Right form of verbs
ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয় পত্রের এ অংশে clueসহ কিংবা clue ব্যতীত ৫টি শূন্যস্থান সংবলিত একটি passage দেওয়া থাকবে।
তোমাদের number, person, tense ও voice অনুসারে verb-এর সঠিক রূপ ব্যবহার করে passageটি সম্পূর্ণ করতে হবে। এ ধরনের শূন্যস্থান পূরণের জন্য তোমাদের verb-এর সঠিক ব্যবহার জানা অত্যাবশ্যক। আর এ জন্য verb, tense, number ও voice-এ পূর্ণ দক্ষতা অর্জনের কোনো বিকল্প নেই। এ ছাড়া পর্যাপ্ত পরিমাণে conjugation of verbs মুখস্থ করতে হবে। verb-এর সঠিক ব্যবহারের স্বার্থে verb অনুসারে অনেক নিয়ম উপস্থাপন করেছি, যাতে নিয়মগুলো তোমরা সহজেই আয়ত্ত করে নিতে পারো।
Rule-১:
Subject 3rd person singular number হলে present indefinite tense-এ মূল verb-এর সঙ্গে s বা es যোগ হবে। অন্য person বা plural number হলে মূল verb-এর সঙ্গে s বা es সংযুক্ত হবে না।
Example
a. Rina (eat) rice.
Ans. Rina eats rice.
b. She (change) it.
Ans. She changes it.
c. Mitu (sing) a song.
Ans. Mitu sings a song.
d. Our solar system (consist) of nine planets.
Ans. Our solar system consists of nine planets.
e. All animals (need) water.
Ans. All animals needs water.
Exercise for practice
a. A student (buy) a lot of books.
b. The girl (dance) on the stage.
c. He (dislike) to smoke.
d. Bangladesh (need) skilled manpower.
e. 1971 (bring) a new era for us.
f. A brave man (deserve) the fair.
g. An idle man (ruin) his life.
h. My mother (look) after our family.
i. He (write) a good hand.
j. He (appear) to be honest.
Rule-2:
Universal truth (চিরন্তন সত্য), habitual fact (অভ্যাসগত কর্ম), historical event (ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনা) বোঝালে present indefinite tense হবে। একে ‘Universal present tense’ও বলে।
Example
a. The sun (rise) in the East.
Ans. The sun rises in the East.
b. The earth (move) round the sun.
Ans. The earth moves round the sun.
c. Day (come) after night.
Ans. Day comes after night.
d. The man (to smoke) like a chain smoker.
Ans. The man smokes like a chain smoker.
Exercise for practice
a. A piousman (get) peace.
b. Darkness (symbolize) sin.
c. Ice (float) on water.
d. The moon (appear) at night.
e. My father (to take) exercise regularly.
Rule-3: বাক্যে ব্র্যাকেটের মধ্যে যদি Be verb থাকে, তবে Be verbটি Subject-এর Number, Person ও বাক্যের Tense অনুযায়ী am, is, are/was, were হয়। তবে বাক্যের Subject singular হলে বাক্যের verbটিও singular হবে, আর বাক্যের subjectটি plural হলে verbটিও plural হবে।
Example
a. The virtuous (b) blessed.
Ans. The virtuous are blessed.
b. The rich (be) not always happy.
Ans. The rich are not always happy.
c. There (be) two people on the board. Ans. There were two people on the board.
d. He (be) a doctor but now he is no more. Ans. He was a doctor but now he is no more.
e. Water (be) life. Ans.: Water is life.
বি.দ্র.: subjectটি গাণিতিক সংখ্যা হলে (unit) subject-এর পরের verbটি singular হয়।
Example
Eighty miles (be) a long distance.
Ans.: Eighty miles is a long distance.
Exercise for practice
a. Bees (be) industrious.
b. There (be) a book on the table.
c. They (be) in the Heaven.
d. Sixty cents of it (be) in pennies.
e. There (be) a big tree in our village.
