• walk
• walked
• have walked

Twenty years ---- since my father died.

• has passed
• have passed
• pass
• passed

It is high time we --- the place.

• leave
• have left
• are leaving
• left

Karim had this car --- by a mechanic yesterday.

• to repair
• be repaired
• repairing
• repaired

She tried to be serious but she couldn't help-----

• laugh
• laughing
• to laugh
• laughed

It's time ----- your mistakes.

• you realized
• that you realize
• you would realize
• you have realized

It is worth ---- that the project was completed in three months.

• to mention
• of mention
• mentioning
• in mentioning

My friend ---- the Pyramids.

• has never seen
• have never seen
• never seen
• have never saw

The train ---- from Paris.

• already arrive
• has already arrived
• already has arrived
• already has beec arriving

Those cars ------- an accident.

• just has
• have just had
• had just have
• just having

Onion prices have ----- too much this month.

• raised
• risen
• rise
• rose

Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The error may be grammatical or idiomatic. If there is no mistake, the answer is No error. "No sooner did I open the door" "when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in" "making us shiver from head to foot."

• No sooner did I open the door
• when the rain, heavy and stormy, rushed in
• making us shiver from head to foot
• No error

For donors two step lending projects are easier to implement but "they loss too much of their potential operational controls."

• they lose too much of their potential operational controls
• they loose too much of their potential operational control
• they loss much of their operational controls
• they lose too much of their operational control

In either case, the cash flow in question would not yet-----

• be
• to have
• have
• have been

When the bell rang, everyone stopped---

• from moving
• moving
• that they move
• to move

While you ---- in the garden, someone arrived at the house.

• were working
• had worked
• work
• will work

Identify one of the quotation parts that must be changed to make the sentence correct. "No sooner did" " the train arrived at the station" "than the passengers" "rushed towards it."

• No sooner did
• the train arrived at the station
• than the passengers
• rushed towards it

Choose the correct sentence from the following.

• Why you have done this?
• Why did you have done this?
• Why have you done this?
• Why you had done this?

By the time I had reached the bottom of the mountain, I --- extremely tired.

• feel
• have been felt
• am feeling
• felt

Find the correct sentences.

• Karim enjoys hunting for rabbits socializing with friends and to read the comics
• Karim enjoys to hunt rabbits socializing with friends, and to read the comics
• Karim enjoys hunting for rabbits, socializing with friends, and reading the comics
• Karim enjoys to hunt rabbits, socializing with friends, and reading the comics

We waited until the plane-----.

• did not take off
• had not taken off
• took off
• hsd taken off

A new house --- at the corner of the road.

• been built
• is being built
• is building
• building

I ---- TV when the telephone rang.

• watched
• was watching
• are watching
• have watched

Bangladesh ---- greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past five years.

• changed
• is changing
• had changed
• will have changed

She caught them while they---

• was talked
• were talking
• did talked
• is talking

What "are you doing"? I work in a book shop.

• do you do
• are you do
• do you
• are you doing

Tomorrow the President "is going open a new hospital."

• is going open a new hospital
• will going open a new hospital
• is going to open a new hospital
• will going to open a new hospital

I am looking forward ---- you.

• to see
• meeting
• to seeing
• meet

Most white people don't object --- them by their first name.

• that I call
• to my calling
• for calling
• being called

You "had better to hurry" if you don't want to miss the bus.

• had better to hurry
• were in a hurry
• had to hurry
• had better hurry

From the four quotation words or phrases in each sentence, select the one that needs correction. If there is no error in the sentence, select 'No error'. Diversification is a "strategy" "to" "investing" in many "unrelated" business.

• strategy
• to
• investing
• unrelated

From the four quotation words or phrases in each sentence, select the one that needs correction. If there is no error in the sentence, select 'No error'. A "somnambulist" "walk" "as" he "is" sleeping.

• somnambulist
• walk
• as
• is

Identify one of the quotation parts that must be changed to make the sentence correct. "No sooner" " the bell rang" "than the teacher entered" "the class".

• No sooner
• the bell rang
• than the teacher entered
• the class

It is no ---- suggesting that he should do something about his hair.

• useful
• using
• useless
• use

I hate ---- at holidays.

• working
• work
• to do work
• all of these

When I --- into him on the atreet, he said ---- abroad for business affairs that evening.

• ran/ was going
• will run/ would go
• had run/ is going
• have run/ will be going

Her colleagues expected --- the job.

• she got
• her to get
• taht she getting
• her getting

Almost everyone fails ---- his driver's test on the first try.

• in passing
• to pass
• to have passed
• passing

Let's go to the movie when you get through "to study".

• to study
• to have studied
• studying
• study

He is considering not "to go".

• to go
• going
• to have gone
• having gone

I made her ---

• to cry
• crying
• cry
• to crying

No, he is not here. He just ---- out.

• goes
• went
• has gone
• gone

The participants ---- working on the complex project for one hour when he suddenly --- the room.

• have/ will enter
• were/ entered
• are/ comes
• had been/ entered

When Sagor --- me, I -------- cartoon on TV.

