Subject verb agreement:
a)
Ill news (run/runs) fast.
b)
Mathematics (is/are) my favourite subject.
c)
Politics (is / are) a dirty thing.
d)
Cattle (are / is) grazing in the field.
e)
The peasantry of our country (are/ is) poor.
f)
The gentry of our society (were/ was) present in the meeting.
g)
The people (was /were) running to and fro.
h)
The aristocracy (have/ has) lost their influence.
i)
A pair of shoes (are /is) bought by him.
j)
One dozen of the apples
(is /are) enough for us.
k)
A hundred of taka (is /are) needed to buy the book.
l)
A thousand of taka (is /are) not a big amount.
m)
Twenty miles (are /is) a long distance.
n)
Fifty kilos are is a heavy weight.
o)
Thirty years (is /are) a long time.
2.
Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list,
Put them in the correct tense. Use the negatives where necessary.
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Keep
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do
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take
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consider
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live
|
harm
|
bear
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Man can hardly
(a) ____ outside a society. He has to (b) ____ his own interest as well as the
interests of others. One man’s decision ought not to (c) ____ other. SO before
(d ) ____ decisions it should be (e)____ in mind.
3.
Completed the passage with suitable verbs from the list.
Put them in the correct tenses.
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check
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live
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rise
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become
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ensure
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attack
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Suffer
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In Dhaka city we (a) ____ in a polluted environment. It
(b) ____ more and more polluted day by day. We know that a sound environment (c)
____ a sound life. Here people (d) ____ with various diseases. It must be (e)
____ immediately.
Outline:
An old farmer's three sons were quarrelling- the farmer gave a stick to his
youngest son to break it - he broke it - then he gave a bundle of sticks to his
eldest son to break it - he failed - the farmer taught them the value of unity.
Expanded Story: An old farmer workedhard all his life. He became weak owing to
his age. He wanted that his three sons live together happily after his death.
But his sons were not in good terms with one another. They had always been
quarrelling so he thought they would not live together in future. And the
enemies would destroy them, one by one, taking advantage of their weakness. So
the farmer wanted to teach them a lesson of unity by demonstrating an example.
He called all his sons. Then he gave a single stick to his youngest son, and
asked him to break it. The boy broke it easily. Then the farmer gave the bundle
of sticks to his eldest and strongest son, and asked him to break it. He failed
to do so, even with great effort. Then the old man said to his sons, "My
sons, you have seen that a single stick can be easily broken, but a bundle of
sticks cannot be so easily broken. So you understand that if you live separately
after my death, your enemies will easily destroy you, one by one. But if all of
you live jointly, your enemies will not be able to do any harm to you."The
three sons of the old farmer promised to live together in future.
4. Questions
answers:
a. Why did
the farmer give them to break a bundle of sticks?
b. When could
they be broken the sticks?
c. Why did
the farmer think that they would not live together in future?
d. Why did a single
stick break easily?
e. What type
of teaching has in the passage?
5. Words
change:
a. Kind
(noun)
b. Friend(verb)
c. Nature
(adverb)
d. Child(noun)
e. Wise(noun)
Right form of
verbs
a.
live; b) consider;
c) harm; d) taking; e) borne.
- Right form of verbs
- Live/are
living; (b) is becoming; (c) ensures; (d) are attacked; (e) checked.
8.
One million dollars (are /is) a good amount of money.
9.
Everybody (loves /love) an honest man.
10. Something (are /is)
better than nothing.
11. Nobody (believes
/believe) a liar.
12. Everyone (is /are)
eager to go home.
13. Someone (have has)
called you there.
14. Many a man (were
/was) present there.
15. A great many men
(was / were) present there.
16. More than one man
(were /was) present there.
17. More than two men
(was/ were) present there.
18. It (were/ was) you
who did this.
19. It (are /is) hose
books that I want.
20. I am the boy who
(help/ helps) the poor.
21. You are the person
who (speak/ speaks) ill of others.
22. This is the book
that (have/ has) been lost.
23. It is I who (are
/am) to blam.
24. I, who (are/ am)
your friend will guard your interests.
25. He is one of the
best boys that (has /have) read in the school.
26. Each of the boys
(are/ is) cleaver.
27. One of my friends
(have /has) come just now.
28. The quality of the
mangoes (were/was).
29. Sabina is one of
the girls who (dance/ dances) well.
30. Neither of my
uncles (are/ is) married.
31. I along with my
friends (were /was) present in the meeting.
32. She together with
her classmates (intend/ intends) to go on a picnic.
33. To tell lies (is /are) a great sin.
34. Telling lies (are/
is) a great sin.
35. The reading of
history (give /gives) one knowledge.
36. The normal function
of the liver (are/ is) to clean the body of its poison.
37. The United Arab
Emirates (are /is) a rich country.
38. The rich (is /are)
not happy.
39. The poor (is /are)
born to suffer.
40. The quality of the mangoes was/were not good.
41. The introduction of tea and coffee and such other
beverages (has /have) not been without some effect.
42. His knowledge of Indian vernaculars (is /are) far
beyond the common.
43. The results of the recognition of this fact (are /is)
seen in the gradual improvement of the diet of the poor.
44. Gold and silver (are /is) precious metals.
45. Fire and water (do /does) not agree.
46. Knowledge and wisdom (have /has) pft-time no
connection.
47. (Are /is) you father and mother at home?
