Right from of verb

Exercise (A)

1.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

keep

form

Develop

walk

become

refresh

be

Walking is a good exercise. It (a) ___ our body and (b) ___ our mind. It (c) ___ beneficial to health. One can take fresh air and enjoy the beauty of nature if one (d) ___ in the early morning. So walking should be (e) ___ as habit by people of all ages.

2.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

vary

be

Find

live

become

earn

have

Happiness is a relative term. A person with a crown living in a place may not be happy where as a day labourer may (a) ___ happiness living in a shabby hut. Again happiness (b) ___ from person to person. A beggar can be happy if he (c) ___ a coin but a businessman who can (d) ___ a huge sum of money a day may not be happy. Happiness (e) ___ only the blessing of Allah.

3.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

suffer

come

Inundate

publish

help

get

affect

As per the news (a) ___ in the daily newspaper thirty six districts out of sixty four of Bangladesh have been (b) ___ by flood this year. If the people out of the flood affected areas do not (c) ___ forward with a view to (d) ___ the flood affected people, they will have to suffer a lot for not (e) ___ the necessary commodities in time.

4.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

alarm

get

Return

go

be

pursue

Flee

One night at around one. I was (a) ___home from Dhaka medical college hospital. I had (b) ___ there to see an injured friend. As I did (c) ___ any transport, I was walking towards my house which was not far away. Thee (d) ____ even a single person on the street. Suddenly I was (e) ____ to hear sounds of someone’s footsteps.

5.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

follow

make

Come

Get

succeed

neglect

wait

Time is very valuable. This valuable time (a) ____ for anybody. No power can stop it. It knows no pause in its course. It is not wise to (b) ___ time. The man who makes the best us of time is sure to (c) ____. All the famous persons of the world have (d) ___ the best use of time. We should (e) ____ them.

6.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

know

Tremble

Keep

drown

find

come

begin

One day a scholar was crossing a river with a boat. Suddenly a ghastly wind (b) ____ to blow. The scholar (b) ____ with fear. The boatman said to him, “Did you (c) ____ how to swim?” The answer from the scholar was in the negative. Then the boatman said, “Very soon you are going to (d) ____. You have a lot of knowledge but it (e) ____ to use at this moment.”

7.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

be

use

Add

have

work

do

keep

Mobile phone is one of the wonder of modern science. It has (a) ____ a new dimension to our way of life and to the communication system. It is a telephone system that (b) ____ without any wire. Obviously, mobile telecommunication (c) ____ become a part of modern life. Nowadays, (d) ____ a mobile phone is not a luxury in this poor country like Bangladesh. People (e) ____ mobile phones to do rapid communication.  

8.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

jump

run

Pass

be

play

go

have

I (a) ___ the grimmest shock of my life the other day. A few boys about 10 to 12 were playing with a tennis ball in a corner of the park opposite to our hose. Suddenly, one of them jumped over the railing and (b) ____ into the middle of the street after the ball that (c) ____ come out there just at this time, a truck (d) ____ along the place. The boy came right in front of it so suddenly and so unexpectedly that the driver had no time to stop his vehicle before it (e) ___ too late. A loud cry of alarm went forth from the people around.

9.      Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

see

pass

Lie

know

climb

play

sit

Hasan and Karim are intimate friends. One day they (a) ___ through a forest. Suddenly they (b) ___ a bear coming towards them. “Do you (c) ___ how to climb a tree? Karim said to Hasan, “no”, Hasan answered. “I (d) ___ up a tree. You better run away.” Saying this Karim climbed up the nearby tree. “I (e) ____ down on the ground because a bear does not touch dead body,” Hasan thought to himself. 

10.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

do

be

have

gain

stop

tell

make

What (a) ___ first and foremost need for our prosperity, education, money and health? Some people say that money means whereby everything can be (b) ____. But I shall (c) ___ you that education is the best of all. Proper education (d) ___ the way to earn both money and wealth. (e) ___ a good student to have all the three. 

11.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

leave

run

get

have

come

be

begin

Last evening, I was walking along a sadar road. My little sister (a) ____ with me. Suddenly, a young man came (b) ___ and snatched her gild chain out from her neck. I (c) ____ to run after snatcher. But after a while, I thought, it was not wise to (d) ___ my sister alone as it was (e) ____ dark.