• calls/ was watching
• called/ was watching
• have called/ was watching
• called/ watch

Mr. Rehman behaves as if he ---- everything.

• knows
• know
• have known
• knew

The wall of palace ------ in nearly hundred years ago.

• was built
• built
• was building
• was build

You will soon get used ----- in such an environment.

• to work
• to working
• working
• worked

Salman completed ----- the report on the share market last Monday.

• writing
• have written
• write
• having written

After the hurricane, uprooted trees --- all over the ground.

• were laying
• were lying
• were laid
• was laid

The word 'paradigm' means----

• proof
• example
• advice
• parallel

As the sun ---, I decided to go out.

• has shone
• shine
• shines
• was shining

The accused was ---- for murder.

• hung
• hunged
• hanged
• hang

They treated me --- I were a child.

• when
• like
• as
• as if

Where----

• did you cut your hair?
• have you cut your hair?
• did you cut your hair
• did you have your hair cut?

The speaker failed to make the audience ---- to him patiently.

• to listen
• listening
• listened
• listen

Select the correct form of verb. I got my car ---

• reparing
• repaired
• have repaired
• to be repaired

He did not let me --- the guitar.

• to play
• play
• playing
• that I could play

I heard the baby ---- for this food.

• cry
• was crying
• crying
• cried

He intends to ---- in the country for two months.

• live
• stay
• stop
• None of above

Choose the correct tense--

• Scarcely had we started than it began to rain
• Scarcely had we started when it began to rain
• Scarcely had we started but it started to rain
• Scarcely had we been started but it began to rain

Hardly had the train stopped--

• before we got down
• as we got down
• than we got down
• still we got down

Identify the correct sentence:

• No sooner had we reached the station the train left
• No sooner had we reached the station then the train left
• No sooner had we reached the train had left
• No sooner had we reached the station than the train left

Keep watch on my bag lest the thief --- steal it.

• might not
• should
• should not
• cannot

He ran fast lets he --- miss the train.

• can
• should
• could
• has

Which one is the right in use?

• It is no good of the talk to him
• To talk him is of no good
• It's no use talking to him
• It's of no use how talking to him

Choose the correct word for the gap in the sentence, 'My father insists on ---- quality materials for the construction of our new house.'

• use
• to use
• the use
• using

I went to the market with a view to --- a book.

• bought
• buy
• buying
• being bought

I am looking forward ---- you.

• to seeing
• seeing
• to see
• to have seen

I don't mind ---- with the cooking but I am not going to wash the dishes.

• to help
• help
• helping
• for helping

Which one completes the senrence properly? Some days ----- since my father died.

• are passed
• passed
• have passed
• had passed

It is time (do) the work.

• did
• doing
• does
• to do

It's time (you realize) your mistaks. Which of the following clause best fits in the above sentence?

• you realized
• that you realize
• you would realize
• you have realized

Choose the correct sentence---

• Where did he went?
• What does he want?
• What are they doing?
• What do they do?

Choose the correct sentence--

• Why you have done this?
• Why did you have done this?
• Why have you done this?
• Why you had done this?

Choose the correct sentence--

• Do he have a house?
• Does he have a house?
• Does he has a house?
• Does he has a house?

I reached the station after the train(to leave)

• I reached the station after the train has left
• I reached the station after the train has been left
• I reached the station after the train left
• I reached the station after the train had left

As they waited Rahim agued against war---

• While his brother discusses the effects of pollution
• While his brother discussed the effects of pollution
• While his brother was discusing the effects of pollution
• While his brother had discussed the effects of pollution

We were watching the news when the telephone---

• ringing
• had rung
• rang
• rung

which one is corect?

• He has come to me day before yesterday
• He would come to me day before yesterday
• He had come to me day before yesterday
• He came to me day before yesterday

I opened the door as soon as I----- the bell

• have heard
• was hearing
• am heard
• heard

He---- to Chicago just a few months ago

• has moved
• had moved
• would moved
• moved

which of the following is correct?

• Did you finish the work yet?
• Did you finished the work yet?
• Have you finish the work yet?
• Have you finished the work yet?

Look! the girls----- football

• play
• have played
• are playing
• played

We often---- a victim of circumstances

• fallen
• felt
• did fall
• fall

No soonar had he died than----

• his family divided
• his family had divided
• his family were divided
• his family was divided

An intensive search was conducted by the detective to locate those criminals who---

• have had escaped
• had escaped
• are escaping
• have been escaping

Don't make a noise while your father-----

• is being asleep
• is sleeping
• asleep
• has slept

Don't make a noise while ypur father-----

• is being asleep
• is sleeping
• asleep
• has slept

Choose the correct sentence--

• He has been absent from Friday
• He has been absent since Friday
• He is absent since Friday
• He was being absent since Friday

Choose the correct sentence--

• He lives here for five months
• He is living here for five months
• He has been living here for five months
• He live here for five months

Choose the correct sentence--

• It is raining for three days
• It has been raining for three days
• It rained for three days
• It was being raining for three days

Next August Lata and Tanim----- for 10 years

• are married
• have been married
• will have been married
• wil marry

He ---- abroad for ten years before he settled down in Bangladesh

• has worked
• had worked
• worked
• would worked

They---- the pond for a month

• are digging
• have been digging
• had dug
• dig

By the middle of the twenty first century, the computer ----- a necessity in every home.

