Fill in the gaps with the right forms of verbs. 

1. Once upon a time there was an old farmer. He lived with his wife and three sons in a small village. The three sons (a)—(‘quarrel’ habitual past) with each other. Their parents said ‘(b)—(stop)—! Don’t quarrel! It’s bad! But they (c)—(listen)—to their parents. One day, the sons (d)—(quarrel) —again and the old farmer heard them. Once again he (e)—(‘say’ in the past)—, ‘Stop!’. He then asked for the five sticks and some rope. The three boys (f)—(bring)—the sticks and rope for their father. The old farmer then (g)—(tie)—the stick together with the rope. Then he said to his sons. ‘Now try and (h)—(break)—this bundle of sticks.’

2. The three boys tried and tried, but they (a)—(‘can’ in the past negative) —break the bundle of sticks. Then their father (b)—(untie)—the sticks and his wife gave one stick to each of her sons. There were two more sticks and she (c)—(give)—one to her husband and kept one for herself. ‘Now,’ she said, ‘Try and (d)—(break)—your stick.’ This time they all broke their sticks easily. Then the old farmer (e)—(‘ask’ in the past)—his sons, ‘Did you like my story?’ ‘Yes, we did,’ they replied. ‘What (f)—(to have) you learnt from it?’ he asked. The wisest son answered, ‘We (g)—(be)—like these sticks. Together we’re strong.’ ‘Good,’ replied their father, ‘That’s right. Now you (h)—(know) why quarrelling is bad.’

3. Once some parts of the body were unhappy. They thought that only the stomach ate. ‘The stomach eats,’ they said, ‘but it (a)—(“work” in the negative)—.’ We think it’s lazy. It’s greedy too.’ ‘We both (b)—(work) —hard all day.’ said the hands. We (c)—(wash)—all the clothes and the whole body. We (d)—(collect)—the food and cook it. We work in the fields and write letters too. Look at the stomach! It (e)—(‘work’ in the negative)—like us. It only eats and eats. Then the legs (f)—(say)—, without us the hands (g)—(do)—much. We both carry the whole body and can sometimes run away from danger. We can jump and kick footballs too. Look at the stomach! We think it (h)—(work)—like us. It only eats and eats.’

4. Today I (a) — (‘start’ in present continuous tense)  my diary and (b) — (think)  about myself. I (c) — (bear)  on May 12, 1968 in this village near Sonapur. I have (d) — (live)  here all my life. Sonapur is a Thana in Rangpur district. We call it ‘the town’, because it has shops, a post office, a police station, a bank and many offices. This morning I (e) — (‘go’ in the past)  there with my cousin, Laila. We walked to the river and (f) — (cross)  it by boat. Then we walked to the post office. In the post office we (g) — (buy) some stamps. Then I posted my letter to Lucy. After that we returned home. Now it is 12.30 pm. I just (h) — (eat)  my lunch and am writing my diary.

5. My house is in the village of Nurgonj. It (a) — (‘be’ in the negative)  very far away. It is only three kilometers from Sherpur. There (b) — (be)  many trees around our village. Near my house we (c) — (to have)  a tube well. There is also a pond near my house. At the side of my house we (d) — (to have)  the kitchen. There is a vegetable garden in front of it. We (e) — (‘grow’ in the simple present)  green vegetables and carrots. There (f) — (be)  a fence around the vegetable garden. We (g) — (keep)  the cows in a shed behind the house. We also (h) — (make)  a latrine at the side of the cowshed.

6. Samira (a) — (‘to have’ to show possession)  a cousin called Laila. Now she (b)  (be) — a student and (c) — (go)  to college. She (d) — (live)  in Sonapur near the Agrani Bank. Five years ago, Laila came to Sonapur from a small village not far from Samira’s on the other side of the river. From her window she (e) — (‘see’ showing past ability)  the river. It (f) — (flow)  down from the hills near the border of Rangpur district. She (g) — (like)  the river very much, because it (h) — (look)  very beautiful.

7. One day Laila’s father said, ‘Laila, we (a) — (“be” present indicating future)  visit your uncle and aunt up in the hills tomorrow. First, we (b) — (cross)  the river by boat. Then we (c) — (walk)  there. It (d) — (be)  a long journey, so we (e) — (“leave” in the future)  early.’ Laila (f) — (look) very happy and excited. She (g) — (want)  to visit her relatives and (g) — (walk)  in the hills.

8. Every hour we (a) — (‘stop’ in the past)  and drank some water. Then we (b) — (stop)  by a small river and (c) — (eat)  our chicken biriyani and cakes. After our picnic, we (d) — (rest)  for half an hour. Then we (e) —(‘walk’ in the past) again. After two and a half hours, we (f) — (come)  to my aunt and uncle’s village. They looked very happy (g) — (see)  us. ‘Welcome,’ they said. ‘Sit down and have a rest. You (h) — (look)  very tired.’ I was very tired, but also very happy.

9. Imon : Hey, that looks good. What are you (a) — (‘make’ in the present continuous form)?

Farah : A toasted sandwich.

Imon : A ‘what?’ How do you (b) — (make)  it, genius?

Farah : Well, it (c) — (be)  easy really. Just (d) — (toast) two slices of bread. Then (e) — (‘take’ in making advice)  some tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber.

Imon : And then what?

Farah : (f) — (slice) some cheese or meat. And (g) — (stick) them between your two slices! Simple, eh?

Imon : Umm, looks great. Can you (h) — (make)  me one?

Farah : Ah… ha! Now you are talking.

10. Junk Food’ is food that (a) — (‘produce’ in the passive form) for its pungent taste rather than for its health value. It is great fun to eat and it (b) — (look)  very appealing, but it is not good for the body. It often (c) — (contain)  added chemicals, which make it taste soothing but (d) — (to be)  unhealthy. It usually (e) — (‘contain’ expressing habitual fact)) a lot of animal fat or sugar. Foods like chips, burgers, crisps, cakes, biscuits (f) — (to be)  high in animal fats. Sweets and fizzy drinks like cola and lemonade are high in sugar. When we (g) — (eat)  a large amount of fat our bodies (h) — (turn)  them into fatty tissue.

