Rules of correction | Right form of verb
Rules of
correction | Right form of verb
v Correction Structure and Practice
1. Subject (Singular/ plural) +
aux/ verb singular/ plural (Preposition) + object.
Incorrect: Honey taste sweet.
Correct: Honey tastes sweet.
2. There+ is/was+ singular noun
3. There+ are/were+ plural noun
Incorrect: There is many books on the table.
Correct: There are many books on the table.
4. WHQ+ aux+ Sub+ verb + obj+?
Incorrect: When you arrived here?
Correct: When did you arrive
here?
5. Present indefinite/ present
perfect tense+ Since + past indefinite
tense
Incorrect: Many years pass since we meet last.
Correct: Many years pass since we met last.
6. Past indefinite tense +
Since + past perfect tense
Incorrect: Many years passed since we meet.
Correct: Many years pass since we had met.
7. No sooner had ....... than+
past indefinite tense
Incorrect: No sooner had we reached the station than
he leave.
Correct: No sooner had we reached the station than
he left.
8. Scarcely had ....... when +
past indefinite tense
Incorrect: No sooner had we reached the station than
he leave.
Correct: No sooner had we reached the station when
he left.
9. Hardly had
............. when + past indefinite tense
Incorrect: No sooner had we reached the station than
he leave.
Correct: No sooner had we reached the station when
he left.
10. Past perfect tense + before + past indefinite
tense
Incorrect: We had reached
the station before he leaves.
Correct: We had reached the
station before he left.
11. Past indefinite tense + after + Past perfect
tense
Incorrect: We had reached
the station after he left.
Correct: We had reached the
station after he had left.
12. Either ....... or / neither..... nor
Incorrect: Either rahim or his friends makes it.
Correct: Either rahim or his friends make it.
13. If + present indefinite tense+ future
indefinite tense
Incorrect: If you come, I go.
Correct: If you come, I will go.
14. If + past indefinite tense+ past conditional
Incorrect: If you came, I go.
Correct: If you came, I would go.
15. If + past perfect tense+ Sub+
would have/might have+ verb 3
Incorrect: If you had come, I would have gone.
Correct: If you came, I would go.
16. Let + object + verb Gi Present form + object.
Incorrect: Let him sat inside.
Correct: Let him sit inside.
Ex: Incorrect:
She look pretty.
Correct: She
looks pretty.
Ex: Incorrect:
I always liked him.
Correct: I
always like him.
Ex: Incorrect:
I watch TV now.
Correct: I am
watching TV now.
Ex: Incorrect:
He reached
Correct: He
has reached Dhaka recently.
Ex: Incorrect:
He looks pretty yesterday.
Correct: He
looked pretty yesterday.
Ex: Incorrect:
I come tomorrow.
Correct: I
will come tomorrow.
Ex: Inc: She
look pretty since her childhood.
Cor: She has
been looking pretty since her childhood
Ex: Incorrect:
Would that she look pretty.
Correct: Would
that she could look pretty.
9. ‡Kvb Sentence G hw` So that _v‡K
Z‡e, Gi c‡ii Subject
Gi mv‡_ can / could e‡m|
Ex: Incorrect:
He worked hard so that he earn money.
Correct: He worked hard so that he can earn
money.
Ex: Incorrect: I wish I look pretty.
Correct: I
wish I looked pretty.
Ex: Incorrect:
He talks as if he is mad.
Correct: He talks as if he were mad.
Ex: Incorrect: He came here with a view to have dinner.
Correct He came here with a view to have dinner.
Ex: Incorrect: After meet him, I was glad.
Correct: After meeting him, I was glad.
Ex: Incorrect: He has see in the street.
16. Correct: He has seen in the street.
Ex: Incorrect:
He must gone.
Correct: He must go.
Ex: Incorrect:
Walk fast lest you miss the train.
Correct: Walk fast lest you should miss the
train.
Ex: Incorrect:
He is junior me.
Correct: He is junior to me.
Correct: While I was walking, a snake bit me.
Ex: The people of
Cor: The people of Bangladesh are poor.
Ex: Incorrect:
Sima as well as her sisters is pretty.
Correct: Sima
as well as her sisters are pretty.
Ex: Incorrect:
She look pretty.
Correct: She
looks pretty.
Ex: Incorrect:
The news were correct.
Correct: The news was correct.
Ex:He sings and danced
.Co: He sings and dances.
Prepared by: Jonisir99
#Verb #Right_form_of _verb #Correction
Also see:
1. Confused word in English for
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2. Common mistake in English for
SSC, HSC, BCS, Job Exam
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