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Modifier

The document outlines different types of modifiers in English grammar, including pre-modifiers and post-modifiers, along with their specific categories such as determiners, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides examples of how to use modifiers in sentences, particularly in the context of modifying nouns and verbs. Additionally, it includes a set of questions for practice that require the application of various modifiers.

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Modifier

The document outlines different types of modifiers in English grammar, including pre-modifiers and post-modifiers, along with their specific categories such as determiners, adjectives, and adverbs. It provides examples of how to use modifiers in sentences, particularly in the context of modifying nouns and verbs. Additionally, it includes a set of questions for practice that require the application of various modifiers.

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MODIFIER

TYPE

• Pre-Modifier (Placed before a word)


• Post-Modifier (Comes after the word)
• Determiner (The, All, One etc.)
• Pre-determiner (All,Few)
• Article (A, An, The)
• Possessive (My, Our, Their, Your, His, Her, Its)
• Demonstrative ( This, That, These, Those)
• Quantifier ( Many, More, Much, Few, Little, Huge, Full, Half, Some etc.)
• Adjective ( Anything before noun except verb & modifies the noun /
words that modify noun)
PRE-MODIFIER
• Noun-Adjective (Noun as adjective) [college student, mango tree etc.]
• Intensifier (Very, Much, So, Really, Quite etc.)
• Down-toner ( hardly, scarcely, nearly, slightly, just etc.)
• Infinitive ( To+v1)
• Participle ( Present Participle : v1+ing) (Past Participle: v3)
(Perfect Participle: Having+v3)
• Compound Adjective (Two or more adjectives work together as a
single unit) [Well-written, well-known, heart-broken etc.]
• Appositive (Additional information about the noun/sub)
<My brother Tazvir, a talented musician, is performing
tonight.>
• Adverb ( Time: Question the verb with “When” >
tomorrow, always, never, often, before, sometimes etc.)
P O S T- M O D I F I E R (Place: Question the verb with “Where”>everywhere, near,
elsewhere, outside, somewhere etc.) ( Manner: Question
the verb with “How”>properly, angrily, stupidly, gently,
rarely, cheerfully, spontaneously etc.)
• Relative Pronoun: Who, Whose, Whom, Which, What,
That, Why, Where, How, etc.
• Prepositional phrase (preposition+ word/words > in front
of, with a view to, at the top of, by dint of, by means of,
by virtue of, for the sake of, in case of, in comparison to,
in course of, in favour of, in order to, in our world)
• Participle
• Infinitive Phrase (To+v1+word/words)
Q U E S T I O N P AT T E R N

• Pre-modify the noun with an adjective.


• Pre-modify the noun. >Adjective.
• Post-modify the verb with an adverb.
• Post-modify the verb. > Adverb.
• Pre-modify the adjective/adverb. > Adverb.
• Pre/Post modify with an……
• Word/Phrase/Clause
QUESTIONS

1. Othello, (a) — (Use an appositive to post-modify the noun), had risen to become a general. He
had shown his bravery in many (b) — (Use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) battles
against the Turks. Everyone praised him (c) — (Use an adverb to post-modify the verb) and the
senate trusted and honoured him. Brabantio, a rich senator of Venice had a daughter named
Desdemona (d) — (Use a relative clause to post-modify the noun). Brabantio (e) — (Use an
adverb to pre-modify the verb) invited Othello to his house where he and his daughter listened
in wonder to Othello as he spoke about his adventures. He told them of deserts, of caves and
of mountains high (f) — (Use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) to touch the sky.
Desdemona had to weep (g) — (Use a present participle phrase to post modify the verb) and
she never became tired of listening to it. She pitied Othello (h) — (Use an adverb to post-
modify the verb) for the misfortunes and hardships of his life. Her pity (i) — (Use an adverb to
post-modify the verb) turned to love. She refused all the young men (j) — (Use an infinitive to
post-modify the verb) because she loved Othello, a noble Muslim Moor from North Africa.

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