Right Form of Verb: Rules with Examples
Right Form of Verb (ক্রিয়ার সঠিক রূপ)
Introductionভূমিকা
This question carries marks in every SSC and HSC paper, and almost nobody answers it by feel. The trick is that the sentence always contains a clue — a time word, an auxiliary, a conjunction — and once you learn to find the clue first, the form follows almost automatically.
SSC ও HSC-র প্রতিটি প্রশ্নপত্রে এই অংশে নম্বর থাকে, অথচ প্রায় কেউ অনুমান করে উত্তর দিতে পারে না। কৌশলটা হলো — বাক্যে সবসময় একটা সূত্র থাকে (সময়সূচক শব্দ, সহায়ক ক্রিয়া, সংযোজক), আর আগে সূত্রটা খুঁজে বের করতে শিখলে রূপটা প্রায় নিজে থেকেই আসে।
Definitionসংজ্ঞা
'Right form of verb' means choosing the correct tense, number and voice of a verb given in brackets, so that it agrees with the subject and with the time the sentence describes.
'Right form of verb' মানে বন্ধনীতে দেওয়া ক্রিয়ার সঠিক কাল, বচন ও বাচ্য বেছে নেওয়া, যাতে সেটি কর্তার সাথে এবং বাক্যের সময়ের সাথে মেলে।
Bangla Explanationবাংলা ব্যাখ্যা
প্রথমে **সূত্র খুঁজুন, তারপর রূপ বসান**। বারোটা নিয়ম প্রায় সব প্রশ্ন ঢেকে দেয়: **১. Present Indefinite** — always, usually, often, every day, daily, generally থাকলে। তৃতীয় পুরুষ একবচনে **s/es**: 'He (go) to school daily' → **goes**। **২. Present Continuous** — now, at present, at this moment: 'They (play) now' → **are playing**। **৩. Present Perfect** — just, already, yet, ever, never, recently, lately: 'I (finish) already' → **have finished**। **৪. Present Perfect Continuous** — since / for + সময়: 'He (read) since morning' → **has been reading**। **৫. Past Indefinite** — ago, yesterday, last night, in 1971: 'He (come) yesterday' → **came**। **৬. Past Continuous** — while + চলমান কাজ: 'While I (walk), it rained' → **was walking**। **৭. Past Perfect** — দুটো অতীত কাজ, before/after দিয়ে যুক্ত। যেটা **আগে** ঘটেছে সেটা past perfect: 'The train had left before we reached.' **৮. Future** — tomorrow, next week, soon: 'He (go) tomorrow' → **will go**। **৯. If/Unless (First conditional)** — if-এর অংশ **present**, অন্য অংশ **will/shall**: 'If it rains, we **will** stay' — if-এর পরে কখনো will বসে না, এটাই সবচেয়ে বেশি হওয়া ভুল। **১০. Second conditional** — 'If I (be) a bird…' → **were** (was নয়), আর অন্য অংশে **would + base**। **১১. Modal-এর পরে base form** — can, may, must, should, will-এর পরে ক্রিয়ার মূল রূপ: 'He can (do) it' → **do**। **১২. Subject-verb agreement** — 'Each of the boys **has**', 'Everyone **is**', 'The number of students **is**', 'A number of students **are**'। এছাড়া: **to**-এর পরে base ('to go'), **preposition**-এর পরে -ing ('good at swimming'), আর **let/make/see/hear + object**-এর পরে base ('He made me **do** it')।
Examplesউদাহরণ
- He (go) to school every day. → He goes to school every day.'every day' — present indefinite, তৃতীয় পুরুষ একবচনে -es।
- They (play) football now. → They are playing football now.'now' — present continuous।
- I (not see) him since Friday. → I have not seen him since Friday.'since' — present perfect (বা perfect continuous)।
- The train (leave) before we reached the station. → The train had left before we reached the station.দুটো অতীত কাজ — আগেরটা past perfect।
- If you (work) hard, you will succeed. → If you work hard, you will succeed.if-এর পরে present, অন্য অংশে will — if-এর পরে will কখনো নয়।
- If I (be) you, I would accept it. → If I were you, I would accept it.কাল্পনিক শর্তে 'were', সব পুরুষেই।
- Each of the students (have) a book. → Each of the students has a book.কর্তা 'each', তাই একবচন ক্রিয়া — 'students' শুনে বহুবচন বসাবেন না।
- He is good at (swim). → He is good at swimming.preposition-এর পরে -ing।
Common Mistakesসাধারণ ভুল
If it will rain, we will not go.
If it rains, we will not go.
After 'if' English uses the present simple, never 'will'. This single error appears in more scripts than any other on the paper.
He has gone to Dhaka yesterday.
He went to Dhaka yesterday.
'Yesterday' is a finished past time, so it takes the past simple. Present perfect never pairs with a finished time word.
Each of the boys are present.
Each of the boys is present.
The subject is 'each', which is singular. The nearby plural noun pulls the ear the wrong way.
He can plays cricket.
He can play cricket.
After a modal — can, may, must, should — the verb takes its base form with no -s and no 'to'.
I am knowing the answer.
I know the answer.
State verbs such as know, believe, like, want and understand are not used in the continuous form.
Tipsটিপস
- Find the clue word before you touch the verb: every day, now, since, yesterday, tomorrow, if. — ক্রিয়া ছোঁয়ার আগে সূত্র শব্দটা খুঁজুন: every day, now, since, yesterday, tomorrow, if।
- Check the subject last. Singular subject, third person, present tense — add -s. — শেষে কর্তা মিলিয়ে নিন। একবচন, তৃতীয় পুরুষ, বর্তমান কাল — -s বসবে।
- In a passive sentence you always need be + past participle: 'The work is done'. — কর্মবাচ্যে সবসময় be + past participle: 'The work is done'।
- If two past actions are joined by before or after, the earlier one takes 'had'. — before/after দিয়ে দুটো অতীত কাজ যুক্ত হলে আগেরটায় 'had'।
Quizকুইজ
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1. He ___ (write) a letter now.
2. If he ___ (come), I will go with him.
3. She ___ (live) here since 2019.
4. Each of the girls ___ (have) a pen.
5. The patient had died before the doctor ___ (come).
Practiceঅনুশীলন
Try each one, then reveal the answer.
1. Fill in: The sun ___ (rise) in the east.
Hint: A universal truth takes the present simple.
2. Fill in: I ___ (do) my homework when he called.
Hint: An action in progress interrupted by another — past continuous.
3. Fill in: He is used to ___ (get) up early.
Hint: 'Used to' with 'is' means a habit — the verb takes -ing.
4. Fill in: It is high time we ___ (start) the work.
Hint: 'It is high time' is followed by the past form.
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- Modal Verbs (Can, Could, May, Might, Must)Learn modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must) in Bangla and English: rules for ability, permission, possibility and obligation, with examples and a free quiz.
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How many marks does right form of verb carry?
It is usually a five-mark item in SSC and HSC English second paper, set as a passage with bracketed verbs. Because the clues repeat every year, it is one of the most reliably scorable parts of the paper.
What is the difference between 'used to' and 'is used to'?
'Used to' + base verb means a past habit: 'He used to smoke.' 'Is used to' + -ing means accustomed: 'He is used to smoking.' Boards set this trap almost every year.
Why is 'If I was you' wrong?
In an imaginary condition English uses the subjunctive 'were' for every person — 'If I were you', 'If he were here'. 'Was' is heard in speech but marked wrong in exams.
Which verbs cannot take the -ing form?
State verbs: know, believe, understand, like, love, hate, want, need, seem, belong. 'I am knowing' and 'I am wanting' are always wrong.