Right form of verb- Exercise -2 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

RIGHT FORM OF VERB

1. Teacher said, "The earth — round the sun." [36th BCS]

A. moves

B. moved

C. has moved

D. will be moving

Ans: A (Explanation: Universal truth in direct speech remains in present tense).

2. The man seldom (smoke). (লোকটা কদাচিৎ ধূমপান করে) [HSTU (C) 11-15]

A. to smoke

B. has smoked

C. smokes

D. smoking

Ans: C (Explanation: 'Seldom' indicates present indefinite tense).

3. Rabindranath's stories often — surprise endings. [সহ: পরিবার পরিকল্পনা অফিসার-১৬]

A. had

B. have

C. has

D. have had

Ans: B (Explanation: 'Stories' (plural subject) takes plural verb 'have').

4. We often — a victim of circumstances. (আমরা প্রায়ই পরিস্থিতির স্বীকার হই) [DU (D) 01-02, NU (মানবিক) 01-02, সহকারী পরিচালক (বেতার)-০৩]

A. fallen

B. fall

C. felt

D. did fall

Ans: B (Explanation: 'Often' indicates habitual action, present indefinite).

5. He — up at 7 O'clock every morning. (সে প্রত্যেহ সকাল ৭টায় ঘুম থেকে উঠে) [RU 06-07]

A. got

B. getting

C. get

D. gets

Ans: D (Explanation: 'Every morning' indicates habitual action).

6. Karim — to school regularly. [পানি উন্নয়ন বোর্ড অফিস সহকারী-১৫, জনস্বাস্থ্য প্রকৌশল অধিদপ্তর (এস্টিমেটর)-১৮, সোনালী ও জনতা ব্যাংক (সিনিয়র অফিসার)-১৮] Your brother (go) to school regularly. (তোমার ভাই নিয়মিত স্কুলে যায়) [RU (Law) 03-04]

A. goes

B. going

C. is going

D. went

Ans: A (Explanation: 'Regularly' indicates present indefinite tense).

7. He — in the army for two years. (সে দুই বছর ধরে সেনাবাহিনীতে আছে) [JnU (E) 14-15]

A. works

B. is

C. was

D. is taken

Ans: B (Note: Source suggests B. Although "has been" is standard for duration, "is" can indicate current status).

8. I — twenty kilometers to work everyday. [DU (D) 06-07]

A. make

B. do

C. commute

D. go

Ans: C (Explanation: 'Commute' is the specific verb for traveling to work).

9. I usually — breakfast at 6.30 in the morning. [বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন কর্পোরেশন সহকারী ব্যবস্থাপক-১৩]

A. had

B. took

C. ate

D. eat

Ans: D (Explanation: 'Usually' implies present indefinite).

10. John — tennis or twice a week. [আইন বিচার ও সংসদ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় (সহকারী সচিব, ড্রাফটিং)-০৫] He — tennis once or twice a week. [DU (B) 97-98, IU (H) 08-09, JU (ক) 09-10]

A. usually plays

B. is playing usually

C. is usually playing

D. plays usually

Ans: A (Explanation: Frequency adverbs like 'usually' come before the main verb).

11. He — dress formally to work but he always —. [DU (B) 07-08, IU (F) 10-11, JU (ঘ) 10-11]

A. does not have to, does

B. has not to, has

C. does not require to, would

D. has got to, would not

Ans: A

12. I — at six o'clock, but I — to be up by five. [DU (A) 14-15]

A. normally get up - sometimes I have

B. get normally up - I sometime have

C. normally get up - I have sometimes

D. get normally up - sometimes I

Ans: A

13. When water — , it turns into ice. [জনশক্তি, কর্মসংস্থান...ব্যুরোর উপসহকারী পরিচালক-০১, দুর্নীতি দমন ব্যুরোর সহকারী পরিদর্শক-১৪, KU (SS) 11-12, RU (E, বিজোড়) 16-17, BSMRSTU (D) 17-18, পরিসংখ্যান কর্মকর্তা-১৭, 38th BCS]

A. will freeze

B. freezes

C. would freeze

D. froze

Ans: B (Explanation: Zero conditional for scientific truth).