12.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

sacrifice

work

Follow

know

like

have

give

Love for one’s country (a) ____ as patriotism. Every man (b) ____ great love for his country. Many of our freedom fighters (c) ____ their lives in 1971 for the sake of our country due to this nobel virtue. At present still there are some people who (d) ____ relentlessly for the sake of our country because they love our country. We should (e) ____ their footprint.

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13.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

keep

be

Read

make

derive

have

mean

A library (a) ____ a collocation of books on various subjects. The word ‘library’ has been (b) ____ from the Latin word ‘libre’ which (c) ____ a book. But, in actual use, a library is a house where books are (d) ____ for (e) ____.

14.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

bestow

stay

Move

contaminate

turn

Run

ensure

The rivers and lakes are in the true sense lifeline for the people (a) ____ close them. It is, therefore, their moral duty to (b) ____ this wonderful blessing (d) ____ on them and (e) ____ if into a curse for themselves as well as for their future generation.

15.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

educate

become

Choose

do

build

Hanker

eradicate

Success in life largely depends on the proper choice of an aim in life. So everyone should (a) _____ his aim judiciously. My aim is to (b) _____ a teacher. It is true that a teacher’s main job is to (c) _____ illiteracy and (d) ____ up a literate nation. It is true that teacher’s life is full of poverty but I (e) ____ after money. I prefer to live a simple life.

16.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

create

hamper

Cause

prevent

be

fall

emit

Smoking (a) ____ a dangerous habit. More than eighty percent people for our country (b) _____ addicted to smoking. Smoking (c) ____ many fatal disease. It (d) ____ the free circulation of blood through the veins. It (e) ____ our lungs. 

17.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

increase

grow

Be

take

reduce

cut

change

The ‘Greenhouse effect’ is just one of many fundamental changes which (a) _____ place in the environment. Tropical rain forests which took fifty million years to (b) ____ are being (c) ____ at the rate of fourteen acres per minute. The total area of world’s deserts (d) ____, every year. Many species of animals and plants (e) ____ endangered with the threat of extinction.

18.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

form

maintain

Prepare

shouted

shall

influence

be

Student life is the golden season of life. This is the time when we should (a) ____ ourselves for future. The very habits (b) ____ in the student life (c) ____ the later phases of life. Right from the student life, they (d) ____ be careful in (e) ____ discipline.

19.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

be

begin

Name

divide

plan

use

hold

The Olympic Games (a) ____ after the town of Olympic in Greece. It was an Olympia that games first (b) _____ long before the Christian era (c) ____. In those days Greece (d) ____ into many cities and men of different cities (e) ____ to fight with one another most of the time.

20.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

become

change

Discover

emerge

invent

break

fight

Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank (a) ____ as the winners of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering work in lending to the poor. The Grameen Bank project has (b) ____ a model for so may developed and developing countries of the world. Dr. Yunus (c) ____ that only a very small amount of interest – free loan can be offered to the poorest women folk to (d) ____ vicious cycle of poverty. Money will not change them. The loan amount will only be a weapon to (e) ____ against poverty.

21.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

run

regard

Obtain

take

redefine

go

come

Education is (a) ____ as the yardstick of development. Development and education (b____ hand in hand. (c) ____ degrees are not the prime objects of education. Education has to be (d) ____. It is high time we (e) ___ measures to disseminate the high of education.

22.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

lead

maintain

Rise

add

minimize

take

invent

Road mishap is common phenomenon in Bangladesh. Recently, it has (a) ____ to an alarming rate (b) ___ a heavy toll of human lives. Reckless driving is the root causes of road accidents. Overtaking tendency also (c) ____ to serious accidents on the road. To (d) ___ road accidents, some steps have to be taken. Traffic rules must be (e) ___ strictly.

23.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

take

fight

play

crate

publish

invent

to

Newspaper always (a) ____ glorious role in our national life. In 1952 it (b) ____ against the autocrat rulers. But sometimes, it (c) ____ misunderstanding among people by (d) ___ false and fabricated news. So care should be (e) ___ before publishing any way.

24.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

contribute

appoint

take

allow

be

make

arrange

Nowadays women (a) ____ a lot of the national economy. In the past the society (b) ____ them to come out of doors. They (c) ____ confined within the four walls of the house. At present they (d) ____ part in various sectors. Many women (e) ___ in teaching.

