Right Forms of Verbs Exercise Questions & Answers for Class 6
Right Forms of Verbs — Practice Questions & Answers (Class 6)
Completing passages using the right forms of verbs is a fundamental grammar item for Class 6 English 2nd Paper examinations. Below are 32 important practice sets with complete solutions:
০১.
| depend | take | wait | regain | go |
A proverb (a) _____ that time and tide (b) _____ for none. Since the beginning of civilization time is moving. It goes on and on. It does not (c) _____ any rest. Lost health may be recovered by medicine and proper caring and nursing and lost wealth by dint of hard labour. But lost time cannot be (d) _____ by any means. Success in life (e) _____ on the best use of time.
উত্তর: (a) goes; (b) wait; (c) take; (d) regained; (e) depends.
০২.
| enjoy | have | possess | spend | telecast |
Television (a) _____ become the most common source of entertainment. At present, millions of people (b) _____ television programmes. Various types of programmes are (c) _____ on numerous channels. Almost all the families (d) _____ a television set today. They (e) _____ their leisure period in watching television.
উত্তর: (a) has; (b) enjoy; (c) telecast; (d) possess; (e) spend.
০৩.
| commit | create | be | limit | face |
At present, Bangladesh is (a) _____ a number of problems. Overpopulation (b) _____ one of the most serious problems here. At the same time, it is also causing many other social problems. The population is growing larger every day, but the job opportunities are still very (c) _____. This (d) _____ unemployment problem. Sometimes unemployed youths (e) _____ different types of crimes.
উত্তর: (a) facing; (b) is; (c) limited; (d) creates; (e) commit.
০৪.
| prosper | become | go | realise | be |
Sincerity (a) _____ the root of success. One can (b) _____ a long way if he does anything with sincerity. The great men of the history (c) _____ successful because of their sincerity. Many of us do not (d) _____ the importance of it. As a result, we cannot succeed in life. So, all of us should be sincere in every step of our life in order to (e) _____ in life.
উত্তর: (a) is; (b) go; (c) became; (d) realise; (e) prosper.
০৫. A college magazine (a) _____ (play) an important role in college life. It is different from other regular journals. Our college magazine is (b) _____ (publish) in English language. The editor of the magazine is a student who (c) _____ (act) under the supervision of a teacher. The magazine (d) _____ (introduce) the writers who (e) _____ (find) opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas.
উত্তর: (a) plays; (b) published; (c) acts; (d) introduces; (e) don't find.
০৬. Dr Muhammad Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank. He has (a) _____ (found) this bank to help the poor and landless people of the country. His purpose (b) _____ (be) to remove poverty and (c) _____ (make) the poor people self-sufficient. His micro credit programme has (d) _____ (contribute) a lot to our socio-economic development. He (e) _____ (award) Nobel Prize in Peace in 2006 for his great contribution in the field of poverty alleviation.
উত্তর: (a) founded; (b) is; (c) make; (d) contributed; (e) was awarded.
০৭. Traffic jam is a common affair in our country. It (a) _____ (cause) many problems for us. We (b) _____ (get) late to go for office. A huge amount of fuel (c) _____ (waste) in the roads. But there are some valid reasons for traffic jam. Drivers tend to (d) _____ (overtake) each other frequently. Most of the drivers are unable to read and write. So they (e) _____ ('understand' in the negative) the meanings of different symbols in the roads while driving.
উত্তর: (a) causes; (b) get; (c) is wasted; (d) overtake; (e) do not understand.
০৮.
| build | act | rise | breed | damage |
Self-control (a) _____ all other virtues. Man generally (b) _____ on impulses and strong desires. Vicious desires (c) _____ the purity of heart and mind resulting the degradation of human nature. It is self-control that can help a man (d) _____ up a pure character which is very essential to (e) _____ above the level of inhumanity.
উত্তর: (a) breeds; (b) acts; (c) damage; (d) build; (e) rise.
০৯.
| adopt | rise | be | achieve | try |
Honesty is a great virtue. An honest man is liked and trusted by all. The ignorant men adopt unfair means with a view to (a) _____ their objectives. An honest man may (b) _____ poor, but he never (c) _____ to become rich by (d) _____ dishonest means. His rise in life may be slow, but he (e) _____ very high in the long run.
উত্তর: (a) achieving; (b) be; (c) tries; (d) adopting; (e) rises.
১০.
| respect | see | try | mix | find |
A man who is honest, always stays away from corruption. He does not (a) _____ with the corrupt people. He always (b) _____ to be honest and frank. He is never (c) _____ doing any illegal activities. He (d) _____ pleasure in doing noble activities. He does not run after wealth. So, he is honoured and (e) _____ by all.
উত্তর: (a) mix; (b) tries; (c) seen; (d) finds; (e) respected.
