Verb Exercise - 5 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

VERB

QUESTIONS

BCS Questions

1. Fill in the blank with the correct word. ______ he lay on the ground groaning. [46th BCS]

A. Be injured

B. Injuring

C. Having injured

D. Injured

Ans: D

2. Choose the right form of verb: The boy (to lie) on the floor yesterday. [45th BCS]

A. lies

B. lay

C. lied

D. Layed

Ans: B

3. When one makes a promise, one must not go ______ on it. [45th BCS]

A. forward

B. back

C. by

D. around

Ans: B

4. I can't put up with him any more. Here 'put up with' means: [45th BCS]

A. To protect

B. To terminate

C. To tolerate

D. To prevent

Ans: C

5. What is the verb form of the word 'ability'? [44th BCS; 11th BCS]

A. capable

B. inability

C. enable

D. unable

Ans: C

6. 'He contemplated marrying his cousin.' Here 'marrying' is a/an- [43rd BCS]

A. present participle

B. gerund

C. verbes

D. infinitive

Ans: B

7. Identify the correct sentence: [43rd BCS]

A. The girl burst out tears.

B. The girl burst into tears.

C. The girl burst with tears.

D. The girl bursted out tears.

Ans: B

8. He avoided making the same mistakes again. Here 'making' is - [43rd BCS]

A. auxiliary verb

B. object

C. participle

D. gerund

Ans: D

9. The word 'flying' in the sentence 'look at the flying bird' is - [42nd BCS]

A. gerund

B. verbal noun

C. participle

D. gerundial infinitive

Ans: C

10. 'Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the class room door with only seven seconds to spare.' In this sentence the verb 'arrived' is - [41st BCS]

A. intransitive

B. transitive

C. causative

D. defective

Ans: A

11. The old man is tired of walking. Here 'walking' is - [41st BCS]

A. a participle

B. a gerund

C. an adjective

D. an object

Ans: B

12. 'I will not let you go.' In this sentence 'go' is a/an- [41st BCS]

A. Infinitive

B. Gerund

C. participle

D. verbal noun

Ans: A

13. 'A lost opportunity never returns.' Here 'lost' is a- [40th BCS]

A. Gerund

B. verbal noun

C. gerundial infinitive

D. participle

Ans: D

14. Fill in the blank: As she was talking, he suddenly broke______, saying, 'That's a lie!' [40th BCS]

A. off

B. in

C. down

D. into

Ans: B

15. Fill in the blank: Tourists ______ their reservations well in advance if they want to fly to Cox's Bazar. [38th BCS]

A. better to had get

B. had better to get

C. had better got

D. had better get

Ans: D

16. Reading is an excellent habit. Here 'reading' is - [38th BCS]

A. verbal noun

B. participle

C. verb

D. gerund

Ans: D

17. The nightingale is a singing bird. Here 'singing' is - [38th BCS]

A. verbal noun

B. gerund

C. infinitive

D. participle

Ans: D

18. A retired officer lives next door. Here, the underlined word is used as a/an: [38th BCS]

A. Gerund

B. adverb

C. Preposition

D. participle

Ans: D

19. Education is enlightening. Here 'enlightening' is-: [37th BCS]

A. A gerund

B. A participle

C. An infinitive

D. A finite verb

Ans: B

20. I couldn't mend the computer myself, so I ........ at a shop. [37th BCS]

A. had it mended

B. had it mend

C. did it mend

D. had mended

Ans: A

21. The girl dancing is my daughter. Here 'dancing' is - [37th BCS]

A. gerund

B. participle

C. preposition

D. infinitive

Ans: B

22. Slow and steady ______ the race. [36th BCS]

A. win

B. wins

C. has won

D. won

Ans: B

23. Verb of 'Number' is- [36th BCS]

A. number

B. enumerate

C. numbering

D. numerical

Ans: B (Note: While 'Number' can be a verb, 'Enumerate' is the specific verb form often sought in this context).

