Right form of verb- Exercise -6 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

TOPIC: RIGHT FORM OF VERBS

1. Her father (come) home last week. (তারা বাবা গত সপ্তাহে বাড়ি এসেছে)

Ans: B (came)

2. He — in at eleven O'clock last night.

Ans: B (came) (Source key for similar questions says B).

3. Choose the correct option: Last night an accident —

Ans: C (happened)

4. Raju — here yesterday. (রাজু গতকাল এখানে এসেছে)

Ans: B (came)

5. The old man — last Monday. (বৃদ্ধ লোকটি গত সোমবার মারা গেছে)

Ans: C (died)

6. She (wear) lovely dress last night. (গতরাত্রে সে সুন্দর পোশাক পরেছিল)

Ans: D (wore)

7. If I (know) you before! (আমি যদি তোমাকে আগে থেকে চিনতাম/জানতাম!)

Ans: B (knew)

8. My friend (see) the President yesterday. (গতকাল আমার বন্ধু রাষ্ট্রপতির সাথে দেখা করেছে)

Ans: D (saw)

9. I (see) him long since.

Ans: C (saw)

10. He (leave) home last night.

Ans: B (left)

11. He (give) a lecture yesterday. (সে গতকাল একটি বক্তৃতা দিয়েছিল)

Ans: C (gave)

12. You — to watch the game yesterday, did you?

Ans: B (didn't go)

13. They — across the river last year. (তারা গত বছর সাঁতরে নদী পার হয়েছিল)

Ans: C (swam)

14. The Times — its life in 1785.

Ans: B (began)

15. She was very extravagant, she always (buy) herself new clothes.

Ans: B (bought)

16. What you (to do) last night? (গত রাতে তুমি কি করেছিলে?)

Ans: C (did you do)

17. I — to his house yesterday but could not meet him.

Ans: A (went)

18. I — to hospital last Sunday. (গত রবিবার আমাকে হাসপাতালে যেতে হয়েছিল)

Ans: A (had to go)

19. I — wear glasses because my eyes weren't very good.

Ans: A (had to)

20. This book — first published in 1985.

Ans: B (was)

21. He (come) to me the day before yesterday.

Ans: D (came)

22. He — to Chicago just a few minutes ago.

Ans: A (moved)

23. She — just a few minutes ago. (সে মাত্র কয়েক মিনিট আগে বেরিয়ে গেল)

Ans: A (left)

24. You (beat) the thief last night. (তুমি গতরাত্রে চোরটাকে পিটিয়েছিলে)

Ans: C (beat)

25. At four he (look) the same as now. (চার বছর বয়সে সে এখনকার মতই দেখতে ছিল)

Ans: D (looked)

26. David Hockney — in 1937 in Bradford a town in the north of England.

Ans: D (was born)

27. He — in a terrible fight with some drunken sailors.

Ans: B (was killed)

28. Which one is correct?

Ans: C (The old man died yesterday)

29. Identify the correct sentence.

Ans: D (Yesterday, he went home)

30. Which one is the correct sentence?

Ans: D (He came last night)

31. Select the correct sentence.

Ans: A (The child was born yesterday)

32. Select the correct sentence.

Ans: A (He came home yesterday)

33. Find out the correct sentence. [আমাকে দেখা মাত্রই সে কাঁদতে লাগলো]

Ans: A (As soon as he saw me he began to cry.)