25.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

make

light

mean

plan

make

lie

wither

Nowadays civilized life (a) ____ life on the lap of science. Life in towns and cities is like life it, a science laboratory. Cities and towns are now (b) ____ and (c) ____ with the help of science. Science (d) ___ it, science feeds it. Science guards and perfect it. We own greatly to science for the comforts of our daily life. Electricity (e) ____ the streets and house.

 

26.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Leave

finish

promise

start

offer

make

arrange

Once upon a time there was a great poet named Ferdousi. He was asked to write ‘shahanama’ in honour of sultan mahumd. When the poet (a) ____ to write ‘shahanama’, the sultan (b) ____ to pay him a piece of gold for each verse. But when the epic (c) ____, it was found to contain sixty thousand verses and the sultan now (d) ____ Ferdousi only sixty thousand pieces of silver. The poet refused the offer and (e) ____ the court.

27.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Want

keep

Play

talk

hear

merge

happen

Rumour is some information that is spread by being (a) ____ about but may not be true. For instance, we (b) ____ that South Korea was going to be (c) ____ North Korea. Actually that did (d) ____. Rumour (e) ____ a very important role in forming public opinion even on a very important matter.

28.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Want

write

get

study

come

be

cut

Your silence for a long time (a) ____ me to the quick. I hope, you (b) ____ on well with your studies. I am studying in the university now. Although I (c) ____ of a poor family, I do (d) ____ to continue my studies. I want to go abroad to get foreign degree. Today I (e) ___ to inform you of my decision.

29.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

command

help

memorize

claim

prepare

think

have

Most of the students of our country are expert in (a) ___ answers. They don’t prepare note by themselves. They get them (b) ___ by their tutors. Their tutors exercise their brain for the students. So, the (c) ___ power of the students does not develop. They do not have any (d) ____ over the language. They of course, do well in the examination. But for this can claim no credit for their own. This results (e) ____ them in their later life.

30.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Hold

bring

Dispel

sit

educate

build

suit

A teacher is an architect of a nation. He plays an important role in (a) ____ up an educated nation. He (b) ____ the darkness of ignorance from the lot of a nation. He is an actor while speaking. He has to (c) ____ his act according to the need of his listeners. He is able to (d) ____ the attention of his students. He (e) ____ motionless before his class. He also makes his lessons interesting.

31.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Help

spend

Have

take

provide

be

pass

Adult allowance is a noble programme taken in our country. In most of the developed contries of the world this kind of programme is (a) ____ by the government. The adults are (c) ___ care of by the government. But in our country the adults are mostly dependent on their sons and daughters. They do (c) ____ the ability to work and earn. They (d) ____ sometimes treated roughly by their issues they have to (e) ____ the days of their life depending on others.

32.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Build

act

Rise

damage

conclude

want

breed

Self control (a) ____ all other virtues. Man generally (b) _____ on impulses and strong desires. Vicious desire (c) _____ the purity of heart and mind resulting in the degradation of human nature. It is self-control that can help a man (d) _____ up a pure character which is very essential to (e) _____ above the level of inhumanity. 

33.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Make

hate

Means

aim

Be

made

take

Mass education (a) _____ education of the illiterate mass of our country. This programme (b) ____ at imparting knowledge of letters to the illiterate with a view to (c) ____ them conscious and responsible citizen capable of reading, writing and doing simple calculations. It (d) ____mass education that (e) ____ people know what is right and what is wrong.

34.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Give

buy

Carry

take

have

commit

wither

Drug (a) ____ terrible effect on the social life. It (b) ____ the addicts to an unreal world of dreams. This is called hallucination. And this hallucination (c) ____ rise to social crimes. When the drug addicts cannot afford (d) ____ drugs, they (e) ____ many kinds of social crimes.

 

35.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Do

expose

Make

tell

speak

gain

trust

Truthfulness is one of the greatest virtues which (a) ____ a man really great. A man is not (b) ____ by others if he does not cultivate the habit of speaking the truth. A man who is not trusted by anybody can never (c) ____ any position. A man can achieve his ends once or twice by (d) ___ lies, but no permanent gain comes out of such success. It must come to light sooner or later. Than the real character of the liar gets (e) ___ and nobody trusts him any more.

