Right Forms of Verbs

1. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) He ---------- (go) out just now.

(b) He  ---------- (come)  while I was reading

(c) It ---------- (rain) cats and dogs.

(d) No sooner he ---------- (leave) than I came.

(e) It was raining when I ---------- (get) up.

(f) An ideal teacher---------- (behave) well with all.

(g) She has ---------- (lose) all her teeth.

(h) The book that he ---------- (need) is not in the library.

(i) Somebody---------- (steal) my book last night. 

(j) He has ---------- (seek) our help.

2. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) I ---------- (go) to a foreign country?

(b) Why have you ---------- (do) this?

(c) Rahim ---------- (work) since morning.

(d) I ---------- (meet) him yesterday.

(e) He ---------- (come) home yesterday.

(f) She ---------- (spit) on my face yesterday.

(g) Habib ---------- (use) this pen for the last five years.

(h) He said that he ---------- (go) home the next day. 

(i) What you ---------- (to do) last night?

(j) I have never---------- (be) Tangail.

3. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) When water ---------- (freeze) it turns into ice.

(b) Nasima arrived while I ---------- (cook) the dinner.

(c) The police ---------- (look) for the robber for long but they have failed to find him so far.

(d) I ---------- (live) here since 2012.

(e) I came home after the rain ---------- (stop). 

(f) I visit Cox's Bazar frequently. However, I have never ---------- (go) to Teknaf. 

(g) Hardly he ---------- (utter) the words when he began laughing

(h) I hoped he---------- (arrive) safely.

(i) Only when each of the committee members---------- (finish) reading the instructions then can you ---------- (take) them to the hall.

(j) People ---------- (laude) Mandela's humanity, kindness and dignity. 

4. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) Even as harvesting was going on the rainy season ---------- (begin).

(b) You have been working since morning. ---------- You (have) your lunch yet? 

(c) The man ---------- (sit) down silently and ---------- (take) his food.

(d) We shall start the programme provided circumstances ---------- (favour) us. 

(e) After he  ---------- (finish) secondary school, he started to study graphic design.

(f) The use of preservatives in food manufacturing ---------- (rise) steadily over the past few decades and ---------- (show) no signs of abating.

(g) It seems to me that they never gave a thought to probable future problems when the plans---------- (lay) down five years ago.

(h) Please---------- (make) photocopies of copyrighted material without the permission of the publisher.

(i) When I saw the vase in the shop window, I knew it was exactly what I ----------(look) for.

(j) Although she ---------- (be) a part of the excavation team, she was not allowed to---------- (work) actively in the field.

5. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) The prices of rice are ---------- (rise). 

(b) I ---------- (finish) this work by the end of this month.

(c) My father  ---------- (leave) before I came.

(d) I waited for my friend until he  ---------- (come).

(e) Nasima arrived while I ---------- (cook) the dinner.

(f) I  ---------- (buy) a new bicycle last week.

(g) They---------- (live) living here since 2000.

(h) Did Jamal study a lot last night? No, he---------- (study) last night.

(i) He will explain it to you when he---------- (come) back.

(j) It---------- (rain) since the morning.

6. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) She ----------  (be) ill  since Friday last.

(b) What time the train ---------- (leave)?

(c)  Jane and John saved and saved, and finally they ---------- (manage) to buy the house of their dreams.

(d) I shall ring you up as soon as ---------- (arrive).

(e) Did he know when Mr. Khan ---------- (arrive) at the airport next day? 

(f) Russia---------- (announce) earlier this week that it---------- (pull) all its troops out of Georgia.

(g) I---------- (send) him only one letter up to now.

(h) Tim was very upset yesterday because he----------(realise) that he----------(lose) his wallet. 

(i) What time the night coach---------- (arrive)?

(j) He reached home after I ---------- (leave). 

7. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) Javed was so exhausted that he (lie/lay) down for a sleep.

(b) Fill in the gap: We ---------- (have) dinner when the phone rang.

(c) Have you ever ---------- (go) to Japan?

(d) The train ---------- (already arrive) from Rangpur.

(e) Up to the present time, oceanographers  ---------- (find)  lots of seafloor mountains they ---------- (know) existed.

(f) I---------- (read) Shakespeare when I was 15 years old.

(g) The physician insisted that the girl---------- (test) for Covid-19 immediately.

(h) Before the Angles and the Saxons---------- (come) to England, the Iberians had lived there.

(i) Nipun has lost her passport again. It's the second time this ---------- (happen).

(j) The small child does whatever his father---------- (do). 

8. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) He ---------- (be) ill  since Friday last

(b) Don't mention anything unless you  ---------- (ask) for.

(c) They ---------- (live) here since 1999.

(d) The train had started before we ---------- (reach) the station.

(e) By this time next year, I---------- (take) all my exams. 

(f) A decade---------- (pass) since the discovery of leprosy vaccine. 

(g) Many years have passed since I ---------- (meet) her last.

