Important Rules of Right Form of Verb:

 Important Rules of Right Form of Verb

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 RULE 1: Singular Subject = Singular Verb, Plural Subject = Plural verb

 Exam: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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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

  Exam: I am Sohan.

 He is driving a car.

 We are going home.

 They have won the game.

 He has eaten 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.

  Exam: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

  Exam: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

  Exam:I am Sohan.

 He is driving a car.

 We are going home.

 They have won the game.

 He has eaten rice.

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 RULE 11: There + is/was/has + Singular Subject.

 There + are/were/have + plural Sub.

  Exam: 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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam:One of the boys is present there.

 None of them was present there. Either of them has stolen it.

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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.

  Exam:Ill news runs a pace .

 Physics is a critical subject.

 

 RULE 16 : (people, spectacles, trousers, scissors, benches, cloths,  goods, headquarters, vegetables, laws, police, cattle, folk,  circumstances, gentry.) + plural verb.

  Exam:His circumstances are not good.

 People don’t eat the same food.

 Vegetables contain vitamin.

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 RULE 17: (who, whose, whom, which, that) follow only their before subject to choose a verb.

  Exam:It is I who am your friend.

 It is you who are my friend.

 RULE 18: Prefer to + verb + ing

  Exam: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.

  Exam:I see the bird.

 I hear news.

 I forget everything.

 RULE 20: Distance/money/time + singular verb

  Exam:Thirty miles is a long way.

 100 years is a long time.

 Money begets money.

 RULE 21 : Arithmetical Operations ( singular verb)

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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.

  Exam: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

  Exam:Would you mind having a cup of tea?

 e 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

  Exam: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

  Exam: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

  Exam:He had better read newspaper regularly.

 I will not let you enter the classroom.

 RULE 30: ( It is time, It is high time, wish, fancy) = Past Indefinite

  Exam:I fancy I turned a pale.

 It is high time we developed our country.

 RULE 31: Lest…. Should…

Exam: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

  Exam:If I were a doctor, I could treat the poor.

 I wish I were a king.

 RULE 33: If Past Indefinite tense, Sub + would/could/might + verb1

  Exam:If I were a 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

  Exam:If he runs in the rain, he will catch cold.

 If it rains, I will not go out.

 RULE 35: If + present perfect tense, Sub.+ might have/could have/ would have + verb 3

  Exam:If they had started earlier, they would have reached there 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.

  Exam:It is many years since I came to Dhaka.

 Many years have passed since I had met her.

 RULE 37: Past Indefinite tense + since + Past perfect tense.

  Exam:Many years passed since I had seen her last.

 RULE 38: Past Perfect + before + past Indefinite.

 past Indefinite + after + past perfect.

  Exam: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)

  Exam: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

  Exam:He knows what to do.

 She taught me how to make a cup of tea.

 RULE 41: Things = interesting , person = interested

  Exam: 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.

  Exam:Air is very important element of the environment.

 Water plays a vital role in agriculture.

 RULE 43: No sooner had….than,

 Scarcely had…..when,

 hardly had…before/when.

  Exam:No sooner had he seen the police than he ran away.

RULE 44: If Simple Sentence contains two main verbs , It may be 2nd verb with ing or to + 2nd verb with present form.

  Exam:I saw him going .

 I am going to open a bank account.