14. When metal becomes hot, it — . (ধাতু যখন উত্তপ্ত হয় তখন তা প্রসারিত হয়) [BU (B) 11-12]

A. expanding

B. expanded

C. expands

D. expand

Ans: C

15. I still feel very tired in the morning. [CU (D) 06-07, (F1) 15-16]

A. when I wake up

B. as I wake up

C. when I will wake up

D. while I wake up

Ans: A

16. I am tired. I (go) to bed now. Good night. [COU (B) 15-16]

A. will go

B. am going

C. go

D. going

Ans: B (Explanation: 'Now' indicates present continuous).

17. Dr. Rridwan is busy. He — a patient right now. [BU (ঘ) 14-15]

A. is seeing

B. had seen

C. was seeing

D. sees

Ans: A (Explanation: 'Right now' indicates present continuous).

18. I — a letter to my sister now. [CU (A) 10-11]

A. wrote

B. write

C. had written

D. am writing

Ans: D

19. Jamil — to school today. [DU (A) 03-04, RU (অর্থনীতি) 07-08]

A. is not go

B. is not going

C. not going

D. not to go

Ans: B

20. It's 10 a.m. now. The sun — in the eastern sky. [জেলা নির্বাচন অফিসার ও সহকারী সচিব-০৪]

A. has been shining

B. is shining

C. shines

D. are

Ans: B

21. The baby — because it is hungry now. [অর্থ মন্ত্রণালয়ের অধীনে প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-০৪]

A. is crying

B. cries

C. is

D. cry

Ans: A

22. Don't disturb me. I — my homework. [DU (A) 05-06]

A. do

B. am doing

C. did

D. have been doing

Ans: B

23. Do not make a noise while your father — . (তোমার বাবার ঘুমানোর সময় গোলমাল করবে না) [24th BCS, 26th BCS, IU (আইন) 05-06, (D) 11-12, (B) 17-18, SESIP এর সহকারী পরিদর্শক-১৯]

A. is sleeping

B. has slept

C. asleep

D. is being slept

Ans: A

24. The dog is barking. It — a terrible noise. (Select the best option.) [DU (B) 03-04]

A. makes

B. made

C. is making

D. has made

Ans: C

25. Maria is in the kitchen. She — lunch. [CU (E) 02-03]

A. cooks

B. is cooking

C. cooked

D. was cooking

Ans: B

26. We — the car to Sylhet next month because the journey takes too long. [CU (D) 11-12]

A. don't take

B. aren't taking

C. wouldn't take

D. take not

Ans: B

27. Apparently, Suchi married in May but she hasn't invited me! [IU (B) 11-12]

A. is getting

B. gets

C. will get

D. will have got

Ans: A

28. They — to a concert tomorrow. [DU (A)-01-02]

A. has been going

B. are going

C. are gone

D. have been going

Ans: B

29. He has just — out. (সে এইমাত্র বাইরে গেল) [DU (D) 02-03, দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা অধিদপ্তরের অফিস সহকারী-১৯]

A. gone

B. went

C. going

D. getting

Ans: A

30. He — out just now. (এইমাত্র সে বাইরে গেছে) [RU (মার্কেটিং) 08-09, উপসহকারী প্রকৌশলী (সিভিল)-১৫]

A. went

B. goes

C. has gone

D. went away

Ans: C

31. I — him only one letter up to now. [PSC (AD)-06, JKKNIU (খ) 15-16, প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (৪র্থ)-১৯]

A. sent

B. have sent

C. shall send

D. had sent

Ans: B

32. We have never — a car. [BRUR (F) 15-16]

A. have

B. had

C. will have

D. has

Ans: B

33. — you ever been to Mexico City? (তুমি কি কখনো মেক্সিকো সিটিতে গিয়েছ?) [NU (ব্যবসায় শিক্ষা) 13-14]

A. Had

B. Have

C. Were

D. Would

Ans: B

34. Do you like Paris? I don't know. I — there. [বিদ্যুৎ ও খনিজ সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়ে অফিসার-১১, IU Law 11-12]