11. Thousands of people in Bangladesh (a) — (‘suffer’ in the present continuous)  from arsenic poisonings and more (b) — (effect)  everyday. Arsenicosis is caused by drinking tube well water containing arsenic. People who (c) — (drink)  uncontaminated water do not catch arsenicosis from affected people. The main recommendation for the people who are affected by arsenic is to drink water from a source that (d) — (contain)  no arsenic. The effects of arsenicosis are less severe among people who eat a healthy, balanced diet, ideally containing fish and vegetables. This is an initial treatment for arsenicosis and (e) — (‘may’ to express probability) be part of the reason why the number of arsenicosis patients in Bangladesh (f) — (be)  still relatively low. It (g) — (believe)  that vitamins A, C and E (h) — (be)  effective for treatment of arsenicosis.

12. On an average 55 lac pieces of polythene bags (a) — (‘use’ in the passive form) everyday in Dhaka city alone. Most of this huge quantity of used and then thrown-out polythene bags (b) — (find)  their way into the drains. Then the polybags (c) — (block)  sewerage pipes and the regular flow of drain water, which result in the complete disruption of the drainage system. During the rainy season, this kind of blockage by polythene (d) — (obstruct)  the rainwater flowing to the drains. Moreover, it is mainly because of the polythene that many low-lying areas of a city go frequently under water. In this regard, we can recall the longest-lasting flood in 1998. Floodwater (e) — (‘remain’ in the past)  in many parts of Dhaka for over two months. Polythene (f) — (be)  also a potential threat to our cultivable land. It (g) — (be)  capable of being decomposed by natural way. Polythene (h) — (remain)  unchanged like a strong curtain through which nothing can pass.

13. Then the eyes said, ‘Without us the hands and legs (a) — (“can” in the negative)  do much. We open in the morning and (b) — (rest)  all day. We only (c) — (close)  at night. But look at the stomach! We think it’s very lazy. It only (d) — (eat)  and sleeps.’ Then the head said, ‘Without me none of you (e) — (“do” to express ability) anything. I think and make plans. I (f) — (think)  the stomach’s lazy. So I have a plan. We’ll stop (g) — (work). We (h) — (give)  food to the stomach any more.’ After two days, the stomach was very hungry and unhappy. It cried out for food all day and night. But the head, hands, legs and eyes were unhappy too. The whole body was weak and sick.

14. I rested for an hour on the veranda. I (a) — (‘see’ to express ability in the past)  the other village houses and many trees. The trees (b) — (be)  very big, but the village houses were very small. Soon it was night in the hills. Then my aunt (c) — (give)  me some supper. I (d) — (eat)  it and went to sleep. At midnight I (e) — (‘wake’ in the past)  up suddenly and heard a sound near me. What was it? I (f) — (see)  anything. Where was I? Then I (g) — (remember). I was up in the hills. Some people are afraid of the hills. My friend, Selina, said, ‘(h) — (walk)  in the hills, Laila, there are ghosts there.’

15. That (a) — (‘be’ in the past ) — eleven years ago in 1981. Samira was in Class 7 and first (b) — (start) — her diary then. It was ten years after the Liberation War. Now, in 1992, she is twenty-four years old and (c) — (go) — to the same college as Laila in Sonapur. Eleven years ago Samira and Laila (d) — (to have) an interesting conversation with Samira’s parents. It (e) — (‘be’ in the past) — about the Liberation War. They (f) — (want) — to know about it. Samira (g) — (can) — much and Laila couldn’t remember anything. So they (h) — (ask)—Samira’s parents some question about it.

16. Hasan’s best friend at school is Karim. They (a) — (‘be’ in the present) cousins. They (b) — (sit)  beside each other in the same class at school, but they (c) — (live)  in the same village. Karim (d) — (live) on the other side of Sherpur, about two kilometers outside the town. Last month Hasan (e) — (‘stay’ in the past) with Karim. Karim’s village (f) — (be) like Nurgonj and his house is also similar to Hasan’s. At the side of his yard, there (g) — (be) a vegetable garden. There is a fence around it. The vegetable garden is just at the side of the kitchen. Like Hasan, Karim often (h) — (work) in it. He grows very good vegetables, but, like Hasan, he sometimes get tired of them.

17. Long journeys in ships (a) — (‘be’ in the past) dangerous and many sailors died. There (b) — (be) many dangers. Disease was one of the common dangers. A common disease was scurvy. Many sailors (c) — (die) of it. In 1768, Capitan Cook (d) — (do) something very strange. He (e) — (‘take’ in the past) some barrels of lemons with him on his journey to Australia. On that journey the sailors (f) — (die)  of scurvy. No one (g) — (know) why, but now we do. It is because lemons (h) — (contain) vitamin C. Vitamin C prevents scurvy. Good food contains vitamins and vitamins prevent disease. We know that carrots and green vegetables contain vitamin A and C. Mola fish also contains vitamin A. Vitamin A is good for your eye sight. There are five vitamins : A, B, C, D and E. Some food contains a lot of vitamins. Other food doesn’t.

18. I (a) — (‘hear’ in the past) the sound again. Was it a ghost? I (b) — (be) very afraid and began to cry. ‘What’s the matter?’ (c) — (ask) my aunt. ‘I’m afraid,’ I (d) — (reply). ‘I — (e) (“can” to show ability)  a sound. Listen! Can you (f) — (hear) it?’ ‘Yes I can,’ she (g) — (reply). ‘Is it a ghost?’ I (h) — (ask) ‘No, it’s only an owl,’ my aunt replied. ‘Now go to sleep, Laila. you’re very tired after your long walk.’

