Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
One day Amy was returning home (a) ---(post-modify the verb) from college. On the way she saw a dog (b)--- - (use a participle phrase to post-modify a noun). It was barking (c)---- (post-modify the verb). An (d) ---- (pre- modify the noun) boy had hit the poor creature with a big stone. It hurt its (e) ---- (pre-modify the noun) leg and it was bleeding (f) ---- (post-modify the verb). Amy became (g) (post-modify the verb) sad. She (h) ---- (pre- modify the verb) carried the dog home and nursed the wound. She tied a bandage tightly round the (i) ---- (pre- modify the noun) leg. In a week the dog was (j)--- - (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) cured.
(a) early/alone (b) lying on the road (c) bitterly/in pain; (d) unkind, (e) right, (f) heavily/badly; (g) very; (h) gently/quickly; (i) wounded; (j) fully/quite
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: —Air and water are the most (a) _____ (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) elements of the environment. But we are polluting them (b) _____ (post modify the verb with an adverb). Mills and factories use fuel (c) _____ (post modify the verb with an infinitive) their products. The burning of this fuel creates smoke (d) _____ (post modify the verb with an adverbial). Motor vehicles also pollute the air, (e) _____ (use an appositive). Water is polluted by (f) _____ (pre-modify the noun with a quantifier) kinds of waste and filth. We also contaminate water (g) _____ (post-modify the verb with a present participle phrase) into it. Farmers use (h) _____ (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) fertilizers and insecticides and pollute water. (i) _____ (pre-modify the noun with a past participle) water is (j) _____ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) harmful for health.
- Choose the correct "Comment Tag" from the followings-
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Kazi Nazrul Islam is called the Shelley of Bangla literaturE- He was a (a) _____ (premodify the noun) poet. He wrote (b) _____ (postmidify the verb) in almost all branches of Bangla literaturE- Nazrul, (c) _____ (post modify the noun with appositive), won the atention of everybody in his early childhood. He wrote ceaselessly until the death of (d) _____ (use possessive to premodify the noun)poetic flair. He composed (e) _____ (premodify the noun) songs (f) _____ (post modify the noun with an adjective clause). His literary works have enriched (g) _____ (premodify the noun with noun adjective) literaturE- His poems and songs played a great role (h) _____ (post modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) in our war of liberation. He (i) _____ (premodify the verb) sang the songs of equality in his poetry. He is (j) _____ (premodify the noun with determiner) pride, no doubt.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function (a) —— (post-modify the verb with an adverb) in life, such as (b) —— (pre-modify the noun with a determiner) ability to decide things rationally and make the (c) —— (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the (d) —— (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. Education, (e) –— (use an appositive to post-modify the noun), releases our potentials and our inner strength. It sharpens (f) —— (pre-modify the noun with a pronominal adjective) intellect and develops our creativity. As we are taught to reason (g) —— (postmodify the verb) and find solutions to (h) —— (pre-modify the noun with a determiner) problems of life we become (i) —— (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect (j) —— (pre-modify the noun with a nounadjective) diversity and cultural and religious differences
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Drug addiction among the young generation has become a (a) _____ (pre modify the noun) concern. Drug is mainly used as medicine (b) _____ (use an infinitive to post modify the verb) diseases and an excess of taking drug for no disease is called drug addiction. It has grasped the young generation (c) _____ (post modify the verb). They take drugs to forget (d) _____ (use possessive to pre modify the noun) sadness, (e) _____ (pre modify the noun) people take drugs (f) _____ (use adverb to post modify). Drug addiction causes (g) _____ (pre modify the noun) harm to human body. (h) _____ (use a participle) them aware, we can remove this curse from our society. All concerned should take initiatives (i) _____ (use an infinitive to post modify the verb) it. The criminals should be punished with an (j) _____ (use a noun adjective) hand.
- No confusion of the grammatical subject occurs in
- Change the narrative style by using direct speeches.One day, Hazart Omar (R) became shocked to see the sufferings of a woman and said, "Where do you live?" The woman said, "I live in a poor hut southend to this town. I'm hungry but there is no food in my house. Will you give me something to eat?" Hazrat Omar (R) said, "Go back home. I'm coming with food and money for you."
