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English - 06: Sentence Corrections, Error Detection, Voice, Sentence Completion/ Improvement
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Spot the error in the following sentence from the options given below.
Three of my childhood friends called on me on yesterday when I was out of the station.
  1. ক) called on me
  2. খ) on yesterday
  3. গ) when I was out of the station
  4. ঘ) Three of my childhood friends
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) on yesterday
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) on yesterday
ব্যাখ্যা
‘yesterday’, the day before yesterday, today, tomorrow এর পূর্বে ‘on’ বা ‘in’ বসে না। 
অতএব, সঠিক বাক্য: Three of my childhood friends called on me yesterday when I was out of the station.
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Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
  1. ক) She was waiting since four hours.
  2. খ) I’ve been swimming from the age of three.
  3. গ) It’s a long time since your last letter.
  4. ঘ) All of the above
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) She was waiting since four hours.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) She was waiting since four hours.
ব্যাখ্যা
Period of time (কত সময় ধরে) বুঝাতে for বসে।
- She was waiting for four hours.
Not: She was waiting since four hours.

আর Point of time (কোন সময় থেকে শুরু) বুঝাতে since বসে।
- I’ve been swimming since I was three years old.
- I’ve been swimming from the age of three.
Not: I’ve been swimming from I was three years old.

We use since, not ago, after ‘it’s a long time’ when we refer back to a point in time:
- It’s a long time since your last letter.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
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Select the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
He has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him playing this weekend.
  1. ক) He has not decided
  2. খ) yet whether his leg injury
  3. গ) will permit him
  4. ঘ) playing this weekend.
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) playing this weekend.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) playing this weekend.
ব্যাখ্যা
Permit/allow someone + to do something
permit ও allow এর পর বসে direct object + to-infinitive:

অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: He has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
On a holiday, Noman (prefers reading than going) shopping.
  1. ক) prefers reading rather going
  2. খ) prefers reading to going
  3. গ) preferred reading to go
  4. ঘ) No improvement
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) prefers reading to going
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) prefers reading to going
ব্যাখ্যা
Out of the options given, 2 is the correct answer.
‘Prefers reading rather going’ and ‘preferred reading to go’ are grammatically incorrect in the context of the sentence.
Therefore the correct answer is ‘prefers reading to going’.

অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: On a holiday, Noman prefers reading to going shopping.
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Which of the following sentences is in past simple passive form?
  1. ক) They were being watched carefully.
  2. খ) That computer isn’t being used anymore.
  3. গ) The story was reported in yesterday’s paper.
  4. ঘ) He’s been hurt.
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) The story was reported in yesterday’s paper.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) The story was reported in yesterday’s paper.
ব্যাখ্যা
Past simple passive voice এর উদাহরণ:
- The story was reported in yesterday’s paper.
- We didn’t know what was in the boxes. They weren’t labelled.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it.
I intend to go straight back home, but I sort of wandered inside a bookstore.
  1. ক) I intend
  2. খ) to go straight back home
  3. গ) but I sort of wandered
  4. ঘ) inside a bookstore
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) I intend
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) I intend
ব্যাখ্যা
বাক্যে 'wandered' থেকে বুঝা যায় যে, প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি Past tense এ রয়েছে। 
So, instead of 'intend', 'intended' is to be used here.
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: "I intended to go straight back home, but I sort of wandered inside a bookstore."
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Spot the error in the following sentence from the options given below.
Hundreds of people had their homes being destroyed by the hurricane.
  1. ক) Hundreds of people
  2. খ) had their homes
  3. গ) being destroyed
  4. ঘ) by the hurricane.
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) being destroyed
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) being destroyed
ব্যাখ্যা
We can also use have + object + -ed form when something bad happens, especially when someone is affected by an action, which they did not cause:
- They’ve had their car stolen. (‘They’ are affected by the action of the car being stolen but they did not cause this to happen.)
- Hundreds of people had their homes destroyed by the hurricane. (Hundreds of people were affected by the hurricane, which they did not cause.)

