HSC English 2nd Paper Modifiers

Practice Sheet with Answer

1. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed started (i)------(post-modify the verb) in the village to
in the blank spaces. feed her old, (j)-----(pre-modify the noun) husband and
Deforestation means cutting down of trees (a) ----- (post- herself.
modify the verb). To meet up the basic needs of food and ■ Answer:
housing, trees are being cut in large scale and thus it (a) landless/ poor (b) to work (c) their (d) working (e)
causes (b) (pre-modify the noun) imbalance. day (f) to earn (g) occasionally (h) own (i) begging (j)
Besides, there are some dishonest people who cut trees in invalid
our forest (c) (use an infinitive phrase to
3. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed
post-modify the verb). The (d) ----- (use a noun adjective
in the blank spaces.
to pre-modify the noun) level is rising and many parts of
A village doctor is a very (a) (pre-modify the noun)
the world are going to be engulfed by the sea in near
person in the rural areas of Bangladesh. He is (b) -----
future. New areas of the world are (e) ----- (use a
(pre-modify the verb) known as quack. A village doctor
participle to pre-modify the verb) turned into desert as a
is not a (c) (pre-modify the noun) doctor. He usually
result of deforestation. So, we must stop (f)
sits in a small dispensary (d) (post modify the verb).
----- (use a participle to post-modify the verb) down trees
He treats the patients (e) (use a participle phrase
unnecessarily. (g) ----- (use a participle to pre- modify the
to post-modify the verb). A village doctor is not a (f) ---
noun) trees indiscriminately will be hazardous for our
-- (pre-modify the noun) man. His chamber is (g) -----
future existence. If we destroy trees
(pre-modify the verb) furnished. He cannot supply costly
(h) ----- (use an adverbial phrase to postmodify the verb)
medicine to (h) ----- (pre-modify the noun) patients. In
one day the country will turn into a great desert. The (i)
our country, the number of qualified doctors is (i)
----- (use a participle to premodify the noun) temperature
(use an intensifier to pre-modify the
will cause greenhouse effect. Necessary measures should
adjective) few. So, a village doctor is a great friend to
be taken (j) ----- (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify
the (j) (pre-modify the noun) villagers.
the verb).
■ Answer: ■ Answer:
(a) indiscriminately (b) ecological/ environmental (c) to (a) familiar (b) usually/ generally (c) qualified/
fulfil their own interest/ to earn money illegally (d) sea/ registered (d) everyday/ regularly (e) taking a small fee
water (e) being (f) cutting (g) Cutting/ Destroying/ (f) rich (g) poorly (h) his/ poor (i) very/ really (j) poor/
Felling (h) in an indiscriminate manner/ at random (i) helpless/ needy
rising (j) to stop deforestation 4. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed
2. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
in the blank spaces. A balanced diet is a good mixture of (a) —— (pre-
Ayesha Begum has three sons and two daughters. Her modify the noun) foods. It is essential for us (b) ——
husband was a (a) (pre-modify the noun) farmer (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) a healthy
who used (b) ----- (post-modify the verb by using life. There are many benefits of eating a (c) —— (pre-
infinitive) on other people's land. With great effort they modify the noun) diet because it prevents (d) —— (use
married (c) (use a pronoun) daughters off by the determiner to pre-modify the noun) diseases. As a result
time they reached teenage. The sons also started (d) -- we do not get sick (e) —— (post-modify the verb with
--- (use present participle to modify the verb) with their an adverb). We should select (f) —— (pre-modify the
father as (e) (premodify the noun) labourers when noun with possessive) diet according to our needs. We
they were old enough to help. By the time they were should not eat the (g) —— (use adjective to pre- modify
seventeen, they left for towns (f) (use infinitive to the noun) foods for the whole week. We can keep fit (h)
post-modify the verb) money. At first they used to send (use a participle) a balanced diet. But it
money to their parents (g)------, (use an adverb to post is not easy (i) (post-modify the adjective with an
modify the verb) but after getting married they barely had infinitive) a balanced diet. Here (j) —— (use a
enough to support their (h)-------------(pre-modify the determiner) nutritionist can help us.
noun) families. Out of desperation, Ayesha Begum ■ Answer:
(a) good/ nutritious/ healthy/ different/ various (b) to lead (c) melodious. He enriched the Bengali literature (g) ----- (use
balanced (d) many/ some (e) easily/ frequently an adverb to pre-modify the
(f) our (g) same (h) eating/ taking (i) to make/ select (j) a/ verb). His literary works have enriched (h)------(use a
any noun adjective) literature. He was (i) ----- (use an
5. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed article) secular poet. He sang the songs of equality (j) --
in the blank spaces. --- (use an adverbial phrase).
