Importance Rules of Right Form of Verb
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Importance Rules of 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: Television is an important source of entertainment or entertaining.
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 .
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
I went to the Stage with a view to dancing.
People of Bangladesh are used to eating by their hands.
RULE 04: I = am ,
(He, She, It) = is ,
(We, They, you ) = are
3rd person Singular Sub. = Has;
3rd person Plural Sub. = Have
Example: I am Sohan.
He is driving a car.
We aregoing home.
They have won the game.
He haseaten rice.
RULE 5: The + noun or verb + ing + of.
The necessity of learning English is indescribable.
The using of Mobile is available .
A constitution is essential for a nation.
He has an Umbrella.
RULE 6: (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 7 : While + Verb + ing
Example: While walking in the garden, I saw a snake.
While sleeping I dreamt a good dream.
RULE 8: (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.
RULE 9: 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 10: I = am ,
(He, She, It) = is ,
(We, They, you ) = are
3rd person Singular Sub. = Has;
3rd person Plural Sub. = Have
Example: I amSohan.
He is driving a car.
We aregoing home.
They have won the game.
He haseaten rice.
RULE 11: There + is/was/has + Singular Subject.
There + are/were/have + plural Sub.
Example: There is a Mosque in our village.
There are two ponds in our Village.
RULE 12: ( 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 13: (Somebody, Someone) + Singular verb, (some boys, Some toys) + plural verb.
Example: Someone has stolen the pen.
Some boys have failed in the examination.
RULE 14: (any, none, each, every, either, neither, one) + of + plural Sub. + singular Verb.
Example: One of the boys ispresent there.
None of them was present there. Either of them has stolen it.
RULE 15: ( 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 runsa pace .
Physics isa critical subject.
RULE 16 : (people, spectacles, trousers, scissors, brances, 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 17: (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.
RULE 18: Prefer to + verb + ing
Example: Lata prefers to reading newspaper.
Joynal prefers to eating betel.
RULE 19: ( 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 seethe bird.
I hearnews.
I forgeteverything.
RULE 20: Distance/money/time + singular verb
Example: Thirty miles isa long way.
100 years isa long time.
Money begets money.
RULE 21 : Arithmetical Operations ( singular verb)
Example: Five plus five is ten.
Ten minus five is five.
Ten divided by two is five.
RULE 22: (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 23: (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 24: ( 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.
RULE 25: (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 26: (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 27: Active voice – ( am, is , are, was, were, have been, has been, had been, shall be, will be, shall have been, will have been) + verb + ing
Example: Rana is doing the sum.
It has been raining since morning.
RULE 28: (ask, decide, demand, forget, happen, hope, learn, manage, neglect, offer, plain, prepare, promise, remember, seem, try , want) + to
Example: Shihab neglects to his friend.
It seems to me false.
We have decided to start a business.
RULE 29: ( 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 class room.
RULE 30: ( 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.
RULE 31: Lest…. Should…
Example: Walk fast lest you should miss the train.
Read attentively lest you should fail in the exam.
RULE 32 : (if, wish, as if , as though) unreal past = were
Example: If I werea doctor, I could treat the poor.
I wish I were a king.
RULE 33: If Past Indefinite tense, Sub + would/could/might + verb1
Example: If I werea doctor, I could treat the poor.
If you came , I would go.
RULE 34: If + Present Indefinite, future Indefinite tense. or Sub. + may/can/shall/will + v1
Example: If he runsin the rain, he will catch cold.
If it rains, I will not go out.
RULE 35: If + present perfect tense, Sub.+ migh have/could have/ would have + verb 3
Example: If they had started earlier, they would have reachedthere in time.
If I had seen him, I might have told him the news.
RULE 36: Present Indefinite or Present perfect tense + since + Past Indefinite tense.
Example: It ismany years since I came to Dhaka.
Many years have passed since I had mether.
RULE 37: Past Indefinite tense + since + Past perfect tense.
Example: Many years passed since I had seen her last.
RULE 38: 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 39: Beginning of the sentence- verb + ing or to + v1 (gerund, infinitive)
Example: Rising early is a good habit.
Sleeping is necessary to life.
To take drugs leads a man to death.
RULE 40: Verb + (how/what/when/which/why) + to
Example: He knows what to do.
She taught me how to make a cup of tea.
RULE 41: Things = interesting , person = interested
Example: History is very interesting subject.
I am very much interested to meet him.
RULE 42: 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 isvery important element of the environment.
Water plays a vital role in agriculture.
RULE 45: No sooner had….than,
Scarcely had…..when,
hardly had…before/when.
Example: No sooner had he seen the police than he ran away.
RULE 46: If Simple Sentence contains two main verbs , It may be 2nd verb with ing or to + 2nd verb with present form.
Example: I saw him going.
I am going to open a bank account.
