Right form of verb
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This document outlines 25 rules for determining the correct verb form based on the subject or context clues. It discusses rules for singular and plural subjects, prepositions, passive voice, determiners like each and every, preference verbs, expressions of time and frequency, and conjunctions like before, after, since and until. The rules are explained through examples for determining whether to use the present, past, or continuous form of verbs.
Right form of verb
- 3. Conducted By: Monir Hossen Lecturer Department of English CCN University of Science and Technology Email: monir.eng.cou@gmail.com E
- 5. Rules of the Right Form of Verb RULE 1: Singular Subject = Singular Verb, Plural Subject = Plural verb Example: Shahin is a meritorious student. Vehicles create traffic jam. RULE 2: Preposition: (in, at, on, of, for, from, by, with, without, before, after, into, across, about ) + noun or Verb + ing. Example: a. Television is an important source of entertainment or entertaining. b. Children are fond of using mobile Phone. RULE 3: To + Verb1 but (Addicted to, Adverse to, Be used to, With a view to, Look forward to, Get used to, Be accustomed to) + Verb + ing. Example: Shimu went to London to get a good job. Shamim tried to join the Navy.
- 6. Continued RULE 4: (Can, could, may, might, Shall, should, will, would, must, used to, have to, need, dare, ought to) + V1 Example: He can do the Sum. It may rain today. Tamim must study tonight. RULE 5: While + Verb + ing Example: While walking in the garden, I saw a snake. While sleeping I dreamt a good dream. RULE 6: (have, has, had, get, got, getting, having ) + V3 or Adjective. Example: She got married yesterday. I had my car cleaned. Having taken the money, the thief ran away. Our Culture is getting westernized.
- 7. Continued RULE 7 : Passive Voice : (Can be, could be, may be , might be, Shall be, should be, will be, would be, must be, used to be, have to be, ought to be ) + V3 Example: The work ought to be done. He will be helped by me. RULE 8: (Each, every , one, any) + one or more singular Sub. + Singular Verb. Example: Each boy and each girl was present there. Every boy and girl has been given 100 tk. RULE 9: ( Population, public, crowd, army, congress, committee, team, government, family, pair, dozen, scenery, knowledge, hundred, thousand, furniture, machinery, information, bread, money, advice, poetry, gallows, ethics, mathematics, physics, news, electronics, dynamics, 2/3….dollars, 2/3….miles, ) + singular verb. Example: Ill news runs a pace . Physics is a critical subject.
- 8. Continued RULE 10: (People, spectacles, trousers, scissors, benches, cloths, goods, headquarters, vegetables, laws, police, cattle, folk, circumstances, gentry.) + Plural verb. Example: His circumstances are not good. People don’t eat the same food. Vegetables contain vitamin. RULE 11: (who, whose, whom, which, that) follow only their before subject to choose a verb. Example: It is I who am your friend. It is you who are my friend.
- 9. Continued RULE 13: (Feel, love, hear, like, hate, see, forget, consist, seem, sound, smell, believe, know, wish, doubt, prefer, imagine, fear, taste, astonish, please, understand) they are used in present Indefinite tense not in continuous tense. Example: I see the bird. I hear news. I forget everything. RULE 14: Distance/money/time + singular verb Example: Thirty miles is a long way. 100 years is a long time. Money begets money. RULE 12: Prefer to + verb + ing Example: Lata prefers to reading newspaper. Joynal prefers to eating betel.
- 10. Continued RULE 15: (mind/worth/without/get used to/got used to/ be used to/past, can’t help, couldn’t help, would you mind) + verb + ing Example: Would you mind having a cup of tea? He can’t help smoking. RULE 16: (had better, had rather, would better, would rather, let, must, need, dare, make, would sooner, had sooner) + verb1 Example: He had better read newspaper regularly. I will not let you enter the classroom. RULE 17: ( It is time, It is high time, wish, fancy) = Past Indefinite Example: I fancy I turned a pale. It is high time we developed our country.
- 11. Continued RULE 18: Lest…. Should… Example: Walk fast lest you should miss the train. Read attentively lest you should fail in the exam. RULE 19: Present Indefinite or Present perfect tense + since + Past Indefinite tense. Example: It is many years since I came to Dhaka. Many years have passed since I had met her. RULE 20: Past Indefinite tense + since + Past perfect tense. Example: Many years passed since I had seen her last.
- 12. Continued RULE 21: Past Perfect + before + past Indefinite. Past Indefinite + after + past perfect Example: The patient had died before the doctor came. The patient died after the doctor had come. RULE 22: Uncountable noun (water, air, tea, sugar, environment, furniture, kindness, rainfall, reputation, wood, paper, gum, courtesy, earth, bread, oxygen, smoke, Bangla, English.) + Singular verb. Example: Air is very important element of the environment. Water plays a vital role in agriculture. RULE 23: Arithmetical Operations (singular verb) Example: Five plus five is ten. Ten minus five is five. Ten divided by two is five.
- 13. Continued RULE 21: (Always, regularly, generally, usually, occasionally, normally, naturally, frequently, everyday, daily, often) = Present Indefinite Tense. Example: Organizations frequently need employees who speak a standard form of English. English usually helps to get good job. He always prays his prayer. RULE 22: (now, at this/the moment, at present, day by day, increasingly, rapidly.) = Present continuous Tense. Example: Mobile Phone users are increasing day by day. He is eating now. RULE 23: (yesterday, one day, ago, once, last, after a few days, last night, once upon a time, in the past, previously.) = Past Indefinite Tense. Example: I received your letter yesterday. One day I borrowed a book from you.
- 14. Continued RULE 24: (Just, just now, already, yet, ever, lately, recently, immediately.) = present Perfect Tense. Example: He has transferred from Dhaka recently. We have shifted to safe place immediately. RULE 25: No sooner had….then Scarcely had…..when, hardly had…before/when. Example: No sooner had he seen the police than he ran away.
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