24. 'To do away with' means- [36th BCS]

A. to repeat

B. to start

C. to get rid of

D. to drive off

Ans: C

25. Cricket enjoys a huge ______ in Bangladesh. [36th BCS]

A. follow on

B. fall out

C. follow

D. following

Ans: D

26. Which of the following words can be used as a verb? [35th BCS]

A. Mister

B. Master

C. Mistress

D. Mastery

Ans: B

27. This could have worked if I ______ been more far sighted. [35th BCS]

A. had

B. have

C. might

D. would

Ans: A

28. In the 18th Century the Mughal Empire began to ______ [35th BCS]

A. discriminate

B. disintegrate

C. differentiate

D. dislocate

Ans: B

29. Being fat does not necessarily kill you, but it ______ the risk that you will suffer from nasty diseases. [35th BCS]

A. increases

B. emphasizes

C. encourages

D. involves

Ans: A

30. 'Pass away' means- [33rd BCS]

A. disappear

B. die

C. erase

D. fall

Ans: B

31. The idiom 'put up with' means- [33rd BCS]

A. stay together

B. tolerate

C. keep trust

D. protect

Ans: B

32. Travellers ______ their reservation well in advance if they want to visit the St. Martins island. [32nd BCS]

A. had better to get

B. had to better get

C. had better get

D. had better got

Ans: C

33. While living in poverty, the poet had to ______ a great deal of sufferings. [31st BCS]

A. see through

B. put up with

C. pass by

D. fall back

Ans: B

34. He watched the boat ______ down the water. [29th BCS]

A. to float

B. floating

C. was floating

D. had floating

Ans: B

35. The price of rice is - [28th BCS]

A. raising

B. risen

C. raised

D. rising

Ans: D

36. 'To get along with' means- [28th BCS]

A. to adjust

B. to accompany

C. interest

D. to walk

Ans: A

37. He advised me ______ smoking. [25th BCS]

A. giving up

B. to give up

C. in giving up

D. from giving up

Ans: B

38. I am looking for someone who ......... play the piano. [24th BCS]

A. can be able to

B. is able

C. be able to

D. can

Ans: D

39. A reward has been announced for the employees who ______ hard. [26th BCS]

A. have worked

B. has worked

C. will be work

D. have had worked

Ans: A

40. The Parthenon is said ______ erected in the age of Pericles. [21st BCS]

A. to have become

B. to have begun

C. to have been

D. to have had begun

Ans: C

41. Yesterday we had .......... twenty minutes for a bus. [18th BCS]

A. wait

B. to wait

C. to waiting

D. to waited

Ans: B

42. Choose the correct sentence. [16th BCS]

A. I forbade him to go

B. I forbade him going

C. I forbade him from going

D. I forbade him not to go

Ans: A

43. The speaker failed to make the audience ______ to him patiently. [15th BCS]

A. to listen

B. listen

C. listened

D. listening

Ans: B

44. How many eggs have our hens ______ this month? [14th BCS]

A. lain

B. laid

C. lay

D. lied

Ans: B

45. The boy from the village said, I ........ starve than beg. [13th BCS]

A. better

B. rather

C. would rather

D. would better

Ans: C

46. What is the verb of the word 'Shortly'? [12th BCS]

A. Short

B. Shorter

C. Shorten

D. Shortness

Ans: C

47. A rolling stone gathers no moss. What 'rolling' is? [11th BCS]

A. Gerund

B. Verbal noun

C. Participle

D. Adjective

Ans: C

Primary Questions

Here are the questions renumbered from 1 to 36, presented in the clear, vertical format.

1. 'She copied the word' এ বাক্যে Copied শব্দটি- [প্রাথমিক সহ-শিক্ষক নিয়োগ পরীক্ষা ২০২৪]

A. Noun

B. Adverb

C. Adjective

D. Verb

Ans: D

2. I water the plants. The word 'water' is used as - [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০২০]

A. Verb

B. Adverb

C. Noun

D. Pronoun

Ans: A

3. Which of the following is a verb? [DPE AT: 03]

A. cloth

B. blood

C. feed

D. food

Ans: C

4. 'Walking is good for health' এ বাক্যে Walking শব্দটি- [প্রাথমিক সহ-শিক্ষক নিয়োগ পরীক্ষা ২০২৪]