Rule 4: একটি simple sentence-এ দুটি main verb থাকলে পরেরটির সাথে ing যোগ হবে। কিছু নির্দিষ্ট verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত করতে হবে।
Example
a. I heard him (to say) this
Ans.: I heard him saying this.
b. He has finished (to read) the book.
Ans.: He has finished reading the book.
c. I saw Jerry (go) up over the hill
Ans.: I saw Jerry going up over the hill.
d. My teacher stopped me (say) so.
Ans.: My teacher stopped me saying so.
e. The old sailor watched the people (walk) past him.
Ans.: The old sailor watched the people walking past him.
Exercise for practice
a. The girl came to me (dance) .
b. Jerry saw the authoress (write) something
c. I heart my mother (call) me.
d. The children came to me (run) .
e. The old sailor saw the water snake (swim) round the ship.
Rule 5: Had better, had rather, would better. would rather, must, need, dare, secondary auxiliary বা modal verb-এর পর নিয়ম অনুযায়ী মূল verb-এর present form হয় এবং verbটির আগে to থাকলে to উঠে যায়।
Example
a. You had better (to go) home.
Ans.: You had better go home.
b. I will not let you (to enter) the class room.
Ans.: I will not let you enter the class room.
c. We must (to obey) our parents.
Ans.: We must obey our parents.
d. I need not (to go) there.
Ans.: I need not go there.
e. How (to dare) you speak with me?
Ans.: How dare you speak with me?
Exercise for practice
a. John would rather (to study) to night.
b. I had rather (to die) than beg.
c. The authors dare not (to drive) the car.
d. They had better (to stop) arguing.
e. Roberto would rather not (to be) here.
Rule 6: Just, just now, already, yet, ever, lately, recently ইত্যাদি থাকলে present perfect tense হবে।
Example: a. He (go) out just now.
Ans.: He has gone out just now.
b. The train just (reach) the station.
Ans.: The train has just reached the station.
c. You ever (be) to Dhaka?
Ans.: Have you ever been to Dhaka?
d. Lately he (write) — a grammar book.
Ans. Lately he has written a grammar book.
e. He already (complete) — MA.
Ans. He has already completed MA.
Exercise for practice
a. We (buy) — a television set just now.
b. You ever (see) — a pier glass in an $ 8 flat?
c. Recently they (shift) — to a new flat.
d. Lately he (get) — married.
Rule-7: অতীত নির্দেশক শব্দ বা phrase; যেমন: ago, long since, last, before, yesterday ইত্যাদি থাকলে verb-এর past indefinite tense হবে।
Example: a. He (leave) — home last night.
Ans. He left home last night.
b. A cyclone (break) — out last night.
Ans. A cyclone broke out last night.
c. Before Christ he (preach) — Islam.
Ans. Before Christ he preached Islam.
d. Ten years ago I (live) — in Paris.
Ans. Ten years ago I lived in Paris.
e. I (see) — you long since.
Ans. I saw you long since.
Exercise for practice
a. Tanin (write) — thesis many years ago.
b. I not (see) — him since last Monday.
c. He (buy) — a piece of land before one year.
Rule 8: As well as, with, accompanied with, along with, together with, in addition to ইত্যাদি দ্বারা দুটি subject যুক্ত হলে প্রথম subject অনুযায়ী verb বসে থাকে।
Example: a. Becon as well as Shakespeare (be) dead.
Ans. : Becon as well as Shakespeare was dead.
b. My sister accompanied with Zilan will (to have) a lest tomorrow.
Ans.: My sister accompanied with Zilan will have a lest tomorrow.
c. I with my brother (be) present there.
Ans. : I with my brother was present there.
d. They together with me (to help) the poor.
Ans.: They together with me help the poor.
e. Honest in addition to hard working (to win) the race.
Ans.: Honest in addition to hard working wins the race.
