Right form of verb- Exercise -5 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

TOPIC: RIGHT FORM OF VERBS

1. I will carry an umbrella in case — [পল্লী উন্নয়ন বোর্ডের মাঠ সংগঠক-১৪, গণপূর্ত অধিপ্তরের কম্পিউটার অপারেটর-১৬]

A. it will rain

B. it would rain

C. it rains

D. it rained

Ans: C

2. I will phone Bashar as soon as I — any news. [DU (A) 15-16]

A. will hear

B. heard

C. hear

D. would hear

Ans: C

3. As soon as he arrives in Dhaka, —. (তিনি ঢাকায় পৌঁছা মাত্রই তাঁকে সংবর্ধনা দেয়া হবে) [RU (B-Law) 15-16]

A. he will give reception

B. he has reception

C. he will be given a reception

D. he will be give reception

Ans: C

4. He will arrive as soon as he —. (তিনি খবরটি/সংবাদটি পাওয়া মাত্রই এসে পৌঁছাবেন) [CU (A) 06-07]

A. gets the news

B. will get the news

C. got the news

D. has got the news

Ans: A

5. I won't go until —. (সে রাজি না হলে আমি যাব না) [BSMRSTU (গ) 11-12, RU (B-Law) 16-17]

A. he didn't come out

B. she will agree

C. he agrees

D. she would come out

Ans: C

6. When Rumana — back tonight, she'll cook dinner. [CU (I) 13-14]

A. will be coming

B. will come

C. comes

D. shall come

E. come

Ans: C

7. I will phone you when I — the news. [DU (D) 01-02, গণমাধ্যম ইনস্টিটিউটের সহকারী পরিচালক (গণযোগাযোগ প্রশিক্ষণ)-০৩, অর্থ মন্ত্রণালয়ে অফিস সহকারী-১১, JKKNIU (C) 11-12, ডাক বিভাগের মেইল অপারেটর-১৯]

A. am getting

B. get

C. will get

D. will be getting

Ans: B

8. I shall meet my friend when —. (যখন আমার বন্ধু আসবে তখন তার সাথে দেখা করব) [JnU (B) 10-11]

A. he will come

B. he came

C. he comes

D. he will have come

Ans: C

9. We — dinner together tomorrow. (আগামীকাল আমরা একসাথে ডিনার করবো) [NU (ব্যবসায় শিক্ষা) 14-15]

A. will have

B. would be have

C. have

D. will have had

Ans: A

10. I (leave) tomorrow. (আমি আগামীকাল চলে যাব) [RU 03-04]

A. shall leaving

B. am left

C. shall leave

D. leave

Ans: C

11. Special players — offered for victims next Friday. [NU 04-05]

A. were being

B. having been

C. had been

D. will be

Ans: D

Right Form of Verb (Questions 12–240)

12. Lina called a repairer to fix her reading desk. The person came and fixed it. We can say— [KU B 19-20]

A. Lina fixed her reading desk.

B. Lina had her reading desk repaired.

C. Lina repaired her reading desk.

D. Lina could not fix her reading desk.

Ans: B

13. When I asked him — the keys, Bob said he had no idea where they were. [RU B 19-20]

A. if did he see

B. if he had seen

C. could he see

D. that he had seen

Ans: B

14. We are looking forward to — soon. [RU A1 19-20]

A. meet you

B. meeting you

C. have meeting you

D. be meeting you

Ans: B

15. I am used — that television show all the time as it always helps me to know about the contemporary issues of the world. [BSMRSTU E 19-20]

A. to watch

B. watching

C. to watching

D. to be watched

Ans: C

16. Where you met him? (যখন তার সাথে তোমার দেখা হয়েছিল সে কোথায় থাকছিল?) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. was he living

B. was he live

C. is he living

D. does he live

Ans: A

17. My father — live in Gazipur. (আমার বাবা গাজীপুরে থাকতেন) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. used to

B. was use to

C. use to

D. was used to

Ans: A

18. The train — late three times this week. (এই সপ্তাহে ট্রেনটি তিনবার দেরি করেছে) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. is

B. have been

C. has been

D. is being

Ans: C

19. How many times — not to do that? (কত বার তোমাকে বলেছি সেটা না করতে?) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. have I told you

B. haven't I told

C. told you

D. have I told

Ans: A

20. He advised me — the doctor. (সে আমাকে ডাক্তার দেখানোর পরামর্শ দিল) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. seeing

B. to see

C. that I see

D. see

Ans: B

21. It — hardly an understatement to say that online searching — changed dramatically with the development of the Web. [DU (A) 18-19]