A. never went

B. didn't go

C. never gone

D. haven't been

Ans: D

35. Just now he — his dinner but he says he will see when he is finished. [24th BCS, JKKNIU D 18-19]

A. is having

B. has had

C. was having

D. had

Ans: B

36. I finished my letter yet. (আমি এখনো আমার চিঠি লেখার কাজ শেষ করিনি) [DU (A) 06-07]

A. am not

B. had not

C. have not

D. did not

Ans: C

37. I have not yet (to drink) the glass of milk. [RU (সমাজবিজ্ঞান) 08-09]

A. drunk

B. drink

C. drinking

D. will drink

Ans: A

38. I don't think the window — yet. [CU (E-Law) 05-06, JnU (D) 05-06]

A. has repaired

B. was repaired

C. was being repaired

D. has been repaired

Ans: D

39. He — for his club in 65 matches so far. (এ যাবত সে তার ক্লাবের পক্ষে ৬৫টি ম্যাচ খেলেছে) [CU 04-05]

A. has played

B. is playing

C. played

D. has been playing

Ans: A

40. Have you ever — in ice cool water? (তুমি কি কখনো বরফ শীতল পানিতে সাঁতার কেটেছ?) [CU (A) 05-06]

A. swimming

B. swim

C. swum

D. swam

Ans: C

41. Her mother — what to do yet. [CU (G) 14-15, JKKNIU (B) 18-19]

A. not decided

B. decided

C. about to decide

D. hasn't decided

Ans: D

42. They — their reports yet. [IU (C) 11-12, (G) 12-13, বাংলাদেশ পল্লী উন্নয়ন বোর্ড-১৬]

A. didn't write

B. have written

C. wrote

D. haven't written

Ans: D

43. I have — my lunch/supper. [পিএসসি কর্তৃক ১১টি পদে নিয়োগ পরীক্ষা ১৫, সংস্কৃতি মন্ত্রণালয়ে উপসহকারী প্রকৌশলী-১৯]

A. have

B. will

C. had taken

D. had

Ans: D

44. I'm afraid I am not hungry. I've — eaten lunch. [IU (F-2) 13-14]

A. yet

B. still

C. already

D. ever

Ans: C

45. Those cars — an accident. [IU (F-2) 13-14]

A. had just have

B. just has

C. finished

D. have just had

Ans: D

46. None of the students — the exam yet. (ছাত্রদের কেউই এখনো পরীক্ষাটি শেষ করেনি) [Cliffs TOEFL]

A. has finished

B. finish

C. finished

D. have finished

Ans: D (Note: None implies plural in this context per TOEFL style, or singular. Text says D).

47. Have you ever (to be) to Cox's Bazar? (তুমি কি কখনো কক্সবাজার গিয়েছো?) [IU 09-10]

A. Have you ever to be Cox's Bazar?

B. Have you ever been to Cox's Bazar?

C. Have you ever to being to Cox's Bazar?

D. Have you ever been Cox's Bazar?

Ans: B

48. Everything is going well. We — any problems so far. [COU (A) 15-16]

A. didn't have

B. don't have

C. haven't had

D. won't have

Ans: C

49. Nancy hasn't begun working on her Ph.D. — working on her master's. [BU (D) 12-13]

A. still because she is yet

B. yet as a result she is still

C. yet because she is still

D. still while she is already

Ans: C

50. We are good friends. We — each other for a long time. (আমরা একে অপরকে দীর্ঘ যাবত চিনি) [আইন, ... মন্ত্রণালয়ের সহকারী সচিব (ড্রাফটিং)-০৫, রাজশাহী কৃষি উন্নয়ন ব্যাংক (কর্মকর্তা, ২য় শ্রেণি)-১৫, RU (D, অবাণিজ্য) 17-18]

A. know

B. have known

C. knew

D. have been knowing

Ans: B

51. I — him for five years. (আমি তাকে পাঁচ বছর ধরে চিনি) [আমদানি-রপ্তানি অধিদপ্তরে নির্বাহী অফিসার-০৭]

A. know

B. am knowing

C. have known

D. have been knowing

Ans: C

52. She (be) unconscious since four O'clock. (সে চারটা হতে অচেতন রয়েছে) [RU 06-07]

A. has being

B. has been

C. is

D. was

Ans: B

53. Mina (to be) ill for about a month. (সে প্রায় এক মাস ধরে অসুস্থ) [RU 07-08] Dolly (to be) ill for about fortnight. (সে প্রায় পক্ষকাল/দুই সপ্তাহ ধরে অসুস্থ) [RU 08-09]