A. Adverb

B. Verb

C. Noun

D. Gerund

Ans: D

5. Phosphates ______ to most farm lands in Bangladesh. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. need to be adding

B. need to be added

C. need added

D. need to add

Ans: B

6. 'Look over' means- [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. Neglect

B. choose

C. ignore

D. examine closely

Ans: D

7. What is the past participle form of 'put'? [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১৯]

A. putten

B. had putten

C. put

D. putted

Ans: C

8. Choose the correct past participle form of word 'drink'. [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১৯]

A. Drunk

B. drunker

C. dronk

D. drank

Ans: A

9. 'Pass for' means - [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. Allow

B. brush aside

C. qualify

D. appear to be

Ans: D

10. Fifty kg ______ really a heavy weight to carry. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. are

B. was

C. is

D. were

Ans: C

11. She was used to ______ the poor. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. Help

B. helped

C. helping

D. to help

Ans: C

12. As the sun ______, I decided to go out. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. was shining

B. have shone

C. shine

D. shines

Ans: A

13. Mr. Atique ______ rather not invest that money in the stock market. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. Must

B. could

C. has to

D. would

Ans: D

14. Three fourths of the work ______ finished. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. have been

B. had

C. has been

D. were

Ans: C

15. Karim as well as Rahim ______ praise. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১১]

A. Deserve

B. deserves

C. are deserving

D. is deserving

Ans: B

16. কোনটি Present Perfect Tense-এর উদাহরণ? [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. I shall have the news.

B. I have had the news.

C. I have the news.

D. I had the news.

Ans: B

17. 'Look after' means to- [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. Follow

B. try again

C. take care

D. look at

Ans: C

18. Trees have ______ off their leaves. [প্রাথমিক বিদ্যালয় সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৯]

A. thrown

B. fallen

C. cast

D. put

Ans: C

19. My brother enjoys ______ computer games. [DPE AT: 17]

A. play

B. to play

C. playing

D. being playing

Ans: C

20. Don't ______ mountains into mole hills. [DPE AT: 17]

A. make

B. made

C. making

D. having make

Ans: A

21. Present participle of the word 'pertain' is - [DPE AT: 17]

A. is pertaining

B. petains

C. pertaining

D. pertained

Ans: C

22. What is the past form of 'string'? [DPE AT: 17]

A. strang

B. strong

C. strung

D. stringed

Ans: C

23. He writes a letter. In this sentence, 'write' is a- [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১৬]

A. Transitive verb

B. Principal verb

C. Intransitive verb

D. Auxiliary verb

Ans: A

24. A swimming snake bit him in the leg. Here 'swimming' is a- [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১১]

A. participle

B. verbal noun

C. gerund

D. infinite

Ans: A

25. 'Able' শব্দটির Verb নিচের কোনটি? [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১৫]

A. Unable

B. Enable

C. Disable

D. Ability

Ans: B

26. 'Act' শব্দটির verb হচ্ছে- [প্রাক-প্রা. সহ. শিক্ষক ২০১৪]

A. Acted

B. Enact

C. Action

D. Actress

Ans: B

27. 'The door opened automatically'. The verb in this sentence is- [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১৪]

A. Transitive verb

B. Linking verb

C. Intransitive verb

D. None of these

Ans: C

28. 'Mother laughs' বাক্যে 'laughs' কিসের উদাহরণ? [প্রা. প্র. শি. ২০১২]

A. Intransitive verb

B. Transitive verb

C. Auxilliary verb

D. Causative verb

Ans: A

29. Mother loves me. Here love is an example of- [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০১৩]

A. Transitive verb

B. Intransitive verb

C. Auxiliary verb

D. Causative verb

Ans: A

30. She found the boy (to cry). [DPE AT: 13]

A. She found the boy cry

B. She found the boy crys

C. She found the boy cried

D. She found the boy crying

Ans: D

31. Verb of the word 'new' is [প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক ২০১২]

A. Anew

B. Newly

C. Newness

D. Renew

Ans: D

32. What is the verb of the word 'Dark'? [প্রা. সহ. শি. ২০০৭]

A. Darkest

B. Darkly

C. Darken

D. Darky

Ans: C

33. The word 'paralyse' is - [DPE AT: 11]

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

D. pronoun

Ans: A

34. I do not know where ______ gone so early in the morning. [DPE AT: 01]

A. would he have

B. he was

C. he had

D. he could have

Ans: D

35. ______ is considered a serious crime. [DPE AT: 01]