(h) I saw Steve a week ago. He said that---------- (phone) me, but he didn't.

(i) Why the poet ---------- (use) the medieval Bengali legend in the poem? 

(j) The building----------(leave) unoccupied since 1950. 

9. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) She told me his name after he  ---------- (leave). 

(b) Are you sure that you ---------- (see) the killer before?

(c) What you  ---------- (to do) last night?

(d) As the sun ---------- (shine), we decided to go out. 

(e) The terrorist ---------- (be) able to send one final message before he was shot dead.

(f) The stranger---------- (creep) in through the window last night.

(g) Jesmin  ---------- (go) to Barishal by bus yesterday?

(h) Nothing---------- (do) since he was on leave.

(i) Cholera is a water ---------- (bear) disease.

(j) He---------- (be) here since Christmas.

10. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) When I  ---------- (get) money, I will buy a book.

(b) The examination ---------- (start) before I reached the hall.

(c) You ever  ---------- (be) to London?

(d) I asked him if I ---------- (borrow) his cap for a day.

(e) My wife---------- (cook) the dinner, because I had already cooked it.

(f) His father---------- (operate) on tomorrow morning.

(g) Where he ---------- (live) when you met him?

(h) My father arrived while I----------(cook) the dinner. 

(i) The art of cooking---------- (perfect) in ancient India.

(j) I'm fed up with this rain. I wish----------(rain).

11. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) He had written the book before he ---------- (retire).

(b) Raj and his family ---------- (live) here since March 2015.

(c) I reached the station after the train  ---------- (to leave). 

(d) She ---------- (read) the book since morning.

(e) I opened the door as soon as I ---------- (hear) the bell.

(f) Mary didn't do well in the class because she ---------- (study) badly.

(g) It is important that the admission officer---------- (confirm) your registration.

(h) I---------- (be) ready for two hours when he told me that he was not going to the 

(i) What they---------- (do) here amounts to plagiarism.

(j) They reached the airport after the flight---------- (leave).

12. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) At 11 am tomorrow, they ---------- (work) in the factory.

(b) When ---------- (be) the telephone invented?

(c) Rizwan admired the speed with which he completed the work and ---------- (appreciate) the method of adoption

(d) When we ---------- (approach) the house, we heard the sound of music. 

(e) She thought that she---------- (bear) to be a leader of oppressed people.

(f) My sister had lived in France for two years and my niece ---------- (bear) there. 

(g) Why they ---------- (to go) there yesterday?

(h) I ---------- (read) the book for two hours.

(i) After Harry---------- (finish) his work before he---------- (call) Jude from the office.

(j) Although most adopted persons want the right to know who their natural parents are, some who have found them wish that they---------- (have) the experience of meeting. 

13. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) The path ---------- (pave), so we were able to walk through the path.

(b) We are friends. We ---------- (know) each other for years.

(c) I have ---------- (have) my supper.

(d) When I saw the gardener, he ---------- (cut) down a tree.

(e) By next month Ms. Karim ---------- (be) the Mayor of Rupnagar for two years. 

(f) Where you ---------- (go) to spend your holidays next summer?

(g) I ---------- (know) her since 1980. 

(h)  We asked him why he---------- (telephone) earlier. 

(i) We're good friends. We ---------- (know) each other for a long time. 

(j)  The manager recommended that the employee ---------- (give) two days' leave.

14. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) She told me his name after he ---------- (leave). 

(b) I didn’t bring my umbrella as I didn't think it ---------- (rain). 

(c) The changes in Bangladesh ---------- (occur) rapidly.

(d) Ancient people believed that the earth ----------(be) the center of the universe with a sun and a moon rotating around it.

(e) I----------(travel) by air because the cost of flying is very high. 

(f) The babysitter---------- (remain) awake until the child's parent got home.

(g) We----------(wait) long for the bus. It came in a few minutes ago. 

(h) I---------- (put) the candle in the right place last night.

(i) It was suggested that Lena ---------- (study) the books more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam. 

(j) I left my phone switched on in case my brother called---------- (call).

15. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a) Neela ---------- (burn) her hand when she was cooking dinner.

(b) Our examination ---------- (begin) on 13 October 2021.

(c) He found the gold coin while ---------- (clean) the floor.

(d) Rina proceeded as though she  ---------- (know) everything. had known

(e) Some days ---------- (pass) since my father died.

(f) We waited until the plane ---------- (take) off.

(g) The accident---------- (occur) last night. 

(h) Last week's supplementary budget package---------- (design) to prevent US economy from falling even lower.

(i) At the end of this month, I---------- (study) in this university for five years.

(j) Apu---------- (live) in London because his wife is posted there.

16. Write the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets. 

(a)  'Can you drive? 'No---------- (drive) a car, but I want to learn."

(b) How many times have you---------- (have) your house broken into?

(c) The train left after I ---------- (reach) the station.