Verbs — AQA GCSE Bengali
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Verbs explained
This section tests how Bengali verbs build meaning beyond simple tense.
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Learn to recognise an infinitive repeated to give a present-participle sense of ongoing or repeated action, and to identify extended (causative) verbs across tenses and forms. Notice contracted extended participles, especially where they combine with a light verb such as কেওো, and learn common verb-plus-light-verb combinations. Understand how হওো forms a passive, how না negates a participle, an infinitive or a verb in a যলে clause, and how the past habitual can express a hypothetical condition. Recognise েো with a verbal noun meaning ‘supposed to’, a verbal noun with েমে meaning ‘while’, and the genitive and locative forms of verbal nouns. In an MCQ, read the whole sentence, decide which structure the gap or underlined form requires, then check agreement and tense before choosing.
Your focus
- Identify the verb structure required by a given Bengali sentence in a multiple-choice item
- Distinguish active, passive, negative and hypothetical verb meanings accurately
- Select the correct verbal noun form, including genitive and locative, to complete a sentence
Verbs exam tips
Marking Points
- Identifies the repeated infinitive as carrying a present-participle sense of ongoing or repeated action rather than a second separate verb
- Recognises an extended (causative) verb form and matches it to the correct tense and person
- Selects the contracted extended participle that fits the light verb construction shown in the sentence
- Applies হওো correctly to build a passive rather than an active construction
- Places না correctly to negate a participle, an infinitive or a verb inside a যলে clause
- Uses the past habitual form to express a hypothetical condition rather than a completed past event
- Matches েো with a verbal noun to convey ‘supposed to’
- Matches a verbal noun with েমে to convey ‘while’
- Distinguishes the genitive form of a verbal noun from its locative form
Examiner Tips
- 💡Read the entire sentence before looking at the options, because the surrounding words often signal which structure is required
- 💡Check tense, person and negation together after choosing, since one wrong feature rules out an otherwise plausible option
- 💡Underline the light verb or postposition-like element to see which verbal noun form it demands
- 💡Eliminate options that change the voice or the hypothetical meaning of the sentence
Common Mistakes
- Treats the repeated infinitive as two separate actions; read it as one ongoing or repeated present-participle sense
- Chooses an active form where the sentence needs a passive built with হওো; check who performs and who undergoes the action
- Places না in the wrong position so the negation attaches to the wrong element; keep it before the participle, infinitive or যলে-clause verb as required
- Confuses the genitive and locative forms of the verbal noun; check whether the meaning is possession or location/time
- Reads the past habitual as a simple past event; recognise when the sentence sets up a hypothetical condition