Modifier

Rules 1: Pre Modifier the noun = Adjective ( beautiful, Wonderful, Great,

Famous, Important etc).
Example: Kazi Nazrul Islam was a ______ (Pre modifier the noun) poet.
Cox’s Bazar is really a ______ (Pre modifier the noun) place.

Rules 2: Present participle = Verb + ing ( playing, going, speaking ,Completing,

Writing, Listening, Reading etc) .
Example: ________ (use a present participle ) my MBA, I will get into a job.

Rules 3: Past Participle = V3 ( Broken, Written, gone, completed ,Listened etc )

.
Example: I need a book , which is ______ ( use a past participle) about
geopolitics.

Rules 4: Use an article = (a, an, the )

Example: ______ (Use an article) boy who got GPA 5 is my student.

Rules 5: Use a demonstrative = ( This, These, That, Those, Some).

Example: He has ______ (Use a demonstrative) qualities from childhood.
______ (Use a demonstrative) lovely see birds are unforgettable.

Rules 6: Use an intensifier = ( very, fully, enough) .

Example: She worked ______ ( Use an intensifier) in his early life.

Rules 7: Use a quantifier = ( One , Two Three……. Many ,Much, Several, a lot, a
little).
Example: I have bought ______ (Use a quantifier) books yesterday from
the bookfair.

Rules 8: Use a possessive = (My, Our, Your, His, Her, Their, Its).
Example: In ______ (Use a possessive) country people always tend to
break the rule.
Rules 9: Use an infinitive = To+ V1 ( To go, to speak, to stop, to write etc).
Example: Some proper steps should be taken ______ (Use a infinitive)
corruption.

Rules 10: Post modify the verb = adverb ( slowly, quickly, properly, highly etc).
Example: You have to study ______ ( Post modify the verb) to get a good
grade.
Work ______ ( Post modify the verb) until you are successful.

Rules 11: Use an appositive = Noun + Noun ( Mango tree, Mobile number, Tea
pot, etc)
Example: Mr. Rahim is the MD of a big ______ (Use an appositive)
company.

Rules 12: Use a Noun adjective = adjective + noun + noun ( big mango tree,
small tea pot, etc).
Example: Lionel Messi is a ______ (Use a Noun adjective) in 21st century.
Board Question Solution
HSC 2019 (KA Set)
Arsenic is a (a)......harmful......(pre-modify the noun) substance. It is
(b)......very......(use an intensifier) dangerous for human health.
(c)......This......(use a demonstrative) substance is found in the water of the tube
well. There are (d)......many......(use a quantifier) villages in (e)......our.........(use
a possessive) country. Most of our (f)......village......(use a noun adjective)
people drink tube well water. As a result, many of them are suffering from
arsenic problem. This problem is (g)......mostly......(pre-modify the verb) found
in North Bengal. We should take proper measures (h)......to remove it......(use
an infinitive phrases). Government is trying to mark the tube wells having
arsenic (i)......using......(use a participle) red colour. People should be refrained
from drinking water of (j)......those.........(use a demonstrative) tube wells.
Otherwise, they will suffer from arsenicosis.
HSC 2019 (Kha Set)
Newspaper plays a very (a)........vital/ im/ sig.........(pre-modify the noun) role in
modern civilization. It publishes news and views of home and abroad. Only
(b)......academic/ bookish.........(post-modify the noun) knowledge is not
enough in this competitive world. A newspaper helps a man (c).....to
increase.........(use an infinitive) his general knowledge. Besides, academic
books, one should read newspapers (d)......regularly/ daily.........(post modify
the verb). Newspaper helps one (e).........to know........(use an infinitive) the
facts of the world. (f).....Reading newspaper........(use a participle phrase)
regularly, one can be aware of everything. There are (g)....many/ different/
various..........(pre-modify the noun) kinds of newspaper. One should select the
newspaper (h)......wisely.........(post modify the verb). One should choose the
(i).....impartial/ neutral/ unbiased.........(pre-modify the verb) newspaper
because many newspapers present news partially. Whatever the paper is, it
(j)....really/ always.........(pre-modify the verb) helps a man.
HSC 2018 Dhaka Board

Television has become the most common and (a).......popular/ worldwide/

extensive.........(pre-modify the noun) source of entertainment of the
(b).......current/ present/ modern.......(post-modify the noun) world. A wide
range of programs of (c)......different/ mixed.......(pre-modify the noun)
interest is telecast on (d)......many.....(use a quantifier) channels. Almost every
middle class and even working class families have a television set today.
(e)......Television........(use a noun adjective) programs are (f).....very.....(use
intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) entertaining. They can be
(g).....highly........ (pre-modify the adjective ) educative too. Courses (h)
…managed…. (post modify the noun) by the Open University are shown on
BTV (i)…. Popular…. (pre-modify the noun) channels like the Discovery Channel
and the National Geographic Channel telecast highly informative programs.
However, watching TV has become (j) ….an…. (use an article) addiction for
many.

Deforestation means cutting down of trees (a) —– (post-modify the verb). To

meet up the basic needs of food and housing, trees are being cut in large scale
and thus it causes (b) —– (pre-modify the noun) imbalance. Besides, there are
some dishonest people who cut trees in our forest (c) —– (use an infinitive
phrase to post-modify the verb). The (d) —– (use a noun adjective to pre-
modify the noun) level is rising and many parts of the world are going to be
engulfed by the sea in near future. New areas of the world are (e) —– (use a
participle to pre-modify the verb) turned into desert as a result of
deforestation. So, we must stop (f) —– (use a participle to post-modify the
verb) down trees unnecessarily. (g) —– (use a participle to pre-modify the
noun) trees indiscriminately will be hazardous for our future existence. If we
destroy trees (h) —– (use an adverbial phrase to postmodify the verb) one day
the country will turn into a great desert. The (i) —– (use a participle to
premodify the noun) temperature will cause green house effect. Necessary
measures should be taken (j) —– (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the
verb).

Answer: (a) indiscriminately (b) ecological/ environmental (c) to fulfil their

own interest/ to earn money illegally (d) sea/water (e) being (f) cutting (g)
Cutting/ Destroying/Felling (h) in an indiscriminate manner/ at random (i)
rising (j) to stop deforestation

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. The sons also
started (d) —– (use present participle to modify the verb) with their father as
(e) —– (premodify 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 had 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) —– (pre-modify the noun) husband and
herself.
 Answer: (a) landless/ poor (b) to work (c) their (d) working (e) day (f) to earn
(g) occasionally (h) own (i) begging (j) invalid

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.

Answer: (a) familiar (b) usually/ generally (c) qualified/registered (d)

everyday/ regularly (e) taking a small fee (f) rich (g) poorly (h) his/ poor (i)
very/ really (j) poor/helpless/needy