A. shoplift

B. shoplifting

C. shoplifter

D. to shoplifting

Ans: B

36. Past tense of the verb 'shear' is - [DPE AT: 11]

A. sheared

B. shore

C. shear

D. shorn

Ans: A

Teacher Registration Questions

Here are the questions renumbered from 1 to 63, presented in the clear, vertical format.

1. Verb form of the word 'apology' is- [১৮ তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন]

A. Apological

B. Apologize

C. Apologify

D. Enapology

Ans: B

2. The verb form of 'deceit' is-[১৮ তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন]

A. deceive

B. decisive

C. deceiving

D. deceitful

Ans: A

3. The verb form of 'danger' is-- [১৭তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন]

A. dangered

B. indanger

C. endangered

D. endanger

Ans: D

4. The verb form of the word 'friend' is [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. befriend

B. enfriend

C. defriend

D. friendly

Ans: A

5. Verb of the word 'false' is- [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. falsify

B. falsely

C. falsity

D. falsehood

Ans: A

6. If he ______ a human being, he would not have done this. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. is

B. was

C. had been

D. were

Ans: D

7. Do not ______ what you can do today. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. put on

B. put to

C. put off

D. put left

Ans: C

8. The verb of the word 'economy' is- [১২তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১১]

A. economic

B. economical

C. economically

D. economize

Ans: D

9. The verb form of 'deceit' is: [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. deceitful

B. deceitfully

C. decisive

D. deceive

Ans: D

10. The verb form of 'little' is- [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. belittle

B. enlittle

C. littlen

D. littlise

Ans: A

11. What is the verb form of the word 'beauty'? [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. beautiful

B. beautifully

C. beautifying

D. beautify

Ans: D

12. Verb of the word 'apology' is- [১৩তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৬]

A. apological

B. apologise

C. apologify

D. enapology

Ans: B

13. The verb of 'sure' is- [১০ম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৪]

A. surely

B. ensure

C. surety

D. none of these

Ans: B

14. Stop (to write) as soon as the bell rings. [16th NTRC]

A. to write

B. writing

C. to written

D. wrote

Ans: B

15. While I (play) in the field, I saw a dead cow. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. playing

B. was playing

C. played

D. playing

Ans: B

16. Instead of 'confirm' we can say- [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. bear out

B. bear on

C. bear to

D. bear of

Ans: A

17. The father with his seven daughters ______ left the house. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. Have

B. are

C. has

D. was

Ans: C

18. It's time you ______ your mistakes. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. realised

B. realise

C. have realised

D. had realised

Ans: A

19. Jamal walks as if he ______ lame. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. is

B. has been

C. were

D. was

Ans: C

20. Uneasy lies the head that ______ a crown. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. wear

B. wears

C. puts

D. keep

Ans: B

21. Read diligently lest you ______ fail in the examination. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. should

B. will

C. shall

D. must

Ans: A

22. He ______ me while I was reading. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. interrupts

B. interrupted

C. is interrupting

D. interrupting

Ans: B

23. Which is the correct use of gerund? [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. I saw the girl dancing.

B. I am dancing on the floor.

C. Dancing is a good exercise.

D. The girl came here dancing

Ans: C

24. I wanted the poster to - [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. Hang

B. be hanged

C. be hunged

D. be hung

Ans: D

25. Would you mind ______ me a cup of tea? [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. giving

B. make

C. bringing

D. bring

Ans: A

26. Jabir went to market with a view to (to purchase) - a dress. [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. Purchase