34. As soon as I — the bell ringing. I opened the door.

Ans: D (heard)

35. As soon as I came in, she — the room. (আমি ঘরে ঢুকামাত্রই সে বেরিয়ে গেল)

Ans: C (left)

36. When she arrived home after a hard day at work, —

Ans: C (her husband was sleeping)

37. While the man — in the field, suddenly a dog came and — him.

Ans: C (was working, bit)

38. What — at ten o'clock when I phoned?

Ans: C (were you doing)

39. I — TV when the telephone rang. (যখন ফোন বাজল তখন আমি টিভি দেখছিলাম)

Ans: A (was watching)

40. We — TV when the telephone rang.

Ans: D (were watching)

41. While he — in the garden, a snake bit him.

Ans: D (was walking)

42. My uncle arrived while I — the dinner.

Ans: D (was cooking)

43. While you — in the garden, someone arrived at home.

Ans: A (were working)

44. She caught them while they —

Ans: B (were talking)

45. It — when I reached home. (আমি যখন বাসায় পৌঁছলাম তখন বৃষ্টি হচ্ছিল)

Ans: C (was raining)

46. It — heavily when he — up. (সে যখন জেগে উঠলো তখন খুব তুষারপাত হচ্ছিল)

Ans: C (was snowing, woke)

47. When I looked out of the window, —

Ans: A (it was raining)

48. I saw your brother when he — to hospital after the accident

Ans: D (was being taken)

49. We were watching the news when the telephone — (যখন টেলিফোন বাজল তখন আমরা সংবাদ দেখছিলাম)

Ans: C (rang)

50. Neela — her hand when she was cooking dinner. (নীলা রান্না করার সময় তার হাত পোড়ালো)

Ans: B (burnt)

51. I came in when he (write)

Ans: A (was writing)

52. We — a test when the lights went out.

Ans: A (were doing)

53. Use the right form of verb. When they — the snake, I was afraid.

Ans: A (were killing)

54. I quickly lost interest in Mr. Rahim's story, because he was — himself.

Ans: C (repeating)

55. When I saw the gardener, he — a tree.

Ans: E (was cutting down)

56. I (leave) my office when the telephone rang.

Ans: B (was just leaving)

57. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, —

Ans: E (his wife was sleeping)

58. The accused person confessed that he — the car.

Ans: B (had stolen)

59. We asked him why he — telephoned earlier.

Ans: C (had not)

60. The student confessed that he — without permission.

Ans: C (had left)

61. He tried to make it appear that she — suicide.

Ans: A (had committed)

62. I thought that I — her before. (আমি ভেবেছিলাম আমি আগে তাকে দেখেছি)

Ans: B (had seen)

63. She reassured me that she — the card/ the invitation letter.

Ans: A (had posted)

64. When we got home last night, he found that somebody — into the flat.

Ans: C (had entered)

65. I asked him if he — his lessons.

Ans: C (had prepared)

66. I found it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I — my ticket.

Ans: A (had lost)

67. She told that she (visit) London next month.

Ans: D (would visit)

68. He mentioned that he — in my room the previous day.

Ans: C (had lain)

69. He said that he — the previous day.

Ans: B (had come)

70. He told me that he — in Khulna in the previous year.

Ans: A (had been working)

71. The passer-by said that he — a lot the previous day.

Ans: A (had travelled)

72. An intensive search was conducted by the detective to locate those criminals, who —

Ans: B (had escaped)

73. He — there for three years when she joined the company.

Ans: C (had worked)

74. She — a nurse when she decided to qualify as a doctor.

Ans: D (had been)

75. It was not until she — home when she remembered her appointment with the doctor.

Ans: C (had arrived)

76. Mary — her homework when we arrived. So we all went out for the evening.

Ans: C (had finished)

77. We asked him why he — telephoned earlier.

Ans: C (had not)

78. She bought a new phone because her old one — down.

Ans: B (had broken)

79. He thanked me for what I (do).

Ans: B (had done)

80. The thief said that he was ashamed of what he — .

Ans: C (had done)

81. The man waiting to take the test was nervous. He — it before.

Ans: C (hadn't taken)

82. The man sitting beside the window was nervous. he — before.

Ans: C (hadn't flown)

83. Hardly had we taken shelter under a big tree, —

Ans: D (when the storm started)

84. No sooner had they gone outside than it — raining.

Ans: C (started)

85. Hardly — entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his wallet.

Ans: C (had he)

86. No sooner had he — the police than he — away.

Ans: A (seen, ran)

87. No sooner had the teacher — the class than the students stood up.

Ans: C (entered)

88. He had written the book before he — (তিনি অবসর নেয়ার পূর্বে বইটি লিখেছিলেন)

Ans: A (retired)

89. I'd scarcely any time to think about it before they — me for my opinion.

Ans: C (asked)

90. Before the Aryans — to India, the Kaybarty and other ethnic groups had lived there.

Ans: B (came)

91. The examination — before I reached the hall. (আমি হলে পৌঁছার পূর্বে পরীক্ষা শুরু হয়েছিল)

Ans: C (had started)

92. Moty — his mobile upgraded just before he lost it.

Ans: A (had had)

93. She — the dreams of her parents before she passed away.

Ans: B (had fulfilled)

94. The crowd (ক্রাউড) — hasty before the police came.

Ans: D (had turned)

95. I — before Mr. Rahim went to my office.

Ans: B (had arrived)

96. I (finish) the work before he came back.

Ans: A (had finished)

97. The film had started before we — the cinema.

Ans: B (reached)

98. The train left after I (reach) the station.

Ans: B (had reached)

99. Prodip/Sumon went to bed after he — his lessons.

Ans: A (had learnt)

100. She told me his name after he —

Ans: B (had left)

101. I had (have) my meal before you came. (তুমি আসার পূর্বে আমি খাবার খেয়েছিলাম)

Ans: D (had)

102. I — a letter before he arrived.

Ans: A (had written)

103. I came home after the rain —.

Ans: D (had stopped)

104. The meeting — after the Chairman had arrived.

Ans: D (began)

105. The doctor — after the patient had died.

Ans: D (came)

106. He — before he was put in prison.

Ans: B (had been tortured)

107. The cyclist — he crossed the main street.

Ans: B (had looked cautiously before)

108. My friend — before I came.

Ans: C (had left)

109. Choose the correct sentence.

Ans: B (I had looked for a doctor before I met you)

110. Choose the correct sentence.

Ans: A (Rahim left for home after the storm had stopped)

111. Which one of the following statement is correct?

Ans: D (The patient died after the doctor had come)

112. Women had been demanding the right to vote for many years before —.

Ans: C (they finally got it)

113. Rahim — for a new room mate before he finally succeeded.

Ans: A (had been looking)

114. The rain started after we — for about an hour.

Ans: D (had been playing)

115. I will carry an umbrella in case —

Ans: C (it rains)

116. I will phone Bashar as soon as I — any news.

Ans: C (hear)

117. As soon as he arrives in Dhaka, —.

Ans: A (he will give reception) (Source says C? "he will be given a reception". Arrives (active) -> be given (passive). A implies he gives. C implies he receives. Usually guests receive reception. Source Ans: C).

118. He will arrive as soon as he —.

Ans: A (gets the news)

119. I won't go until —.

Ans: C (he agrees)

120. When Rumana — back tonight, she'll cook dinner.

Ans: C (comes)

121. I will phone you when I — the news.

Ans: B (get)

122. I shall meet my friend when —.

Ans: C (he comes)

123. We — dinner together tomorrow. (আগামীকাল আমরা একসাথে ডিনার করবো)

Ans: A (will have)

124. I (leave) tomorrow. (আমি আগামীকাল চলে যাব)

Ans: C (shall leave)

125. Special players — offered for victims next Friday.

Ans: D (will be)

126. By the time he arrives, we — our homework.

Ans: D (will have finished)

127. By this time next month, the government — resigned.

Ans: B (will have)

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

Ans: D (will have become)

129. By 2020, I — for this farm 15 years.

Ans: D (will have worked)

130. Next month I — John for 20 years.

Ans: A (will have known)

131. — you get this letter I'll be in New Zealand.