Exercise for practice
a. Della as well as Jim (to have) — morality.
b. I in addition to his support (work) — always.
c. She accompanied with her brother (go) — shopping everyday.
Rule-8: As well as, with, accompanied with, along with, together with, in addition to ইত্যাদি দিয়ে দুটি subject যুক্ত হলে প্রথম subject অনুযায়ী verb বসে।
Example: a. Becon as well as Shakespeare (be) — dead.
Ans. Becon as well as Shakespeare was dead.
b. My sister accompanied with Zilan will (to have) — a test tomorrow.
Ans. My sister accompanied with Zilan will have a test tomorrow.
c. In with my brother (be) — Present there.
d. They together with me (to help) — the poor.
Ans. They together with me help the poor.
e. Honesty in addition to hard working (to win) — the race.
Ans. Honesty in addition to hard working wins the race.
Exercise for practice
a. Della as well as Jim (to have) — morality.
b. I in addition to his support (work) — always
c. She accompanied with her brother (go) — shopping everyday. d. Mother together with father (deposit) — money for their child.
e. Nisat as well as her teacher (be) — going to Dhaka.
Rule-9: Before-এর আগে past perfect tense এবং পরে past indefinit tense হবে। আর after-এর আগে past indefinit এবং পরে past perfect tense হবে।
Example:
a. The patient (die) — before the doctor came.
Ans. The patient had died before the doctor come.
b. The patient died after the doctor (come) —.
Ans. The patient died after the doctor had come.
c. They arrived here after you (leave) —.
Ans. They arrived here after you had left.
d. We reached home after it (start) — to raining.
Ans. We reached home after it had started to raining.
e. The bell rang after I (reach) — school.
Ans. The bell rang after I had reached school.
Exercise for practice
a. The students stood up after the teacher (enter) — the room.
b. The boy had reached the school before the bell (ring) —.
c. I went to Dhaka after I (hear) — the news.
d. He went to Cox’s Bazar after his mother (Permit) — him.
e. The patient had become well before the doctor (come) —.
Right form of verb
Rule-10: As if, as though ইত্যাদির আগে present tense হলে পরে past indefinite হবে এবং আগে past indefinite tense হলে পরে past perfect tense হবে।
Example
a. He talks as if he (to be) — a leader.
Ans. He talks as if he was a leader.
b. She proceeded as though I (not speak) —.
Ans. She proceeded as though I had not spoken.
c. He behaves as if he (do) — everything.
Ans. He behaves as if he did everything.
d. He acted as though he (know) — all.
Ans. He acted as though he had known all.
Exercise for practice
a. They talked as though they (to be) — afraid of.
b. She behaves as if he (speak) — the truth.
c. The student behaved as though he (to be) — sick.
Rule-11: Point of time (নির্দিষ্ট সময়) বোঝালে since এবং period of time (অনির্দিষ্ট সময়) বোঝালে for বসে। এ ক্ষেত্রে present perfect continuous tense হবে।
Example
a. He (read) — the book for two hours.
Ans. He has been reading the book for two hours.
b. It (rain) — since morning.
Ans. It has been raining since morning.
c. We (play) — for an hour.
Ans. we have been playing for an hour.
d. Mr. Kamal (live) — in Dhaka since 1995.
Ans. Mr. Kamal has been living in Dhaka since 1995.
Exercise for practice
a. Robin (try) — to open the box since morning.
b. Polly (practice) — dancing for two days.
c. I (write) — this grammar book since Friday last.
Rule-12: Main clouse-এর vervটি past tense-এর হলে এবং পরের অংশে next-র পরে day, weak, month, year প্রভৃতির উল্লেখ থাকলে ওই অংশে would বসে এবং ব্রাকেটের verbটির present form হয়।
Example
a. Shimol said that he (buy) — a computer the next day. Ans. Shimol said that he would buy a computer the next day.
b. I told them that I (go) — there.
Ans. I told them that I would go there.
c. Sumi said that she (do) — better.