A. was, has

B. is, was

C. is, has

D. has been, has

Ans: C

22. If — the environmental damage that plastic bags cause, the cost difference — really negligible. [DU (A) 18-19]

A. will consider, is

B. consider, will

C. consider, is

D. would consider, has

Ans: C

23. By the time, they arrive — (যতক্ষণে তারা পৌঁছাবে, সে ততক্ষণে চলে গিয়ে থাকবে) [DU (A) 18-19]

A. he'll have left

B. he'll leave

C. he left

D. he leaves

Ans: A

24. My greatest effort and enthusiasm — to reach my goal in life helped me. [BSMRSTU E 18-19]

A. getting

B. to get

C. get

D. got

Ans: C

25. Which would you — have, Ice or coffee? [DU (A) 18-19]

A. rather

B. better

C. could

D. prefer

Ans: A

26. I wish I — those words. But now it's too late. (আমি যদি ঐ কথাগুলো কখনো না বলতাম। কিন্তু----) [DU (D, বাতিল) 18-19]

A. never said

B. had never said

C. not having said

D. have never said

Ans: B

27. It — raining since morning. (সকাল থেকে বৃষ্টি হচ্ছে) [DU (A) 02-03, (D, বাতিল) 18-19]

A. has been

B. had been

C. was

D. were

Ans: A

28. I — to a foreign country. (আমি কখনো বিদেশে যাইনি) [DU (D, বাতিল) 18-19]

A. am never gone

B. am never been

C. have never been

D. was never been

Ans: C

29. We must get the house — before mother comes. [COU (B) 18-19]

A. cleaning

B. cleaned

C. to be cleaned

D. clean

Ans: B

30. I don't feel like — (তোমার সাথে কথা বলতে ইচ্ছে করছে না) [CU (A) 18-19]

A. talking to you

B. talking at you

C. talk at you

D. talk to you

Ans: A

31. All my hopes — (আমার সব আশা অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট হলো) [CU (D) 18-19]

A. were nipped in the bud

B. nipped in the bud

C. has nipped in the bud

D. have nipped in the bud

Ans: A

32. Rubel is looking forward to — to America. [DU (অধিভূক্ত ৭ কলেজ) 18-19]

A. going

B. go

C. have gone

D. goes

Ans: A

33. We — about this matter; it is useless to go on discussing. [BSMRSTU F 18-19]

A. had spoken

B. have spoken

C. spoke

D. are speaking

Ans: B

34. Do not punish yourself so hard, it may not — your fault. [BSMRSTU F 18-19]

A. it may not have been your fault

B. it may be your fault

C. be your fault

D. it may be your fault

Ans: C

35. — the game for several years, she understood all of its challenges. [RU (D) 18-19]

A. Playing

B. Having played

C. Because she play

D. To play

Ans: B

36. The babysitter — awake until the child's parent got home. [RU (D) 18-19]

A. remained

B. remains

C. will remain

D. has remained

Ans: A

37. Do you enjoy — novels? (তুমি কি উপন্যাস পড়া উপভোগ কর?) [RU (C1) 18-19]

A. reading

B. to read

C. to have read

D. by reading

Ans: A

38. Seven days have passed since — [তোমার সাথে দেখা হয়ে সাত দিন চলে গেল] [RU (C1) 18-19]

A. I met you

B. I have met you

C. I had met you

D. before I met you

Ans: A

39. Two months have passed — [তোমার সাথে দেখা হয়ে দুই মাস হয়ে গেল] [RU (A1) 18-19]

A. since I met you

B. after I met you

C. before I met you

D. because I met you

Ans: A

40. Choose the correct sentence. (গত চার ঘন্টা ধরে কি করছিলে?) [RU (E) 18-19]

A. What are you doing for the last four hours?

B. What have you been doing for the last four hours?

C. What did you doing for the last four hours?

D. What are you done for the last four hours?

Ans: B

41. Select the right form of the underlined verb: It was many years since they first meet. [RU (B) 18-19]

A. have first met

B. first meet

C. had first met

D. first meeting

Ans: C

42. Two months have passed — Choose the right clause for the gap. [RU (A) 18-19]

A. since I met you

B. after I met you

C. before I met you

D. because I met you

Ans: A

43. I had once seen him — during a debate with a nationalist leader. [BSMRSTU (F) 18-19]

A. shouted

B. shouts

C. shoute

D. shout

Ans: D

44. Tulip shouted as though he — the ghost. [BSMRSTU (G) 18-19]

A. saw

B. sees

C. seeing

D. had seen

Ans: D

45. I saw Steve a week ago. He said that — me, but he didn't. [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. he phones

B. he is going to phone

C. he'll phone

D. he would phone

Ans: D

46. He avoided me because — afraid to face the truth. [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. is

B. was

C. has been

D. had been

Ans: B

47. After I — to college, I went to the shop. [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. have go

B. would go

C. have gone

D. had gone

Ans: D

48. I don't know the answer. If I — the answer, I'd tell you. [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. know

B. would know

C. have known

D. knew

Ans: D

49. She got her servant (help) her in the household work. [BSMRSTU (D) 18-19]

A. help

B. to help

C. helping

D. helped

Ans: B

50. If you are suffering from fever, you — a doctor. (তুমি জ্বরে ভুগলে ডাক্তারের সাথে পরামর্শ করা উচিত) [KU B 18-19]

A. will consult

B. had better consult

C. had consulted

D. had better consulted

Ans: B

51. The art of cooking — in ancient India. [5 Bank Joint test (Officer)-18]

A. is perfected

B. will perfect

C. were perfected

D. was perfected

Ans: D

52. Use the right form of verb: I had no difficulty (to find) their house although they had said that people often did. [DU (C) 17-18]

A. to find

B. to finding

C. in finding

D. for finding

Ans: C

53. The museum — painting by S. M. Sultan. [DU (B) 17-18]

A. did not have any

B. did not have hardly

C. did not have no

D. did have any

Ans: A

54. Although she — a part of the excavation team, she was not allowed to actively — in the field. [DU (A) 17-18]

A. is, working

B. is, worked

C. was, working

D. was, work

Ans: D

55. I could not — laughing. (আমি না হেসে পারিনি/পারলাম না) [DU (A) 17-18]

A. assist

B. help

C. though

D. but

Ans: B

56. There are many helpless people, I wish — [DU B 19-20]

A. I could help them

B. I can help them

C. I could have help them

D. I should help them

Ans: A

57. The situation — unless the government brings about necessary changes in the laws and creates an environment of zero tolerance towards child violence of any sorts. [DU (A) 17-18]