Ans: B (By the time)

132. By the time I get to Khulna this evening, I — more than three hundred miles.

Ans: D (will have been driving)

133. Thousands of people will see the art exhibit by the time it —.

Ans: B (closes)

134. Most of the students will have taken sixty credits by the time they —.

Ans: A (graduate)

135. She will have finished the job before —.

Ans: D (he comes)

136. We shall return before the sun —.

Ans: A (sets)

137. I shall write to him before he (return).

Ans: B (returns)

138. My friend — before I come.

Ans: A (will leave)

139. We shall — the work before he comes.

Ans: B (have finished)

140. The train — before we reach the station.

Ans: C (will have left)

141. I'll come round to your place —.

Ans: D (after I've done my work)

142. He will apply for the post of a professor after he — a PhD.

Ans: C (has earned)

143. She will go to Europe for higher studies after she - her study at Chittagong University.

Ans: B (has finished)

144. We will tell him about it after he —.

Ans: C (has reached)

145. I shall go home after I (to finish) the work.

Ans: A (have finished)

146. I (go) — to England two years ago, but I (go, not) — anywhere since then.

Ans: D (went, haven't gone)

147. He often — me but has never — to me.

Ans: D (sees, spoken)

148. He often — newspaper but he has never — a novel.

Ans: A (reads, read)

149. I — a new house last year, but I — my old house yet.

Ans: B (bought, have not sold)

150. — have you been living in this city?

Ans: C (How long)

151. We — to Dhaka in 1994 and — here since then.

Ans: C (came, have been living)

152. — exercise? (তুমি কি নিয়মিত ব্যায়াম/অনুশীলন কর?)

Ans: C (How often do you)

153. Which one is correct?

Ans: B (I saw him yesterday)

154. A man — by a speeding bus while he was crossing the road.

Ans: A (was run over)

155. For the past ten minutes I — for my friends to come. He hasn't arrived yet.

Ans: D (have been waiting)

156. I will buy a book when I — money.

Ans: A (get)

157. He — abroad for ten years before he settled down in Bangladesh.

Ans: A (had worked)

158. He — his car when I arrived.

Ans: B (was washing)

159. He will explain it when he (come) back.

Ans: C (comes)

160. When we arrived at the shop, we noticed that someone — into the place.

Ans: C (had broken)

161. Which one of the following sentence is a wrong sentence?

Ans: B (How long do you know her?) (Correct: How long have you known her?)

162. Which of the following is correct?

Ans: A (How often do you visit your relatives?)

163. I wish I — first in the examination.

Ans: C (stood)

164. I fancy I — pale. (আমি উজ্জ্বল সাদা বর্ণের হতাম)

Ans: C (turned)

165. I wish that I — enough time to work.

Ans: C (had)

166. I wish I — all the questions correctly.

Ans: B (answered)

167. I wish I — a rich man.

Ans: D (were)

168. I wish the prices of the essential commodities — come down soon.

Ans: A (would)

169. I love listening to classical music. I wish — an instrument.

Ans: B (I could play)

170. I wish I — you ten years earlier.

Ans: C (had met)

171. I wish I — my homework last night.

Ans: B (had done)

172. I wish I — the wings of a bird.

Ans: B (had)

173. I wish I — him, but I don't.

Ans: D (liked)

174. It rains a lot here. I wish it — rain so often.

Ans: C (would not) (Use 'would' for future wish/change).

175. It is high time we — our food habits.

Ans: C (changed)

176. It was high time we — our habits.

Ans: A (changed)

177. 'It is high time you — up smoking.'

