Modifiers New
Modifiers New
Modifiers
Galib Mahmud
Technique Boss
pre modify the noun Use quantifier
Pre modify the verb Use possessive
Post modify the verb Use a determiner
Use a participle Use noun adjective
Use infinitive Use prepositional phrase
Use an intensifier Pre modify the adjective
Use Demonstrative Use an appositive
Use a relative Clause
A village doctor is a very (a) —- (pre-modify
the noun) person in the rural areas of
Bangladesh. He is (b) — (pre-modify the verb)
known as quack. A village doctor is not a (c) –
(pre-modify the noun) doctor. He usually sits in
a small dispensary (d) — (post-modify the
verb). He treats the patients (e) – (use a
participle phrase to post-modify the verb).
A village doctor is not a (f) —- (pre-modify the noun)
man. His chamber is (g) — (pre-modify the verb)
furnished. He cannot supply costly medicine to (h) —-
(pre-modify the noun) patients. In our country, the
number of qualified doctors is (i) (use an intensifier to
pre-modify the adjective) few. So, a village doctor is a
great friend to the (j). (pre-modify the noun) villagers.
Amerigo, (a)--- (use noun in apposition) lives alone. His parents
(use infinitive to now live separate and none of them wants (b)
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 (n)----
(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 (use
to pre-modify the verb) he finds work. Some of (h)----
demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) works are very risky
for him. Once he sold ice-cream (1) (use prepositional phrase
to post (use quantifier to pre-modify the modify the verb). But
he got (j)---- noun) money in return from the owner of the ice-
cream shop.
Newspaper plays a very (a)___ (pre-modify the noun) role in
modern civilization. It publishes news and views of home and
abroad. Only (b)___ (pre-modify the noun) knowledge is not
enough in this competitive world. A newspaper helps a man ___
(post-modify the verb with infinitive) his general knowledge.
Besides academic books, one should read newspapers (d)___
(post- modify the verb). Newspaper helps one (e)___ (post-
modify the verb with an infinitive) the facts of the world. (f)___
(pre-modify the verb with a participle phrase) regularly.
One can be aware of everything. There are (g)___ (pre-modify
the noun) kinds of newspapers. One should select the
newspaper (h)___ (post-modify the verb). One should choose
the (i)___ (pre-modify the noun) newspaper because many
newspapers present news partially. Whatever the paper is, it
(j)___ (pre-modify the verb) helps a man.
Books are (a)--- (use intensifier) essential for us.
They help us (b)---- (post-modify the verb with an
infinitive) knowledge. (c) —-(pre-modify the noun
with present participle) books, we can know
everything. They show us the (d)----(pre-modify the
noun) way. Books can be our (e)---- (pre-modify the
noun) friends. They help us (f) —-(post modify the
verb with infinitive) our mind.
They improve our (g)--- (pre-modify the noun)
'power'. They give us solace to our (h)--- (pre-modify
C the noun) mind. Besides reading (i)---- (pre-modify
the noun)- books, students should read other books. If
they read other books, they will be able to know
everything (j—) (post modify the verb).
Arsenic is a (a) —– (pre-modify the noun) substance.
It is (b) —– (use an intensifier to pre-modify the
adjective) dangerous for human health. (c) —– (use a
demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) substance is
found in the water of the tubewell. There are (d) —–
(use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) villages in (e)
—– (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) country.
Most of our (f) —– (use a noun adjective to pre-
modify the noun) people drink tubewell water.
As a result, many of them are suffering from arsenic
problem. This problem is (g) —– (pre-modify the verb)
found in North Bengal. We should take proper measures
(h) —– (post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase).
Government is trying to mark the tubewells having
arsenic (i) —– (use a participle to post-modify the verb)
red colour. People should be refrained from drinking
water of (j) —– (use demonstrative to pre-modify the
noun) tubewells. Otherwise, they will suffer from
arsenicosis
Rabindranath Tagore was a (a)--- (pre-modify the noun) poet of
Bengali literature. He was born in a (b)--- (pre-modify the noun)
family at Jarasanko, Kolkata. He went to school (c)--- (post-
modify the verb). He wrote his (d)---(pre-modify the noun) verse
at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen, he went to London
(e)--- (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) school there. He
was put up in a lodging house under the care of a (f)---(pre-
modify the noun) coach,
Mr Scott. He was lucky (g)---(post-modify the adjective
with an infinitive) an English family of Mr Scott. He also
visited the House of Parliament (h)--- (post-modify the
verb with an infinitive) Gladstone and John Bright’s
debates on Irish rule. He wrote letters to Kolkata (i)---
(post-modify the verb with a present participle) English
society. At this, his family thought that they might lose
their son (j)--- (postmodify the verb). So, he was called
back to Kolkata.
Modifier কি?
I bought a shirt
A broken chair
which was black
এি নজড়র pre modifier
Article
Adjective
Determiner
Adverb
Quantities
Present
Intensifier
participle Past
Possessive
participle
Noun
এি নজড়র post modifier
Present
participle Past
participle
Infinitive
Appositive
Relative Clause
Adjective
Intensifier
Very,much, few,several
This,that,these,those
Some,many,much,all,
a lot of,few,several
My, our,his,her,their
Present participal
Verb+ing
Verb3
To+Verb1
Present participal
Verb+ing
Verb3
To+Verb1