19. A very important event in my life (a) — (‘happen’ in the past) last week. I (b) — (go) on my first train journey! I (c) — (travel) with my parents and brother, Bashir, to Khulna. My uncle (d) — (live) there. We (e) — (‘leave’ in the past)  home early in the morning and went to Rangpur. We (f) — (buy) a ticket at the railway station and got into the train. Suddenly the train (g) — (blow) its whistle and 1 jumped. Then the train started. The train (h) — (go) very quickly towards Khulna.

20. In 1974 I was six years old. I (a) — (‘remember’ to show ability) a very important event that happened then. My mother (b) — (say) to me, ‘Samira you (c) — (go) to start school tomorrow.’ I (d) — (be) very happy and excited, ‘I (e) — (“go” to indicate future) be a student,’ I thought. I (f) — (think) of anything else and at night I couldn’t sleep. I (g) — (think) about the school, the teachers and about the other girls and boys because I (h) — (want) to go to school very much.

21. The next morning my father (a) — (‘say’ in the past), ‘Come on, Samira, we (b) — (go) to walk to your new school. We (c) — (go) to meet the headmaster. He (d) — (be) a friend of mine.’ So that was my first day at school. My father (e) — (‘take’ in the past) me there. The primary school is quite a long way from our village. My father (f) — (walk), but I ran all the way. After about half an hour we (g) — (arrive) at the school. There were many people there, but I (h) — (know) anyone. I was afraid of all the new faces, because they didn’t look friendly. ‘I’m not going to enjoy this,’ I thought.

22. My father (a) — (‘take’ in the past) me to the headmaster’s room. The headmaster (b) — (ask) me my name and I told him. Then he (c) — (point) to a letter chart and asked me (d) — (say) some letters. I (e) — (‘can’ to show ability) them all. My mother (f) — (teach) me to read Bengali and English letters and some easy words at home. The headmaster was pleased. He (g) — (put) his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘You (h) — (do) very well. You know a lot. I hope you’ll feel happy in our school.”

23. We (a) —(‘like’ in the past) our teacher, Mrs. Amin. She was very friendly with all her students and she (b) — (work) very hard for us too. She was interested in us and we (c) — (be) also interested in her. She (d) — (ask) us to tell her about ourselves and our families. I (e) — (‘tell’ in the past) her about my parents and my brother, Bashir. I also (f) — (tell) her about my cousins, Laila and Karim. Karim (g) — (be) also in class l, but he (h) — (go) to school in Sonapur.

24. Once upon a time there (a) — (‘live’ in the past) a very clever fox. He (b) — (live) in a jungle in a very hot county just like Bangladesh. One day, when Mr Fox (c) — (walk) through the jungle, he (d) — (fall) into a trap He (e) — (‘land’ in the past) on his tail. When he (f) — (get) out of the trap, he left his tail behind. Without his tail Mr. Fox (g) — (look) very strange and he felt very sad and ashamed. ‘What am I going to do?’ he cried. But Mr. Fox was very clever. He thought and thought. Then Mr. Fox had a good idea, so he made a plan. ‘I (h) — (go) to ask all the foxes to come to a meeting in the jungle,’ he said to himself.

25. Laila was only 5 years old and (a) — (‘go’ in the past negative) to school then. Mrs. Amin (b) — (say) my parents were clever to have only two children. ‘It’s easy (c) — (look) after two children,’ she explained. ‘But it’s difficult (d) — (look) after a lot!’ Mrs. Amin also (e) — (‘have’ in the past) only two children: a girl and a boy. They (f) — (be) very young. The boy was only three years old, so he (g) — (go) to school then. But Mina was six and went to our school. She was in my class and I liked her. Mrs. Amin (h) — (tell) us lots of interesting stories in her class. I liked them very much. I can still remember one very funny story about a fox. It was called ‘The fox without a tail.’

26. When the foxes (a)  (‘know’ in the past)  about the meeting, they came quickly. ‘Mr. fox is very clever,’ they all said. ‘What’s he (b)  (go)  to tell us?’ When Mr. Fox (c)  (see)  all the foxes there, he (d)  (feel)  very important and pleased. ‘Now (e)  (“listen” to express advice) , my friends,’ he said. ‘Why have I asked you (f)  (come)  here? It’s because I (g)  (make)  a very important discovery. Do you want to know about it?’ The foxes felt very excited.? ‘Yes, we do,’ they all (h)  (reply) . ‘Then listen to me,’ Mr. Fox said.

27. When Mina and I (a)  (‘be’ in the past)  in class 2, something very funny happened. I (b)  (remember)  it quite well. It (c)  (happen)  when I visited Mina at her home in Sonapur. Mina’s parents (d)  (have)  a large garden with a lot of guava trees. The fruit was green and hard, but we (e )  (eat)  some. I (f)  (eat)  a guava when I (g)  (see)  something strange. ‘Look, Mina’, I said ‘There’s blood on my guava!’ ‘Where did it come from?’ she asked. We both (h)  (feel)  very worried.

28. One day I (a)  (‘walk’ in past continuous)  by myself to Samira’s village, when I (b)  (see)  a crowd of people under a large tree. They all (c)  (look)  at a young woman. She (d)  (sit)  on the ground and holding a baby in her arms. The baby (e)  (‘be’ in the past)  very small and its arms and legs (f)  (be)  as thin as pencils. The woman was thin too. She (g)  (look)  at her baby and cried and cried. ‘Why is she crying?’ I asked. Then a man in the crowd (h)  (tell)  me her story.

29. He knew many things and (a)  (‘remember’ to show ability in the past)  a lot of interesting events. It (b)  (happen)  when he was only twelve years old. So one day she (c)  (ask)  Karim some questions about his country. He (d)  (walk)  by himself. Lucy wanted (e)  (‘know’ as infinitive)  about Bangladesh. He (f)  (go)  to Samira’s village at the time. He (g)  (tell)  Lucy about one particular event. It (h)  (make)  her very happy.