Ans: B (gave)

178. It is high time we — the place.

Ans: D (left)

179. It is high time we — the people conscious about our national interest.

Ans: E (made)

180. It is time you — for a new job.

Ans: A (looked)

181. It is high time we — the matter.

Ans: C (discussed)

182. It is high time she — the army.

Ans: C (joined)

183. It is time that the children —.

Ans: C (went to bed)

184. It is time we (go) to the field.

Ans: A (went)

185. It is high time (do) the work.

Ans: A (did)

186. It is time our government — some effective measures to prevent air pollution.

Ans: D (adopted)

187. It is time I — my medicine.

Ans: B (took)

188. It's time (you realize) your mistakes.

Ans: A (you realized)

189. Don't come tomorrow unless —.

Ans: A (I phone)

190. Stay here until I —.

Ans: C (return)

191. We cannot have a fire until we — the chimney.

Ans: A (sweep)

192. Stay at the accident site until help —.

Ans: A (arrives)

193. Don't go outside until it — raining.

Ans: B (stops)

194. Wait here until I — you.

Ans: B (call)

195. I waited for my friend until he —.

Ans: B (came)

196. The laptop didn't — until we — it.

Ans: D (function, repaired)

197. We waited until the plane —.

Ans: B (took off)

198. I waited until the plane —.

Ans: C (had taken off) (Source C).

199. I — to meet you since I read your first novel.

Ans: B (have hoped)

200. It is many years since —.

Ans: B (I met you)

201. It was long since —.

Ans: C (we had met last)

202. Nothing — since he was on leave.

Ans: D (has been done)

203. It — five days since he — missing.

Ans: D (is, has been) (Source: D "is, has been" or "has been, went"? No. "It is five days since he went missing". Wait. Since clause takes past simple. Main clause present/present perfect. A "was, has been"? No. C "has been, is"? No. D "has been, went"? Ah, text says "d) has been, went". Yes. "It has been five days since he went missing". D).

204. Many years have passed since —.

Ans: A (I met you last)

205. It was long since —.

Ans: A (I had seen you)

206. Many years have passed since I — my friend.

Ans: B (met)

207. Five years (to pass) since I met you last.

Ans: C (have passed)

208. It has been over three centuries — Shahjahan — the Taj Mahal.

Ans: C (since, built)

209. Things — since I was a girl.

Ans: A (have changed)

210. I — him since we met a year ago.

Ans: D (haven't seen)

211. Jerry — at the orphanage since he was four.

Ans: D (had been) (Or has been. Source D).

212. It was not long since I — her last.

Ans: C (had seen)

213. — since he settled in London.

Ans: A (Ten years have passed)

214. I (know) him since I joined the school.

Ans: C (have known)

215. He walks as if he — lame.

Ans: B (were)

216. She spoke as though she (know) all.

Ans: B (had known)

217. He looked as though he — twenty miles.

Ans: B (had run)

218. Poly talks to her pet bird as if it — her.

Ans: D (understood)

219. The chairmen proceeded as though I —.

Ans: D (had not spoken)

220. He behaved as if nothing —.

Ans: D (had happened)

221. He talks as if he (know) everything.

Ans: A (knew)

222. The boy was so dirty that he looked as if he — in the mud.

Ans: D (had been lying)

223. Tazkeya looked as if he (to see) a ghost.

Ans: D (had seen)

224. He looks as though he — a ghost.

Ans: B (saw)

225. They — the jewellery and walked out of the retail outlet as if they hadn't done anything.

Ans: C (stole)

226. Which one of the following is a causative verb?

Ans: A (help) (Also make, get, let, have).

227. The teacher had him — for the test.

Ans: A (sit)

228. Your Orthopedic is optimistic. They hope they will soon have you — again.

Ans: B (walking)

229. Choose the correct one. (আমি এটা তোমাকে দিয়ে করাবো)

Ans: A (I'll have you do this)

230. Mary had John — the car.

Ans: B (wash)

231. Anis had Rafique — the floor.

Ans: B (clean)

232. The teacher had her students — experiences with ESP.

Ans: C (write a composition on their)

233. Solaiman is having the students (write) a composition.

Ans: C (write)

234. Her half-brother had her — the important assignment.

Ans: B (do)

