Choose the appropriate connecting word : –– I was walking along the riverside I saw a water snake.

The helium-filled balloon______.

What type of modifier the underlined word is in the following sentence?

 “If we destroy trees at random one day the country will turn into a great desert.”

It was _______ rather than genius that led the archeologist to his discovery of the ancient civilization.

Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:

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. Their sons also started (d) — (use present participle to modify the verb) with their father as (e) — (pre-modify 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 earned 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.