The people of Bangladesh have expressed their shock ■ Answer:
(a) (post-modify the verb) at the reaction of the (a) rebel/ prolific/ great (b) spontaneously (c) our national poet/
Pakistan Parliament. Pakistan strongly protested the the rebel poet (d) his (e) to inspire the people/ nation (f)
execution of two (b) ----- (pre-modify the noun) very/ extraordinarily (g) immensely/ significantly/
collaborators who committed crimes against humanity considerably (h) Bengali (i) a (j) throughout his life
on their own people in 1971. There is a demand for
7. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed
apology from (c) ----- (use a noun adjective to pre-
in the blank spaces.
modify the noun) government for the crimes of its army
Raja, (a)-----(post-modify the noun with an appositive),
during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Recently
is known to his classmates as a good student. He has (b)
Pakistan's National Assembly may be within its rights
----- (use a quantifier to pre-modify the noun) good
(d) ----- (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb) for qualities. He knows that the (c)-----(use an adjective to
the execution of two collaborators. But it is quite clear
pre-modify the noun) duty of a student is to study and he
to us that Pakistan always tries to erase its past history.
never neglects
To erase (e) (use a demonstrative to
(d)------(use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun)
pre-modify the noun) history is not easy because history
duty. He prepares (e)------(use possessive to pre-modify
continues to follow all of us. Pakistan, (f) ----- (post-
the noun) lessons regularly. He maintains discipline. He knows
modify the noun with an appositive), cannot come out
the value of time. He gets up (f)-----------------(post-
of its military influence. As a result, the country has
modify the verb with an adverb) so that he can get enough
become (g) (use an intensifier to pre-
time to study. He goes to school (g)----------------(post-
modify the adjective) barbarous. So, Pakistan is going down
modify the verb with an adverb). He never wastes a (h)
(h) (use an adverb to postmodify the verb).
-----(use determiner to pre-modify the noun) moment
The founder of Pakistan Mr. Jinnah was physically (i) --
in vain. Raja is (i)----(pre-modify the adjective with an
--- (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) weak
intensifier) gentle. He always obeys his parents and
and so, the state always tried to show its physical
teachers. He never mixes with (j)-------(pre-modify the
strength since (j) (use a possessive to pre-modify
noun) boys. A student like Raja is a great asset of a
the noun) birth.
nation.
■ Answer: ■ Answer:
(a) strongly/ instantly/ immediately (b) notorious/ ignoble (c)
(a) a school boy (b) some/ many (c) prime/ first/ chief
Pakistan (d) to blame (e) that (f) the mostly military
(d) this (e) his (f) early (g) regularly (h) single (i) very (j) bad
ruled country (g) very (h) gradually/ slowly (i) very (j)
its 8. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed
6. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Sabbir is (a) ----- (use determiner to pre-modify the noun
in the blank spaces.
phrase) ideal student. He prepares (b) (use
Kazi Nazrul Islam is called the Shelley of Bengali
possessive to pre-modify the noun) lessons in collaboration
literature. He was a (a) (pre-modify the noun) poet.
with his teachers. He does (c) (post-
He wrote (b) ----- (post-modify the verb) in every branch of
modify the verb) in every examination as he does not waste
Bengali Literature. Nazrul, (c) ----- (use an appositive),
time. He knows time once lost is lost for ever. So, he
won the attention of everyone in his early childhood. He
utilizes every moment. During his free time he goes to his
wrote ceaselessly until
native village. He teaches (d) (pre-modify the
the death of (d) (use possessive pronoun) poetic
noun) people. He wants (e) (use an infinitive phrase
flair. He composed his songs (e) (use an infinitive
to postmodify the verb) illiteracy from his village. (f) ---
phrase to post-modify the verb). His songs are (f) -----
-- (use present participle to pre-modify the verb)
(use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective)
 illiteracy from his village, he wants to bring about many of them are suffering from arsenic problem. This
massive development there. He is (g) ----- (use an
intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) devoted to God.
He says prayer (h) (use quantifier to premodify the
noun) times a day. He never tells a lie. He respects his
parents very much. Other superiors are also respected
by him. His father, (i) (post-modify the noun
phrase
with an appositive) supports him cordially. His mother,
an ideal housewife, (j) ----- (pre-modify the verb)
supports him very much. Such a student like Sabbir is
rarely found nowadays.
■ Answer:
(a) an (b) his (c) very well (d) illiterate (e) to remove
(f) Removing/ Eradicating (g) very (h) five (i) a very
pious man (j) also
9. Read the following text and use modifiers as
directed in the blank spaces.
Television has become the most common and (a) -----
(pre-modify the noun) source of entertainment of the
(b) (pre-modify the noun) world. A wide range of
programs of (c) (pre-modify the adjective) interest
is telecast on (d) (use quantifier to pre-modify the
noun) channels. Almost every middle class and even
working class families have a television set today. (e)
--
--- (use a nounadjective to pre-modify the noun)
programs are (f) ----- (pre-modify the adjective)
entertaining. They can be (g) ----- (pre-modify the
adjective) educative too. Courses (h) (post modify
the noun) by the Open University are shown on BTV.
(i)
- (pre-modify the noun) channels like the Discovery
Channel and the National Geographic Channel telecast
highly informative programs. However, watching TV
has become (j) (use an article) addiction for many.
■ Answer:
(a) widespread/ great/ popular (b) present/ current/
modern (c) varied/ various (d) numerous/ different (e)
Television (f) highly/ very (g) highly (h) run/
conducted
(i) Several/ Some/ Many (j) an
10. Read the following text and use modifiers as
directed in the blank spaces
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,
 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.
■ Answer:
(a) poisonous/ harmful/ detrimental (b) very/
extremely (c) This (d) many/ several/ some/ a lot of
(e) our (f) village/ poor village/ common village (g)
mostly/ unexpectedly/ usually/ nowadays (h) to
remain safe/ to be saved/ to remove this problem/ to
purify the water
(i) painting (j) those/ these