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: —Bangladesh is a (a) _____ (pre-modify the noun) country. Though it is a small country, it has a (b) _____ (pre-modify the noun) population. People (c) _____ (pre-modify the verb with an adverb) depend on agriculturE- They grow different kinds of crops (d) _____ (post modify the verb with an adverbial phrase). We earn (e) _____ (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) currencies by exporting some of these crops. We are also rich in (f) _____ (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) resources. Now, we are able (g) _____ (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) natural gas from underground. Our industries are also rising (h) _____ (post-modify the verb with an adverb). We export (i) _____ (pre-modify the noun with a noun-adjective) products to the developed countries. In this regard, we have already earned a (j) _____ (pre-modify the noun) reputation.
- Pleases water the plants in my absence.
- The golden ring is too costly to purchase. Here "costly" is a/an-
- The mistake he made was
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: —Ayesha Begum has three sons and two daughters. Her husband was a (a)_____ (pre-modify the noun) farmer who used (b) _____ (post-modify the verb by using infinitive) on other people's land. With great effort they married (c) _____ (use a pronoun) daughters off by the time they reached teenagE- Their sons also started (d) _____ (use present participle to modify the verb) with their father as (e) _____ (pre-modify the noun) labourers when they were old enough to help. By the time they were seventeen, they left for towns (f) _____ (use infinitive to post modify the verb) money. At first they used to send money to their parents (g) _____ (use an adverb to post modify the verb) but after getting married they barely earned enough to support their (h) _____ (pre-modify the noun) families. Out of desperation, Ayesha Begum started (i) _____ (post-modify the verb) in the village to feed her old, (j) _____ (premodify the noun) husband and herself.
- For myself, I choose the cheapest dish on the menu _______ a mutton shop.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Morning walk is a good exercise. An early-riser can be a regular (a) --- (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) walker. The benefits of morning walk are manifold. Everything looks fresh and fair early (b) ---- (post- modify the verb with an adverbial of time). The atmosphere remains pleasant and calm. (c)-- - (use article to pre-modify the noun) morning walker breathes pollution free air. He enjoys (d) ---- (use an adjective to pre- modify the noun) sights and sounds of nature, (e) --- (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) soothe his soul. Regular morning walk keeps one fit. It helps us (f)---(use an infinitive to post-modify the verb) a sound health. Science says that morning walk controls (g) --- (use a noun-adjective to pre-modify the noun) pressure, lessens stress and strain and energizes one to work (h)--- (post modify the verb with an adverb). Nowadays we are to live a very fast life. We are to work round the clock. We hardly have time (i)---- (use an infinitive to post- modify the verb) for our health. If the habit of morning walk is formed right from (j) --- (use possessive to pre- modify the noun) early days, we can be sure of a sound body and a sound mind.
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces: —We can't think of our existence without languagE- It plays a (a) _____ (use an intensifier) important role in our lifE- We use language from the time we wake up (b) _____ (post-modify the verb) till we go to bed at night. We use language not only in our (c) _____ (pre-modify the noun) hours but also in our dreams. We use language (d) _____ (use an infinitive) what we feel and to say what we like or dislikE- We also use language (e) _____ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) information. Language is (f) _____ (pre-modify the adjective) present in our lifE- It is an (g) _____ (pre-modify the noun) part of our lifE- As an (h) _____ (pre-modify the noun) nation, we also have a languagE- But we had to struggle (i) _____ (post-modify the verb) to establish the right of our languagE- Many (j) _____ (pre-modify the noun) sons sacrificed their lives for the languagE-
- Having had her dinner___.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- Which of the following sentences has an adverb in it?
- Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.Amerigo, (a) _____ (use noun in apposition) lives alonE- His parents now live separate and none of them wants (b) _____ (use infinitive to post-modify the verb) his responsibility. (c) _____ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) mother told him to go away because she is married to another man. (d) _____ (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) streets are now his homE- He wanted (e) _____ (use adjective to pre-modify the noun) money from his father to buy a (f) _____ (use noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) ticket. But his father did not answer. He earns his living by working hard. (g) _____ (use adverbial to pre-modify the verb) he finds work. Some of (h) _____ (use demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) works are very risky for him. Once he sold ice-cream (i) _____ (use prepositional phrase to post modify the verb). But he got (j) _____ (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) money in return from the owner of the ice-cream shop.
- What type of modifier the underlined word is in the following sentence? “If we destroy trees at random one day the country will turn into a great desert.”