30. I (a)  (‘feel’ in the past)  very sorry for the poor mother and her sick baby: ‘I(b)  (think)  I can help,’ I told the man. ‘I (c)  (live)  near a Health Complex and the chief nurse, Mrs. Mahmud (d)  (be)  my mother’s friend. She’s not as expensive as a doctor, in fact she’s free. But she’s very good,’ I (e)  (‘add’ in the past) . The man (f)  (tell)  the woman and she looked at me. ‘Can you really (g)  (help)  us?’ she asked weakly. ‘Yes, I can,’ I said. The woman got up and I (h)  (tell)  her to come with me.

31. Lucy : So what(a)  (‘happen’ in the past)  to Haspia

Karim : Well, there were two things she really (b)  (need) .

Lucy : Good food and a rest?

Karim : Yes, and because she was young, she soon (c)  (become)  strong again.

Lucy : And then she (d )  (feed)  the baby? That’s what babies really need.

Karim : Yes, Masuda said the same thing. But many people think that cow’s milk is as good as mother’s milk. It isn’t and you (e)  (‘pay’ to show obligation)  for it, too.

Lacy : And what (f)  (happen)  to Haspia’s husband?

Karim : Oh, he (g)  (find)  her after a few days. He was strong and young and helped.

Kamrul and me in Masuda’s garden. Then Mr. Mahmud found him a job up in the hills. It (h)  (be)  a tree planting project, not far from Laila’s relatives.

Lucy : Did Haspia go there too?

Karim : Yes, but before she went Masuda taught her many things. And she told

Haspia and her husband to have only two children.

Lucy : Yes, I think that’s very important.

32. When the scientist (a)  (‘reach’ in the past)  Gonoshasto Kendro, he (b)  (call)  his assistant. ‘Go and (c)  (bring)  some strong gum,’ he said. When the assistant (d)  (bring)  the gum, the scientist said, ‘This gum’s too weak. (e)  (“find” to make order)  a stronger one.’ When the assistant (f) —(bring)  a stronger gum, the scientist carefully (g)  (stick)  the pieces of broken mirror to the inside of the basket. At last the inside of the basket (h)  (be)  completely covered with about a hundred small pieces of mirror.

33. When the assistant (a)  (‘bring’ in the past)  the water, the scientist (b)  (pour)  it into the pot. ‘Good,’ he said. ‘Now our experiment (c)  (begin) ,’ and he started to look at his watch. The sun (d)  (shine)  brightly in the basket under the pot One minute passed, but nothing (e)  (‘happen’ in the past) . The assistant (f)  (wait)  quietly. ‘What is the purpose of this experiment?’ he wondered to himself. It was very quiet in the garden of Gonoshasto Kendro. Two minutes passed. Then the assistant (g)  (see)  something interesting. Something (h)  (come)  out of the pot. It was steam!

34. Then the scientist and his assistant (a)  (take)  the basket outside, the sun (b)  (shine)  brightly inside it. ‘Go and (c)  (bring)  a large pot from the kitchen,’ said the scientist to his assistant. Then the scientist (d)  (stick)  the three sticks into three holes in the basket. When the assistant (e)  (‘bring’ in the past)  the pot, the scientist (f)  (say) , ‘This pot’s too small. Find a larger one.’ When his assistant brought a larger pot, he (g)  (put)  it on top of the sticks. ‘That’s better,’ he said. ‘Now let’s see if my experiment will work. Go and (h)  (bring)  some water !’

35. Scientist : I (a)  (‘find’ in the present perfect)  something that’s cheaper than electricity, gas, kerosene or wood. In fact solar energy (b)  (cost)  nothing!

Assistant : What’s solar energy, sir?

Scientist : The sun.

Assistant : Is that all you need then?

Scientist : Yes. That is my invention.

Assistant : How much did your invention (c)  (cost) , sir?

Scientist : Only 250 taka.

Assistant : That’s cheap. But what (d)  (happen)  if there isn’t any sun? sir?

Scientist : Well, of course you (e)  (‘use’ to express inability)  a solar cooker at night or when it rains.

Assistant : And the sun (f)  (shine)  in the same place all the time, sir.

Scientist : Well, you can easily move the solar cooker into the sun. It’s easy (g)  (move)  because it’s not too heavy.

Assistant : Yes, sir. It (h)  (be)  an excellent invention!

36. So they (a)  (‘be’ in the past)  able to look after her. ‘After a week, she (b)  (feel)  much better and was able (c)  (return)  home. So I felt very upset when I (d)  (hear)  about her accident.’ I (e)  (‘be’ in the present)  very fond of my grandmother. She (f)  (live)  with my aunt and uncle in a village near here. I wanted (g)  (help)  as much as possible, so I (h)  (visit)  her every day in Nurpur Hospital. She’s always very kind to me.

37. I (a) ¾ (‘write’ in present continuous) ¾ to you because I want to become your pen-friend. I’m also very interested in Australia and want (b) ¾ (know) ¾ more about life there. I (c) ¾ (come) ¾ from a country called Bangladesh and (d) ¾ (be) ¾ a student in Class 7. Now I (e) ¾ (‘tell’ as present indicating future) ¾ you something about my country. I (f) ¾ (think) ¾ it’s very different from yours. Australia is larger than Bangladesh, but it (g) ¾ (to have) ¾ a smaller population. In fact most countries (h) ¾ (to have) ¾ fewer people than ours.

38. Sheep (a) ¾ (‘be’ in the present) ¾ important, but the most important animal for us is the horse. We Mongolians (b) ¾ (love) ¾ them very much and we all have one. We are nomads and (c) ¾ (ride) ¾ our horses everywhere. I have a very fine horse and when it is the summer season I (d) ¾ (ride) ¾ him over the great open spaces of our plains every day. The Mongolians have always been famous riders and I often (e) ¾ (‘think’ in the present) ¾ about our great leader, Genghis Khan, and our long history, I think you (f) ¾ (like) ¾ my picture of him. During the summer season we live in tents so that we (g) ¾ (move) ¾ around easily. Our tents are called yurts. They are very comfortable homes and we like (h) ¾ (live) ¾ in them. I’m sitting in my yurt now. We put it up this afternoon because we want to stay here for a few days. Then, when our sheep have eaten a lot of grass, we’ll move on to another place.

39. Yurts (a)  (‘be’ in present negative)  difficult to put up. They (b)  (make)  of sticks and felt. First you make a round frame about four feet high with some sticks. Next you (c)  (tie)  the felt over the round frame. Then you (d)  (put)  more felt on the floor of the yurt so that it’s soft and warm. You (e)  (‘be’ in the future)  surprised to know that most Mongolians have two homes. I (f)  (tell)  you about our summer home, but we have another one for the winter season. That’s because our winter (g)  (be)  so cold. In January the temperature is about 16 degrees fahrenheit. That’s very much colder than the temperature of your country in January. So in winter we (h)  (move)  around, but stay in one place. Then we stay in our winter homes. They’re made of stone so that we can keep ourselves nice and warm.

40. My family (a)  (‘live’ in the present)  on the eighth floor of an apartment building. There are ten floors altogether and on each one there are eight apartments. We have stairs, but we (b)  (reach)  our apartment more quickly and easily in the elevator than on foot. The apartments (c)  (be)  quite small but comfortable. We (d)  (have)  three rooms and a kitchen. Our summers are very hot and the winters are very cold, but we keep ourselves cool in the summer and warm in the winter in our apartment. I (e) — (‘send’ in present continuous to indicate future)  you a photo of the view from my bedroom window. I (f)  (take)  it last winter and you (g)  (see)  the snow and ice. You can also see some of the other tall buildings in Montreal. Next time I’ll send you another photo. I (h)  (take)  it in the forests up in the mountains during our last holiday. I hope you will visit my country one day to see everything for yourself.

41. Endon (a) ¾ (‘be’ in the past) ¾ a shepherd. Samira’s father was also one. Rafiq (b) ¾ (listen) ¾ to Mrs. Chowdhury. Most people (c) ¾ (see) ¾ one. Rafiq hasn’t seen an emu. Most Aborigines (d) ¾ (read) ¾ them. Mrs. Amin (e) — (‘teach’ in the past) ¾ English. All the students (f) ¾ (listen) ¾ to her. Eewanna (g) ¾ (read) ¾ footprints. Mrs. Chowdhury also taught it. Rafiq’s father was a farmer. His father (h) ¾ (be) ¾ also one.

42. Khaibur Rahman has worked hard on his own two bighas of land since 1969, but there (a) ¾ (‘be’ in the present) ¾ problem. For example, it (b) ¾ (be) ¾ possible to plough all his fields properly because some of them (c) ¾ (be) ¾ very narrow and he (d) ¾ (turn) ¾ his bullocks round in them. People have irrigated the land since 1895, when Khaibur Rahman (e) ¾ (‘start’ in the past) ¾ to farm. But now its impossible for Khaibur Rahman (f) ¾ (irrigate) ¾ his nine fields properly. His grandfather’s wells are still there, but other people’s land is around his. And these people (g) ¾ (let) ¾ him dig canals through their fields. So Khaibur Rahman and his two sons carry water in buckets, but its difficult and they (h) ¾ (carry) ¾ enough water.

43. Khaibur : Rafiq, I (a) ¾ (‘think’ in present continuous) ¾ about my land.

Rafiq : What about it, grandfather?

Khaibur : When I (b) ¾ (die) ¾, your father and uncle (c) ¾ (divide) ¾ it, but its so small now that life’s already very difficult. If it (d) ¾ (get) ¾ smaller, it (e ) ¾ (‘become’ in future) ¾ impossible.

Rafiq : What (f) ¾ (can) ¾ we do, grandfather?

Khaibur : Go to the Agriculture Officer and ask him about sharing the land.

Rafiq : Sharing the land? But grandfather, it (g) ¾ (be) ¾ ours since greatgreat- grandfather lived here.

Khaibur : Yes, but now we (h) ¾ (share) ¾ it. If I tell you a story, I think you’ll agree with me. Its about sharing and its called ‘Dividing The Bread’.

44. The local Agriculture Officer (a) — (‘tell’ in the past) him about grandfather’s land. Mr. Mukherjee listened and said, ‘I (b) — (be) surprised. The same thing (c) — (happen) to a lot of other families in our Thana. They’ve all (d) — (lose) their land and become poor. But I think things (e) — (‘begin’ in present continuous) to change now. Some farmers in your village (f) — (work) together to make a collective farm. They want (g) — (help) one another. Why don’t you go and discuss it with them?’ So Rafiq went and (h) — (talk) with the farmers.

45. Mrs. Chowdhury : Thank you, Rafiq. That (a) — (‘be’ in the present) a very useful idea. Amina, isn’t your father a shopkeeper?

Amina : Yes, madam.

Mrs. Chowdhury : Then you (b) — (have) a lot of helpful suggestions and we’ll be grateful for them.

Kamrul : I (c) — (help) in my friend’s shop for quite a long time, madam.

Mrs. Chowdhury : Good, Kamrul. Experience (d) — (be) the most important thing.

Samira : But where (e)  (‘can’ to express ability) we run our shop, madam?

Mrs. Chowdhury : I (f) — (discuss) it with the headmaster as soon as possible. He (g) — (give) us a small room if we’re lucky.

Mina : Can we all (h) — (become) shopkeepers, madam?

Mrs. Chowdhury : Well, why not?

