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Regular and Irregular Verbs

                                          Regular and Irregular Verbs


In English Grammar Regular verbs and irregular verbs are very important topics to learn. Definition and some examples are here explaining. 


Regular Verbs

Definition: Regular verbs that form the past tense by adding the letter "d" or "ed" at the end. It is the usual rule for forming simple past tense and past participle. 

 

Example: 

Jump - Jumped

Paint - Painted

Play - Played

Bake - Baked

Work - Worked

Love - Loved

Laugh - Laughed

Accept - Accepted

Avoid - Avoided

Confuse -Confused

Destroy - Destroyed

Develop - Developed

Fool - Fooled

 

Example of Regular Verbs in Sentences:

 

He advised me to slow down.

I played football.

He watched movie in the morning.

 

Irregular Verbs

Definition: Irregular verbs are those that don’t follow the normal rule of adding “d”, “ed” “ied” to form their past simple/participle. Irregular verbs have a variety of spellings.

 

 

Example: 

Arise - Arose

Awake - Awoke

Bear - Bore

Begin - Began

Blow - Blew

Build - Built

Buy - Bought

Burn - Burnt

Bring - Brought

Come - Came

Dig - Dug

Draw - Drew

 

Example of Irregular Verbs in Sentences:

 

Mr. Rahman built his new building.

We beat the home team yesterday.

I began to work early in this morning.

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs 

Phrasal verbs are most important thing in various competitive examination. It is consists of a verb and a preposition or an adverb. In University admission tests, BCS, Government Examinations, Bank Job there is questions from phrasal verbs and it comes in various form like multiple choices, sentence making, fill in blanks etc. So those who are looking for a good result in their exam must give emphasis on it during preparation. 

Today we will discuss some important phrasal verbs .

Bear With (Be patience) - She cannot bear with her husband.
Break off ( Relationship cutoffs) - He broke off correspondents with me.
Come out ( Published ) - My results came out yesterday.
Go back ( return back) - I will never go back on what i said.
Look into ( Investigate ) - the police is looked into the matter .
Put up ( Established ) - they put up a hotel .
Run after ( Seek to attain) - We ran after the thief.
Break out ( Start suddenly ) - Forest fires broke out across Africa.
Ask for ( call someone) - Father asked for me.
Come by ( manage to acquire ) - He came by the money by chance.
Take off ( become airborne) - the plane take off.
Go up( price hike) - the price went up suddenly.
Get up ( stand up) - he gets up at 5 o’clock .
Drop off ( take someone to a place ) - We drop frank off at the airport.
See off ( goodbye at airport) - We see Frank off.
Clean out ( cleaning the inside space of something) - Clean our the car.
Clean up ( cleaning a larger space) - Clean up your city .
Clean off ( cleaning the surface of something) - Clean off the kitchen counter.
Clean away ( cleaning the actual thing that is causing the mess) - Clean away the mud of the car.
Phrasal verbs seems difficult but regular practice will make it easier.

English Learning: Vocabulary (Part : 02)

English Learning: Vocabulary (Part : 02)

 Vocabulary from The New York Times newspapers:-

Dearth ( Noun) -  A scarcity or lack of Something.
Synonyms: Shortage, want, deficiency, inadequate etc.

Bigotry ( Noun) -  Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself. 
Synonyms: Racism, unfairness, sectarianism , partially etc.

Assimilation (Noun)- The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas. 
The assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks.

Stride( Verb)- Walk with long, decisive in and fully understanding information or ideas.
Synonym: Stalk, step, walk etc.


Rebuke ( Verb) - Express sharp disapporval or critism of because of their behaivor or actions.
Synonym: Scold, Admonish, Reprove etc.
Example: She had rebuked him for drinking too much.

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English Learning , Part : 01 ( Vocabulary)

Vocabulary is one of the most important thing to develop your English skill. 

1) Indenture ( *Noun) - A legal agreement , contract or document. Synonym: Bond, Promise, Undertaking, Commitment, settlement, arrangement, Understanding. 
Example in Sentence: Proposing amendment to the Initial contract, the owner hope to indenture more favorable towards his company.