১১.
| collect | situate | enjoy | call | live |
The Sundarbans is (a) _____ in the southern part of the country. It is (b) _____ the mangrove forest. The Royal Bengal Tigers (c) _____ here, but their number is decreasing day by day. Many tourists from home and abroad visit this forest with a view to (d) _____ the beautiful nature. Many people earn their livelihood by (e) _____ honey, woods etc.
উত্তর: (a) situated; (b) called; (c) live; (d) enjoying; (e) collecting.
১২. Most of the students of our country are expert in (a) _____ (memorise) answers. They do not prepare notes by themselves. They get them (b) _____ (prepare) by their tutors. Their tutors exercise their brain for the students. So the thinking power of the students (c) _____ (not develop). They (d) _____ ('acquire' in the negative) any command of the language. They, of course, do well in the examination. But for this they can claim no credit of their own. This result (e) _____ (help) them in their later future.
উত্তর: (a) memorising; (b) prepared; (c) does not develop; (d) do not acquire; (e) does not help.
১৩. Time is very valuable. This valuable time (a) _____ (wait in the negative) for anybody. It (b) _____ (know) no pause in its course. It is not wise to neglect time. The man who (c) _____ (make) the best use of time is sure to succeed. On the other hand, a man who (d) _____ (make in the negative) the best use of time cannot succeed in life. All the famous persons of the world have (e) _____ (make) the best use of time.
উত্তর: (a) does not wait; (b) knows; (c) makes; (d) does not make; (e) made.
১৪. Truthfulness is a great virtue. It is the quality of (a) _____ (speak) the truth. A truthful person cannot go in the wrong way. He (b) _____ (sit) in a higher position in the society. A truthful person (c) _____ (love) by all. Everybody (d) _____ (respect) him. On the other hand, people (e) _____ (hate) liars.
উত্তর: (a) speaking; (b) sits; (c) is loved; (d) respects; (e) hate.
১৫.
| come | make | tell | gain | trust |
Truthfulness is one of the greatest virtues which (a) _____ a man really great. A man is not (b) _____ by others if he does not cultivate the habit of speaking the truth. A man who is not trusted by anybody can never (c) _____ any position. A man can achieve his ends once or twice by (d) _____ lies, but no permanent gain (e) _____ out of such success.
উত্তর: (a) makes; (b) trusted; (c) gain; (d) telling; (e) comes.
১৬.
| see | destroy | lose | cause | increase |
Global warming is (a) _____ day by day. It is mainly (b) _____ by the destruction of forests. Every day we are cutting down trees recklessly, but not planting a single one. As a result, wild animals are (c) _____ their living places. Many birds and animals are (d) _____ no more. This loss is posing a threat to our environment by (e) _____ the ecological balance.
উত্তর: (a) increasing; (b) caused; (c) losing; (d) seen; (e) destroying.
১৭.
| come | climb | think | walk | be |
Once there were two friends. One day, they were (a) _____ through a forest. Suddenly a bear (b) _____ out of the forest. One of the friends (c) _____ up a tree. The other friend did not know how to climb up a tree. He lay down on the ground as if he (d) _____ dead. The bear came and put its nose on the face of the man. It (e) _____ him to be dead and went away.
উত্তর: (a) walking; (b) came; (c) climbed; (d) were; (e) thought.
১৮. Happiness is a relative term. It (a) _____ (vary) from man to man. A day labourer may be happy to (b) _____ (earn) a little money a day whereas a millionaire may not be, although he (c) _____ (earn) thousands of taka per day. A mans dignity (d) _____ (depend) on his ability to (e) _____ (work) and to earn by honest means.
উত্তর: (a) varies; (b) earn; (c) earns/can earn; (d) depends; (e) work.
১৯. Good students (a) _____ ('disobey' in the negative) their parents and teachers. They are gentle. They (b) _____ (attend) classes regularly. They do not (c) _____ (put) off their lessons for tomorrow. They have a daily routine and (d) _____ (prepare) their lessons accordingly. As they read throughout the year, they can do well in the examination. They do not forget what the great men (e) _____ ('do' expressing habit) in their life.
উত্তর: (a) do not disobey; (b) attend; (c) put; (d) prepare; (e) used to do/would do.
২০. Water pollution is an alarming problem in our country. Water (a) _____ (pollute) in many ways. Most of the mills and factories (b) _____ (throw) their waste materials in the rivers. Farmers (c) _____ (use) pesticides in crops. They flow in the rain and mix with river water. Oil (d) _____ (leak) through launches and steamers. All these reasons are responsible for (e) _____ (pollute) water. We must make people aware of water pollution.
উত্তর: (a) is polluted; (b) throw; (c) use; (d) is leaked; (e) polluting.
২১. A library is a part and parcel of a school. Our school (a) _____ (has) a huge library. It (b) _____ (locate) in the third floor of our school building. The library (c) _____ (consist) of many almirahs. The books (d) _____ (arrange) in those almirahs according to subjects. We can (e) _____ (find) a variety of books there.
উত্তর: (a) has; (b) is located; (c) consists; (d) are arranged; (e) find.