Ans. Sumi said that she would do better.
d. I told him that they (resign) — next day.
Ans. I told him that they would resign next day.
Exercise for practice
a. She assured that she (help) — me.
b. We talked that we (solve) — the problem.
c. Nila discussed that she (take) — it.
32. To ব্যাতিত preposition-এর পরের verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত হয়।
যেমন: He is now engaged in (read).
Ans.: He is now engaged in reading.
One can gather knowledge by (travel).
Ans.: One can gather knowledge by traveling.
33. Can not help, could not help, look forward to, with a view to, get used to, mind ইত্যাদির পরে verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত হয়।
যেমন: He came to Dhaka with a view to (find) a job.
Ans.: He came to Dhaka with a view to finding a job.
I cannot help (laugh).
Ans.: I cannot help laughing.
34. কোনো sentence-এর শুরুতে subject-এর স্থানে verb থাকলে verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যোগ হয়।
যেমন: (To swim) is a good exercise.
Ans.: Swimming is a good exercise.
(To speak) is an art.
Ans.: Speaking is an art.
35. If-যুক্ত clause-এর প্রথমটিতে subject-এর পর were থাকলে দ্বিতীয় অংশে subject-এর পরে would/could/ might বসে এবং verb-এর Present from বসে। আবার, would have/could have/would have-ও বসতে পারে। সে ক্ষেত্রে verb-এর Past participle form বসে।
যেমন: If I were an artist, I (draw) a nice picture.
Ans: If I were a artist, I would draw a nice picture.
If I were a billionaire, I (establish) a hospital for the poor.
Ans.: If I were a billionaire, I would establish a hospital for the poor.
36. Had-এর পরে subject এবং verb-এর Past participle থাকলে পরবর্তী clause-এর subject-এর পরে would have/could have/might have + verb-এর Past participle form বসে।
যেমন: Had I been a teacher, I (talk) the real story to my students.
Ans.: Had I been a teacher, I would have talked the real story to my students.
ইংরেজি দ্বিতীয় পত্রের এ অংশে clueসহ কিংবা clue ব্যতীত ৫টি শূন্যস্থান সংবলিত একটি passage দেওয়া থাকবে।
তোমাদের number, person, tense ও voice অনুসারে verb-এর সঠিক রূপ ব্যবহার করে passageটি সম্পূর্ণ করতে হবে। এ ধরনের শূন্যস্থান পূরণের জন্য তোমাদের verb-এর সঠিক ব্যবহার জানা অত্যাবশ্যক। আর এ জন্য verb, tense, number ও voice-এ পূর্ণ দক্ষতা অর্জনের কোনো বিকল্প নেই। এ ছাড়া পর্যাপ্ত পরিমাণে conjugation of verbs মুখস্থ করতে হবে। verb-এর সঠিক ব্যবহারের স্বার্থে verb অনুসারে অনেক নিয়ম উপস্থাপন করেছি, যাতে নিয়মগুলো তোমরা সহজেই আয়ত্ত করে নিতে পারো।
Rule-১:
Subject 3rd person singular number হলে present indefinite tense-এ মূল verb-এর সঙ্গে s বা es যোগ হবে। অন্য person বা plural number হলে মূল verb-এর সঙ্গে s বা es সংযুক্ত হবে না।
Example
a. Rina (eat) rice.
Ans. Rina eats rice.
b. She (change) it.
Ans. She changes it.
c. Mitu (sing) a song.
Ans. Mitu sings a song.
d. Our solar system (consist) of nine planets.
Ans. Our solar system consists of nine planets.
e. All animals (need) water.
Ans. All animals needs water.
Exercise for practice
a. A student (buy) a lot of books.
b. The girl (dance) on the stage.
c. He (dislike) to smoke.
d. Bangladesh (need) skilled manpower.
e. 1971 (bring) a new era for us.
f. A brave man (deserve) the fair.
g. An idle man (ruin) his life.
h. My mother (look) after our family.
i. He (write) a good hand.
j. He (appear) to be honest.
