সপ্তম শ্রেণি ইংরেজি ২য় পত্র Right forms of verbs (Model 1-23)

এই আর্টিকেলটি মূলত প্রাকটিস করার জন্য। শিক্ষার্থীরা প্রাকটিস করতে পারবে বিধায় এই আর্টিকেলটি পাবলিশ করা। যদিও এখানকার প্রত্যেকটি প্রথম আলো পত্রিকা থেকে সংগ্রহ করা হয়েছে এবং সেখান থেকে আলাদা করে নিয়ে একসাথে করা হয়েছে মডেলগুলো। 

আরো পড়ুন >> Use of the Right Form of the Verbs For Class VII (ক্লিক করুন এখানে) 

উপরের লিংকটিতে ক্লিক করে আগে নিয়মগুলো পড়ে নিতে পারেন। নিয়মগুলো পড়ে নিলে পরবর্তীতে বুঝতে সুবিধা হবে এই গ্রামারটি। 

Fill in the gaps with the right forms of verbs in the brackets. Question ‘a’ and ‘e’ have special instructions in the brackets for the use of the verbs.

1. Once upon a time there was an old farmer. He lived with his wife and three sons in a small village. The three sons (a)_____ (‘quarrel’ habitual past) with each other. Their parents said, ‘(b) _____ (stop) _____ ! Don’t quarrel! It’s bad!’ But they (c)_____ (listen)_____ to their parents. One day, the sons (d)_____ (quarrel)_____ again and the old farmer heard them. Once again he (e)_____ (‘say’ in the past)_____ , Stop!’ He then asked for the five sticks and some rope. The three boys (f)_____ (bring) _____ the sticks and rope for their father. The old farmer then (g)_____ (tie) _____ the sticks together with the rope. Then he said to his sons, ‘Now try and (h)_____ (break) _____ this bundle of sticks.’

Answer: a. used to quarrel; b. stop; c. didn’t listen; d. quarreled; e.said; f. brought; g. tied; h. break.

2. The three boys tried and tried, but they (a)_____ (‘can’ in the past negative)_____ break the bundle of sticks. Then their father (b)_____ (untie)_____ the sticks and his wife gave one stick to each of her sons. There were two more sticks and she (c)_____ (give) _____ one to her husband and kept one for herself. ‘Now,’ she said, ‘Try and (d)_____ (break)_____ your stick.’ This time they all broke their sticks easily. Then the old farmer (e)_____ (‘ask’ in the past)_____ his sons, ‘Did you like my story?’ ‘Yes, we did,’ they replied. ‘What (f) _____ (to have) you learnt from it?’ he asked. The wisest son answered, ‘We (g) _____ (be)_____ like these sticks. Together we’re strong.’ ‘Good,’ replied their father, ‘That’s right. Now you (h)_____ (know) why quarrelling is bad.’

Answer: a. could not; b. untied; c. gave; d. Break; e. asked; f. have; g. are; h. know.

3. Today I (a)_____ (‘start’ in present continuous tense) _____ my diary and (b) _____ (think)_____ about myself. I (c)_____ (bear)_____ on May 12, 1968 in this village near Sonapur. I have (d)_____ (live) _____ here all my life. Sonapur is a thana in Rangpur district. We call it ‘the town’, because it has shops, a post office, a police station, a bank and many offices. This morning I (e)_____ (‘go’ in the past)_____ there with my cousin, Laila. We walked to the river and (f)_____ (cross)_____ it by boat. Then we walked to the post office. In the post office we (g)_____ (buy)_____ some stamps. Then I posted my letter to Lucy. After that we returned home. Now it is 12.30 pm. I just (h)_____ (eat)_____ my lunch and am writing my diary.

Answer: a. am starting; b. am thinking; c. was born; d. Lived; e. went; f. crossed; g. Bought; h. have eaten.

আরো পড়ুন >> Use of the Right Form of the Verbs For Class VII (ক্লিক করুন এখানে) 

4. Once some parts of the body were unhappy. They thought that only the stomach ate. ‘The stomach eats,’ they said, ‘but it (a)_____ (‘work’ in the negative)_____ . We think it’s lazy. It’s greedy too.’ ‘We both (b)_____ (work)_____ hard all day.’ said the hands. ‘We (c)_____ (wash)_____ all the clothes and the whole body. We (d)_____ (collect)_____ the food and cook it. We work in the fields and write letters too. Look at the stomach! It (e)_____ (‘work’ in the negative) _____ like us. It only eats and eats.’ Then the legs (f)_____ (say) ____ , ‘Without us the hands (g) _____ (do) _____ much. We both carry the whole body and can sometimes run away from danger. We can jump and kick footballs too. Look at the stomach! We think it (h) _____ (work)_____ like us. It only eats and eats.’

