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Practice Sheet of Right form of verbs for HSC Students

1. One day Hazrat Ali’s (R) favourite shield (a) —— (steal). After a long search it (b) —— (find) with a
Jew. He (c) —— (ask) him to return the shield. But the Jew (d) —— (refuse) to return it. He (e) ——
(say) that the shield was his. Hazrat Ali’s (R) companions (f) —— (be) very angry. They were ready to
take the shield by force. But Hazrat Ali (R) (g) —— (stop) them saying, “No, you must (h) —— (do) it.
There is no difference between the caliph and his subjects. So I (i) —— (go) to the court of justice.”
So Hazrat Ali (R) (j) —— (seek) the help of the court. It was the caliph who had appointed Sharih
Qazi. Seeing the justice the Jew accented Islam.

2. We (a) —— (make) a journey from Jessore to Khulna by bus. My uncle (b) —— (receive) us at
Khulna bus stand. We (c) —— (put) up in my uncle’s house for one day. Early next morning we (d) —
— (cross) the Rupsha bridge and (e) —— (take) a microbus which (f) —— (be) bound for Bagerhat.
We got off near Ranbijoypur and (g) —— (hire) two rickshaws to take us to the Shat Gombuj Mosque.
I (h) —— (find) actually 77 domes including the seven in the central row. We (i) —— (pass) more than
one hour around the mosque and went to the mazar of Peer Khan Jahan Ali (Rh.) which (j) ——
(stand) on a raised ground.

3. There are many people who (a) —— (not take) physical exercise. They can hardly (b)—— (realize)
that they themselves (c) —— (ruin) their health. They (d) —— (fall) victim to many diseases. Life (e)
—— (become) dull to them. They (f) —— (remain) always ill termed. We (g) —— (build) good health
and sound mind through physical exercise. Physical exercise (h) —— (make) our body active and the
muscles strong. It also (i) —— (improve) our power of digestion and blood circulation. It (j) —— (give)
strength to our brain.

4. Once there (a) —— (live) an idle king. He (b) —— (not undergo) physical labour. As a result, he (c)
—— (get) bulky and could not move from one place to another. He (d) —— (call) in a doctor. The
doctor (e) —— (be) clever and wise. He did not (f) —— (prescribe) any medicine for the king. He
asked the king to buy a club and (g) —— (move) it in the air till his hands (h) —— (get) moistened.
The king started (i) —— (follow) the prescription. Thus, the king (j) —— (relive) of his problem.

5. Air (a) (be) —— an important element of the environment. But it is constantly being (b) ——
(pollute) in many ways. We make fire to cook food and (c) —— (do) many works. This fire emits
smoke which (d) —— (contaminate) air. Vehicles pollute air to a great extent by (e) —— (burn) fuel.
Air pollution also (f) —— (happen) when coal and oil (g) —— (burn). Mills and factories can be (h) —
— (hold) responsible for this pollution. It is high time we (i) —— (check) air pollution. Otherwise, we (j)
—— (suffer) a lot.

6. A proverb goes that time and tied wait for none. None (a) —— (call) it back. A man (b) —— (get)
back his lost money and health but cannot get his lost time. Time once lost (c) —— (loses) forever.
So we (d) —— (make) the best use of our time. We (e) —— (do) our work in time. If we put off our
work for tomorrow, we may not get time to do it at all. There are some people who waste time for
nothing. They cannot prosper in life. They (f) —— (depend) on others. If we read the biography of the
great men, we (g) —— (realize) it. They (h) —— (waste) a single moment uselessly. They (i) ——
(be) very industrious from their childhood. We can prosper in life only by (j) —— (follow) their life.
7. Today, we (a) —— (be) a free nation. We (b) —— (have) to take great pains to achieve freedom.
Our war of liberation (c) —— (take) place in 1971. People of all walks of life (d) —— (come) forward
and got (e) —— (involve) in the war directly or indirectly. Many a man (f) —— (kill) in the battle field.
They (g) —— (not flee) from the battle field (h) —— (show) their backs. Rather, all of them (i) ——
(contribute) much to (j) —— (achieve) independence.

8. A few days ago, I (a) —— (enjoy) an interesting match. It was an (b) —— (excite) match. It (c) ——
(play) between the top two teams of our country. On the day of the match, I (d) —— (go) to the Dhaka
Stadium quite early. I (e) —— (see) a long line in front of the ticket counter but I (f) —— (be) not
discouraged to (g) —— (see) such a huge number of people. Having (h) — — (see) the crowd, I (i) —
— (hurry) to the ticket counter and (j) —— (stand) in the line.