Rule-2:
Universal truth (চিরন্তন সত্য), habitual fact (অভ্যাসগত কর্ম), historical event (ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনা) বোঝালে present indefinite tense হবে। একে ‘Universal present tense’ও বলে।
Example
a. The sun (rise) in the East.
Ans. The sun rises in the East.
b. The earth (move) round the sun.
Ans. The earth moves round the sun.
c. Day (come) after night.
Ans. Day comes after night.
d. The man (to smoke) like a chain smoker.
Ans. The man smokes like a chain smoker.
Exercise for practice
a. A piousman (get) peace.
b. Darkness (symbolize) sin.
c. Ice (float) on water.
d. The moon (appear) at night.
e. My father (to take) exercise regularly.
Rule-3: বাক্যে ব্র্যাকেটের মধ্যে যদি Be verb থাকে, তবে Be verbটি Subject-এর Number, Person ও বাক্যের Tense অনুযায়ী am, is, are/was, were হয়। তবে বাক্যের Subject singular হলে বাক্যের verbটিও singular হবে, আর বাক্যের subjectটি plural হলে verbটিও plural হবে।
Example
a. The virtuous (b) blessed.
Ans. The virtuous are blessed.
b. The rich (be) not always happy.
Ans. The rich are not always happy.
c. There (be) two people on the board. Ans. There were two people on the board.
d. He (be) a doctor but now he is no more. Ans. He was a doctor but now he is no more.
e. Water (be) life. Ans.: Water is life.
বি.দ্র.: subjectটি গাণিতিক সংখ্যা হলে (unit) subject-এর পরের verbটি singular হয়।
Example
Eighty miles (be) a long distance.
Ans.: Eighty miles is a long distance.
Exercise for practice
a. Bees (be) industrious.
b. There (be) a book on the table.
c. They (be) in the Heaven.
d. Sixty cents of it (be) in pennies.
e. There (be) a big tree in our village.
Rule 4: একটি simple sentence-এ দুটি main verb থাকলে পরেরটির সাথে ing যোগ হবে। কিছু নির্দিষ্ট verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত করতে হবে।
Example
a. I heard him (to say) this
Ans.: I heard him saying this.
b. He has finished (to read) the book.
Ans.: He has finished reading the book.
c. I saw Jerry (go) up over the hill
Ans.: I saw Jerry going up over the hill.
d. My teacher stopped me (say) so.
Ans.: My teacher stopped me saying so.
e. The old sailor watched the people (walk) past him.
Ans.: The old sailor watched the people walking past him.
Exercise for practice
a. The girl came to me (dance) .
b. Jerry saw the authoress (write) something
c. I heart my mother (call) me.
d. The children came to me (run) .
e. The old sailor saw the water snake (swim) round the ship.
Rule 5: Had better, had rather, would better. would rather, must, need, dare, secondary auxiliary বা modal verb-এর পর নিয়ম অনুযায়ী মূল verb-এর present form হয় এবং verbটির আগে to থাকলে to উঠে যায়।
Example
a. You had better (to go) home.
Ans.: You had better go home.
b. I will not let you (to enter) the class room.
Ans.: I will not let you enter the class room.
c. We must (to obey) our parents.
Ans.: We must obey our parents.
d. I need not (to go) there.
Ans.: I need not go there.
e. How (to dare) you speak with me?
Ans.: How dare you speak with me?
Exercise for practice
a. John would rather (to study) to night.
b. I had rather (to die) than beg.
c. The authors dare not (to drive) the car.
d. They had better (to stop) arguing.
e. Roberto would rather not (to be) here.
Rule 6: Just, just now, already, yet, ever, lately, recently ইত্যাদি থাকলে present perfect tense হবে।
Example: a. He (go) out just now.
Ans.: He has gone out just now.
b. The train just (reach) the station.
Ans.: The train has just reached the station.
c. You ever (be) to Dhaka?