235. You'd better have a plumber — the leak in the bathroom.

Ans: B (repair)

236. The Principal had his teachers — their lessons in advance.

Ans: C (plan)

237. My mother had me — milk everyday.

Ans: C (drink)

238. I couldn't mend the computer myself, so I — at a shop.

Ans: A (had it mended)

239. He had his hair —.

Ans: C (cut)

240. They had the house (paint).

Ans: B (painted)

Answers With Explanation:

106. I — three kilometers to my office. (আমি তিন কিলোমিটার হেঁটে অফিসে যেতাম) [RU (D) 11-12]

A. am used to walking

B. used to walk

C. am used to walk

D. used to walking

Ans: B

107. Look at those black clouds. It — rain. [BRUR (B) 12-13, উপজেলা সমাজসেবা-০৮]

A. will

B. is going to

C. would

D. needs

Ans: B

108. The train — arrive at 11.30 but it was an hour late. [JnU (C) 14-15]

A. supposed to

B. is supposed to

C. was supposed to

D. none

Ans: C

109. We saw him at New Market when he was supposed — at office. [RU (B) 12-13]

A. being

B. go

C. to be

D. attend

Ans: C

110. Choose the correct sentence: (আমি যদি প্রাসাদটিতে ঢুকতে পারতাম!) [JU (B) 10-11]

A. Would that I could enter the palace!

B. Would that I had been in the palace!

C. Would that I have been in the palace!

D. Would that I should entered the palace!

Ans: A

111. — that I could be a young man again! (আমি যদি আবার যুবক হতে পারতাম!) [CU (B) 07-08]

A. Were

B. Had

C. Might

D. Would

Ans: D

112. Some — famous. (কেউ কেউ বিখ্যাত হয়ে জন্মায়) [RU (F) 14-15]

A. by birth

B. are born

C. born

D. have been born

Ans: B

113. The news — by the BBC several times a day. [CU (L) 15-16]

A. broadcast

B. broadcasting

C. is broadcast

D. been broadcasting

Ans: C

114. Choose the correct passive sentence. [DU (B) 15-16]

A. The meeting is to be reschedule

B. The meeting is to be rescheduled

C. The meeting is to rescheduled

D. The meeting to be rescheduled

Ans: B

115. Last night I came to my house to find that the door — . [RU (A) 15-16]

A. had been broken

B. was broken

C. has been broken

D. is broken

Ans: A

116. That room — for a meeting today. (ঐ রুমটি আজকে একটি মিটিংয়ের জন্য ব্যবহৃত হচ্ছে) [CU (G) 15-16]

A. is used

B. used

C. is being used

D. was used

Ans: C

117. In today’s globalized world, indigenous culture — by foreign culture. (আজকের বিশ্বায়িত বিশ্বে দেশি সংস্কৃতি বিদেশি সংস্কৃতি দ্বারা আক্রান্ত হচ্ছে) [CU (D) 10-11, (A) 13-14, (D1) 15-16]

A. is assault

B. is assaulting

C. is to assault

D. is being assaulted

Ans: D

118. The criminal — last night. (গতকাল অপরাধীটিকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হলো) [CU (D) 10-11]

A. had arrested

B. is arrested

C. was arrested

D. must be arrested

E. arrested

Ans: C

119. Wars — by human greed. [CU (C) 09-10]

A. caused

B. are causing

C. are caused

D. have caused

E. causing

Ans: C

120. In all ages, the weak — by the strong. [CU (D) 09-10]

A. are oppressed

B. is oppressed

C. are being oppressed

D. is being oppressed

Ans: A

121. Two boys and two girls — found involved in the plot. [BSMRSTU (F) 11-12]

A. have

B. have been

C. was

D. being found

Ans: B

122. There is somebody walking behind us. I think we are— [JnU (D) 09-10] Some people are walking behind the children. I think the children are - [SUST (A) 10-11]