46. This year’s National Award for Teaching (a) — (‘award’ in present perfect passive form) to Mrs. Fatema Ahmed, a young teacher from Neel Para Primary School. Fatema (b) — (start) her career as a teacher in Jalilpur Primary School. She (c) — (teach) there for three years and then (d) — (join) Neel Para Primary School after her marriage. She was born in Jamalpur district in 1976. After she (e) — (‘pass’ in the past) her SSC in the first division she got admission to Mymensingh Girls’ College in 1992. She has always been interested in teaching and thought of (f) — (become) a teacher from young age. She joined the Primary Training Institute in Jamalpur in 1994, after she (g) — (pass) HSC with another first division. From the Primary Training Institute she (h) — (send) to various workshops and received training.

47. Once upon a time there (a)  (‘live’ in the past)  a fisherman who was old and poor. He (b)  (can)  barely support his wife and three children. Every day he (c)  (go)  fishing early in the morning, but he never (d)  (throw)  his net into the sea more than four times. One morning he threw his net into the sea as usual. As he (e)  (‘pull’ in past continuous)  it back towards the shore, he felt a great weight. He thought he (f)  (catch)  a large fish, and so he (g)  (feel)  very happy. But a moment later he saw that he had no fish, rather only a dead donkey. He (h)  (be)  very disappointed.

48. Rafiq : Hello Karim. Where are you (a)  (go) ?

Karim : Bashir’s house.

Rafiq : (b)  (be)  that Samira’s younger brother?

Karim : Yes, we’re cousins. I want (c)  (show)  him this book.

Rafiq : Where did you (d)  (buy)  it?

Karim : In the school shop this morning. Don’t you remember?

Rafiq : Oh yes, of course. I (e)  (‘sell’ in the past)  it to you! I was so busy I forgot.

Karim : Yes, the shop (f)  (do)  very well these days.

Rafiq : So well in fact that we (g)  (make)  a large profit. Is the book interesting?

Karim : Yes, I especially like this poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam. It (h)  (make)  me think of the beautiful countryside around Sonapur.

49. Masuda (a) ¾ (‘know’ in the present) ¾ that dirt is dangerous for babies, but sometimes even the drinking water is dirty in Bangladesh. So then it’s necessary (b) ¾ (boil) ¾ it. People (c) ¾ (boil) ¾ water in many ways. They (d) ¾ (use) ¾ kerosene, electricity, gas or wood. But these things (e) ¾ (‘be’ in the negative) ¾ cheap. And if people use wood, they (f) ¾ (cut) ¾ down a lot of trees. But trees are necessary. We (g) ¾ (plant) ¾ trees, not cut them down. So what can we do? In 1976 a scientist at Gonoshasto Kendro (h) ¾ (think) ¾ about this problem. ‘How can people boil water cheaply?’ he asked himself.

50. Our country (a) ¾ (‘be’ in the present) ¾ very beautiful because it’s very green. Everywhere we (b) ¾ (see) ¾ so many green trees and different crops. And it (c) ¾ (look) ¾ more beautiful in the wet season because it looks greener then. Everyone (d) ¾ (feel) ¾ happy again when the rain comes. After the hottest season the rain (e) ¾ (‘make’ in the simple present) ¾ us cool. It is the best time of the year. Bangladesh (f) ¾ (be) ¾ also a country of music, poetry and drama. Kazi Nazrul Islam and Jasimuddin are two of our famous poets. Which one is better? I (g) ¾ (know) ¾, but I want to send you a poem by Jasimuddin. I like it very much. 1 think you’ll like it too because it (h) ¾ (help) ¾ you to understand my country.

51. My life’s certainly very different from yours. You (a) ¾ (‘live’ in the present) ¾ in a village, but I live in a big modern city. Montreal is full of large offices, shops, factories and many other buildings. And there (b) ¾ (be) ¾ very many roads with a lot of traffic. I (c) ¾ (dislike) ¾ the traffic because it’s very dirty and noisy. And sometimes when you (d) ¾ (travel) ¾ in the city, you (e) ¾ (‘wait’ to express probability) ¾ in the traffic for hours and hours. Montreal also has an under ground railway. It’s a railway but it (f) ¾ (go) ¾ under the ground. It (g) ¾ (call) the ‘subway’ and it’s the fastest way to travel inside the city. I’m lucky because there’s a subway station quite near my home and I use it every day to travel to school. It’s an easy way to travel, but you (h) ¾ (travel) ¾ outside the city on the subway.

52. Sabina’s grandfather (a) ¾ (‘visit’ in the present perfect) ¾ Thailand two or three times. Once he (b) ¾ (stay) ¾ in Bangkok with his Thai friend, Niran. Niran (c) ¾ (take) ¾ him around the city everyday. They always (d) ¾ (travel) ¾ by boat. There are many canals in Bangkok. They (e) ¾ (‘call’ in the passive form) ¾ ‘klongs’. Many people, like Niran and his family, live beside the klongs and (f) ¾ (travel) ¾ on them in boats. Bangkok is a large noisy city, but the klongs are peaceful and quiet. Anwar Hussain liked the klongs. One day he (g) ¾ (travel) ¾ with Niran on a large klong. He saw something strange. It was a large market in the middle of the klong. It (h) ¾ (be) ¾ the famous floating market of Bangkok.

53. She has (a)  (‘be’ in the past participle form)  a student at Sherpur High School for five years and four months. Salam (b)  (live)  in Sherpur for five years. Salam and Sabina (c)  (be)  in class 6 for four months. Mrs. Chowdhury (d)  (live)  in Sherpur for many years. She (e)  (‘be’ in the correct form)  headmistress of Sherpur High School for seven years. Mrs. Kamal (f)  (teach)  class 6 at Sherpur High School for three years. The environment (g)  (be)  nice here. Everybody (h)  (do)  own work sincerely.