A. The situation does not improve

B. The situation is not improve

C. The situation may not improve

D. The situation do not improve

Ans: C

58. What does global warming have — overpopulation? [DU A 17-18]

A. to do

B. to do with

C. made

D. made up

Ans: B

59. Since the bus companies compete with one another, the drivers have every incentive to drive aggressively and take more passengers than the buses — hold. [DU (A) 17-18]

A. can

B. could

C. should

D. would

Ans: A

60. To check for acidity one had better — litmus paper. [DU A 15-16, IU H 17-18]

A. use

B. using

C. useful

D. to use

Ans: A

61. I want to have it — within a week. (এক সপ্তাহের মধ্যে আমি এটা করাতে চাই) [JU (H) 17-18]

A. to do

B. do

C. done

D. to be done

Ans: C

62. He said that he — the computer course next year. [BSMRSTU (A) 16-17]

A. will complete

B. completes

C. completed

D. would complete

Ans: D

63. The children — be in bed by 9 pm. Their school begins very early. [IU C 17-18]

A. would rather

B. had better

C. must

D. none of them

Ans: C

64. The earth — round the sun. [IU G 17-18]

A. goes

B. went

C. is going

D. was moving

Ans: A

65. Mr. Dulal called — while you — lunch. [JU G 17-18]

A. take

B. took

C. was taking

D. were taking

Ans: D

66. You — better avoid the quarrel. [IU C 17-18]

A. did

B. would

C. should

D. had

Ans: D

67. I have to get the tailor — my suit before my admission test. [IU C 17-18]

A. fixed

B. to fixing

C. to fix

D. fix

Ans: C

68. Choose the right form of verb. The sun (set) they went home. [IU G 17-18]

A. The sun is set, they went home.

B. The sun having set, they went home.

C. The sun being set, they went home.

D. The sun was set, they went home.

Ans: B

69. It's high time — there. (আর দেরি না করে আমাদের সেখানে যাওয়া উচিত) [IU (G) 17-18]

A. we go

B. we shall go

C. we went

D. we must go

Ans: C

70. That ceremony — enacted on Tuesday next. [CU (D) 17-18]

A. has been

B. is

C. is being

D. have

Ans: C

71. She said her biology professor was so boring that several of the students (sleep) in the class, some of the students (talk) about their plans for the weekend. [BSMRSTU D 17-18]

