9. Use the modifier ( pre & post modifier )
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Macbeth was the general of Scotland. He fought (a) ____ (post-modify the verb) and won the very battle. When he was returning to the castle. he saw three witches (b) ____ (post-modify the noun with a present participle) regarding him. He came (c) ____ (post-modify the noun with an infinitive) from the witches that he would be the next king of Scotland. He was (d) ____ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) ambitious. His better half additionally wished Macbeth (e) ____ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) the king. She was an extremely (f) ____ (pre-modify the noun) woman. Therefore, she began (g) ____ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) Macbeth. Then they both planned to kill "Duncan, (h) ____ (post-modify the noun with an appositive). They planned (i) ____ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) Duncan when he would come to remain with them in their castle (j) ____ (pre-modify the verb with a present participle) a knife. Macbeth entered the area of Duncan and killed him.
(a) bravely/courageously; (b) talking; (c) to learn; (d) very; (e) to be; (f) shrewd/ greedy/ ambitious; (g) to convince/to persuade; (h) the king of Scotland; (i) to kill; (j) carrying/taking.
Ai এর মাধ্যমে
১০ লক্ষ+ প্রশ্ন ডাটাবেজ
প্র্যাকটিস এর মাধ্যমে নিজেকে তৈরি করে ফেলো
উত্তর দিবে তোমার বই থেকে ও তোমার মত করে।
সারা দেশের শিক্ষার্থীদের মধ্যে নিজের অবস্থান যাচাই
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:-
Taking food is essential. We take food (a) —-- (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the verb). We cannot survive on earth if we do not take food. In fact (b) —-- (use a quantifier to pre-modify the noun phrase) living beings need to take food. But it is a matter of great regret that (c) —-- (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) food is being adulterated. (d) ——-- (use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) adulteration is increasing (e)——- (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adverb) alarmingly that we cannot stop it. (f) —-- (use a determiner to premodify the noun phrase) dishonest businessmen use (g) ——- (pre-modify the noun) chemicals in food and fruits to make illegal and quick money. But they do not think about (h) ——- (use a possessive to pre-modify the noun) health. (i) —— (use present participle) adulterated food, people get sick. They are often attacked with different fatal diseases. So ( ) —— (use a gerund) food safety is a must today.
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces:
Long ago, there was an (a)—— (pre-modify the noun) king in England. He was tired of ruling and needed rest. He had (b) ——— (pre-modify the noun) daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. He made up his mind (c) ———— (post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) among his daughters. But, at first, he wanted (d) ——— (post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase) how much they loved him. Firstly, the king asked his (e) ———— (pre-modify the noun) daughter how much she loved him. Goneril declared that she loved him (f)——— (use an intensifier to post-modify the verb) than she could say. Lear, the king, was ——— (pre-modify the adjective) satisfied. He gave her one-third of the kingdom. Then he asked his (h) ——— (pre-modify the noun) daughter Regan. She replied that her love for him would never change. She was able (i) ——— (post-modify the adjective with an infinitive) him. So, the king gave another-third of his kingdom. Then, it was the turn of Cordelia, the ———— (pre-modify the noun) daughter of the king.
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).