২২. The annual prize giving ceremony of our school (a) _____ (hold) last Friday. We (b) _____ (decorate) the school compound beautifully. We (c) _____ (use) colourful balloons to decorate. The school (d) _____ (wear) a festive look. The function (e) _____ (start) at 4 p.m.
উত্তর: (a) was held; (b) decorated; (c) used; (d) wore; (e) started.
২৩. Women (a) _____ (contribute) to the development of our country now. They (b) _____ (compete) with men at almost every sector. Garments sector is definitely the biggest sector in this case. Almost 90% people (c) _____ (work) here are women. Women (d) _____ (get) educated and working at different offices. They (e) _____ (engage) in social work too.
উত্তর: (a) are contributing; (b) are competing; (c) working; (d) are getting; (e) are engaged.
২৪.
| use | implement | come | have | require |
It is high time we (a) _____ our brain about the curse of dowry. This issue of dowry (b) _____ to be considered in view of countrys socio-economic, cultural, political circumstances. United efforts are (c) _____ to put an end to violence against women. A specific framework must be drawn up to be (d) _____. Anyway, we can hope that dowry (e) _____ to an end in the time to come.
উত্তর: (a) used; (b) has; (c) required; (d) implemented; (e) will come.
২৫.
| have | add | become | use | work |
Mobile phone is one of the wonders of modern science. It has (a) _____ a new dimension to our way of life and to the communication system. It is a telephone system that (b) _____ without any wire. Obviously, mobile telecommunication (c) _____ a part of modern life. Nowadays (d) _____ a mobile phone is not a luxury in a poor country like Bangladesh. People across the globe (e) _____ mobile phones for rapid communication with their near and dear ones.
উত্তর: (a) added; (b) works; (c) has become; (d) having; (e) use.
২৬.
| become | create | be | bring | add |
Science (a) _____ wonders in the field of communication. Mobile phone (b) _____ one of them. It has (c) _____ new dimension to our way of life. Really mobile phone has (d) _____ the world closer to us. Nowadays it has (e) _____ an important part of our day to day life.
উত্তর: (a) has created; (b) is; (c) added; (d) brought; (e) become.
২৭.
| keep | help | mean | lie | improve |
Physical exercise (a) _____ the regular movement of the limbs of our body. There (b) _____ a close connection between body and mind. We cannot think of a sound mind without a sound health. It is physical exercise which (c) _____ us to build a good health. Physical exercise (d) _____ our body active. It also (e) _____ our power of digestion and blood circulation.
উত্তর: (a) means; (b) lies; (c) helps; (d) keeps; (e) improves.
২৮.
| fight | defeat | kill | become | oppress |
Bangladesh is an independent country. In 1971, we (a) _____ independent. Earlier, we were (b) _____ by the Pakistani rulers. Our brave soldiers (c) _____ against their oppression in a nine month long war. Millions of our people were (d) _____ brutally. Many people also got injured. At last, our soldiers (e) _____ the enemies and we achieved our victory on December 16, 1971.
উত্তর: (a) became; (b) oppressed; (c) fought; (d) killed; (e) defeated.
২৯. Deforestation (a) _____ (mean) cutting down trees in large numbers. The causes of deforestation are many. People cut down trees in large number to (b) _____ (draw) quick profit from them. The lucrative price of wood also (c) _____ (allure) people to cut trees. This destruction disturbs our ecological balance. The existence of animals are going to be (d) _____ (threaten). Due to deforestation, carbon dioxide is (e) _____ (increase) worldwide. As a result, the world is getting warmer.
উত্তর: (a) means; (b) draw; (c) allures; (d) threatened; (e) increasing.
৩০. We (a) _____ (live) in the era of science now. We are doing a lot of things that (b) _____ (be) unimaginable in the past. Science (c) _____ (deliver) many wonders. The invention of electricity (d) _____ (revolutionize) our life. Radio, television, refrigerators, lights, fans all run with the power of electricity. We (e) _____ ('think' in the negative) of our existence without it.
উত্তর: (a) are living; (b) were; (c) has delivered; (d) has revolutionized; (e) cannot think.
৩১. Gender discrimination is a big problem in our society. In our society, a male child is (a) _____ (give) more priority than a female child. All parents (b) _____ (expect) a male child. They (c) _____ (become) happy when a male child is (d) _____ (bear). But they are not happy if a female child is born in their family. After birth, a girl (e) _____ ('get' in the negative) the same facility like a boy. She is deprived of the basic needs of life.
উত্তর: (a) given; (b) expect; (c) become; (d) born; (e) does not get.
৩২. Rokeya was a brilliant student. She was (a) _____ (do) excellent in her study. She (b) _____ (have) a dream of becoming a teacher. She (c) _____ (want) to make her family solvent. But all her dreams (d) _____ (shatter) cruelly as her family decided to (e) _____ (marry) her off.
উত্তর: (a) doing; (b) had; (c) wanted; (d) were shattered; (e) marry.
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