54. This is Samira. She is twelve years old and is a student. She (a) — (‘live’ in the present)  in a village near Sonapur. At the moment she (b)  (sit)  under a mango tree in her yard. He (c)  (read)  a book. It (d)  (be)  a small blue book. Her cousin, Karim, is also there. He is a student too. He (e)  (‘stand’ in the present continuous)  and looking at some flowers in the garden. Karim (f)  (live)  in the country. He (g)  (live)  in Sonapur, but at the moment he (h)  (stay)  with Samira’s parents. He likes it there, because it is peaceful and quiet.

55. The next day Samira (a)  (‘read’ in the continuous)  her diary again under the mango tree. Karim (b)  (see)  her and asked Samira, ‘Why do you (c)  (write)  a diary?’ Samira (d)  (show)  Karim a letter. ‘I (e)  (“receive” in the past)  this a few days ago. It’s from my pen-friend. She’s Australian. Her name’s Lucy Brown.’ ‘How old is she?’ asked Karim. ‘Twelve, the same as us,’ Samira (f)  (reply) . ‘She lives in Sydney.’ ‘Sydney?’ asked Karim. ‘What’s that?’ ‘It’s a city in the south-east of Australia,’ Samira (g)  (explain) . ‘Lucy (h)  (send)  me a picture of it. It looks very beautiful. There are lots of tall buildings and it’s by the sea.’

56. Mr. Brown : Why you (a)  (‘look’ in the present continuous)  so sad?

Mrs. Brown : I just (b)  (read)  a very sad book?

Mr. Brown : What is it (c)  (call) ?

Mrs. Brown : The Diary of Anne Frank.

Mr. Brown : I never (d)  (hear) of it.

Mrs. Brown : It’s the diary of a young Dutch Jewish girl. She (e)  (‘die’ in the past)  in the war. It (f)  (be)  a very sad story, but very interesting. I (g)  (find)  it in the library. It’s a new book, and they (h)  (have)  only just received it.

57. Sabina (a)  (‘be’ in the past)  in the kitchen. Her mother (b)  (be)  in the house, but Sabina wanted to make some Soya Luchi for her family. First she (c)  (mix)  some Soya Flour with some rice flour. Then she (d)  (put)  some jute sticks in the Chula and made a good fire. She (e)  (‘pick’ in the past)  up the pot. She (f)  (want)  to put it on the fire, but smoke went into her eyes. The smoke hurt her eyes and she (g)  (see) . She dropped the pot and the sticks fell onto her feet. She (h)  (shout) , ‘Help! Help! Fire! Fire!

58. The students (a)  (‘want’ in the past)  to learn very much and again they asked Nasruddin (b)  (come) . So the next day Nasruddin returned to their school and asked the same questions. This time the students (c)  (be)  ready. ‘Some of us know and some of us don’t,’ they said. ‘Very good,’ said Nasruddin. ‘Some of you (d)  (know) . You (e)  (‘teach’ to express ability)  the other students. They (f)  (learn)  from you.’ And he went home. The students were sad. They thought and thought. Then they went to Nasruddin’s house near their school. ‘Sir, we want (g)  (ask)  you some questions,’ they said. ‘Good,’ said Nasruddin. ‘What do you want to ask? The students began (h)  (ask)  him, ‘Where do you come from?’ and ‘What do you do?’ ‘Good,’ said Nasruddin. ‘You’re asking questions and beginning to learn. Now I’ll come and teach you!’

59. Once upon a time there (a)  (‘be’ in the present)  a farmer. He (b)  (be)  old and weak, but clever. He had two sons. They were young and strong, but lazy. One day the old farmer (c)  (call)  his sons to his bed. ‘Now, my sons he (d)  (say) . ‘I’m very old and sick and soon I (e)  (‘die’ in the future) . But I’m rich so you (f)  (can)  also rich.’ The two sons were surprised. ‘Where are all your riches?’ they asked. ‘You’ll find all my riches in our fields,’ the old man (g)  (reply) , and a few days later he died. The two sons were very sad, but they were also greedy. ‘We can be rich,’ they said. ‘We have riches in our fields.’ The two sons (h)  (think)  that there was gold in their fields. So they quickly began to dig and dig.

