Right Forms of Verbs

Subject—Verb Agreement

1. The boy (read) ---------- a book.
2. He (go) ---------- to school regularly.
3. The boys (read) ---------- a book.
4. He (go) ---------- to school regularly.
5. The news (be) ----------bad.
6. Mathematics (be) ---------- an interesting subject.
7. The United States of America (be) ---------- a rich country.
8. Gulliver’s Travels (be) ---------- an interesting book.
9. The Arabian Nights (be) ---------- still very popular.
10. Cattle (be) ---------- grazing in the field.
11. Three dozen (make) ---------- thirty-six.
12. The peasantry in Bangladesh (be) ---------- poor.
13. Every boy (have) ---------- a pen.
14. Each girl (know) ---------- the answer.
15. Somebody (be) ---------- present there.
16. Anybody (be) ---------- allowed to enter his room.
17. Many a man (be) ---------- present there.
18. Who (be) ---------- coming?
19. No friend (care) ---------- for him.
20. Nobody (want) ---------- to die.
21. No one (be) ---------- present there.
22. Neither of the girls (be) ---------- present in the class.
23. No birds (be) ---------- there.
24. One of the boys (be) ---------- absent.
25. Each of the boys (have) ---------- a pen.
26. None of my friends (are) ---------- here.
27. Five and five (to make) ---------- ten.
28. Rahim and Karim (be) ---------- playing.
29. Time and tide (wait) ---------- for none.
30. Slow and steady (win) ---------- the race.
31. Rice and curry (be) ---------- my only food.
32. Each boy and each girl (be) ---------- active.
33. No man and no woman (be) ---------- there.
34. The Headmaster and secretary of the school (be) ---------- coming. 
35. The Headmaster and the secretary of the school (be) ---------- coming. 
36. The jury (be) ---------- unanimous in his opinion.
37. The jury (be) ---------- divided in their opinions.
38. All (to be) ---------- happy.
39. All that glitters (be) ---------- not gold.
40. All’s well that (end) ---------- well.
41. The rich (be) ---------- not always hoppy.
42. The virtuous (be) ---------- happy.
43. The yellow of an egg (be) ---------- tasty.
44. Seventy miles (be) ---------- a long distance.
45. Twenty dollars a week (not go) ---------- far.
46. There (be) ---------- a high school in our village.
47. There (be) ---------- two high schools in our village.
48. There (be) ---------- a high school and a primary school in our village.
49. She as well as her sister (be) ---------- beautiful.
50. The teacher along with their students (be) ---------- busy.
51. Either Rahim or his brother (be) ----------  present.
52. Neither he nor his sons (be) ----------  present.
53. (Have) ---------- he or his friends done the work?
54. Not only Raka but also her friends (go) ---------- there.
55. That Shakespeare was a great dramatist(know) ---------- to all.
56. Walking (be) ---------- a good exercise.
57. To play (be) ---------- a good exercise.
58. It is I who (be) ---------- responsible.
59. They are the boys who (read) ---------- in class VIII.

Forms of Verbs

Use the right forms of the verbs in brackets. 

1. I shall (go) ---------- home now.
2. I cannot help (laugh)---------- .
3. Let the other boys (to use)----------  skates.
4. The principal desired the notice to be (hang) ---------- .
5. He is expert in (speak)----------  English.
6. They are likely (come)----------  today.
7. The man has (reach) ---------- home.
8. I am (read) ----------  books.
9. Rice is (eat) ----------  mainly in Asia.
10. You have to (do)----------  this.
11. Let me (to go)----------  now.
    
12. I heard him (to say)----------  this.
13. I have (see) ---------- the man.
14. They came to (see) ---------- you.
15. Shiuli is (sing) ----------  a song.
16. I prefer (dance) ---------- to playing.
17. She watched him (leave)----------  the room.
18. None can pass without (read) ---------- . 
19. I went there with a view to (see) ---------- him.
20. She (go) ----------  to school regularly.
21. We saw the girl (to dance)---------- .
    
22. He made me (do)----------  the work.
23. Having (to close) ----------  the door, I went to bed.
24. You must (obey) ---------- the chair.
25. Rome was not (build) ----------  in a day.
26. I saw the man (sleep) ---------- . 
27. You had better (go) ----------  home.
28. I cannot but (laugh)---------- .
29. (Walk) ---------- is a good exercise. 
30. Music (to hear) ----------  by him.