B. purchased

C. purchases

D. purchasing

Ans: D

27. I have no objection to ______ your story again. [12th NTRC]

A. hear

B. have heard

C. hearing

D. be heard

Ans: C

28. It is high time we (change) our food habit. [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. Changed

B. have changed

C. should have changed

D. should change

Ans: A

29. He has bought a ticket. He ______ come today. [16th NTRC]

A. may

B. might

C. could

D. has to

Ans: A

30. What is the verb form of 'ability'? [১৬তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. ableness

B. enable

C. ably

D. able

Ans: B

31. He made me ........ the car. [15th NTRC]

A. to drive

B. driven

C. drove

D. drive

Ans: D

32. The teacher made the children ______ the book. [15th NTRC]

A. reading

B. to read

C. read

D. reads

Ans: C

33. I opened the door as soon as I ______ the bell. [১২তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১১]

A. have heard

B. was hearing

C. heard

D. am heard

Ans: C

34. The girls water the plants. Here 'water' is- [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. noun

B. verb

C. adjective

D. adverb

Ans: B

35. The old man was very weak. His health broke ______ under the pressure of work. [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. down

B. upon

C. through

D. away

Ans: A

36. Walk fast lest the train (miss). [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. would miss

B. would be missed

C. will be missed

D. will miss

Ans: C 

37. Rina proceeded as though she (know) everything. [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. knows

B. had known

C. knew

D. known

Ans: B (Note: Past Indefinite + as though + Past Perfect).

38. He prohibited me ______ [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. to do it

B. do it

C. in doing it

D. from doing it

Ans: D

39. He fathered the plan. Here the word 'father' is- [১৫তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৯]

A. a noun

B. an adjective

C. a verb

D. an adverb

Ans: C

40. Kamal as well as Jamal (to be) - attending the party. [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. Are

B. is

C. have been

D. been

Ans: B

41. Lima along with her friends ______ to school everyday. [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. Go

B. goes

C. is going

D. are going

Ans: B

42. Your watch has run - [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. Down

B. short

C. good

D. up

Ans: A

43. My uncle arrived while I ______ the dinner. [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. would cook

B. had cooked

C. cook

D. was cooking

Ans: D

44. What kind of verb is the word 'went' in the sentence: 'The dog went mad'? [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. Transitive verb

B. Causative verb

C. Factitive verb

D. Copulative verb

Ans: D

45. Do you ....... the bell ringing? [14th NTRC]

A. hear

B. can hear

C. hearing

D. heard

Ans: A

46. The children who play near the garden water the saplings. Here 'water' is-a. [১৪তম শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন ২০১৭]

A. noun

B. adjective

C. verb

D. adverb

Ans: C

47. You should dress for cold weather today. Here 'dress' is - [13th NTRC]

A. noun

B. verb

C. preposition

D. adjective

Ans: B

48. We helped him ______ the work. [13th NTRC]

A. to finish

B. finishing

C. in finishing

D. finish

Ans: D (Note: 'Help' can take bare infinitive or to-infinitive. 'Finish' (D) is preferred).

49. Walk carefully lest ______ [13th NTRC]

A. you will fall

B. you should stumble

C. you would have fallen

D. you might lose the way

Ans: B

50. I saw the beggar ........ on the floor. [12th NTRC]

A. laid

B. lying

C. lay

D. lie

Ans: B

51. Walk fast lest you (miss) the train. [12th NTRC]

A. would miss

B. missed

C. should miss

D. will miss

Ans: C

52. The old man walks slowly lest ______ [11th NTRC]

A. he falls

B. he may fall

C. he fell down

D. he should fall

Ans: D

53. We worked hard so that we ______ succeed. [11th NTRC]

A. can

B. could

C. may

D. should

Ans: B

54. You had better ______ a doctor. [10th NTRC]

A. to see

B. see

C. saw

D. seen

Ans: B

55. I went back to work (close) the door. [10th NTRC]

A. close

B. closing

C. by closing

D. with closing

Ans: B (Note: Meaning "I went back to work closing the door" or implies sequence. Often 'having closed' is better, but among options, 'closing' is part of a phrase).

56. She could not but ______ there. [10th NTRC]

A. help going

B. goes

C. has gone

D. go

Ans: D

57. I heard the little boy - / I heard the baby ______ for his or its food. [9th NTRC]

A. cry

B. crying

C. cried

D. is crying

Ans: A (Note: 'Hear' someone do something (complete action) vs doing something (incomplete). Both A and B are grammatically possible depending on context, but exams often prefer the bare infinitive 'cry' for the simple fact, or 'crying' for the ongoing. Source keys vary. 'Crying' is very common for 'heard the baby...'. Let's check typical key. Often 'Crying' (B) is preferred for babies. However, 'Cry' (A) is valid. I'll stick to A/B ambiguity, usually B).

58. Mukta knows ______ sing. [8th NTRC]

A. well to

B. to

C. herself to

D. how to

Ans: D

59. He kept on (sing) as he passed. [7th NTRC]

A. singing

B. to sing

C. to have sung

D. sang

Ans: A

60. My mother makes me take the medicine. Here 'make' is a/an ..... verb. [7th NTRC]

A. auxiliary

B. week

C. strong

D. causative

Ans: D

61. I told him everything lest he ______ [6th NTRC]

A. misunderstood me

B. misunderstand me

C. should not misunderstand me

D. should misunderstand me

Ans: D

62. 'Man' has been used as a verb in - [5th NTRC]

A. No man infallible

B. He is a worthy man

C. He shouted at the man

D. The captain has to man the ship carefully

Ans: D

63. Let us winter in the Malaysia. Here 'winter' is - [4th NTRC]

A. noun

B. pronoun

C. verb

D. adverb

Ans: C

Bank Questions

1. It is our duty to (obey) our parents. [PKB Office Assistant: 23]

A. obey

B. obeying

C. obeyed

D. be obeyed

Ans: A

2. The police is looking - the case. [8 Banks Officer 2022]

A. After

B. up

C. into

D. on

Ans: C

3. What is the past participle of 'dive'? [Bangladesh Bank AD 2021]

A. Dove

B. diven

C. dive

D. dived

Ans: D

4. Identify the word class of the bold faced word: The dark skies cleared and the sun shone dazzlingly. [7 Banks & 1 FI SO 2021]

A. Adjective

B. adver

C. noun

D. verb

Ans: B

5. I have to ______ to the finish line and back. [PKB Officer 2021]

A. Run

B. run away

C. get away

D. gate through

Ans: A

6. Choose the best form of modal. Let's dance on the floor, ______ we? [PKB Officer 2021]

A. Will

B. didn't we

C. won't we

D. shall

Ans: D

7. A lucrative career is not very easy to come ______ [17 Banks & 1 FI SO 2021]

A. Up

B. out

C. in

D. by

Ans: D

8. Shubho ______ a fortune when his great uncle passed on. [17 Govt. Banks & FI SO 2021]

A. came along

B. came into

C. came through

D. came down

Ans: B

9. Excuses do not work. You should try and cut it ______ [17 Govt. Banks & FI SO 2021]

A. back

B. out

C. up to

D. back on

Ans: B

10. Because I'm repeatedly leaving things behind, my mother always tells me that I ______ all my belongings in my bag before leaving the sports centre. [PKB SO 2021]

A. have to check/had had

B. Checked/had

C. cheek/should have

D. must check/have

Ans: D

11. The old man tired of ______ [SPCBL Cashier: 21]

A. walk

B. walking

C. walking on

D. walking work

Ans: B

12. The enemy has (to flee) away. [SPCBL Cashier: 21]

A. flee

B. flew

C. fled

D. fly

Ans: C

13. ______ a little bit of history, it was thought to be impossible in any computer system ______ a window with a functioning channel. [PKB SO 2021]