36.   Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Do

create

Close

display

hold

be

inaugurate

A book fair (a) ____ in Comilla some month ago (b) ____ much enthusiasm among the book lover. It (c) ___ by the honourable DC of Comilla. A lot of books (d) ___ in the fair. The arrangement was no nice that the visitors while visiting the fair (e) ___ feel bored.

 

37.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Be

enjoy

be

get

become

gain

trust

Man’s life (a) ___ full of care and anxieties. Life (b) ___ his own opinion and judgment, a truth in (c) ___ them. Therefore, it is often (d) ___ to light which (e) ____ the darkness of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. 

38.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Remove

go

Be

take

give

compare

develop

Education (a) ___ full of clear conscious views of his own opinion and judgment, a truth in (b) ___ them. Therefore, it is often (c) ___ to light which (d) ___ the darkness of ignorance and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. The primary purpose of education (e) ___ the liberation of man from the restrictions and habits and attitudes which limit his humanity. 

39.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Make

be

Apply

do

Go

show

choose

The history of civilization (a) ____ how man always has to (b) ____ between (c) ____ the right and wrong use of the discoveries of science. This has never (d) ___ true than in our old age. In a brief period amazing discoveries have been made and (e) ___ to practical purposes.

40.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Be

drink

Save

kill

grow

live

found

When we say water is essential for our life we mean clean water. It is sure that man can (a) ____ without water. But it is also true that water is the carrier of germs of many fatal diseases. Clean water (b) ____ our life. On the other hand, unclean water (c) ___us. We (d) ___ water and use water in various ways. About eighty percent of our body (e) ___water. 

41.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Get

Use

Steal

Like

Make

Take

invent

Many wonders (a) ____ with the help of science. Mobile phone is the most up-to date invention. At present it (b) ___ more popular with the people. It (c) ___ communication easier. But it is a matter of sorrow that terrorists (d) ___ it so spread out terrorism. So, proper steps should be (e) ___ to stop it.

42.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Reach

be

take

move

Go

recover

are

A proverb goes that time and tide waits for none. Since the dawn of civilization time is (a) ___. It does (b) ___ any rest. It is never constant. Time once gone is (c) ___ for every. Lost health may be gained by medicine and proper caring and nursing. Lost time cannot be (d) ___ by any means because nobody can stop the ceaseless onward march of time. Life (e) ___ nothing but the sum total of some moments.

43.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Hold

bring

dispel

sit

educate

build

suit

Last week a rally (a) _____ by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon demanding planned development and safe preservation of all parks and playgrounds of the country. The city dwellers, school students and the representatives of different socio-cultural organization (b) ____ at Battala in front of the National Museum. They were carrying banners and placards in which various slogans (c) ____. They demanded safe return of all parks and other (d) ___ open areas. They also demanded proper management of them. It is said that the environment is (e) ___ unhygienic very rapidly. So, the govt. should take necessary steps immediately.

44.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Solve

Build

keep

create

turn

try

face

Nowadays Bangladesh (a) ____ the unemployment problem. This problem already (b) ___ an alarming dimension. The government (c) ___ to cope with this problem. But this problem (d) ___ of our vast population (e)____ into human resource.

45.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Solve

build

keep

create

turn

try

face

War is a curse to human civilization. In ancient time war (a) ____ to the warriors. But at present all the people both civilian and military (b) ____ from the curse of war. Nobody can escape from the bombers of the enemy. Rich cities, fields filled with green, corns and beautiful places (c) ____ to ruins. Even the innocent citizens (d) ____ a tragic death. Men, women, boys, girls all (e) ___ brutally without any mercy.

46.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Amuse

like

simple

beautiful

consider

modernize

symbolize

A flower (a) ___ beauty and purity. Flowers (b) ____ us with immense pleasure. Our minds (c) ___ at the beauty and fragrance of different kinds of flowers. Consequently, flower (d) ___ to be the food of human mind. Who (e)____ flowers?

47.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Become

fly

be

go

Kill

come

recall

Killing birds (a) ____ a harm for the environment. Govt. must take some effective steps to stop the mindless killing of guest birds that (b) ___ to Bangladesh for winter shelter every year. Eighty years old Mr. Ahmad, a bird specialist (c) ___ by that he was interested in hunting birds in his late teens. “If we (d) ___ aware from now and take steps, guest birds (e) ___ in future. They will not take Bangladesh as a safe shelter.