A. slept, talked

B. were sleeping, were talking

C. had slept, talked

D. slept, had talked

Ans: B

72. She sees a group of teenage girls — the street in conversation. [CU (A) 17-18]

A. walking down -- animated

B. walking along --- hasteful

C. hurrying up --- remaining

D. walk through ---rhapsody

Ans: A

73. I left my phone switched on in case my brother — [CU (A) 17-18]

A. called

B. had called

C. calling

D. will be calling

Ans: A

74. Without the new taxes, houses built before World War-II — lower costs than more modern homes do. [CU (C) 17-18]

A. has

B. have

C. are

D. is

Ans: B

75. Travelling — much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. [JnU (B) 17-18]

A. become

B. is becoming

C. had become

D. has become

Ans: D

76. Find out the correct sentence. (শুক্রবারে সরকারী অফিস বন্ধ থাকে) [JnU A 17-18]

A. Government offices remains closed on Friday.

B. Government offices remains closed on Fridays.

C. Government offices remain closed on Fridays.

D. Government office remains closed on Fridays.

Ans: C

77. It is high time we all — students to study science. [CU (A) 17-18]

A. encouraged

B. encourage

C. encouraging

D. to encourage

Ans: A

78. How many times have you — your house broken into? [CU (D) 17-18]

A. been

B. had

C. be

D. have

Ans: B

79. The building — left unoccupied since 1950. [CU (D) 17-18]

A. would be

B. would being

C. has been

D. will be

Ans: C

80. No sooner — I shut the door, when the telephone rang. [CU (D) 17-18]

A. had

B. did

C. will

D. would

Ans: A

81. Would you mind —? (অনুরোধ: বিষয়টি তদন্ত করবেন কি?) [CU (D) 17-18]

A. looking into the matter

B. to look into the matter

C. looking at the matter

D. looking for the matter

Ans: A

82. Which sentence is grammatically correct? (আমি এইমাত্র বাড়ি ফিরলাম) [RU (K) 17-18]

A. I just returned back home.

B. I just returned home.

C. I just returning home.

D. I return home justly.

Ans: B

83. In the fear of —, he escaped elsewhere. [BSMRSTU (H) 11-12, JnU (A) 17-18]

A. arrested

B. having arrested

C. arresting

D. being arrested

Ans: D

84. Many books — about success, but one of the best is by Dale Carnegie. [DU (A) 17-18]

A. have written

B. have been written

C. had written

D. has written

Ans: B

85. This is the school which — (এটা সেই স্কুল যেখানে আমি যেতাম) [RU (A1) 17-18]

A. I used to go

B. I used to go

C. I used to go to

D. I used to go

Ans: C

86. As I spoke, a light came over him as though the setting sun — him. [DU (D) 17-18]

A. has touched

B. touches

C. touched

D. had touched

Ans: D

87. Mr. Rahman is my colleague. I — him for over 10 years. [JU (D) 12-13]

A. have known

B. knew

C. have been knowing

D. know

Ans: A

88. Which one is correct? (আমি বাম পার্শ্বে গাড়ি চালাতে অভ্যস্ত)

A. I am used to steer on the left

B. I am used to drive on the left

C. I used to driving on the left

D. I am used to driving on the left

Ans: D

89. He is painting the house with a view to — it. [JnU (A) 17-18]

A. selling

B. sale

C. sell

D. sold

Ans: A

90. A year has passed — The missing clause is: [RU (A2) 17-18]

A. since our last meeting

B. since I met you last

C. since I had met you

D. since I have met you

Ans: B

91. My brother enjoys — computer games. [RU (A2) 17-18]

A. play

B. to play

C. playing

D. being played

Ans: C

92. He reached home —. The clause in the gap is: [RU (A2) 17-18]

A. after I left

B. after I was left

C. after I had left

D. after I have left

Ans: C

93. The emotion/attitude expressed in the sentence "You had better give your notice if you plan to leave" is — [JnU (D) 17-18]

A. order

B. advice

C. obligation

D. duty

Ans: B

94. The sun — risen, we left the beach. (সূর্য উঠার পরে আমরা সৈকত ত্যাগ করলাম) [COU B 17-18]

A. being

B. getting

C. having

D. had

Ans: C

95. Thinking I — a friend of mine, I dropped in on her other day. [COU B 17-18]

A. will surprise

B. was surprising

C. would surprise

D. had surprised

Ans: C

96. Sadia made me — my gloves before using the fork in the dinning table. [BSMRSTU D 18-19]

A. taken

B. taking off

C. take off

D. to take off

Ans: C

97. The sports teacher helped us — swimming. [BU (C) 13-14]

A. let off

B. to learn

C. in learning

D. learn

Ans: D

98. We are going to have our car — before we go to Chittagong. [JKKNIU ঘ 15-16]

A. fix

B. fixed

C. fixing

D. to be fixed

Ans: B

99. The teacher — everyone go home an hour early on the last Monday. [KU (SS) 16-17]

A. permit

B. allowed

C. let

D. get

Ans: C

100. I'll call you — (বাড়ি গিয়ে তোমাকে কল করব) [DU D 13-14]

A. while I get home

B. when I get home

C. when I go home

D. as I go home

Ans: B

101. I don't see Momin anywhere, he — early. [JKKNIU (ক) 16-17]

A. must have left

B. must leave

C. must left

D. must be left

Ans: A

102. The skill of safe driving — necessary to avoid collisions, which — many thousands of people annually. [DU (A) 16-17]

A. is, hurt

B. was, will hurt

C. will be, were hurt

D. would be, is hurt

Ans: A

103. Her grades this semester are excellent. She — worked hard. [JnU (B) 16-17]

A. will

B. must have

C. must

D. could have

Ans: B

104. He was used to — (smoke) in his youth. [PUST (C, বিজ্ঞান) 16-17]

A. smoke

B. smoked

C. smoking

D. have smoked

Ans: C

105. You had better — the job properly. [BSMRSTU (D) 16-17]

A. as do

B. doing

C. do

D. done

Ans: C

106. It has been a more than high time we — female empowerment. [BSMRSTU (D) 16-17]

A. have meaningfully determined

B. meaningfully determine

C. meaningfully did we determine

D. meaningfully determined

Ans: D

107. He had watched me frivolously — along the ground before we went for his lecture. [BSMRSTU D 16-17]

A. to have riden

B. to ride

C. riding

D. ride

Ans: C

108. Drivers — and take extra care in foggy conditions. [RU (D, অবাণিজ্য) 15-16]

A. go faster

B. shouldn't slow down

C. should slow

D. should slow down

Ans: D

109. The queen is said — Australia next year. [BRUR (F) 15-16, JKKNIU (ক) 15-16, 16-17]

A. to have visited

B. to visit

C. to be visiting

D. that she will visit

Ans: C

110. Before the Angles and Saxons — to England, the Iberians had lived there. [MBSTU (B) 15-16]

A. going

B. go

C. went

D. had gone

Ans: C

111. She — her surgery by the time we visit her next Saturday. [CU (E) 16-17]

A. will recover

B. will be recovered

C. will have recovered

D. is recovered

E. will be recovering

Ans: C

112. The batsman — the ball with all his might. [DU (D) 16-17]

A. striked

B. struck

C. stroke

D. streaked

Ans: B

113. Some types of digital telephones cannot — in places where others work fine. [RU (B) 16-17]

A. to function

B. functioned

C. functioning

D. function

Ans: D

114. The population of the earth is increasing at a tremendous rate and — out of control. [RU (B) 16-17]

A. they have become

B. are soon going to be

C. soon will be

D. why it will be

Ans: C

115. Don't be so impatient! — [DU (A) 15-16]

A. I'm coming

B. I coming

C. I come

D. I have been coming

Ans: A

116. Would you mind — me your pen? (অনুরোধ: তোমার কলমটি ধার দিবে কি?) [JnU (E) 15-16]

A. to lend

B. borrowing

C. lending

D. lend

Ans: C

117. He asked me — the place until she comes back. [RU (B) 15-16]

A. to not leave

B. not to leave

C. do not leave

D. to no leave

Ans: B

118. It was a bad accident. We — have been killed. [CU (C3) 16-17]

A. would

B. should

C. could

D. might

E. may

Ans: D

119. A 79-year-old man — on Saturday while driving his brand new Toyata. [JnU A 15-16]

A. had been slightly injured

B. was slightly injured

C. slightly injured

D. had slightly injured

Ans: B

120. She spends hours — the Internet everyday. [CU (D) 11-12, (C3) 16-17]

A. visiting

B. downloading

C. composing

D. surfing

E. uploading

Ans: D

121. When — telephone invented? (কখন টেলিফোন উদ্ভাবন করা হয়েছিল?) [CU (D3) 16-17]

A. is

B. had

C. has been

D. was

Ans: D

122. I now regret — the letter. (চিঠি পাঠিয়ে আমি এখন আফসোস করছি) [CU (D3) 16-17]

A. sent

B. having sent

C. have sent

D. send

Ans: B

123. — the door, she went out. (দরজায় তালা দিয়ে সে বাইরে গেল) [CU (D3) 16-17]