2)  Servitude (* Noun) - The state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful. Synonym: Slavery, Enslavement, bondage, subjugation, domination. Antonym: Freedom, Liberty
Example in Sentence: After paying his debts the man finally get rid of his Servitude situation.

3) Illicit (* Adjective) - Forbidden by Law , rules or Custom . Synonym: Illegal, Unlawful, Illegitimate . Antonym: Licit, Legal
Example in Sentence: illicit massage parlour is a thread.

*Noun: Name of anything like person, animal, Place, thing, abstract, idea, action, state or quality. 
Examples: Karim, Rahim, Khulna, Honesty, Happiness, Indenture etc. 

Examples in Sentence: Karim is a good boy. 
More details about noun the linked website would be useful. 
1) Parts of Speech - English learning in Bengali 
2) English Grammar - English Grammar in Bangla 
3) English Grammar- English Grammar in English  

 * Adjective : Adjective describes or clarifies noun. 
Examples: Good, Bad, beautiful etc.
Examples in Sentence: They have a beautiful house.  
 More details about noun the linked website would be useful. 
1) English Grammar- English Grammar in English

37th BCS Preparation: Part 01

Choose the correct parts of speech :
1.         He is walking about.
            a. Noun                       b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                 d. Adverb
2.         I look for help from above.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                  d. Adverb
3.         I look for help from above.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                  d. Adverb
4.         His after life was miserable.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                 d. Adverb
5.         Are you all ready?
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                  d. Adverb
6.         I can not bear this any longer.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective                  d. Adverb
7.         Any pen will do.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
8.         What problem do you face?
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
9.         Let us fish in the river.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
10.       We want a change.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
11.       The door is open.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
12.       Where will you house your guest?
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
13.       Please hand over this letter to him.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
14.       They had a large catch of fish.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
15.       The game ended a draw.
            a. Noun                       b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
16.       His fall was as rapid as his rise.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
17.       His face beamed with joy.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
18.       He is blinded by prejudice.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb           
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb
19.       He dines with me today.
            a. Noun                        b. Verb
            c. Adjective     d. Adverb

Answers : 1.d 2.a 3.a 4.c 5.c 6.a 7.c 8.b 9.b10.a 11.c12.b 13.b 14.a 15.a 16.a. 17.b 18.c. 19.b.
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ICT related abbreviated words

Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity.
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
HTTPS -  Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.
URL
- Uniform Resource Locator.
IP
-  Internet Protocol
VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized.
SIM
- Subscriber Identity Module.
3G
- 3rd Generation.
GSM -Global System for Mobile Communication.
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access.
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.
RTS
- Real Time Streaming.
AVI
- Audio Video Interleave.
SIS Symbian OS Installer File.
AMR
- Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec
JAD
- Java Application Descriptor
JAR
- Java Archive
MP3- MPEG player lll
3GPP- 3rd Generation Partnership Project
3GP
-3rd Generation Project
MP4
-MPEG-4 video file
AAC
- Advanced Audio Coding
GIF
- Graphic Interchangeable Format
BMP
-Bitmap
JPEG
-Joint Photographic Expert Group
SWF
-Shock Wave Flash
WMV
-Windows Media Video
WMA
-Windows Media Audio
WAV
-Waveform Audio