9. It has been over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi (a) —— (build) the Taj
Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it (b) —— (be) one of the most beautiful buildings
in the world. The building (c) —— (make) of fine white marble with inlays of coloured marble. It (d) —
— (have) eight sides and many open arches. It (e) —— (rest) on a platform or terrace of red
sandstone. Four slender white towers (f) —— (rise) from the corners of the terrace. A large dome (g)
—— (stand) above the centre of the building. Around this large dome there (h) —— (be) four smaller
domes. Just inside the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which the visitors (i) —— (look)
through carved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz
(j) —— (lie) in two graves below this room.

10. To err is human. If a man commits crime anytime and repents truly for his misdeed, he may (a) —
— (forgive). But the man who (b) —— (not, give up) the wrong (c) —— (suffer) surely. In the long run,
he (d) —— (will take) to the land of death. The old sailor (e) —— (be) —— a wrong-door in his long
journey. He committed a crime (f) —— (kill) a sea bird (g) —— (call) Albatross. That crime ultimately
head (h) —— (bring) bad luck to them. The ship (i) —— (leave) in the icy sea. The sun shone over
their head. The wind (j) —— (drop) down. It was a great disaster.

11. Three hundred years ago, Sir Isaac Newton (a) —— (be) a great man of science. But he was very
absent minded about small matters when he (b) —— (think) about a problem. One morning Newton
(c) —— (get) up very early because Newton (d) —— (work) on a very difficult problem. Newton was
thinking about the problem so deeply that Newton (e) —— (not leave) the problem to go to breakfast.
But Marry, his housekeeper, (f) —— (think) Newton (g) —— (need) food. So, the housekeeper (h) —
— (take) a pan of water and an egg to his study. The housekeeper (i) —— (want) to boil the egg and
(j) —— (stay) with Newton until Newton ate the egg.

12. A child (a) —— (grow) up in a balanced way if it (b) —— (teach) properly. Home is the best
institution in this regard and mother (c) —— (be) the first teacher. So a child should (d) —— (bring) up
carefully. Its demand should (e) —— (meet) and everything should (f) —— (do) for its welfare. Our
harsh behaviour (g) —— (cause) a great harm to its growth. In that case, it (h) —— (be) able to
express itself fully. Thus its originality (i) —— (lose) and the country (j) —— (get) anything special
from him.

13. It is high time we (a) —— (use) our brain about the curse of dowry. The issue of dowry is to be (b)
—— (consider) in view of the country’s socio-economic, cultural, political circumstances. United
efforts (c) —— (require) putting an end to the violence against women. A specific framework must be
(d) —— (draw) up to be (e) —— (implement). Anyway, we can hope that dowry (f) —— (come) to an
end in the time to come. We dare to (g) —— (hope) so because our girls are being (h) —— (educate)
day by day. Parents’ mentality (i) —— (change) gradually. People (j) —— (be) more conscious about
dowry.

14. Change is the order of nature because we know the proverb that older changes (a) —— (yield)
place to the new. So, nothing (b) —— (remain) new forever. The same we (c) —— (notice) in
entertainment also. Old and traditional forms (d) —— (change) by new, modified and modern forms of
entertainment. Many of them (e) —— (exist) any longer. Today TV channels and satellite have
superseded radio; similarly band and pop music (f) —— (replace) our popular old songs. Football (g)
—— (lose) its appeal day by day. Cricket and other games (h) —— (become) more and more
popular. Our idea about the popularity of entertainment also (i) —— (change). We’ve started (j) ——
(look) upon our forms of all life in a new way.

15. Cooperation means (a) —— (to work) together for the benefit of all. Without cooperation modern
society (b) —— (exist). Cooperation (c) —— (see) at its best among farmers in the dry regions of
some parts of Australia and America. The fields (d) —— (irrigate) in these regions. Crops cannot be
grown without water. Water (e) —— (bring) to the fields without streams being tapped higher up. For
this purpose canals and dams (f) —— (build). The canals have been cut through the fields of more
than one farmer. Those who (g) —— (live) higher up the valley than the others (h) —— (allow) to
build canals through their land in order to carry water to the fields of farmers lower down. In times of
drought all (i) —— (be) able to share the water. Instead of taking all water for themselves the farmers
on the higher land leave enough for their neighbours down the valley. Farming in dry areas (j) ——
(make) possible by such cooperation. By cooperation farmers have learned to make even the desert
produce crops.

16. Student politics in Bangladesh has a glorious past. Many of our achievements in the national life
have (a) —— (come) through student politics. The sacrifices (b) —— (make) by the students for ages
have paved the way to our independence. In 1952, our students (c) —— (protest) firmly when the
Pakistani rulers tried to (d) —— (introduce) Urdu as the only state language of the then East Pakistan.
The students could not tolerate this declaration and so came out on the streets and (e) —— (violate)
144 raising protest and (f) —— (chant) slogan. The fire (g) —— (open) and as a result some students
(h) —— (lay) down their lives. And it is only for their sacrifice Bangla along with Urdu (i) ——
(introduce) as the state language of the East Pakistan. Alongside this glorious history, the grand
history of independent Bangladesh (j) —— (be) also the great contribution of our students.