A. Lock

B. Locked

C. Having locked

D. Having

Ans: C

124. The team studied mice with a disease that caused them — prematurely. [CU G 16-17]

A. to age

B. age

C. aging

D. aged

Ans: A

125. A lot of money — in the robbery. (ডাকাতিটাতে অনেক অর্থ চুরি হয়েছিল) [CU G 16-17]

A. stole

B. stolen

C. is stealing

D. was stolen

Ans: D

126. Unfortunately, my favourite teacher — since Wednesday. [CU G 16-17]

A. is suffering from the gout

B. has been suffering from gout

C. has been suffering from the gout

D. has been suffer from the gout

Ans: C

127. I lay for sometime — the clouds in the sky. [CU G 16-17]

A. watch

B. watching

C. watched

D. see

Ans: B

128. My beloved mother forbade me — (-মা আমাকে জঙ্গীবাদে জড়িত হতে নিষেধ করলেন) [CU G 16-17]

A. not to get involved in militancy

B. not to involve in militancy

C. to get involved in militancy

D. to be involve in militancy

Ans: C

129. She — since she heard that her friend died. [JKKNIU (ক) 15-16, 16-17]

A. is crying

B. cried

C. has been crying

D. had been crying

Ans: C

130. Our biological clock is our body's natural habit — at particular times. [CU F1 16-17]

A. to sleeping, eating and growing

B. to have slept, eaten and grown

C. of sleeping, eating and growing

D. to sleeping, eating and to grow

Ans: C

131. They — at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. [CU (D1 & D2) 16-17]

A. were staring

B. had stared

C. stared

D. have stared

Ans: A

132. We demand — our status in international politics. [CU (D1 & D2) 16-17]

A. for knowing

B. knowing

C. to know

D. to be known

Ans: C

133. If you don't mind, I would rather not —. [CU (D1 & D2) 16-17]

A. to go

B. going

C. gone

D. go

Ans: D

134. It's waste of money — the things you don't need. [CU (F1) 16-17]

A. buy

B. bought

C. you bought

D. to buy

E. buying

Ans: E

135. It never — my mind that she might lose. [CU (F1) 16-17]

A. cross

B. crossing

C. come

D. crossed

E. spring

Ans: D

136. I — the vagabond since I was ten. (দশ বছর বয়স থেকেই আমি ভবঘুরে/বাউন্ডুলেটাকে চিনি) [JKKNIU (ক) 15-16, 16-17]

A. I know the vagabond

B. I had knew the vagabond

C. I had known the vagabond

D. had I known the vagabond

Ans: C

137. You are ill. You — see a doctor. [JU (C) 17-18]

A. would better

B. had better

C. should

D. ought to

Ans: B

138. Which one of the following sentences is correct? [BSMRSTU (F) 18-19]

A. I want to improve my ability of reading.

B. I want to improve my reading ability.

C. I want improving my ability of reading.

D. I want my ability of reading to be improved.

Ans: B

139. When I was knocked down, only then —. [CU (J) 15-16]

A. did I understand the crisis

B. I have understood the crisis

C. I have overcome the crisis

D. I overcome the crisis

Ans: A

140. When I go camping, it takes me a night or two to get used — (sleep) in a tent. [KU 15-16]

A. sleeping

B. to sleeping

C. to sleep

D. of sleeping

Ans: B

141. Size doesn't matter — (to chop) wood. (কাঠ কাটার ক্ষেত্রে আকৃতি কোনো বিষয় নয়)

A. in chopping

B. chopped

C. to chop

D. chopping

Ans: D

142. I wish I — the answer. (যদি উত্তরটি জানতাম) [RU (B. Law) 15-16]

A. know

B. knew

C. have known

D. will know

Ans: B

143. She asked me — the place until she comes back. [JU (D) 15-16]

A. to not leave

B. not to leave

C. do not leave

D. to no leave

Ans: B

144. I (finish) the work before the sun sets. [NSTU (D) 14-15]

A. had finish

B. have finish

C. shall have finished

D. none

Ans: C

145. We are late. The film — by the time we get to the cinema. [JKKNIU (ক) 15-16, 16-17]

A. will already start

B. will be already started

C. will already have started

D. will already be starting

Ans: C

146. I found this baby bird at the foot of a tree. It — from a nest. [JKKNIU (ক) 15-16]

A. must have fallen

B. must fall

C. has fallen

D. fell

Ans: A

147. She — since she heard that her friend died. [JKKNIU (ক) 15-16, 16-17]

A. has been crying

B. is crying

C. cried

D. had been crying

Ans: A

148. She — lunch by the time we arrived. [CU (G) 15-16]

A. had finished

B. finished

C. has finished

D. would be finishing

Ans: A

149. Despite — hard, he failed the examination. [CU (G) 15-16]

A. he studied

B. study

C. studied

D. studying

Ans: D

150. The stone is hard — [CU (D1) 15-16]

A. when felt

B. when it is felt

C. when it felt

D. feeling

Ans: C

151. Much as Rome — roads through Europe in the year of the Roman Empire, Britain — railways and strung telegraph wires in India. [DU (D) 14-15]

