Dangling Modifier
Dhaka`s record in evaluating human life regard to construction works is-
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.”
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.
Read the following text and use modifiers in the blanks directed:
People around were just watching as the (a) ———-(pre-modify the noun) boy started (b) ———— (post-modify the verb) into the (c)————(pre-modify the noun) canal. Then the traffic constable came. (d) ———- (pre-modify the noun with a present participle) no time, he jumped into the canal. The (e)———- (pre-modify the noun with an adjective) constable did not think of his (f) ————-(pre-modify the noun) life. He was (g) ————-(use an intensifier to pre- modify the adjective) kind that he risked his life. People (h)————(post-modify the noun) by the canal praised him (i)————--(post-modify the verb with an adverb). This type of person is a model (j)———- (post-modify the noun).