A. To have given/to have

B. Giving/having

C. To give/to have

D. Given/having

Ans: D

14. I got the work (do). [SPCBL Cashier: 21]

A. have done

B. done

C. did

D. none

Ans: B

15. The Exam is going well, we ______ any problems. [Janata Bank SO 2020]

A. couldn't have

B. don't have

C. doesn't have

D. didn't have

Ans: B

16. Past participle of 'wear' is [Janata Bank SO 2020]

A. weared

B. weard

C. wore

D. worn

Ans: D

17. The past participle of 'Spoil' is [Southeast Bank PO 2020]

A. spoiled

B. spoild

C. spoilt

D. spell

Ans: C

18. The past participle of 'shine' is [Southeast Bank PO 2020]

A. Shint

B. shined

C. shont

D. shone

Ans: D

19. ______ by people's perception it seems that democracy has succeeded in Bangladesh. [Premier Bank 2020]

A. Following

B. Going

C. Making

D. Planned

Ans: B

20. I like ______ the piano. [Premier Bank 2020]

A. Playing

B. play

C. played

D. was played

Ans: A

21. He gave up ______ tennis. [NSI Watcher 2019]

A. of playing

B. to play

C. playing

D. play

Ans: C

22. My uncle considered ______ his business, when it was running really low. [Bakhrabad Gas 2017]

A. sell

B. selling

C. to sell

D. to be selling

Ans: B

23. I like ______ the kitchen as often as possible. [SBL Officer 2013]

A. cleaning

B. clean

C. to clean

D. that I clean

Ans: A

24. I cannot help ______ at the sight. [DBBL PO 2010]

A. laughing

B. to laugh

C. laugh

D. that to laugh

Ans: A

25. He is too important ______ for tolerating any delay. [Southeast Bank PO 2020]

A. to tolerate

B. to tolerating

C. at tolerating

D. with tolerating

Ans: A

26. The new king did not take after his father. [EXIM Bank TO 2020]

A. resemble

B. run after

C. follow

D. contradict

Ans: A

27. The word 'substantiate' is [DHAKA Bank TACO 2019]

A. Verb

B. Adverb

C. Adjective

D. Noun

Ans: A

28. The verb-form of 'Politics' is [BKB Officer 2017]

A. Political

B. Politically

C. Politicize

D. Policy

Ans: C

29. Many customers have requested that they ______ notice of our sales. [Janata Bank AEO 2019]

A. Receives

B. receive

C. received

D. receiving

Ans: B

30. The head of operations ______ to the management convention. [Janata Bank AEO 2019]

A. Go

B. is going

C. going

D. are going

Ans: B

31. Visitors are reminded ______ name tags at all times. [Janata Bank AEO 2019]

A. Wear

B. is wearing

C. to wear

D. be worn

Ans: C

32. You ______ look after your old and sick parents. [BSC Officer 2019]

A. can

B. ought to

C. might

D. may

Ans: B

33. The employees ______ about the closure before the announcement was made public. [BSC Officer 2019]

A. know

B. known

C. knew

D. have known

Ans: C (Note: Past simple works here; strictly 'had known' would be better for sequence, but C is the only valid past form provided).

34. The company ______ spouses of employees in the invitation to the banquet. [BSC Officer 2019]

A. are included

B. is including

C. have included

D. has including

Ans: B

35. Children must be ______ with love and care. [BSC SO 2019]

A. brought up

B. brought about

C. brought for

D. brought as

Ans: A

36. I am exactly like my mother. I think I have ______ her. [BSC SO 2019]

A. taken to

B. taken off

C. taken over

D. taken after

Ans: D

37. I shall ring you up as soon as ______ [BSC Officer 2019]

A. I will arrive

B. I shall arrive

C. I arrive

D. I shall be arriving

Ans: C

38. I just had to ______ the orders of my employer. [BSC Officer 2019]

A. carry on

B. carry through

C. carry away

D. carry out

Ans: D

39. Could you ______ me that file on your desk, please? [Bangladesh Bank Officer 2019]

A. extend

B. past

C. catch

D. hand

Ans: D

40. 'Our teacher told us off for being late.' The bold faced phrase is closest to [Bangladesh Bank Officer 2019]