Tense & Aspect

1. I (go) ---------- to school.
2. The brave (deserve) ---------- the fair.
3. While (walk)----------  on the road, we saw an accident.
4. Many years (pass)----------  since I (see)----------  you last.
5. The doctor (come) ---------- before the patient died.
6. He came and he (conquer)---------- .
7. Hardly I (go) ---------- out when he (come)---------- .
8. What class you (read) ---------- in?
9. He (read) ---------- at this moment.
10. He (come) ---------- here yesterday.
11. They (live) ---------- in a hut.
12. She (write) ---------- well.
13. He always (read) ---------- the Quran.
14. Rahim (go) ---------- to school regularly.
15. He often (go) ---------- there.
16. The earth (to move) ---------- round the sun.
17. The rich (be) ---------- not always happy.
18. He (watch) ---------- TV in the evening.
19. Kamal (go) ---------- to school now.
20. I go to school on foot daily. But today I (go) ----------  bus. 
21. He (go)----------  to buy a colour T.V. soon.
22. The Manager (go)----------  to open a new branch.
23. While we (walk)----------  on the road, we saw an accident.
24. Kamal (go) ---------- to school then.
25. He (read) ---------- at that moment.
26. I (invite) ---------- him last week.
27. She (meet) ---------- him long ago.
28. When he finished the work, he (go) ---------- to bed.
29. He said that the sky (be) ---------- blue.
30. As soon as I (think) ---------- about her, she (call) ---------- me.
31. No sooner Della (see) ---------- it than she (buy) ---------- it.
32. Hardly he (reach) ---------- the station when the train (leave)---------- .
33. I just (to receive) ---------- your letter.
34. He already (reach) ---------- here.
35. I never (meet) ---------- him.
36. It (to rain) ---------- since morning.
37. She (be) ---------- ill since last week.
38. I (read) ---------- the book for two hours.
39. It (rain)---------- since morning.
40. Two years (pass)----------  since my father (die)---------- .
41. It (be)----------  three years since I (come)----------  in this school.
42. It was many years since I (come)----------  in this school.
43. I (see) ---------- him long since.
44. He reached the station after the train (leave)---------- .
45. The sun (rise) ---------- in the west.
46. Iron (float) ---------- on water.
47. He (catch) ---------- fish?
48. He (write) ---------- a letter yesterday.
49. Why you (not come) ---------- yesterday?
50. Where you (go) ---------- yesterday?
51. Why (be) ---------- you not with her?

Unreal Past Tense

1. It is time we (change) ---------- our eating habit.
2. It is high time he (prepare) ---------- his lessons.
3. I wish I (to be) ---------- a child again.
4. I wish I (to go) ---------- there.
5. He talks as if he (be) ---------- mad.
6. He talks as if he (know) ---------- everything.
7. He talked as if he (know) ---------- everything.

Conditional Sentence

1. If he comes, I (to go)---------- .
2. If he is there, I (to meet) ---------- him.
3. If he were there, I (to meet) ---------- him.
4. If I saw him, I (to talk) ---------- to him.
5. If you came to me, I (help) ---------- you.
6. If I were a bird, I (fly) ---------- in the sky.
7. If he had been a king, he (to help) ---------- the poor.
8. If he had been here, I (to meet) ---------- him.
9. Had I seen her earlier, I (tell) ---------- him the truth.

Lest……should

1. He walked fast lest he (miss) ---------- the train.
2. The old man walks slowly lest he (fall) ---------- down. 
3. We read so that we (pass)---------- in the exam. 
4. People work hard so that they (prosper) ---------- in life.
5. The students studied hard so that they (pass) ---------- in the examination,
6. The President speaks loudly in order that the audience (hear) ---------- him clearly.
7. But for your help I (fail)---------- .
8. Would that I (go) ---------- to college.

Be as Main Verb

1. I  (be)---------- in class eight now.
2. Last year I  (be) ---------- in class seven.
3. He  (be) ---------- a student.
4. She  (be) ---------- absent yesterday.
5. He  (be)---------- in class six last year.

Have as Main Verb

1. I (have) ----------  a mobile phone.
2. I (have) ----------  a sound sleep last night.