Answer: a. does not work; b. work; c. wash; d. collect; e. does not work; f. said; g. cannot do/do not do; h. does not work/cannot work.

5. My house is in the village of Nurgonj. It (a)_____ (‘be’ in the negative)_____ very far away. It is only three kilometers from Sherpur. There (b)_____ (be)_____ many trees around our village. Near my house we (c)_____ (to have) _____ a tube-well. There is also a pond near my house. At the side of my house we (d)_____ (to have)_____ the kitchen. There is a vegetable garden in front of it. We (e)_____ (‘grow’ in the simple present)_____ green vegetables and carrots. There (f)_____ (be)_____ a fence around the vegetable garden. We (g)_____ (keep)_____ the cows in a shed behind the house. We also (h)_____ (make) _____ a latrine at the side of the cowshed.

Answer: a. is not; b. are; c. have; d. have; e. grow; f. is; g. keep; h. have made.

6. Samira (a)_____ (‘to have’ to show possession)_____ a cousin called Laila. Now she (b)_____ (be)_____ a student and (c)_____ (go)_____ to college. She (d)_____ (live)_____ in Sonapur near the Agrani Bank. Five years ago, Laila came to Sonapur from a small village not far from Samira’s on the other side of the river. From her window she (e)_____ (‘see’ showing past ability)_____ the river. It (f)_____ (flow)_____ down from the hills near the border of Rangpur district. She (g)_____ (like)_____ the river very much, because it (h)_____ (look)_____ very beautiful.

Answer: a. has; b. Is; c. goes; d. lives; e. could see; f. Flowed;  g. liked; h. looked.

 7. One day Laila’s father said, ‘Laila, we (a)____ (‘be’ present indicating future)____ visit your uncle and aunt up in the hills tomorrow. First, we (b)____ (cross)____ the river by boat. Then we (c)____(walk)____ there. It (d)____ (be) ____ a long journey, so we (e)____ (‘leave’ in the future)____ early.’ Laila (f)____ (look)____ very happy and excited. She (g)____ (want)____ to visit her relatives and (h) ____ (walk)____ in the hills.

Answer: a. are going to b. shall cross c. shall walk d. Is e. shall leave Looked g. Wanted h. walked.

8. Every hour we (a) ____ (‘stop’ in the past)____ and drank some water. Then we (b)____ (stop)____ by a small river and (c)____ (eat)____ our chicken biriyani and cakes. After our picnic, we (d)____(rest)____ for half an hour. Then we (e)____ (‘walk’ in the past) ____ again. After two and a half hours, we (f)____ (come)____ to my aunt and uncle’s village. They looked very happy (g)____ (see)____ us. ‘Welcome,’ they said. ‘Sit down and have a rest. You (h)____ (look)____ very tired.’ I was very tired, but also very happy.

Answer: a. Stopped b. Stopped c. ate; d. Rested e. Walked f. came g. to see h. look.

9. Imon: Hey, that looks good. What are you (a)____ (‘make’ in the present continuous form)?

Farah: A toasted sandwich.

Imon: ‘what’? How do you (b)____ (make)____ it, genius?

Farah: Well, it (c)____ (be)____ easy really. Just (d)____ (toast)____ two slices of bread. Then (e)____ (‘take’ in making advice)____ some tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber.

Imon: And then what?

Farah: (f)____ (slice)___ some cheese or meat and (g)____ (stick) them between your two slices! Simple, eh?

Imon: Umm, looks great. Can you (h)____ (make) me one?

Farah: Ah____ ha! Now you are talking.

Answer: a. making b. Make; c. is d. toast e. take f. Slice g. stick  h. make.

 10. Junk Food is food that (a)____ (‘produce’ in the passive form) for its pungent taste rather than for its health value. It is great fun to eat and it (b)____ (look) ____ very appealing, but it is not good for the body. It often (c)____ (contain) ____ added chemicals, which make it taste soothing but (d)____ (to be)____ unhealthy. It usually (e)____ (‘contain’ expressing habitual fact) a lot of animal fat or sugar. Foods like chips, burgers, crisps, cakes, biscuits, (f)____ (to be)____ high in animal fats. Sweets and fizzy drinks like cola and lemonade are high in sugar. When we

(g)____ (eat) ____ a large amount of fat, our bodies (h)____ (turn)____ them into fatty tissue.

Answer: a. is produces produced b. can look/looks c. contains d. are e. Contains f. Are g. Eat h.turn

11. Then the eyes said, ‘Without us the hands and legs (a)____ (‘can’ in the negative) do much. We open in the morning and (b)____ (rest)____ all day. We only (c)____ (close)____ at night. But look at the stomach! We think it’s very lazy. It only (d)____ (eat)____ and sleeps.’ Then the head said, ‘Without me none of you (e)____ (‘do’ to express ability) anything. I think and make plans. I (f)____ (think)____ the stomach is lazy. So I have a plan. We’ll stop (g)____ (work)____ . We (h)____ (give)____ food to the stomach anymore.’ After two days, the stomach was very hungry and unhappy. It cried out for food all day and night. But the head, hands, legs and eyes were unhappy too. The whole body was weak and sick.