A. had built, built

B. built, built

C. builds, is building

D. had built, was building

Ans: B

152. Since I — for our lunch, I — to attract the waiter's attention. [DU (A) 14-15]

A. paid, tried

B. paid, will be trying

C. pay, tried

D. was paying, tried

Ans: D

153. I am sleepy today. I wish I (take) Tanmoy to the airport late last night. [KU (B) 14-15]

A. didn't have to take

B. weren't taking

C. hadn't had to take

D. didn't take

Ans: C

154. Find out the correct sentence. [BU (D) 14-15]

A. The cake burn yesterday.

B. The cake burns yesterday.

C. The cake burned yesterday.

D. The cake burning yesterday.

Ans: C

155. In 1989, this building — fire. [JU (A3) 13-14]

A. caught

B. was caught

C. has caught

D. has been caught

Ans: A

156. "The plane will take off in time — provided the weather —." [JU (D) 12-13]

A. was good

B. is good

C. will be good

D. would be good

Ans: B

157. When I saw the vase in the shop window, I knew it was exactly what I —. [JU (A) 12-13]

A. was looking for

B. look for

C. looked for

D. had been looking for

Ans: D

158. And what about school friends? asked Minu, — back to Ali. [CU (D) 14-15]

A. turn

B. turning

C. turns

D. had turned

Ans: B

159. Jack — television a lot, but he doesn't anymore. [KU 08-09 CU (F) 08-09]

A. was used to watch

B. was watching

C. had used watching

D. used to watch

Ans: D

160. Acting on her advice, I decided — smoking. [KU (জীববিজ্ঞান স্কুল) 11-12]

A. in giving up

B. to give up

C. from giving up

D. giving up

Ans: B

161. The fire — in a jiffy. (মুহূর্তের মধ্যে আগুন ছড়িয়ে পড়লো) [JU (গ) 11-12]

A. was spread

B. spread

C. has spread

D. spreaded

Ans: B

162. Have you ever — abroad? (তুমি কি কখনো বিদেশে গিয়েছ?) [RU (E) 15-16]

A. visit

B. been

C. go

D. went

Ans: B

163. Take an umbrella — before you — (বাইরে যাওয়ার আগে একটা ছাতা নিও) [CU (G) 15-16]

A. go out

B. went out

C. will go out

D. would go out

Ans: A

164. Jasim appears — happy with his examination result. [JnU (B) 08-09]

A. to be

B. been

C. having been

D. be

Ans: A

165. Rahim did not get admission because he — [DU (C) 07-08]

A. had not enough study

B. did not study enough

C. did not enough study

D. had not have studied enough

Ans: B

166. When the ladder —, he grabbed me to save —. [DU (B-EE) 13-14]

A. was beginning, to fall, himself

B. began, to fall, him

C. begins, to fall, them

D. begun, to fall, himself

Ans: A

167. I can hear the bell —, but nobody seems — the door. [DU (B-EE) 13-14]

A. ring, coming, to open

B. ringing, to be coming, to open

C. ringing, to come, to open

D. ring, come, for opening

Ans: B

168. I was tired that night. I — wood all morning. [DU (B) 01-02]

A. had cut

B. had been cutting

C. was cutting

D. cut

Ans: B

169. The man — stolen the money. [সে টাকা চুরি করার কথা অস্বীকার করল] [SUST (A) 13-14]

A. deny that he had

B. to deny he had

C. deny he took

D. denied that he had

Ans: D

170. 'I saw him in the market but he — having been there.' [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (দানিয়ুব)-১৩]

A. refused

B. fobade

C. turned down

D. denied

Ans: D

171. The ring that I was looking at is gone, someone else — it. [JnU (D) 16-17]

A. must have bought

B. must had bought

C. must buy

D. must be buying

Ans: A

172. And now for this evening's main headline: Britain — another Olympic Gold medal! (ব্রিটেন আরো একটা স্বর্ণ পদক জিতলো) [BSMRSTU G 15-16]

