HSC Right Forms of Verbs - Board Questions -2025
Ques. No.—05 ‣ Using Correct Form of Verbs
Ques. ■ Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context. 0.5 × 10 = 5
1. Dhaka Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
In this world truth (a) ——— (reign) over falsehood. Those who are always in the habit of (b) ——— (speak) the truth (c) ——— (respect) everywhere. But those who are involved in telling lies (d) ——— (shine) in life. That is why, we see that many great men in the history used to (e) ——— (preach) truth among their countrymen. (f) ——— (be) truthful is essential for our society. It holds the highest value in (g) ——— (make) our society better. This quality is considered as one of the essential factors that empower us from within. A truthful man is a (h) ——— (trust) person. And this trust builds confidence in us. Confidence makes us (i) ——— (feel) better: When we start getting comfortable with speaking the truth, we will begin to prosper. So, we should try hard (j) ——— (stay) away from the lies.
2. Rajshahi Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
Change (a) ——— (be) the order of nature because we know the proverb that older changes (b) ——— (yield) place to the new. So, nothing (c) ——— (remain) new forever. The same we (d) ——— (notice) in entertainment also. Old and traditional forms (e) ——— (change) and (f) ——— (modify) by new and modern forms of entertainment. Many of them don't exist any longer. Today TV channels and satellite (g) ——— (supersede) radio; similarly band and pop music have replaced our popular old songs. Football (h) ——— (lose) its appeal day by day. Cricket and other games are becoming more and more popular. Our idea about the popularity of entertainment also (i) ——— (change). We've started to look upon our forms of all life in a new way and (j) ——— (get) habituated to it.
3. Jashore Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
Books (a) ——— (possess) an essence of immortality. They (b) ——— (be) the most precious products of human efforts. Temptations (c) ——— (crumble) into ashes. Pictures and statues (d) ——— (decay) but books (e) ——— (survive). Time is of no account for great thoughts which (f) ——— (be) as fresh today as they were when came through the authors' minds ages ago. What (g) ——— (be) then thought or said still speaks to us. Books (h) ——— (introduce) us to the best society. They bring us into the presence of the noblest minds that have ever (i) ——— (live). We hear what they thought or said. We see them as if they (j) ——— (be) really alive.
4. Cumilla Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
A teacher (a) ——— (compare) with an architect. Teachers (b) ——— (call) the architects of a nation. They (c) ——— (play) an important role in order to build a nation. They are used (d) ——— (make) the illiterate people worthy citizens. But the teachers (e) ——— (hold) in high respect in our country. They are habituated to (f) ——— (lead) a humble life in the midst of want. Still, they keep the light of education (g) ——— (burn) with a view to removing the darkness of illiteracy. It is high time we (h) ——— (change) our outlook towards the teachers. In many developed countries, teachers are given high respect. "A most important truth, which we are apt (i) ——— (forget), is that a teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it (j) ——— (continue) to burn its own flame," Tagore said.
5. Chattogram Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
A mother is a supreme gift (a) ——— (bestow) upon us by Allah. She (b) ——— (exercise) an undeniable influence in (c) ——— (mould) the character of a child and also in (d) ——— (shape) their future destiny. A mother (e) ——— (regard) as the best teacher, guide and protector. An educated mother (f) ——— (manage) the family in a far better way than a mother who has had no schooling. She (g) ——— (be) more interested in getting her children educated. She (h) ——— (sacrifice) her own happiness to ensure a better future for her children. So often it (i) ——— (say) that the hands that rock the cradle (j) ——— (rule) the world.
6. Sylhet Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
Festivals (a) ——— (be) common to all societies and cultures. With the change of social and economic structures, the nature of festivals also (b) ——— (change). But some festivals (c) ——— (be) so deeply (d) ——— (root) in the social organism that they (e) ——— (continue) to entertain from generation to generation. Some of the festivals (f) ——— (bear) the mark of the community and nationality, some have the stamp of religion and again some bear the impression of politics. The festivals, which got (g) ——— (start) in the primitive society centering on the prayer for food, (h) ——— (have) now been filled with various colours and varieties. The main foundation of festivals (i) ——— (be) ritual and most of the ancient rituals were collective activities, Many of the rituals were (j) ——— (relate) to agriculture and were determined by lunar months.