Ans.: Have you ever been to Dhaka?
d. Lately he (write) — a grammar book.
Ans. Lately he has written a grammar book.
e. He already (complete) — MA.
Ans. He has already completed MA.
Exercise for practice
a. We (buy) — a television set just now.
b. You ever (see) — a pier glass in an $ 8 flat?
c. Recently they (shift) — to a new flat.
d. Lately he (get) — married.
Rule-7: অতীত নির্দেশক শব্দ বা phrase; যেমন: ago, long since, last, before, yesterday ইত্যাদি থাকলে verb-এর past indefinite tense হবে।
Example: a. He (leave) — home last night.
Ans. He left home last night.
b. A cyclone (break) — out last night.
Ans. A cyclone broke out last night.
c. Before Christ he (preach) — Islam.
Ans. Before Christ he preached Islam.
d. Ten years ago I (live) — in Paris.
Ans. Ten years ago I lived in Paris.
e. I (see) — you long since.
Ans. I saw you long since.
Exercise for practice
a. Tanin (write) — thesis many years ago.
b. I not (see) — him since last Monday.
c. He (buy) — a piece of land before one year.
Rule 8: As well as, with, accompanied with, along with, together with, in addition to ইত্যাদি দ্বারা দুটি subject যুক্ত হলে প্রথম subject অনুযায়ী verb বসে থাকে।
Example: a. Becon as well as Shakespeare (be) dead.
Ans. : Becon as well as Shakespeare was dead.
b. My sister accompanied with Zilan will (to have) a lest tomorrow.
Ans.: My sister accompanied with Zilan will have a lest tomorrow.
c. I with my brother (be) present there.
Ans. : I with my brother was present there.
d. They together with me (to help) the poor.
Ans.: They together with me help the poor.
e. Honest in addition to hard working (to win) the race.
Ans.: Honest in addition to hard working wins the race.
Exercise for practice
a. Della as well as Jim (to have) — morality.
b. I in addition to his support (work) — always.
c. She accompanied with her brother (go) — shopping everyday.
Rule-8: As well as, with, accompanied with, along with, together with, in addition to ইত্যাদি দিয়ে দুটি subject যুক্ত হলে প্রথম subject অনুযায়ী verb বসে।
Example: a. Becon as well as Shakespeare (be) — dead.
Ans. Becon as well as Shakespeare was dead.
b. My sister accompanied with Zilan will (to have) — a test tomorrow.
Ans. My sister accompanied with Zilan will have a test tomorrow.
c. In with my brother (be) — Present there.
d. They together with me (to help) — the poor.
Ans. They together with me help the poor.
e. Honesty in addition to hard working (to win) — the race.
Ans. Honesty in addition to hard working wins the race.
Exercise for practice
a. Della as well as Jim (to have) — morality.
b. I in addition to his support (work) — always
c. She accompanied with her brother (go) — shopping everyday. d. Mother together with father (deposit) — money for their child.
e. Nisat as well as her teacher (be) — going to Dhaka.
Rule-9: Before-এর আগে past perfect tense এবং পরে past indefinit tense হবে। আর after-এর আগে past indefinit এবং পরে past perfect tense হবে।
Example:
a. The patient (die) — before the doctor came.
Ans. The patient had died before the doctor come.
b. The patient died after the doctor (come) —.
Ans. The patient died after the doctor had come.
c. They arrived here after you (leave) —.
Ans. They arrived here after you had left.
d. We reached home after it (start) — to raining.
Ans. We reached home after it had started to raining.
e. The bell rang after I (reach) — school.
Ans. The bell rang after I had reached school.
Exercise for practice
a. The students stood up after the teacher (enter) — the room.
b. The boy had reached the school before the bell (ring) —.
c. I went to Dhaka after I (hear) — the news.
d. He went to Cox’s Bazar after his mother (Permit) — him.
e. The patient had become well before the doctor (come) —.