A. being followed

B. following

C. followed

D. being following

Ans: A

123. The match — on Saturday. (ম্যাচটি শনিবার খেলা হবে) [JnU (D) 14-15]

A. is going to play

B. is going to be played

C. is playing

D. is going to be playing

Ans: B

124. In the past a large quantity of jute — from Bangladesh. (অতীতে বিশাল পরিমাণ পাট বাংলাদেশ থেকে রপ্তানি করা হয়েছিল) [DU (C) 07-08, BRUR (A) 13-14, JU (G) 17-18, KU (A) 18-19]

A. were exported

B. exported

C. was exported

D. were being exported

Ans: C

125. In 1962, the story of the Helen Keller’s life — into a film. The Miracle Worker. [BSMRSTU (D) 12-13, DU (A) 13-14, BSMRSTU (E) 14-15]

A. made

B. had made

C. was made

D. has been made

Ans: C

126. The car — by the side of the road. [ডাক অধিদপ্তরের পোস্টাল অপারেটর-১৬, পরিবার পরিকল্পনা সহকারী-১০, সহকারী শিক্ষক-০৩]

A. have parked

B. parking

C. was parked

D. None of these

Ans: C

127. Mr. Khan — this factory in 1961. [JU (C) 11-12, 40th BCS] Jagannath school was — in 1868.

A. founded

B. was found

C. has found

D. was founded

Ans: A

128. The parcel — tomorrow. (পার্সেলটি আগামীকাল পৌঁছানো হবে) [DU (D) 01-02, KU (URP) 05-06]

A. will be delivered

B. will deliver

C. will be delivering

D. will have delivery

Ans: A

129. A new house — at the corner of the road. [MBSTU (D) 11-12]

A. been built

B. is being built

C. building

D. is building

Ans: B

130. Honey is sweet when it — . (মধুর স্বাদ নিলে মিষ্টি লাগে) [DU (D) 01-02, RU (A5) 11-12, (E) 18-19]

A. tested

B. tasted

C. is tasted

D. taste

Ans: C

131. If a bar magnet is — , the two pieces form two complete magnets, each with north and south pole. [বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংকের সহকারী পরিচালক-০১]

A. broken

B. broke

C. breaking

D. break

Ans: A

132. Ancient Greek — in some schools. (এখনো কিছু স্কুলে প্রাচীন গ্রীক ভাষা শেখানো হয়) [CU (B-4) 10-11]

A. still being taught

B. is still taught

C. still teaches

D. is still

E. taught

Ans: B

133. Very few countries in the world — by monarchs. [CU (C) 09-10]

A. now rule

B. now ruling

C. are now ruled

D. now ruled

Ans: C

134. She cannot go along here because the road is — [RU (BBA) 09-10]

A. been repaired

B. repaired

C. repair

D. being repaired

Ans: D

135. Computer — all over the world at the moment. [পোস্টমাস্টার জেনারেল/পোস্টাল অপারেটর-১৬] Now the internet — all over the world. (এখন সারাবিশ্বে ইন্টারনেট ব্যবহৃত হচ্ছে) [CU (I) 16-17]

A. is using

B. has used

C. has been using

D. is being used

Ans: D

136. English is — in many countries. (অনেক দেশে ইংরেজি ভাষা বলা হয়) [সরকারী মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষক-০৬]

A. spoken

B. spoke

C. speaking

D. speaks

Ans: A

137. English (to speak) in many parts of the world. [BSMRSTU (E) 14-15]

A. English is spoken in many parts of the world.

B. The English is spoken in many parts of the world.

C. English is being spoken in many parts of the world.

D. English is being spoken in many parts of the world.

Ans: A

138. — you do a favour, please. (দয়া করে আমার একটা উপকার করবে/করবেন কি?) [CU (G) 15-16]

A. Are

B. Was

C. Would

D. Were

Ans: C