A. had won

B. wins

C. won

D. has won

Ans: B

173. Everyone — when a thief entered our house. [DU (D) 96-97, PUST (B) 13-14]

A. would sleep

B. were sleeping

C. was asleep

D. were asleep

Ans: C

174. To express a past habit or state which one will be the correct expression. [ATEO-05]

A. I came here when I was a child

B. I used to come here when I was a child

C. I had come here when i was a child

D. I would come here when I was a child

Ans: B

175. He was happy — his results. (সে তার ফলাফল জেনে খুশি হলো) [RU (B1) 13-14]

A. to know

B. of knowing

C. for know

D. at knowing

Ans: A

176. I'm fed up with this rain. I wish — raining. [RU (D) 18-19]

A. it stops

B. it will stop

C. it does stop

D. it would stop

Ans: D

177. I am tired as I am working since 7 O'clock in the morning. [BSMRSTU 15-16]

A. I was working

B. I had been working

C. I have been working

D. I will be working

Ans: C

178. Iron — for weapons and tools in Bronze age. [BSMRSTU F 15-16]

A. is generally used

B. used

C. generally used

D. was generally used

Ans: D

179. The young man regretted having —. [COU C 15-16]

A. spent all his money foolishly

B. been spent all his money foolishly

C. spend all his money foolishly

D. spending all his money foolishly

Ans: A

180. She finally got used to — (অবশেষে সে আমাদের খাবার খেতে অভ্যস্ত হয়েছিল) [COU C 15-16]

A. eating our food

B. eat our food

C. have eaten our food

D. be eating our food

Ans: A

181. We have never — [COU C 15-16]

A. have a car

B. had a car

C. will have a car

D. have been a car

Ans: B

182. While you — to me on the phone somebody pushed a letter under the door. [DU (D) 12-13]

A. talk

B. were talking

C. have talked

D. talked

Ans: B

183. He — a cigarette when he felt asleep. [CU (C) 09-10]

A. is smoking

B. was smoking

C. smokes

D. has smoked

Ans: B

184. The furniture in this room — any more. [CU (E-Law) 05-06]

A. need not polish

B. don't need to polish

C. does not need to polish

D. does not need to be polished

Ans: D

185. 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

186. When Musa finally arrived at the concert, he suddenly realized that — his ticket at home. [DU (B) 05-06]

A. left

B. has left

C. had left

D. was left

Ans: C

187. We — friends since we were children. (আমরা বাল্যকালের বন্ধু) [RU (ভূগোল) 07-08]

A. are

B. were

C. have been

D. being

Ans: C

188. Hello, Bashir, I didn't expect to see you today. Sharmin said you — ill. [DU (A) 01-02]

A. are

B. were

C. was

D. is

Ans: B

189. Smartness — active and energetic. [BU (C) 14-15]

A. means being

B. means to being

C. mean to be

D. meaning to be

Ans: A

190. English has — a must for every educated person in the world. [JU (C8) 15-16]

A. for a long time been

B. since long time been

C. long since been

D. have been been

Ans: C

191. Select the correct sentence. (গতকাল বাদীপক্ষ তাদের সমাপনী যুক্তিতর্ক শুরু করে) [JnU (B) 13-14]

A. The prosecution began their closing arguments yesterday.

B. The prosecution begins their closing arguments yesterday.

C. The prosecution had begun their closing arguments yesterday.

D. The prosecution being began their closing arguments yesterday.

Ans: A

192. — got a car? (তোমার কি গাড়ি আছে?) [BU (C) 14-15]

A. Did you

B. Have you

C. Having you

D. Has you

Ans: B

193. He told the matter as if he — (সে এমনভাবে বিষয়টা বলল যেন সে তা জানত) [JU (D) 12-13]

A. had known it

B. knew it

C. know it

D. knows it

Ans: A

194. The mariner — the wedding guest listen to his story. [DU (D) 00-01]

A. let

B. requested

C. made

D. pleaded

Ans: C

195. Until my brother went to Sri Lanka last year, he — outside of Bangladesh. [JU D 12-13]

A. has never been

B. wasn't

C. won't be

D. had never been

Ans: D

196. Every day in the last week my aunt — a plate. [JU (G) 16-17]

A. breaks

B. was breaking

C. has broken

D. broke

Ans: D

197. By the time the guests arrive, I — room. [KU (S) 16-17]

A. will cleaning

B. will be cleaning

C. will have cleaned

D. will clean

Ans: C

198. — he lay on the ground groaning. [BSMRSTU (খ) 11-12]

A. Injured

B. Injuring

C. Having injured

D. Being injured

Ans: D

199. Which one is correct? [BRUR (A) 16-17]

A. You should do it yesterday.

B. He can speaks English fluently.

C. You ought obey your parents.

D. There is no use in my learning it.

Ans: D

200. He had watched me frivolously — along the ground before we went for his lecture. [BSMRSTU D 16-17]

A. to have riden

B. to ride

C. riding

D. ride

Ans: C

201. The teacher — everyone go home an hour early on the last Monday. [KU (S) 16-17]

A. permit

B. allowed

C. let

D. get

Ans: C

202. Doctor advised — the patient — smoking. [BRUR (E) 16-17]

A. giving up

B. to give up

C. gave up

D. in giving up

Ans: B

203. Mr. Rakib went away (to leave) — me alone. [KU (BBA) 16-17]

A. left

B. leaving

C. leave

D. have left

Ans: B

204. I lay for sometime — the clouds in the sky. [CU (G) 16-17]

A. watch

B. watching

C. watched

D. see

Ans: B

205. The sun — when the climber reached Mountain Everest. [CU (G) 16-17, PUST (C) 16-17]

A. shine

B. was shining

C. had shown

D. have been shining

Ans: B

206. Jahanara was used to — in Dhaka before she moved here. [BSMRSTU (G) 16-17]

A. living

B. live

C. lived

D. have lived

Ans: A

207. I wish I — leave my boring job and travel the world, instead of working here. [JU (G) 14-15, BRUR (B) 16-17]

A. would

B. should

C. could

D. have

Ans: C

208. I — better refuel the car, the petrol tank is almost empty. [SUST (A) 16-17]

A. were

B. are

C. had

D. has

Ans: C

209. Choose the correct sentence. (সে কঠোর পরিশ্রম করতে অভ্যস্ত) [DU B 17-18]

A. He is used to work hard.

B. He is used to working hard.

C. He used to working hard.

D. He has used to working hard.

Ans: B

210. Would you mind —? [CU (D1 & D2) 16-17]

A. cutting the t's and dotting the i's

B. to cut the t's and dot the i's

C. for cutting the t's and dotting the i's

D. in order to cut the t's and dot the i's

Ans: A

211. There — little change in the patient's condition since he has been moved to the intensive care unit. [CU (D1 & D2) 17-18]