Answer: a. cannot/can’t b. don’t rest c. close d. Eats e. can do f. think g. working; h. will not give

 12. I rested for an hour on the veranda. I (a) (‘see’ to express ability in the past) the other village houses and many trees. The trees (b) (be) very big, but the village houses were very small. Soon it was night in the hills. Then my aunt (c) (give) me some supper. I (d) (eat) it and went to sleep. At midnight I (e) (‘wake’ in the past) up suddenly and heard a sound near me.What was it? I (f) (see) anything. Where was I? Then I (g) (remember) . I was up in the hills. Some people are afraid of the hills. My friend Selina, said, ‘(h) (walk) in the hills, Laila, there are ghosts there.’

Answer: a.could see b. are; c. gave; d. ate; e. woke; f. could not see; g. remembered; h. Don’t walk

 13. Thousands of people in Bangladesh (a) (‘suffer’ in the present continuous) from arsenic poisonings and more (b) (effect) every day. Arsenicosis is caused by drinking tube well water containing arsenic. People who (c) (drink) uncontaminated water do not catch arsenicosis from affected people. The main recommendation for the people who are affected by arsenic is to drink water from a source that (d) (contain) no arsenic. The effects of arsenicosis are less severe among people who eat a healthy, balanced diet, ideally containing fish and vegetables. This is an initial treatment for arsenicosis and (e) (‘may’ to express probability) be part of the reason why the number of arsenicosis patients in Bangladesh (f) (be) still relatively low. It (g) (believe) that vitamins A, C and E (h) (be) effective for treatment of arsenicosis.

Answer: a. are suffering; b. are being effected; c. drink; d. contains; e. may; f. is; g. is believed; h. are.

 14. That (a) (‘be’ in the past ) eleven years ago in 1981. Samira was in Class 7 and first (b) (start) her diary then. It was ten years after the Liberation War. Now, in 1992, she is twenty-four years old and (c) (go) to the same college as Laila in Sonapur. Eleven years ago Samira and Laila (d) (to have) an interesting conversation with Samira’s parents. It (e) (‘be’ in the past) about the Liberation War. They (f) (want) to know about it. Samira (g) (can) much and Laila couldn’t remember anything. So they (h) (ask) Samira’s parents some question about it.

Answer: a. was; b. started; c. goes; d. had; e. was; f. wanted; g. couldn’t remember; h. asked.

 15. Hasan’s best friend at school is Karim. They (a) (‘be’ in the present) cousins. They (b) (sit) beside each other in the same class at school, but they (c) (live) in the same village. Karim (d) (live) on the other side of Sherpur, about two kilometers outside the town. Last month Hasan (e) (‘stay’ in the past) with Karim. Karim’s village (f) (be) like Nurgonj and his house is also similar to Hasan’s. At the side of his yard, there (g) (be) a vegetable garden. There is a fence around it. The vegetable garden is just at the side of the kitchen. Like Hasan, Karim often (h) (work) in it. He grows very good vegetables, but, like Hasan, he sometimes gets tired of them.

Answer: a. are; b. sit; c. don’t live; d. lives; e. stayed; f. is; g. is; h. works.

 16. On an average 55 lac pieces of polythene bags (a) (‘use’ in the passive form) every day in Dhaka city alone. Most of this huge quantity of used and then thrown–out polythene bags (b) (find) their way into the drains. Then the polybags (c) (block) sewerage pipes and the regular flow of drain water, which result in the complete disruption of the drainage system. During the rainy season, this kind of blockage by polythene (d) (obstruct) the rainwater flowing to the drains. Moreover, it is mainly because of the polythene that many low–lying areas of a city go frequently under water. In this regard, we can recall the longest–lasting flood in 1998. Floodwater (e) (‘remain’ in the past) in many parts of Dhaka for over two months. Polythene (f) (be) also a potential threat to our cultivable land. It (g) (be) capable of being decomposed by natural way. Polythene (h) (remain) unchanged like a strong curtain through which nothing can pass.

Answer: a. are being used; b. find; c. block; d. obstructs; e. remained; f. is; g. is not; h. remains.