7. Barishal Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
In the current social and economic system of Bangladesh, everyone (a) ——— (depend) on his income in order to (b) ——— (meet) the daily needs. However, many people of our country (c) ——— (not earn) enough to live comfortably. People of low income are to (d) ——— (struggle) a lot to buy food, clothes and medicine because prices of everything (e) ——— (rise) high day by day. Generally, people in rural areas (f) ——— (feel) the pressure even more as they earn less. In fact, they have fewer opportunities to improve their financial condition. When prices go up, many families (g) ——— (not buy) enough healthy food and this causes malnourishment of the children. Sometimes they cannot help borrowing money, which (h) ——— (lead) to debt. High prices also affect their children's education. Many a student (i) ——— (drop) out of school as their parents cannot afford to bear their educational expenses. But for the true development of our country proper education must be (j) ——— (ensure) at any cost.
8. Dinajpur Board-2025; Sylhet Board-2017 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
Jerry is an orphan. He (a) ——— (come) to the orphanage at the age of four. He (b) ——— (lose) his parents in his infancy. Then, he (c) ——— (commit) to the care of the orphanage. He could hardly (d) ——— (recollect) his parents' memory. In spite of (e) ——— (be) an orphan, he had developed a strong fabric of morality. His inimitable morality (f) ——— (draw) him close to the writer. The writer was impressed with him. She started (g) ——— (show) affection for him. Jerry took her as his mother. He fabricated a lie (h) ——— (win) her heart. The orphan boy came closer to her. She also (i) ——— (love) him like her son. Once she left the place but she (j) ——— (cherish) the memory of the boy till her old age.
9. Mymensingh Board-2025 [Modified according to syllabus 2027]
One day in 1976, Professor Muhammad Yunus (a) ——— (visit) a poor village near Chittagong University. He (b) ——— (meet) a poor woman who made bamboo stools for a living. Although she (c) ——— (work) hard, she (d) ——— (remain) poor because she (e) ——— (force) to pay a high price for the bamboo. She did not have enough money (f) ——— (buy) the bamboo and used to take loans from the moneylenders on an exorbitant interest. Professor Yunus (g) ——— (know) that he could not simply give her the money she needed because it (h) ——— (rob) the woman of her dignity. Instead, he asked the people in the village how much money they (i) ——— (need) to start their own business and free themselves from poverty. He lent the equivalent of about US$ 27.00 from his pocket to 42 women of the village. Those women (j) ——— (set) up their small business and started to earn money to support their families.
Answer Sheet of Correct Form of Verbs
- (a) reigns (b) speaking (c) are respected (d) don't shine/can't shine (e) preach (f) Being (g) making (h) trusted (i) feel (j) to stay
- (a) is (b) yielding (c) remains (d) notice (e) have been changed (f) modified (g) have superseded (h) is losing (i) has (also) changed/is (also) changing (j) have got/are getting
- (a) possess (b) are (c) crumble (d) decay (e) survive (f) are (g) was (h) introduce (i) lived (j) were
- (a) is compared (b) are called (c) play (d) to making (e) are not held (f) leading (g) burning (h) changed (i) to forget (j) continues
- (a) bestowed (b) exercises (c) moulding (d) shaping (e) is regarded (f) can manage (g) is (h) sacrifices (i) is said (j) rule
- (a) are (b) changes/has changed (c) are (d) rooted (e) continue (f) bear (g) started (h) have (i) is (j) related
- (a) depends (b) meet (c) do not earn (d) struggle (e) are rising (f) feel (g) cannot buy (h) leads (i) drops (j) ensured
- (a) came (b) lost (c) was committed (d) recollect (e) being (f) drew (g) showing (h) to win (i) loved (j) cherished
- (a) visited (b) met (c) worked (d) remained (e) was forced (f) to buy (g) knew (h) would rob (i) needed (j) set
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