• become
• becoming
• has become
• will have become

I ------ before Mr. Rahman went to my office.

• have arrived
• had arrived
• is arrived
• would arrived

Choose the correct sentence--

• I had finished the book yesterday
• I finished the book yesterday
• I have finished the book yesterday
• I was finishing the book yesterday

His uncle arrived while he ------ the dinner.

• Would cook
• had cook
• cook
• was cooking

I ---- the task by the time he began to write the report.

• had completed
• have completed
• had been completing
• will have been completing

Choose the correct sentence--

• I have looked for a good doctor before I met you.
• I had looked for a good doctor before I met you.
• I looked for a good doctor before I had met you.
• I am looking for a good doctor before meeting you.

She told me her name after she----

• left
• had left
• has left
• has been leaving

The patient ---- before the doctor came.

• died
• dies
• has died
• had died

'Since we are living' in Dhaka for five years, we are reluctant to move to another city.

• Since we are living
• being that we are living
• Being that we have been
• Since we have been living

Choose the correct tense.

• They are digging the canal for a week
• They have been digging the canal for a week
• They had dug the canal for a week
• They dig the canal for a week

By the time I had reached the bottom of the mountain, I --- extremely tired.

• feel
• have felt
• was feeling
• am feeling

We asked him why he ----- telephoned earlier.

• did not
• has not
• had not
• would not

When the police arrived, 'the criminal have already' escaped.

• the criminal has already
• the criminal were already
• the criminal had already
• the criminal already

It ---- raining since early morning.

• is raining
• rained
• was raining
• has been raining

After it was repaired, it --- again.

• ran perfect
• could run perfect
• run perfect
• ran perfectly

When I met her last year, ---------------

• she had married since five years
• she had been married for five years
• she was married five years ago
• she had been married since five years

It ---- raining since monday.

• is
• was
• has been
• were

The doctor insisted that his patient---

• that he not work too hard for three months
• take it easy for three months
• taking it easy inside for three months
• to take some vacations for three months

The teacher suggested that her students ----- experiences with ESP.

• write a composition on their
• to write composition about
• wrote some composition for this
• be written a composition about the

Fill in the gap with the right tense: When water ---- it turns into ice.

• freezes
• will frieeze
• would frieeze
• froze

The light went out while I -------

• read
• had read
• was reading
• had been reading

When I ---- money, I will buy a dictionary.

• may get
• may be got
• will got
• get

It seemed that---

• the day will never end
• the day would never end
• the day never ends
• the day never ended

They asked me what I have taken for breakfast--

• asked
• what
• have taken
• for

I ---- to his house yesterday but could not meet him.

• went
• would go
• have gone
• was gone

Before my father ----- a house on the plot, paddy was grown here.

• constructing
• constructed
• constructs
• did construct

We shall --- the work before he comes.

• finish
• have finished
• finished
• be finishing

By 2020, I ---- for this firm 15 years.

• will be working
• will work
• have worked
• will have worked

I will phone you when I --- the news.

• am getting
• get
• will get
• will be getting

Hakim --- for a new room mate before he was finally succeeded.

• has been looking
• will be looking
• had been looking
• has looked

The doctor ----- after the patient had died.

• had come
• was come
• was coming
• came

My friend ---- before I came.

• would be leaving
• had been leaving
• had left
• will leave

He ---- here yesterday.

• has come
• came
• had come
• was coming

Choose the correct sentence--

• He has been absent from Friday
• He has been absent since Friday
• He is absent since Friday
• He was absent since Friday

Jashim looks sick.

• He has suffered for fever for the last 3 days
• He has been suffering from fever for the last 3 days
• He has been suffering with fever for the last 3 days
• He has been suffering of fever for the last 3 days

Choose the correct sentence--

• It is raining for three days
• It has been raining for three days
• It rained for three days
• It was raining for three days

আমি গতকাল তোমার চিঠি পেয়েছি -এর সঠিক অনুবাদ--

• I have had your letter yesterday
• I received your letter yesterday
• I had received your letter yesterday
• I am received your letter yesterday

Choose the correct sentence--

• I am here since Monday
• I have been here since monday
• I am here from monday
• I was here since monday

Just now he -- his dinner but he says he'll see you when he's finished.

• is having
• has had
• was having
• had

It's 10 a.m. now. The sun --- in the eastern sky?

• shines
• is shining
• has been shining
• had been shining

The baby -- because its is hungry now?

• is crying
• cries
• is
• are

Rabindranath's stories often ---- surprise ending?

• had
• have
• has
• have had

Choose the right form of verbs in the bracket : 'All the books (to sell) yesterday '

• All the books were sold yesterday
• All the books had been sold yesterday
• All the books sold yesterday
• Yesterday sold all the books.