 Answer

1. (a) used to quarrel; (b) stop; (c) didn’t listen; (d) quarreled; (e) said; (f) brought; (g) tied; (h) break.
2. (a) could not; (b) untied; (c) gave; (d) break; (e) asked; (f) have; (g) are; (h) know.
3. a) does not work; (b) work; (c) wash; (d) collect; (e) does not work; (f) said; (g) cannot do/do not do; (h) does not work/cannot work.
4. (a) am starting; (b) am thinking; (c) was born; (d) lived; (e) went; (f) crossed; (g) bought; (h) have eaten.
5. (a) is not; (b) are; (c) have; (d) have; (e) grow; (f) is; (g) keep; (h) have made.
6. (a) has; (b) is; (c) goes; (d) lives; (e) could see; (f) flowed; (g) liked; (h) looked.
7. (a) are going to; (b) shall cross; (c) shall walk; (d) is; (e) shall leave; (f) looked; (g) wanted; (h) walked.
8. (a) stopped; (b) stopped; (c) ate; (d) rested; (e) walked; (f) came; (g) to see; (h) look.
9. (a) making; (b) make; (c) is; (d) toast; (e) take; (f) slice; (g) stick; (h) make.
10. (a) is produced; (b) looks; (c) contains; (d) is; (e) contains; (f) are; (g) eat; (h) turn.
11. (a) are suffering; (b) are being affected; (c) drink; (d) contains; (e) may; (f) is; (g) is believed; (h) are.
12. (a) are used; (b) find; (c) block; (d) obstructs; (e) remained; (f) is; (g) is not; (h) remains.
13. (a) cannot; (b) don’t rest; (c) close; (d) eats; (e) can do; (f) think; (g) working; (h) give.
14. (a) could see; (b) were; (c) gave; (d) ate; (e) woke; (f) could not see; (g) remembered; (h) Don’t walk.
15. (a) was; (b) started; (c) goes; (d) had; (e) was; (f) wanted; (g) couldn’t; (h) asked.
16. (a) are; (b) sit; (c) don’t live; (d) lives; (e) stayed; (f) is; (g) is; (h) works.
17. (a) were; (b) were; (c) died; (d) did; (e) took; (f) did not die; (g) knew; (h) contain.
18. (a) heard; (b) was; (c) asked; (d) replied; (e) can hear; (f) hear; (g) replied; (h) asked.
19. (a) happened; (b) went; (c) traveled; (d) lives; (e) left; (f) bought; (g) blew; (h) went.
20. (a) can remember; (b) said; (c) are going; (d) was; (e) am going to; (f) couldn’t think; (g) was thinking; (h) wanted.
21. (a) said; (b) are going; (c) are going; (d) is; (e) took; (f) walked; (g) arrived; (h) didn’t know.
22. (a) took; (b) asked; (c) pointed; (d) to say; (e) could say; (f) taught; (g) put; (h) did.
23. (a) liked; (b) worked; (c) were; (d) asked; (e) told; (f) told; (g) was; (h) went.
24. (a) lived; (b) lived; (c) was walking; (d) fell; (e) landed; (f) got; (g) looked; (h) am going.
25. (a) didn’t go; (b) said; (c) to look; (d) to look; (e) had; (f) were; (g) didn’t go; (h) told.
26. (a) knew; (b) going; (c) saw; (d) felt; (e) listen; (f) to come; (g) have made; (h) replied.
27. (a) were; (b) can remember; (c) happened; (d) had; (e) ate; (f) was eating; (g) saw; (h) felt.
28. (a) was walking; (b) saw; (c) were looking; (d) was sitting; (e) was; (f) were; (g) looked; (h) told.
29. (a) could remember; (b) happened; (c) asked; (d) was walking; (e) to know; (f) was going; (g) told; (h) made.
30. (a) felt; (b) think; (c) live; (d) is; (e) added; (f) told; (g) help; (h) told.
31. (a) happened; (b) needed; (c) became; (d) could feed; (e) must pay; (f) happened; (g) found; (h) was.
32. (a) reached; (b) called; (c) bring; (d) brought; (e) Find; (f) brought; (g) stuck; (h) was.
33. (a) brought; (b) poured; (c) has begun; (d) shone; (e) happened; (f) waited; (g) saw; (h) was coming.
34. (a) took; (b) shone; (c) bring; (d) stuck; (e) brought; (f) said; (g) put; (h) bring.
35. (a) have found; (b) costs; (c) cost; (d) happens; (e) can’t use; (f) doesn’t shine; (g) to move; (h) is.
36. (a) were; (b) felt; (c) to return; (d) heard; (e) am; (f) lives; (g) to help; (h) visited.
37. (a) am writing; (b) to know; (c) come; (d) am; (e) am going to tell; (f) think; (g) has; (h) have.
38. (a) are; (b) love; (c) ride; (d) ride; (e) think; (f) will like; (g) can move; (h) living.
39. (a) are not; (b) are made; (c) tie; (d) put; (e) will be; (f) have told; (g) is; (h) can’t move.
40. (a) live; (b) reach; (c) are; (d) have; (e) am going to send; (f) took; (g) can see; (h) took.
41. (a) was; (b) listened; (c) have not seen; (d) can read; (e) taught; (f) listened; (g) can read; (h) was.
42. (a) are; (b) is not; (c) are; (d) cannot turn; (e) started; (f) to irrigate; (g) don’t let; (h) can’t carry.
43. (a) am thinking; (b) die; (c) will divide; (d) gets; (e) will become; (f) can; (g) has been; (h) must share.
44. (a) told; (b) am not; (c) has happened; (d) lost; (e) are beginning; (f) have been working; (g) to help; (h) talked.
45. (a) is; (b) may have; (c) have been helping; (d) is; (e) can; (f) shall discuss; (g) may give; (h) become.
46. (a) has been awarded; (b) started; (c) taught; (d) joined; (e) passed; (f) becoming; (g) had passed; (h) was sent.
47. (a) lived; (b) could; (c) went; (d) threw; (e) was pulling; (f) had caught; (g) felt; (h) was.
48. (a) going; (b) Isn’t; (c) to show; (d) buy; (e) sold; (f) is doing; (g) are making; (h) makes.
49. (a) knows; (b) to boil; (c) can boil; (d) can use; (e) are not; (f) will cut; (g) must plant; (h) thought.
50. (a) is; (b) can see; (c) looks; (d) feels; (e) makes; (f) is; (g) don’t know; (h) will help.
51. (a) live; (b) are; (c) dislike; (d) travel; (e) may wait; (f) goes; (g) is called; (h) can’t travel.
52. (a) has visited; (b) stayed; (c) took; (d) traveled; (e) are called; (f) travel; (g) traveled; (h) was.
53. (a) been; (b) has lived; (c) have been; (d) has lived; (e) has been; (f) has taught; (g) is; (h) does.
54. (a) lives; (b) is sitting; (c) is reading; (d) is; (e) is standing; (f) doesn’t live; (g) lives; (h) is staying.
55. (a) was reading; (b) saw; (c) write; (d) showed; (e) received; (f) replied; (g) explained; (h) has sent.
56. (a) are looking; (b) have read; (c) called; (d) have heard; (e) died; (f) is; (g) found; (h) have.
57. (a) was; (b) was not; (c) mixed; (d) put; (e) picked; (f) wanted; (g) couldn’t see; (h) shouted.
58. (a) wanted; (b) to come; (c) were; (d) know; (e) can teach; (f) can learn; (g) to ask; (h) to ask.
59. (a) was; (b) was; (c) called; (d) said; (e) will die; (f) can be; (g) replied; (h) thought.
60.  (a) was; (b) was; (c) called; (d) said; (e) will die; (f) can be; (g) replied; (h) thought.