JANATA BANK WRITTEN TEST QUESTIONS

JANTA BANK WRITTEN TEST FOR RECRUITMENT OF SR. OFFICER
ENGLISH:-
Fill in the blanks (26-30) with appropriate words-
26. You must cut___your expenditure
a) with b)at c) down d) out e) None of them
27. He and his friend ___arrived
a) has b) have c) will d) shall e) None of them
28. I wish I ___millionare
a) am b) was c) is d) were e) None of them
29. ____all his attempts to solve the problem, he failed.
a) after b) because c) despite d) before e) None of them
30) We like people___speak __truth
a) Who, the b) whom, whole c) Whose, always d) whom, the e) None of them
Direction:- Select the correct spelling of the word in CAPITAL letters.(31-35)
31. REPURCUSION
a) Repercusion b) Repercussion c) Repurssion d) Repurcusion e) None of them
32. COMMISION
a) Commison b) Comission c) Commission d) Comision e) None of them
33. ACCOMODATION
a) Accommodation b) Acomodation c) Acommodation d) Accommodasion e) None of them
34. SUCESSFUL
a) Sucessful b) Suceesful c) Successful d) Successful e) None of them
35. ILLEGIMATE
a) Illegitimate b) Illeitimate c) Illegetimate d) Illegitimat e) None of them
Choose the word which is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in CAPITAL Letter
36. DILLIGENT
a) laid back b) large c) Industries d)lethargir e) None of them
37) INFLATED
a) Exorbitant b) Reasonable c) Sensible d) low e) None of them
38) INGENUOUS
a) Sophisticated b) Clever c) cunning d) devious e) None of them
39) ENHANCE
a) doubt b) Improve c) Indolent d) agree e) None of them
40) HYPOTHETICAL
a) logical b) Alternative c) assumed d) reasonable e) None of them
Direction:- Choose the word which is most nearby opposite in meaning to the word in CAPITAL Letter (41-45)
41) DEBACLE
a) decide b) success c) similar d) spurious e) None of them
42) UNTENABLE
a) Indenfensible b) weak c) sustainable d) shaky e) None of them
43)  EXPEDITE
a) accelerate b) advance c) rush d) impede e) None of them
44) LETHAGIC
a) energelic b) lazy c) indifferent d) bored e)None of them
45) BONA-FIDE
a) Honest b) Pune c) Similar d) Spurious e) None of them
Pair of Words
46) RACQUET:TENNIS
a) driver:spring board b) Horse:polo c) Bat:cricket d) Gun:Hunting e) None of them
47) SQUARE:CUBE
a) Triangle:Hexagon b) Trapezoid:quadrangle c) Circle:Sphere d) Addition:subtraction e) None of them
48) CLOTHES:LUGGAGE
a)Baggage:train b) Package:post office c) Documents:briefcase d) Airmail:mail carrier
e) None of them
49) GOVERNMENT :TAX
a)Student:fees b)Orange:price c) Company:profit d) Chairman:parliament e)None of them
50) DEGREE:TEMPERATURE
a) Ounce:Weight b) Tathom:volume c) Mass:Energy d) Height:Heat e) None of them

Answers: 26) c, 27)b, 28)d, 29) c, 30)a, 31) b, 32) c, 33) a, 34)d, 35) b, 36)c, 37) a, 38) c, 39) b, 40) c, 41) b, 42) c, 44) d, 45)a, 46)c,47)c, 48)c, 49)c, 50)a.

purpose of reading test in IELTS

There are four skill test in IELTS test.  Reading test is one of them. Why this test is included in IELTS Test- The IELTS Reading test is designed to assess a wide range of reading skills, including how well a examinees-
  • Read for the general sense of a passage
  • Read for the main ideas from the passage
  • Read for detail in a passage
  • Understand inferences and implied meaning from the passage
  • Recognize a writer’s opinions, attitudes and purpose
  • Follow the development of an argument
This is the case for whichever version of the IELTS test one examinees are taking.
courtesy: British Council.

british and american words

British and American words
British             American
Flat                  Apartment
Queue              Line
Ill                     Sick
Pavement         Sidewalk
Colour             Color
Behaviour        Behavior
Aeroplane        Airplane
Lorry               Truck
Pay rise            Pay raise

English grammar and usage

Everyone Vs.  Every One

Everyone (Single Word) is only for people (=everybody), Every One (two words) is for things or people and is similar to each one. (Ex. "Have you read all these books?" 'yes, every one')

Example:
1. Everyone Enjoyed the party (=everybody)
2. He is invited to lots of parties and he goes to every one. (= to every party)

Source: English Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy