Right form of verb SSC 2025 answers

[deliver, advise, take, decorate, start, begin, preside, come, be, read]

Our annual prize giving ceremony (a) ___ off yesterday. We (b) ___ our school campus very nicely. The ceremony (c) ___ at 3 p.m. Our Headmaster (d) ___ over the function and the Education Minister (e) ___ the chief guest. The function (f) ___ with the recitation from the Holy Quran. One of our senior teachers (g) ___ out the annual report. The honourable chief guest (h) ___ a brief encouraging speech (i) ___ us to be regular in studies and (j) ___ part in the movement against illiteracy.

Answer: came; b) decorated; c) began; d) presided; e) was; f) began; g) read; h) delivered; i) advised; j) take

| lag | reach | lead | follow | depend| build | remember | be | idle | work |  

Bangladesh is full of natural resources. The prosperity of the country (a) --- on the proper utilization of the resources. We should not (b) --- a lazy life. We should all (c) --- up our country. For this reason, we have to (d) --- hard. No nation can prosper without industry. We should (e) --- that industry is the key to success. If we (f) --- the days away, we (g) --- behind. The nations that (h) --- industrious (i) --- the pinnacles of development. So, we should (j) --- them.  

Answer: (a) depends; (b) lead; (c) build; (d) work;

(e) remember; (f) idle; (g) will lag; (h) are; (i) reach; (j) follow

| pay | stay | remain | cook | spend| get | enjoy | be | spend | read |  

I have a friend named Alisha. She and I (a) ______ in the same class in the same school. Though we (b) ______ from the same village, we are good friends. During last winter I (c) ______ a chance (d) ______ a visit to her village and I (e) ______ a happy time there. While I (f) ______ in her village, I (g) ______ many delicious dishes which (h) ______ by Alisha's mother. Actually, I wanted (i) ______ some more days there. But, as I had some other plans, I had to come back. The memory of that visit (j) ______ ever fresh in my mind.  

Answer: (a) read; (b) are not; (c) got; (d) to pay; (e) spent; (f) was staying; (g) enjoyed; (h) were cooked; (i) to spend; (j) remains/will remain  

| receive | contribute | keep | prove | develop |

| confine | become | adapt | work | be |

According to the history, women in the past (a) ______ within the four walls. But at present, they (b) ______ no longer captive to their parents' or husbands' house. With the passage of time, the outlook and the attitude have been (c) ______ as men and women are (d) ______ themselves to the changing society. By (e) ______ education they are (f) ______ pilots, doctors, engineers, high officials, etc. They (g) ______ hand in hand with men in all worthy programmes. They are now able to (h) ______ their worth. They (i) ______ much to the economy of the country. Now it has come to the realization of men that no development is possible by (j) ______ half of our population idle at home.

Answer: (a) were confined/were kept; (b) are; (c) developed; (d) adapting; (e) receiving; (f) becoming; (g) are working; (h) prove; (i) are contributing; (j) keeping/confining 

| damage | result | be | rise | try| overcome | breed | act | build | compare |

Self-control is considered a great power. It (a) ______ all other virtues. Man usually (b) ______ on impulses and strong desires. Vicious desires (c) ______ the purity of heart and mind (d) ______ in the degeneration of human nature. It (e) ______ self-control that can help a man (f) ______ up a pure character which is very essential to (g) ______ above the level of inhumanity. Nothing can (h) ______ to self-control to (i) ______ inhumanity. So, everybody (j) ______ to be self-controlled.

Answer: (a) breeds; (b) acts; (c) damage; (d) resulting; (e) is; (f) build/to build; (g) rise; (h) be compared; (i) overcome; (j) should try

| overlook | expect | be | see | backbite| criticize | exist | shun | be | imagine |  

Everybody (a) ______ that he or she (b) ______ the best. Actually, goodness or badness (c) ______ a little or much, (d) ______ in him or her simultaneously. But they only (e) ______ the good side of them (f) ______ the bad once. We ourselves and (h) ______ the bad. But the reality is that we always (i) ______ others that is not (j) ______.  

Answer: (a) expects; (b) is; (c) exists; (d) existing  

(e) see; (f) overlook; (g) criticize; (h) shun; (i) backbite; (j) imagined

| require | be | provide | spread | promote |  

| define | anticipate | direct | remain | stay |  

E-Commerce is rapidly being (a) ______ in our country. It may be (b) ______ as a business process through electronic transition. Buyers and sellers are not (c) ______ to talk face to face. We may get our required product (d) ______ at home. One of the best opportunities (e) ______ that businessmen from home and abroad can (f) ______ their business using this system (g) ______ in their respective countries. It (h) ______ us with global information, resources and services. It is (i) ______ that it will (j) ______ our domestic business very soon.  

Answer: (a) spread/promoted; (b) defined; (c) required; (d) staying; (e) is; (f) direct/spread/promote; (g) remaining; (h) provides; (i) anticipated; (j) promote  

| weigh | require | think | be | face| cheat | bargain | be | take | have |  

The price hike of household products (a) ______ now a great problem for us. Everyday we (b) ______ it. Most of the people (c) ______ low income (d) ______ in danger. They (e) ______ of purchasing meat and fish as they (f) ______. We are to (g) ______ over buying even simple products. Many times the buyers (h) ______. The sellers cheat the buyers at the time of (i) ______ something. Some steps have (j) ______ by the government to identify the culprits.  

Answer: (a) is; (b) face; (c) having; (d) are; (e) can’t think; (f) require; (g) bargain; (h) are cheated; (i) weighing; (j) been taken

| break | take | wash | damage | occur| stop | be | affect | become | lose |  

The flood (a) ______ recently in Chattogram division (b) ______ all records of the past. Never before did water level rise so high nor (c) ______ the duration so long. Normal activities have been (d) ______ for a long time. Thousands of people have (e) ______ homeless and clothless. The miseries of flood (f) ______ people know no bounds. Crops have been greatly (g) ______. Herds of cattle (h) ______ away. Thousands of people (i) ______ their shelters. They (j) ______ now living under the open air.  

Answer: (a) occurred; (b) broke; (c) was; (d) stopped; (e) become; (f) affected; (g) damaged; (h) were washed; (i) lost; (j) are