48.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

Teach

continue

finish

triumph

Engage

help

trouble

Truth always reigns in the world. Falsehood may (a) ___ for the time being. Those who are (b) ___ in preaching the truth are respected by the people. Those who feel interested in telling lies cannot prosper in life. They may prosper seemingly. But they can (c) ___ all the time. Socrates throughout his life would preach the truth. He tried to make people understand what was good for them. He was (d) ___ by the powerful people. In spite of it, he never stopped (e) ___ good thing.

49.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

use

implement

go

come

Have

require

eradicate

It is high time we (a) ____ our brain about the curse of dowry. This issue of dowry (b) ____be consider in view of country’s social-economic, cultural, political circumstances. United efforts (c) ___ to put an end to violence against women. A specific framework must be drawn up to be (d) ___. Anyway, we can hope that dowry (e) ____ to and end in the time to come.

50.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

cut

pray

put

be

Provide

benefit

pollute

Trees (a) ___ very useful for us. We are (b) ___ by trees in many ways. Besides (c) ____ food and fruits, trees prevent the environment from (d) ____. It is a matter of regret that many people (v) ___ down trees.

51.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

follow

make

come

get

succeed

neglect

wait

Time is very valuable. This valuable time (a) ___ for anybody. No power can stop it. It knows no pause in its course. It is not wise to (b) ___ time. The man who makes the best use of time is sure to (c) ____ . All the famous persons of the world have (d) ___ the best use of time. We should (e) ___ them.

52.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

accept

can

be

do

Go

circulate

create

Money is an essential thing. No man can do without money. Even no nation can (a) ____ without money. It (b) ____ the functions of a medium, a measure, a standard and a store. Money may be white or black. White money (c) ____ the legal money. It is (d) ____ by all. This kind of money is (e) ___ throughout the country. 

53.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

lament

go

blow

sit

Carry

fall

make

Once a man went boating in a wide river. The weather was fine but the wind was (a) ____ very hard. The man was (b) ____ silently and looking at the sights and scenery. Suddenly his turban (c) ___ off his head and fell in the river. “I’ve lost all my fortune,” he (d) ___. But he felt happy that it had (e) ___ to his neighbour.

 

54.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

be

go

become

have

Know

see

take

The mass media (a) ____ very important these days. At one time people (b) ____ little information about the world around them. It (c) ____ months for the people to learn that king (d) ___ dead. But nowadays we (e) ___ what is happening throughout the world in hours or minutes.

55.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

find

eat

shall

cause

Help

protect

contain

Vitamin A (a) ___ our eye-sight. Blindness (b) ____ with the deficiency of vitamin. A Molafish which (c) ___ in our rivers and canals (d) ___ a lot of vitamin A. We (e) ___ a lot of Molafish as well as vegetables to protect our eye-sight.

56. Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

improve

express

proclaim

support

observe

The 8^th march is ___ as the ‘International Women’s day’ all over the world. This day is a great protest against all kinds of injustice, inequality and oppression towards women. This day ­­___ the rights and dignities of women. Every year almost every nation of the world ___ solidarity and ___ to ensure women’s right and dignity. On the day, different nations take initiative to ___ their women’s position in their civilization.

57.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

dare not

visit

be

desire

attain

face

shall

Everybody (a) ______ success in life but few (b) ____ it. One of the main reasons for this failure is that many people (c) ____ take risks. Life (d) ____ not bed roses. It is full of troubles and difficulties. We (e) ____ them with courage.

58.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

keep

be

entertain

give

know

enrich

avoid

It (a) ____ to all the importance of English. (b) ____ an international language, English holds the key to the broad expanse of larning and knowledge. Many great writers have (c) ____ this language. If we (d) ____ English, we (e) _____ ourselves aloof from the civilization world.

59.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

happen

remember

stand

become

open

go

do

The night was over. The mother (a) ____ her eyes. She saw her son (b) ____ by her bad with the glass of water. She (c) ____ astonished. All first she did not understand anything. After a while she (d) ____ what (e) _____ at night.

60.  Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the list below.

given

suit

has

sit

invented

took

work

Computer is one of the greastest advances of modern science. It was not (a) ____ overnigth. It (b) ____ long time and hard labour to invent computer. Many scientists worked hard for this. Computer cannot (c) ____ itself. It works on the basis command (d) ____ by the operator. It is esssential for our daily life and (e) ____ brought about a rapid change.