A. expelled us

B. detained us

C. scolded us

D. punished us

Ans: C

41. I ______ an iPod last month. [IFIC Bank TSO 2019]

A. have bought

B. buy

C. bought

D. am buying

Ans: C

42. The government requires ______ before the end of the financial year. [DHAKA Bank TACO 2019]

A. that these forms should be submitted

B. that these forms be submitted

C. for these forms to be submitted

D. these forms submission

Ans: B

43. Fill in the gap with appropriate word: I hoped he ______ arrived safely. [BSC SO 2018]

A. Has

B. had

C. is

D. would have

Ans: B

44. Complete shut down ______ observed today against new law. [Basic Bank Asst. Manager 2018]

A. is being

B. can be

C. is been

D. was been

Ans: A

45. While he ______ in the garden, a snake bit him. [IFIC Bank TAO 2018]

A. walked

B. was walking

C. is walking

D. walks

Ans: B

46. The number of female students graduating from 1995 to 2015. [BKB Officer 2017]

A. increased by more than twice

B. more than doubled

C. increased more than two times

D. had more than doubled

Ans: B

47. NBR requires ______ before the end of the financial year. [BKB Officer 2017]

A. that e-TIN forms should be submitted

B. that e-TIN forms be submitted

C. for e-TIN forms to be submitted

D. e-TIN form submission

Ans: B

48. I would have lent you my laptop if you ______ me. [Bakhrabad Gas 2017]

A. could ask

B. would have asked

C. could of asked

D. had asked

Ans: D

49. He blew out the match. [Petrobangla 2017]

A. caught up

B. passed

C. kicked

D. extinguished

Ans: D

50. The painting is ______ on the wall. [Petrobangla 2017]

A. hang

B. hunged

C. hanged

D. hung

Ans: D

51. Raju ______ here yesterday. [Petrobangla 2017]

A. comes

B. came

C. none

D. has come

Ans: B

52. The students aren't prepared ______ the examination. [Pubali Bank 2017]

A. to listen

B. to work

C. to take

D. to give

Ans: C

53. It is high time we ______ ready or we may miss the train. [Southeast Bank PO 2017]

A. get

B. got

C. become

D. have got

Ans: B

54. In a retail store, consumers ______ the merchandise and compare brands. [SIBL PO 2017]

A. could inspected

B. can be inspected

C. can inspecting

D. can inspect

Ans: D

55. Mule deer ______ a wide variety of twigs, grass, berries, and fruit. [ONE Bank SCO 2017]

A. eating

B. has eaten

C. used to eating

D. are used to eating

Ans: D

56. People ______ how light behaves thousands of years ago. [Modhumoti Bank PO 2017]

A. must have begun observing

B. must began to observe

C. must to begin to observe

D. none of these

Ans: A

57. The Harvest moon is the full moon nearest the equinox ______ a period of several days when the moon rises after sunset. [SIBL TSO 2016]

A. it brings

B. bringing

C. for bringing

D. birngs

Ans: B

58. Onion prices have ______ too much this month. [JBL SO 2016]

A. raised

B. risen

C. rise

D. rose

Ans: B

59. Which sentence contains a gerund? [RAKUB Supervisor 2014]

A. I am going walking

B. He is walking in his garden

C. I have walking shoes

D. I have no objection to walking

Ans: D

60. Gerund is related to [BCBL Officer 2010]

A. noun

B. adjective

C. verb

D. adverb

Ans: A

61. They are thinking of ______ to a new house. [RBL Officer 2010]

A. moving

B. move

C. to move

D. rent

Ans: A

62. She loves to cook Chiness dishes. Here 'to cook' is - [KSB Officer 2008]

A. gerund

B. verbal noun

C. infinitive

D. participle

Ans: C

63. You'd better have a plumber ______ the leak in the bathroom. [KSB Officer 2005]

A. to be reapired

B. repair

C. manage

D. repaired

Ans: B

64. The past participle form of 'bear' is - [KSB Officer 2005]

A. bore

B. borne / born

C. borned

D. bear

Ans: B

65. Do you want ______ with you or do you want to go alone? [EXIM Bank Officer 2004]

A. me to come

B. me coming

C. that I come

D. that I will come

Ans: A

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