Right form of verb
Rule-10: As if, as though ইত্যাদির আগে present tense হলে পরে past indefinite হবে এবং আগে past indefinite tense হলে পরে past perfect tense হবে।
Example
a. He talks as if he (to be) — a leader.
Ans. He talks as if he was a leader.
b. She proceeded as though I (not speak) —.
Ans. She proceeded as though I had not spoken.
c. He behaves as if he (do) — everything.
Ans. He behaves as if he did everything.
d. He acted as though he (know) — all.
Ans. He acted as though he had known all.
Exercise for practice
a. They talked as though they (to be) — afraid of.
b. She behaves as if he (speak) — the truth.
c. The student behaved as though he (to be) — sick.
Rule-11: Point of time (নির্দিষ্ট সময়) বোঝালে since এবং period of time (অনির্দিষ্ট সময়) বোঝালে for বসে। এ ক্ষেত্রে present perfect continuous tense হবে।
Example
a. He (read) — the book for two hours.
Ans. He has been reading the book for two hours.
b. It (rain) — since morning.
Ans. It has been raining since morning.
c. We (play) — for an hour.
Ans. we have been playing for an hour.
d. Mr. Kamal (live) — in Dhaka since 1995.
Ans. Mr. Kamal has been living in Dhaka since 1995.
Exercise for practice
a. Robin (try) — to open the box since morning.
b. Polly (practice) — dancing for two days.
c. I (write) — this grammar book since Friday last.
Rule-12: Main clouse-এর vervটি past tense-এর হলে এবং পরের অংশে next-র পরে day, weak, month, year প্রভৃতির উল্লেখ থাকলে ওই অংশে would বসে এবং ব্রাকেটের verbটির present form হয়।
Example
a. Shimol said that he (buy) — a computer the next day. Ans. Shimol said that he would buy a computer the next day.
b. I told them that I (go) — there.
Ans. I told them that I would go there.
c. Sumi said that she (do) — better.
Ans. Sumi said that she would do better.
d. I told him that they (resign) — next day.
Ans. I told him that they would resign next day.
Exercise for practice
a. She assured that she (help) — me.
b. We talked that we (solve) — the problem.
c. Nila discussed that she (take) — it.
32. To ব্যাতিত preposition-এর পরের verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত হয়।
যেমন: He is now engaged in (read).
Ans.: He is now engaged in reading.
One can gather knowledge by (travel).
Ans.: One can gather knowledge by traveling.
33. Can not help, could not help, look forward to, with a view to, get used to, mind ইত্যাদির পরে verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যুক্ত হয়।
যেমন: He came to Dhaka with a view to (find) a job.
Ans.: He came to Dhaka with a view to finding a job.
I cannot help (laugh).
Ans.: I cannot help laughing.
34. কোনো sentence-এর শুরুতে subject-এর স্থানে verb থাকলে verb-এর সঙ্গে ing যোগ হয়।
যেমন: (To swim) is a good exercise.
Ans.: Swimming is a good exercise.
(To speak) is an art.
Ans.: Speaking is an art.
35. If-যুক্ত clause-এর প্রথমটিতে subject-এর পর were থাকলে দ্বিতীয় অংশে subject-এর পরে would/could/ might বসে এবং verb-এর Present from বসে। আবার, would have/could have/would have-ও বসতে পারে। সে ক্ষেত্রে verb-এর Past participle form বসে।
যেমন: If I were an artist, I (draw) a nice picture.
Ans: If I were a artist, I would draw a nice picture.
If I were a billionaire, I (establish) a hospital for the poor.
Ans.: If I were a billionaire, I would establish a hospital for the poor.
36. Had-এর পরে subject এবং verb-এর Past participle থাকলে পরবর্তী clause-এর subject-এর পরে would have/could have/might have + verb-এর Past participle form বসে।
যেমন: Had I been a teacher, I (talk) the real story to my students.
Ans.: Had I been a teacher, I would have talked the real story to my students.
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