Right form of verbs for SSC 2026

Right Form of Verbs

Exercises

SSC 2026

1.  Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once: [Dhaka Board 2025]

deliver	take	start	preside	be
advise	decorate	begin	come	read

Our annual prize-giving ceremony (a) ______ off yesterday. We (b) ______ our school campus very nicely. The ceremony (c) ______ at 3 p.m. Our Headmaster (d) ______ over the function, and the Education Minister (e) ______ the chief guest. The function (f) ______ with the recitation from the Holy Quran. One of our senior teachers (g) ______ out the annual report. The honorable chief guest (h) ______ a brief encouraging speech (i) ______ us to be regular in studies and (j) ______ part in the movement against illiteracy.

2. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once: [Rajshahi Board 2025]

lag	reach	lead	follow	depend
build	remember	be	work	idle

Bangladesh is full of natural resources. The prosperity of the country (a) ______ on the proper utilization of the resources. We should not (b) ______ a lazy life. We should all (c) ______ up our country. For this reason, we have to (d) ______ hard. No nation can prosper without industry. We should (e) ______ that industry is the key to success. If we (f) ______ the days away, we (g) ______behind. The nations that (h) ______ industrious (i) ______ the pinnacles of development. So, we should (j) ______ them.

3. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once: [Chittagong Board 2025]

weigh	require	think	be	face
cheat	bargain	be	take	have

The price hike of household products (a) ______ now a great problem for us. Every day we (b) ______ it. Most of the people (c) ______ low income (d) ______ in danger. They (e) ______of purchasing meat and fish as they (f) ______ more money. We have to (g) ______ over buying even simple products. Many times the buyers (h) ______. The sellers cheat the buyers at the time of (i) ______ something. Some steps have (j) ______ by the government to identify the culprits.

4. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once: [Sylhet Board 2025]

damage	result	be	rise	try
overcome	bread	act	build	compare

Self-control is considered a great power. It (a) ______ all other virtues. Man usually (b) ______ on impulses and strong desires. Vicious desires (c) ______ the purity of heart and mind, (d) ______ in the degeneration of human nature. It (e) ______ self-control that can help a man (f) ______ up a pure character, which is very essential to (g) ______ above the level of inhumanity. Nothing can (h) ______ to self-control to (i) ______ inhumanity. So, everybody (j) ______to be self-controlled.

5. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once: [Jashore Board 2025]

overlook	expect	be	see	backbit
criticize	exist	shun	be	imagine

Everybody (a) ______ that he or she (b) ______ the best. Actually, goodness or badness (c) ______ a little or much, (d) ______ in her simultaneously. But they only (e) ______ the good side of them, (f) ______ the bad ones. We (g) ______ourselves and (h) ______ the bad. But the reality is that we always (i) ______ others, which is not (j) ______.

6. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once:

entertain	make	order	want	need
wish	become	be	take	arrive

A birthday party is arranged to celebrate the day when one was born. It (a) ______ a happy occasion. Recently, it (b) ______a tradition to organize a birthday party. For organizing such a party, one (c) ______ to spend both time and money. He/she starts (d) ______ preparations some days ago. A birthday cake (e) ______earlier. Then, he/she invites his/her close friends and relatives. Usually, friends (f) ______to miss such a party. On the appointed day, he/she puts on the best dress and eagerly waits for the invited guests to (g) ______. After the arrival of the guests, he/she cuts the birthday cake. By singing “Happy Birthday to You,” everybody (h) ______ him/her. The guests are highly (i) ______ with delicious foods and snacks. Sometimes, there is an arrangement for music with a view to (j) ______ the party more enjoyable.

7. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once:

throw	kill	work	have	release
ensure	be	live	originated	pollute

Rivers generally (a) ______ from a mountain or a lake. They (b) ______ very important for our existence and economy. But unfortunately, we are (c) ______ our rivers by throwing industrial and domestic wastes. Most of the industries (d) ______waste treatment plants. These kinds of industries are (e) ______ liquid wastes directly and continuously (f) ______ the water. Our unconscious people also (g) ______ different kinds of waste materials into rivers. So, to keep the existence of fishes and other species (h) ______ in the water is impossible. It is high time the government and the people (i) ______ together to save the rivers. Otherwise, a happy, prosperous, and pollution-free environment can’t be (j) ensured for the next generation.

8. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once:

focus	follow	control	wait	write
understand	read	upgrade	play	be

Textbooks are the rich sources of information and knowledge. They (a) ______ a vital role in teaching-learning activities. If a student (b) ______ the textbooks thoroughly, he/she can get a clear idea about different topics. In the classroom, teachers (c) ______ on the texts well. Unfortunately, some students (d) ______the importance of reading textbooks. Again, in many schools, guidebooks are (e) ______the classroom. The concerned authority should monitor the classrooms with a view to (f) ______ this unexpected activity. Besides, teachers (g) ______conscious of their duties and responsibilities. A strong foundation of knowledge is impossible without reading the textbooks well. These living sources of knowledge (h) ______by highly qualified educationists. The government is working relentlessly to (i) ______ the standard of the textbooks. The nation (j) ______ eagerly for the days when our students will lead Bangladesh, applying their knowledge, skill, and wisdom.

9. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once:

ensure	create	waste	divide	remain
do	appear	save	execute	end

Proper time management makes it possible to complete any work timely. If a person (a) ______ his works into smaller portions and (b) ______ them accordingly, the whole work will be (c) ______ in time. Time is not (d) ______ because of doing the work in a planned way. As a result, enough time (e) ______. Besides, proper use of time (f) ______ by doing the work in this process. As each piece of work (g) ______ quickly, the opportunity to do additional works (h) ______. Again, due to time management, no part of work (i) ______ difficult, and no work (j) ______ pending.

10. Complete the following text with right forms of the verbs given in the box. You can use one verb more than once:

command	prepare	claim	memorize	develop
help	do	think	make	exercise

Most of the students of our country are experts in (a) ______ answers. They do not (b) ______ notes themselves. They get them (c) ______ by their tutors. Their tutors (d) ______ their brains for the students. So, the (e) ______ power of the students does not (f) ______. They do not have any (g) ______ of their language. They, of course, (h) do well in the examination. But for this, they can (i) ______ no credit of their own. This result does not (j) ______ them in their later life.