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Right Forms of Verbs SSC
Right Forms of Verbs SSC
Exercise- 1
Traffic Jam is a common affair
Traffic Jam is a common affair
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
drive / solve / create / suffer / occur / reach / cause / carry / violate / give
Traffic jam is a common affair in big cities of our country. Increasing number of vehicles (a) …….. traffic jam. Mainly it (b) …….. in the congested areas. Overtaking tendency also (c) …….. traffic jam. Some drivers (d) …….. the traffic rules and (e) ……. carelessly. It (f) …….. a lot of pains to the people. Ambulances (g) …….. patients cannot (h) …….. hospital timely. Students and office going people also (i) …….. due to traffic jam. This problem should be (j) …….. immediately.
Answer: (a) creates (b) occurs (c) causes (d) violate (e) drive (f) gives (g) carrying (h) reach (i) suffer (j) solved
Exercise- 2
We owe to our nature
We owe to our nature
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
bestow / have / owe / be / belong / enable / cause / lose / show / be
We (a) …….. to our nature for (b) …….. us with her gifts lavishly. We (c) …….. a large area of land but the negligible area of land that (d) …….. to us, is very fertile. We (e) ……. ungrateful to our soil. But our activities (f) …….. that we have (g) …….. ungrateful to our soil. We are constantly (h) …….. soil pollution by our unwise activities. As a result, our fertile land is (i) …….. its fertility which has (j) …….. us to grow crops easily.
Answer: (a) owe (b) bestowing (c) don’t have (d) belongs (e) should not be (f) show (g) been (h) causing (i) losing (j) enabled
Exercise- 3
Everybody knows that food adulteration
Everybody knows that food adulteration
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
take / eat / deserve / be / thrive / cause / run / know / fall / do
Everybody (a) …….. that food adulteration (b) …….. a crime. Adulterated food is poisonous and (c) …….. diseases. People (d) …….. this kind of food (e) ……. victim to liver disease, cancer, kidney failure and so on. Some businessmen who are avaricious and (f) …….. after money only (g) …….. this heinous work. They (h) …….. on the miseries of others. They (i) …….. punishment. Some strict measures should be (j) …….. to stop this abominable task of the greedy businessmen.
Answer: (a) knows (b) is (c) causes (d) eating (e) fall (f) run (g) do (h) thrive (i) deserve (j) taken
Exercise- 4
According to history, women in the past
According to history, women in the past
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
contribute / confine / keep / prove / work / develop / receive / become / adapt / be
According to the history, women in the past were (a) …….. within the four walls. But at present they (b) …….. no longer captive to their parents’ or husbands’ house. With the passage of time, the outlook and attitude have been (c) …….. as men and women are (d) …….. themselves with the changing society. By (e) ……. education, they are (f) …….. pilots, doctors, engineers, high officials etc. They are (g) …….. hand in hand with men in all worthy programs. They are now able to (h) …….. their worth. They (i) …….. much to the economy of the country. Now it has come to the realization of men that no development is possible by (j) …….. half of our population idle at home.
Answer: (a) confined (b) are (c) developing (d) adapting (e) receiving (f) becoming (g) working (h) prove (i) contribute / are contributing (j) keeping
Exercise- 5
Self-control is considered
Self-control is considered
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
act / damage / breed / rise / result / consider / overcome / compare / build / endeavour
Self-control (a) …….. a great power. It (b) …….. all other virtues. Man generally (c) …….. on impulses and strong desires. Vicious desires (d) …….. the purity of heart and mind (e) ……. in the degeneration of human nature. It is self-control that can help a man (f) …….. up a pure character which is very essential (g) …….. above the level of inhumanity. Nothing can (h) …….. to self-control to (i) …….. inhumanity. So, everybody (j) …….. for being self-controlled.
Answer: (a) is considered (b) breeds (c) acts (d) damage (e) resulting (f) to build / build (g) to rise (h) be compared (i) overcome (j) should endeavour
Exercise- 6
Gender inequality is a barrier
Gender inequality is a barrier
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
ensure / take / imagine / eliminate / refer / establish / create / broaden / treat / keep
Gender inequality is a barrier to the overall development of a country. Gender equality (a) …….. to the condition in which both men and women (b) …….. equally and fairly in all circumstances. Without (c) …….. the participation of the both, the social and economic development (d) …….. . Elimination of gender disparity is a demand of the day with a view to (e) ……. human rights. Our government already (f) …….. some initiatives in different sectors so that women can (g) …….. pace with men. But our social set-up is (h) …….. a barrier in different ways. We should (i) …….. our outlook and come forward to (j) …….. gender inequality from the society.
Answer: (a) refers (b) are treated (c) ensuring (d) cannot be imagined (e) establishing (f) has taken (g) keep (h) creating (i) broaden (j) eliminate
Exercise- 7
Education enlightens mankind
Education enlightens mankind
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
educate / enlighten / get / remove / limit / encourage / ensure / start / compare / have
Education (a) …….. mankind. It (b) …….. to light which (c) …….. the darkness of ignorance and helps us to distinguish between right and wrong. The primary purpose of education is the liberation of man from the restrictions of habits and attitudes which (d) …….. his humanity. In our country, the govt. (e) ……. “Food for Education Program” so that every man (f) …….. proper education. The govt. has taken such a program with a view to (g) …….. the poor. In order to (h) …….. maximum benefit from education, we must (i) …….. our children morally so that they (j) …….. love for humanity.
Answer: (a) enlightens (b) is compared (c) removes (d) limit (e) has started (f) may have / may get (g) educating (h) get/ have (i) encourage (j) can ensure
Exercise- 8
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box.
know / hinder / hear / begin / call / remember / inspire / be / bear / join
You must have (a) …….. the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam. He (b) …….. our national poet. He (c) …….. as a rebel poet as well. He (d) …….. in a poor family. But dire needs could not (e) ……. his potentiality. When the First World War broke out, he (f) …….. the army. After the war, he (g) …….. to write poems. At that time his poems and songs (h) …….. people against oppression. He (i) …….. the Shelley of Bangla literature. We should (j) …….. him for his great deeds.
Answer: (a) heard (b) is (c) is known (d) was born (e) hinder (f) joined (g) began (h) inspired (i) is called (j) remember
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