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
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Identify the part of the sentence that has an error in it.
They cannot leave the office without a special permission.
  1. ক) They cannot
  2. খ) leave the office
  3. গ) without
  4. ঘ) a special permission.
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) a special permission.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) a special permission.
ব্যাখ্যা
The error lies in the incorrect usage of the article 'a';
The article 'a' is not required here in the sentence.
Article 'a' and 'an' are called indefinite articles and it is used to define a noun that is unspecific whereas article 'the' is used to define a noun that is specific.
Here, in the sentence, the adjective 'special' is used to modify the noun permission and it means better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual, therefore, it will not require an article with it.
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: They cannot leave the office without special permission.
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Choose the one which can be substituted for a given sentence.
Her story was making us laugh.
  1. ক) Her story have us laughing so much.
  2. খ) Her story had us laughing so much.
  3. গ) Her story was laughing us so much.
  4. ঘ) Her story was being laughed so much.
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Her story had us laughing so much.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Her story had us laughing so much.
ব্যাখ্যা
কেউ বা কিছু ঘটাচ্ছে এমন কোনো চলমান ক্রিয়া বর্ণনা করতে আমরা verb এর -ing ফর্ম ব্যবহার করে থাকি।
Her story had us laughing so much. (Her story was making us laugh.)

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১০.
A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given four alternatives which may improve the word. Choose the correct alternative.
I hadn't been seeing him for the last 10 years.
  1. ক) be seen
  2. খ) seen
  3. গ) saw
  4. ঘ) seeing
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) seen
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) seen
ব্যাখ্যা
Verbs of perception such as see, taste, smell, hear, prefer, notice, please, recognize etc. do not take 'ing' form.
And hence do not come in the continuous tense.
Thus, to convert the sentence to Past Perfect tense instead of Past Perfect Continuous tense, in order to make it grammatically correct, we will have to replace the underlined words with 'seen'.
Hence, option 2 is the most appropriate choice.
১১.
Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
She wanted telling you who you could approach for your problem.
  1. ক) for your problem
  2. খ) who you could approach
  3. গ) She wanted telling you
  4. ঘ) No error
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) She wanted telling you
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) She wanted telling you
ব্যাখ্যা
As per the context of the sentence, To+ infinitive must be followed, so we will replace 'telling' with 'to tell'.
Also, with verbs like want, promise, learn, manage, etc.
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: She wanted to tell you who you could approach for your problem.
১২.
Which of the following sentences is correct?
  1. ক) The parcel was arrived in the post this morning.
  2. খ) The parcel arrived in the post this morning.
  3. গ) The parcel had been arrived in the post this morning.
  4. ঘ) The parcel has been arrived in the post this morning.
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) The parcel arrived in the post this morning.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) The parcel arrived in the post this morning.
ব্যাখ্যা
Intransitive verb এর কোনো passive form হয় না। 
arrive হলো Intransitive verb. 
তাই প্রদত্ত বাক্যে কোনো passive form হবে না। 

সঠিক বাক্য: The parcel arrived in the post this morning.
Not: The parcel was arrived …

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১৩.
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed select ‘No improvement required’.
Fierce competition against restaurants has driven up the prices.
  1. ক) along
  2. খ) among
  3. গ) through
  4. ঘ) No improvement required
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) among
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) among
ব্যাখ্যা
The given sentence talks about an undefined number or a group of restaurants.
The preposition 'among' is used when talking about people or things that are not distinct and are viewed as a group.
Example: A decision that has caused a lot of anger among women.
Therefore the word 'against' must be replaced with the preposition 'among' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
Hence option 2 is the correct answer.
১৪.
Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
  1. ক) There were blizzards over night and the whole town had got snowed.
  2. খ) I’ve got good news for you.
  3. গ) Jim finally got promoted.
  4. ঘ) They had only known each other for six months when they got married in Las Vegas.
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) There were blizzards over night and the whole town had got snowed.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) There were blizzards over night and the whole town had got snowed.
ব্যাখ্যা
We use the get passive especially in informal speaking. When we use the get passive, we also place a little more emphasis on the nature of the action itself or on the person involved in the action:
- There were blizzards over night and the whole town got snowed in. (‘Get snowed in’ here means to be unable to leave the town because of heavy falls of snow.)
- I’ve got good news for you.
- Jim finally got promoted.
- They had only known each other for six months when they got married in Las Vegas.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১৫.
Find that part of the sentence that contains the error. If there are no errors, choose D as your answer.
I don’t want to loose contact with my school friends.
  1. ক) I don’t want
  2. খ) to loose contact
  3. গ) with my school friends
  4. ঘ) no error
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) to loose contact
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) to loose contact
ব্যাখ্যা
Sometimes a verb is confused with another word which sounds similar but is from a different word class:
I don’t want to lose contact with my school friends.
Not: I don’t want to loose contact with my school friends.
(Lose is a verb. Loose is an adjective, e.g. These shoes are too loose; I need a smaller size.)
Other pairs like this are: advise (verb)/advice (noun), practise (verb)/practice (noun).

