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Welcome To Everybody On Practicing Modifier

The document discusses several examples of modifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech through the use of prepositional and postpositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and other modifiers. The examples cover modifying nouns and verbs in sentences about driving habits, poetry, village doctors, and a thirsty crow trying to obtain water from a jug.

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Welcome To Everybody On Practicing Modifier

The document discusses several examples of modifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech through the use of prepositional and postpositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and other modifiers. The examples cover modifying nouns and verbs in sentences about driving habits, poetry, village doctors, and a thirsty crow trying to obtain water from a jug.

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Welcome To Everybody

On
Practicing Modifier
The road (a) ---- (use an adjective phrase to post-modify
the noun) are beset with problems. (b) ---- (Pre-modify
the noun) driving is one of them. Most of the drivers are
not(c) --- (pre-modify the participle) trained. They are
not well educated. They can (d) ---- (use an adverb to
pre-modify the verb) put their signature and read
Bengali. They are indifferent to (e) ----- (use a noun
adjective) life. They do not realize that life is (f) ---- (use a
determiner) valuable than time. They drive (g) --- (post-
modify the verb). They do (h) ---- (use an adverb to pre-
modify the verb) drive consiously. Even they themselves
are not conscious of (i) ------ (use a possessive) own lives.
They drive (j) ----- (use an adverb phrase to post-modify
the verb) and try to overtake others.
Answer
a) Running across the country
b) Reckless
c) Well
d) hardly
e) Public
f) more
g) recklessly
h) not
i) their
j) very quickly
Kazi Nazrul Islam is called the Shelly of Bengali Literature. He was
a (a) --- (pre-modify the noun) poet. He wrote (b) ---- (post-modify
the verb) in every branch of Bengali Literature. Nazrul, (c) ---- (use
an appositive) , won the attention of everyone in his early
childhood. He wrote ceaselessly until the death of (d) ---- (use
possessive pronoun) poetic flair. He composed his songs (e) ----
(use an infinitive phrase to post-modisy the verb) . His songs are (f)
------ (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) melodious. He
enriched the Bengali literature (g) ---- (use an adverb to pre-modify
the verb). His literary works have enriched (h) -----(use a noun
adjective) literature. He was (i) ---- (use an article) secular poet. He
sang the songs of equality (j) --- --(use an adverbial phrase).
Answer
a) Great
b) almost
c) our national poet
d) his
e) to inspire people
f) very
g) greatly
h) Bengali
i) a
j) throughout his life
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 © -----(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 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
c) Qualified
d) Everyday
e) taking a small fee
f) rich
g) poorly
h) his
i) very
j) poor
It was a hot (a) ---- (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the
noun) day. A (b) -----(pre-modify the noun) crow flew all
over the fields looking for water. For a long time, she could
not find any water. She felt © -----(use an intensifier to pre-
modify the adjective) weak, almost giving up hope.
Suddenly she saw a water jug below her. She flew (d) ---
(post-modify the verb) to see if there was any water inside.
Yes she could see some water inside the jug. The crow tried
(e) -----(use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb).
Sadly she found that the neck of the jug was too narrow.
Then she tried to push the jug down for the water to flow
out. But she found (f) -----(use a demonstrative to pre-
modify the noun) jug too heavy. The crow thought (g) -----
(use a phrase to post-modify the verb) what to do.
Answer
a) Summer
b) thirsty
c) very
d) down
e) to drink water
f) that
g) for a while

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