প্রভাষক, ঢাকা রেসিডেন্সিয়াল মডেল কলেজ, ঢাকা

Right Form of Verbs

11. It is high time we (a) · (use) our brain about the curse of dowry. The issues of dowry (b) · (have be) considered in viwe of country's socio-economic, cultural, political circumstances. United efforts (c) · (require) to put an end to violence against women. A specific framework must be (d) · (draw) up to be (e) · (implement). Anyway, we can hope that dowry (f) · (come) to an end in the time to come. We dare to (g) · (hope) so because our girls are being (h) · (educate) day by day. Parents' mentality (i) · (change) gradually. People (j) · (be) more conscious.

Answer :

(a) used; (b) have been; (c) are required ; (d) drawn ; (e) implemented ; (f) will come ; (g) hope; (h) educated; (i)is changing; (j) are

12. ¸ 17th birthday ceremoû (a) · (hold) yesterday. On the occasion, the whole house (b) · (decorate) very nicely. All the rooms (c) · (clean). A dining table (d) · (set) in the middle of the dining room. Various delicious items of food (e) · (cook) by my mother. An order (f) · (give) for a birthday cake. The guests who (g) · (invite) started to come. They (h) · (welcome) by my parents. They (i) · (tell) to sit in the drawing room. The cake (j) · (bring) in time.

Answer :

(a) was held; (b) was decorated; (c) were cleaned ; (d) was set; (e) were cooked; (f) was given; (g) were invited; (h) were welcomed; (i) were told; (j) was brought

13. Water (a) · (be) an important element of our environment. People (b) · (not, ignore) the importance of water. But it (c) · (pollute) in various ways. Man (d) · (pollute) water by (e) · (throw) waste into it. Farmers use chemical fertilizers and insecticides in their fields. When rain and floods (f) · (wash) away some of these chemicals, they get (g) · (mix) with water in rivers, canals and ponds. Mills and factories also (h) · (throw) their poisonous chemicals and waste products into rivers and canals and they (i) · (pollute) the water. Insanitary latrines and unsafe drains (j) · (stand) on river and canal banks are also responsible for further pollution.

Answer :

(a) is; (b) cannot ignore; (c) is being polluted; (d) pollutes; (e) throwing; (f) wash; (g) mixed; (h) throw; (i) pollute; (j) standing

14. Long long ago, there (a) · (live) a widwo in a certain village of Bustam. She (b) · (have) a son. He was nine years old. She (c) · (love) him dearly. The boy also loved and (d) · (obey) her very much. One night when the entire village was in deep sleep, the boy was awake and busy in studies. His beloved mother also (e) · (sleep). All on a sudden, she (f) · (wake) up and (g) · (feel) very thirsty. She (h) · (tell) her son with (i) · (doye) eyes to give her a glass of water. He went there and (j) · (find) it empty.

Answer :

(a) lived; (b) had; (c) loved; (d) obeyed; (e) slept; (f) woke; (g) felt; (h) told; (i) doying; (j) found