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১৬.
Which of the following sentences is correct passive form?
  1. ক) She couldn’t still be being interviewed.
  2. খ) The photocopier may be being repaired.
  3. গ) It must be being done now.
  4. ঘ) All of the above
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) All of the above
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) All of the above
ব্যাখ্যা
Modal continuous passive form এর উদাহরণ হলো:
- She couldn’t still be being interviewed.
- The photocopier may be being repaired.
- It must be being done now.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১৭.
Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. If there is No improvement, choose No improvement.
(At the present), she is busy studying for her exams.
  1. ক) Presently
  2. খ) In the present
  3. গ) No improvement
  4. ঘ) At a present
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Presently
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Presently
ব্যাখ্যা
Presently: at the present time; now. Example: He is presently staying with us.
Since the context of the sentence is expressing that right now, she is busy studying for her exams.
Thus, the correct answer is 'option 1'.
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: 'Presently, she is busy studying for her exams.'
১৮.
Select the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error'.
We love to just lay on the beach.
  1. ক) We love
  2. খ) to just
  3. গ) lay on the beach
  4. ঘ) No error
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) lay on the beach
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) lay on the beach
ব্যাখ্যা
Some verbs have a similar pronunciation but a different meaning:
- We love to just lie on the beach.
- Not: We love to just lay on the beach.

Lie/lay/lain is used without an object.
Lay/laid/laid must have an object: e.g.
I’ll lay the table then we can eat.

Other verbs like this are: affect/effect, bare/bear, fine/find, note/notice, raise/rise.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
১৯.
Choose the correct sentence.
  1. ক) The door was smashed open as a hammer.
  2. খ) The door was smashed open by a hammer.
  3. গ) The door was smashed open with a hammer.
  4. ঘ) The door was smashed open a hammer.
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) The door was smashed open with a hammer.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) The door was smashed open with a hammer.
ব্যাখ্যা
When the doer or agent of the action is an instrument, we use with:
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: The door was smashed open with a hammer.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
২০.
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement’.
As we’ve been neighbours, I have known Mr. Robin since more than 10 years.
  1. ক) by more than 10 years
  2. খ) from more than 10 years
  3. গ) No improvement
  4. ঘ) for more than 10 years
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) for more than 10 years
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) for more than 10 years
ব্যাখ্যা
 Point of time (কোন সময় থেকে শুরু) বুঝাতে since বসে।
- I’ve been swimming since I was three years old.

Period of time (কত সময় ধরে) বুঝাতে for বসে।
- She was waiting for four hours.
Not: She was waiting since four hours.

So, to improve the sentence we need to replace the underlined part with 'for more than 10 years'.
২১.
Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it.
I think I should have my money back once I didn’t have what was promised in the brochure.
  1. ক) I think
  2. খ) I should have my money back
  3. গ) once I didn’t have
  4. ঘ) what was promised in the brochure
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) once I didn’t have
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) once I didn’t have
ব্যাখ্যা
We use since, not once, to introduce a reason:
কারণ বুঝাতে since বসে, once নয়। 

অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: I think I should have my money back since I didn’t have what was promised in the brochure.
Not: I think I should have my money back once I didn’t have what was promised in the brochure.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
২২.
Change into passive voice:
She must learn this piece before her exam next Friday.
  1. ক) This piece may be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
  2. খ) This piece must be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
  3. গ) This piece can be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
  4. ঘ) This piece could be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) This piece must be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) This piece must be learnt by her before her exam next Friday.
ব্যাখ্যা
The given sentence is in active form with the modal verb 'must'.
The subject is 'she' and the object is 'piece' which should interchange in the passive form and the auxiliary verb 'be' should be added in the form - Sub + must + be + obj .
Thus option 2 হলো সঠিক উত্তর। 
২৩.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No improvement’.
As long as they are here, Rony won’t attend the training.
  1. ক) So far as
  2. খ) So long so
  3. গ) As long that
  4. ঘ) No improvement
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) No improvement
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) No improvement
ব্যাখ্যা
The phrase 'So far as' means to the extent that.
The phrase 'So long so' is not the correct phrase.
The phrase 'As long that' is not the correct phrase.
The phrase 'As long as' means during the whole time that.

 অতএব সঠিক উত্তর হলো - No Improvement.
২৪.
Select the segment of the sentence that contains an error.
Thousands of passengers have stranded at airports all over Europe after heavy snowfalls.
  1. ক) Thousands of passengers
  2. খ) have stranded at airports
  3. গ) all over Europe
  4. ঘ) after heavy snowfalls.
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) have stranded at airports
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) have stranded at airports
ব্যাখ্যা
কিছু verb মূলত passive voice হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়। 
যেমন: be born, be populated, be stranded, be taken aback:
- Where were you born?
- Thousands of passengers have been stranded at airports all over Europe after heavy snowfalls.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary
২৫.
Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve/correct the sentence. Choose the right option to correct the sentence.
My niece paint the furniture whenever she has time.
  1. ক) paints
  2. খ) had painted
  3. গ) painted
  4. ঘ) was painting
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) paints
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) paints
ব্যাখ্যা
প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি সাধারণ সত্যসূচক বাক্য। 
অতএব ইহা হলো simple present tense। 
The structure is: Sub + V1 + s/es + obj.
We will thus replace the underlined word 'paint' with its 's/es' form i.e. 'paints'.

অতএব সঠিক বাক্য হবে: My niece paints the furniture whenever she had time.
২৬.
Choose the correct alternative which will improve the quoted part of the given sentence.
Make sure you 'contact with' as many teachers as possible.
  1. ক) Contact to
  2. খ) Contact on
  3. গ) Contact
  4. ঘ) No improvement
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Contact
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Contact
ব্যাখ্যা
'contact with' হলো ব্যাকরণগত ভুল। 
The preposition 'with' means accompanied by (another person or thing).
Here in the sentence, 'contact' is an action that has to be done without accompanied by someone.
So, 'with' is inappropriate.
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য হবে, Make sure you contact as many teachers as possible.
২৭.
Change into passive voice:
You made me think twice about my statement.
  1. ক) I was made think twice about my statement by you.
  2. খ) If I were made thinking twice about my statement by you
  3. গ) My statement was made to think twice about me by you
  4. ঘ) I was made to think twice about my statement by you.
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) I was made to think twice about my statement by you.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) I was made to think twice about my statement by you.
ব্যাখ্যা
প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি active voice এ রয়েছে,
the format for this is :
- You (Subject) + made (Verb in the present tense) + Object
একে passive voice এ রূপান্তর করলে,
the format for that will be:
- I (Object) + was made (Verb in the past tense) + Subject

Thus, the final statement will be "I was made to think twice about my statement by you."
২৮.
Choose the part of the sentence which has the error.
Unless the government had not raised food prices, there would not have been so many protests.
  1. ক) Unless the government
  2. খ) had not raised food prices
  3. গ) there would not have been
  4. ঘ) so many protests
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Unless the government
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Unless the government
ব্যাখ্যা
অসম্ভব শর্তের ক্ষেত্রে 'Unless' এর পরিবর্তে If বসে:
Not: Unless the government had raised food prices …
অতএব সঠিক বাক্য: If the government had not raised food prices, there would not have been so many protests.

Source: Cambridge Dictionary