A. has been

B. was

C. is

D. has

Ans: A

54. Since last year, I — him once. (গত বছর থেকে আমি তাকে একবার মাত্র দেখেছি) [CU (গ) 09-10]

A. saw

B. see

C. have seen

D. have been seeing

Ans: C

55. The test is going on. We — any problems. [DU (B) 07-08, JU (ঘ) 10-11, COU (A) 15-16]

A. didn't have

B. haven't had

C. might have

D. couldn't have

Ans: B

56. We — a holiday since the beginning of the year. [JnU C 07-08, JSTU D 15-16, RU E 17-18]

A. did not have

B. have not had

C. had not had

D. are not having

Ans: B

57. He is my best friend now, and — for many years. [DU (D) 11-12]

A. was

B. had been

C. has been

D. was to be

Ans: C

58. I'm a teacher. I — a teacher for 12 years. [CU (C) 11-12]

A. was

B. have been

C. am

D. am being

Ans: B

59. My brother — at university for the last two years. [CU (C) 09-10]

A. has gone

B. has been

C. went

D. was

Ans: B

60. Choose the correct sentence. [খাদ্য ও দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রকল্প বাস্তবায়ন কর্মকর্তা-০৪]

A. I am here since Monday

B. I have been here since Monday

C. I am here from Monday

D. I was here since Monday

Ans: B

61. Nishat — this movie three times. [CU (B2,6) 14-15]

A. has been seeing

B. has seen

C. has watch

D. has been watching

Ans: B

62. Jesmin has lost her passport again. It is the 2nd time this — [JnU (C) 13-14]

A. has happened

B. happens

C. happened

D. had happened

Ans: A

63. When we reached the cinema, Siraj said, "This is the first time I — here" [JnU (D) 05-06]

A. I am coming

B. I am going

C. I have been

D. I visit

Ans: C

64. After this performance I — Hamlet five times. [DU (E) 03-04]

A. have seen

B. had seen

C. saw

D. will have seen

Ans: A

65. How many times — you? Turn that music down. [IU (B) 11-12, JU (A3) 13-14]

A. do I tell you

B. am I telling you

C. have I told you

D. have I been telling you

Ans: C

66. He — for five hours and is still sleeping. [NBR এর সহকারী রাজস্ব কর্মকর্তা-১৫]

A. slept

B. was sleeping

C. has slept

D. has been sleeping

Ans: D

67. We — English since our childhood. (শিশুকাল থেকে আমরা ইংরেজি শিখতেছি) [NU (বাণিজ্য) 14-15]

A. are learning

B. learn

C. learned

D. have been learning

Ans: D

68. I — English since I was twelve. (বার বছর বয়স থেকে ইংরেজি শিখছি) [BU A 14-15, BRUR D 16-17]

A. I'm learning

B. I've learned

C. I learn

D. I have been learning

Ans: D

69. I — waiting here since five O'clock. [KU (জীববিজ্ঞান স্কুল) 13-14]

A. am

B. have been

C. shall be

D. am being

Ans: B

70. They (to dig) the canal for a week. [উত্তরা ব্যাংক অফিসার (ক্যাশ)-০৮, RU 08-09, 10-11, (E2) 17-18]

A. were digging

B. are digging

C. dug

D. have been digging

Ans: D

71. The baby — since morning. (সকাল থেকে শিশুটি কাঁদছে) [DU (B) 02-03]

A. has been crying

B. has cried

C. cries

D. have been crying

Ans: A

72. How long — English? (তুমি কতদিন ধরে ইংরেজি শিখতেছ?) [বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক-১০, CU (E) 08-09, (I) 13-14]

A. have you learnt

B. do you learn

C. are you learning

D. have you been learning

Ans: D

73. My parents — in this house since last year. [JUST B 15-16]

A. had been living

B. is living

C. were living

D. have been living

Ans: D

74. It — since early morning. (খুব সকাল থেকে বৃষ্টি হচ্ছে) [KU (প্রযুক্তিবিদ্যা স্কুল) 13-14]

A. is raining

B. rained

C. was raining

D. has been raining

Ans: D

75. Choose the correct sentence in the following. [পুবালী ব্যাংক (জুনিয়র অফিসার)-১২]

A. How long are you wearing glasses?

B. How long have you been wearing glasses?

C. How long you wear glasses?

D. How long you are wearing glasses?

Ans: B

76. He — go to his office yesterday. [NU (মানবিক) 03-04, CU (D) 14-15]

A. does not

B. did not

C. do not

D. has not

Ans: B

77. Her father (come) home last week. (তারা বাবা গত সপ্তাহে বাড়ি এসেছে) [মহা-হিসাব নিরীক্ষক ও নিয়ন্ত্রকের কার্যালয়ের অধীন অডিটর-১৫]

A. had come

B. came

C. is coming

D. has been coming

Ans: B

78. He — in at eleven O'clock last night. [IU (C) 14-15]

A. came

B. has come

C. had come

D. was coming

Ans: A