A. is

B. is being

C. has been

D. have

Ans: C

212. Never before — so many people in Taiwan been interested in baseball. [RU (A) 17-18]

A. have

B. has

C. is

D. are

Ans: A

213. Find out the correct sentence. (ভবনটি অর্ধসমাপ্ত পড়ে আছে) [RU (A1) 17-18]

A. The building is lying half done

B. The building is lying half

C. The building is lying half one

D. The building is lying completed

Ans: A

214. Would you mind — the accounts once again? (আরেকবার হিসাবগুলো যাচাই করে দেখবেন কি?) [RU (A1) 17-18]

A. check

B. to check

C. checking

D. being checked

Ans: C

215. I wish I — English fluently. (আমি যদি অনর্গল ইংরেজি বলতে পারতাম) [JU E 17-18]

A. could speak

B. can speak

C. speak

D. will speak

Ans: A

216. Although most adopted persons want the right to know who their natural parents are, some who have found them wish that they — the experience of meeting. [JU E 17-18]

A. hadn't

B. didn't have

C. hadn't have

D. none

Ans: B

217. Everyone — we locked the room. (সবাই ঘর থেকে বের হওয়ার পরে আমরা ঘরটিতে তালা দিয়েছিলাম) [COU (B) 16-17]

A. having left the room

B. left the room

C. had left the room

D. leaves the room

Ans: A

218. I — all day and I have not a penny left. [JKKNIU (D) 16-17]

A. shopped

B. have been shopping

C. had shopped

D. none

Ans: B

219. Which one is correct? (আমার দেরি করা উচিত হবে না) [JKKNIU (D) 15-16]

A. I had better not be late

B. I had not better be late

C. I had better not to be late

D. I had better being late

Ans: A

220. Professor Zahir will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because — [CU (B1) 16-17]

A. he will be teaching a class

B. he must to teach a class

C. of he will teach a class

D. he will have teaching a class

Ans: A

221. Sheela — her bike 12 miles; now she was sore. [CU (D1 & D2) 16-17]

A. rode

B. was riding

C. had ridden

D. had been riding

Ans: D

222. It being a very hot day, I (remain) in my tent. [JUST (A) 16-17]

A. had remained

B. remain

C. remained

D. shall remain

Ans: C

223. I just (get) my revenge at last. (অবশেষে আমি ঠিক আমার প্রতিশোধ নিলাম) [RU (E বিজোড়) 15-16]

A. have just got

B. get

C. have been got

D. had got

Ans: A

224. It (to rain) all week. I hope it stops by Saturday because I want to go to the beach. [KU BBA 16-17]

A. has been raining

B. did rain

C. rained

D. was raining

Ans: A

225. When I (to arrive) — home last night. I discovered that Jane had prepared a great candle-light dinner. [KU (BBA) 16-17]

A. was arriving

B. had arrived

C. arrived

D. have arrived

Ans: C

226. Rangpur city is very different now. It — a lot. [BRUR (C) 16-17]

A. had changed

B. changed

C. changes

D. has changed

Ans: D

227. For lunch yesterday, we — rice and fish. [JUST (F) 16-17]

A. eat

B. had

C. had eaten

D. have eaten

Ans: B

228. He told us — sad and that it would be better for everyone. [JU (E) 17-18]

A. don't be

B. doesn't be

C. not be

D. not to be

Ans: D

229. After Harry — his work he — Jude from the office. [JU (E) 17-18]

A. finished, called

B. had finished, called

C. finished, had called

D. a & b

Ans: B

230. Each and every student and instructor in this building — for a new facility by next year. [JU (E) 17-18]

A. hope

B. hopes

C. hoped

D. has hoped

Ans: B

231. Which of the following sentences is correct? [JU (B) 17-18]

A. I prefer write to read

B. I prefer writing to read

C. I prefer write to reading

D. I prefer writing to reading

Ans: D

232. Which of the following is different from the others in meaning? [JnU (D) 16-17]

A. I wish she were not married.

B. Would that she were not married.

C. She was married, I think.

D. If only she were not married.

Ans: C

233. He — here since Christmas. (ক্রিসমাসের পর থেকে সে এখানে আসেনি) [JnU (E) 17-18]

A. has not

B. has

C. has not been

D. had

Ans: C

234. No sooner had we — at the station than the train left. [IU (C) 04-05]

A. arrived

B. arrival

C. arriving

D. arrive

Ans: A

235. Intelligent life on the other planet — yet to be discovered. [CU (D) 12-13]

A. has not

B. have

C. has

D. has been

Ans: C

236. We — yet to decide what action to take. [RU (F1) 12-13]

A. have

B. would

C. have not

D. have not been

Ans: A

237. They asserted that — [RU (B, Law) 09-10]

A. he conducted the test previous day

B. he has conducted the test previous day

C. he did conduct the test previous day

D. he had conducted the test previous day

Ans: D

238. Refrigerating meat — bacterial growth. [CU (I) 13-14]

A. to retard

B. retard

C. retards

D. retarded

Ans: C

239. The pressure cooker — explode. [CU (G) 13-14]

A. is meant to

B. is going to

C. has been

D. is near to

Ans: B

240. My uncle knew that his boss — to UK [JnU (B) 08-09]

A. went

B. gone

C. had gone

D. had been gone

Ans: C

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