17. Today, we take for (a) —— (grant) that we (b) —— (have) one machine that (c) —— (allow) us to
access the Internet, (d) —— (do) word processing, (e) —— (use) a calculator, watch TV, play games
and do a host of other things. But the personal computer only (f) —— (become) available to
consumers in 1974. Things really (g) —— (took) off when Microsoft Windows (h) —— (introduce) in
1985 and it (i) —— (be) good that the Internet wouldn’t have (j) —— (had) nearly as big an impact as
it has ever since.

18. Football is a favourite game in our country. It (a) —— (arrange) between two teams (b) ——
(contain) eleven players each. The captains of both teams (c) —— (lead) their groups. This is the
most exciting and enjoyable game ever (d) —— (play) across the world. It (e) —— (run) for an hour
and a half with an interval after half of the time (f) —— (be) over. Any football tournament (g) ——
(arrange) between two strong teams can be exciting. The result (h) —— (remain) almost
unpredictable till the end because any team might win over the other team (i) —— (score) a goal
within seconds. The referee is to see whether rules and order (j) —— (maintain) by the players.
19. True education (a) —— (enlighten) our mind and (b) —— (refine) our sensibility. So, it often (c) —
— (compare) with light and is (d) —— (consider) as the pillar of human civilization. It can certainly (e)
—— (say) that if a country (f) —— (provide) its people with real education (g) —— (require) for the
modern aspects of life not (h) —— (ignore) own culture, it (i) —— (be) able to (j) —— (achieve) all out
prosperity for the betterment of the nation.

20. You might have (a) —— (hear) of Solomon who was famous all over the world for his wisdom and
intelligence. Once the Queen of Sheba (b) —— (go) to him to test his intelligence. She (c) —— (bring)
with her two garlands of flowers: one natural and the other artificial. She (d) —— (place) them before
the king (e) —— (take) the natural one. Solomon got puzzled for a moment. Then he saw some bees
(f) —— (fly) outside. He had the windows (g) —— (open) by his men. The bees came in and (h) ——
(sit) on the natural one. Thus, he could (i) —— (identify) the real flowers and could (j) —— (outwit) the
Queen of Sheba in the race of intelligence.

21. Dowry (a) —— (regard) as a great curse in our society. It may (b) —— (compare) to cancer that
(c) —— (increase) in our society at a great speed. The fathers of the brides (d) —— (victimize) for
dowry. If steps (e) —— (take) against those greedy people, it (f) —— (grasp) our society. It is mainly
(g) —— (notice) in the rich and educated society where people (h) —— (take) dowry as their right.
So, we have (i) —— (develop) morality. The culprits should (j) —— (punish) to control it. Otherwise, it
will be a society of torture and exploitation.

22. Why do our parents (a) —— (want) us to (b) —— (go) to schools, colleges, or universities? They
want us (c) —— (learn) to read and write and (d) —— (acquire) knowledge so that we (e) —— (earn)
money and (f) —— (live) comfortably as gentlemen. The saying (g) —— (go) in our country that
whoever (h) —— (learn) and (i) —— (read) (j) —— (ride) in cars and on horses.

23. I (a) —— (be) a second year college student and my annual exam. (b) —— (be) close at hand. I
(c) —— (need) to study a lot. However, conditions at my house (d) —— (be) not at all favourable. My
elder sister (e) —— (get) married last month and since then her share of the household chores has (f)
—— (fall) upon my shoulders. On top of that, my aunt has just (g) —— (have) a new baby boy. He (h)
—— (scream) all the time and keeps everyone up late into the night. I’m really worried about my (i) —
— (come) exams. Tell me, what should I (j) —— (do)?

24. Gun control (a) —— (be) one of many realms of polarization in American politics. It (b) —— (be)
one of the fewest countries of the world where a person’s right to carry a gun (c) —— (protect) by the
constitution. Two recent deadly events (d) —— (shake) even the most complacent mind of American
commentators. On the night of October 1, 2017 Stephen Paddock from his hotel room on the 32nd
floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, (e) —— (spray) bullets on 22000 concertgoers, (f) ——
(kill) 59 people and (g) —— (injure) more than 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in the US history.
Twenty three guns (h) —— (find) in his room and more in his house later. More lives (i) —— (lose) in
gun-related deaths in the US since 1968 than there (j) —— (be) deaths of American citizens in all the
wars the country have fought.