 17. Long journeys in ships (a) (‘be’ in the past) dangerous and many sailors died. There (b) (be) many dangers. Disease was one of the common dangers. A common disease was scurvy. Many sailors (c) (die) of it. In 1768, Capitan Cook (d) (do) something very strange. He (e) (‘take’ in the past) some barrels of lemons with him on his journey to Australia. On that journey the sailors (f) (die) of scurvy. No one (g) (know) why, but now we do. It is because lemons (h) (contain) vitamin C. Vitamin C prevents scurvy. Good food contains vitamins and vitamins prevent disease. We know that carrots and green vegetables contain vitamin A and C. Mola fish also contains vitamin A. Vitamin A is good for your eye sight. There are five vitamins: A, B, C, D and E. Some food contains a lot of vitamins. Other food don’t.

Answer: a. were; b. were; c. died; d. did; e. took; f. did not die; g. knew; h. contain.

 18. A very important event in my life (a) (‘happen’ in the past) last week. I (b) (go) on my first train journey! I (c) (travel) to Khulna with my parents and brother, Bashir. My uncle (d) (live) there. We (e) (‘leave’ in the past) home early in the morning and went to Rangpur. We (f) (buy) a ticket at the railway station and got into the train. Suddenly the train (g) (blow) its whistle and I jumped. Then the train started. The train (h) (go) very quickly towards Khulna.

Answer: a. passed; b. went; c. travelled; d. lives; e. left; f. bought; g. blew; h. went

 19. In 1974, I was six years old. I (a) (‘remember’ to show ability) a very important event that happened then. My mother (b) (say) to me, ‘Samira, you (c) (go) to start school tomorrow.’ I (d) (be) very happy and excited, ‘I (e) (‘go’ to indicate future) be a student’, I thought. I (f) (think) of anything else and at night. I couldn’t sleep. I (g) (think) about the school, the teachers and about the other girls and boys because I (h) (want) to go to school very much.

Answer:  (a) can remember; b. said; c. are going; d. was; e.;am going to f. couldn’t think; g. was thinking; h. wanted

20. The next morning my father (a) (‘say’ in the past), ‘Come on, Samira, we (b) (go) to walk to your new school. We (c) (go) to meet the headmaster. He (d) (be) a friend of mine.’ So that was my first day at school. My father (e) (‘take’ in the past) me there. The primary school is quite a long way from our village. My father (f) (walk), but I ran all the way. After about half an hour, we (g) (arrive) at the school. There were many people there, but I (h) (know) anyone. I was afraid of all the new faces, because they didn’t look friendly. ‘I’m not going to enjoy this,’ I thought.

Answer: said; b. are going; c. are going; d. is; e. took; f. walked; g. arrived; h. didn’t know

 21. Laila was only 5 years old and (a)_____ (‘go’ in the past negative)_____ to school then. Mrs. Amin (b)_____(say)_____ my parents were clever to have only two children. ‘It’s easy (c)_____ (look)_____ after two children,’ she explained. ‘But it’s difficult (d)_____ (look)_____ after a lot!’ Mrs. Amin also (e )_____ (‘have’ in the past)_____ only two children, a girl and a boy. They (f)_____(be)_____ very young. The boy was only three years old, so he (g)_____ (go)_____to school then. But Mina was six and went to our school. She was in my class and I liked her. Mrs. Amin (h)_____ (tell)_____ us lots of interesting stories in her class. I liked them very much. I can still remember one very funny story about a fox. It was called ‘The fox without a tail.’

Answer: a. didn’t go b. said c. to look d. to look e.; had f. were g. didn’t go h. told.

22. My father (a)_____ (‘take’ in the past)_____ me to the headmaster’s room. The headmaster (b)_____ (ask)_____ me my name and I told him. Then he (c)_____ (point)_____ to a letter chart and asked me (d)_____ (say)_____ some letters. I (e)_____(‘can’ to show ability)_____ them all. My mother (f)_____ (teach)_____ me to read Bengali and English letters and some easy words at home. The headmaster was pleased. He (g)_____ (put)_____ his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘You (h)_____ (do)_____ very well. You know a lot. I hope you’ll feel happy in our school.’

Answer: a.;took b. asked c. pointed d. to say e. could say f. taught g. put h. did.

23. Once upon a time there (a)_____ (‘live’ in the past)_____ a very clever fox. He (b)_____ (live)_____ in a jungle in a very hot county just like Bangladesh. One day, when Mr. Fox (c)_____ (walk)_____ through the jungle, he (d)_____ (fall)_____ into a trap. He (e)_____ (‘land’ in the past)_____ on his tail. When he (f)_____ (get)_____ out of the trap, he left his tail behind. Without his tail Mr. Fox (g)_____(look)_____ very strange and he felt very sad and ashamed. ‘What am I going to do?’ he cried. But Mr. Fox. was very clever. He thought and thought. Then Mr. Fox had a good idea, so he made a plan. ‘I (h)_____ (go)_____to ask all the foxes to come to a meeting in the jungle,’ he said to himself.

Answer: a. lived b. lived c. was walking d. fell e. landed f. got g. looked h. am going.

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