English 2nd Paper

Modifiers

যেক োক ো জিজ্ঞোসোয়,

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ক োন ো শব্দ/বো ্োাংশ অ ্ ক োন ো শব্দ/বো ্োাংনশর আনে বো পনর বনে তোন

ববনশবিত রনে বো পবরবতত , রূপোন্তর রনে তোন Modifier বনে।

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ববেত বছনরর প্রশ্ন analysis নর ৩ ধরন র modifier েম্বনে ধোরণো

পোওয়ো যোয়:
i. Modifier with Noun
ii. Modifier with Verb
iii. Modifier with Adjective

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Pre = পূনবত (Modifier)

Post = পনর (Modifier)

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i. It’s such a beautiful day.

ii. I found her mother sick.

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 Modifier with noun
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Rule-1

Pre-modify the noun/ Use adjective to pre-modify the

noun
Note: …. + adjective + noun

For example:
clever fox in a jungle. [DB: 24].
i. Once there lived a ________
DB: 24
ii. Television has become the most common and
widespread/ popular source or entertainment in the
____________________
present world. [DB, DinB, JB, SB: 2018]

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Rule-2

Use a noun adjective to pre-modify the noun

Note: ..... + noun + noun
For example:
tree plantation.
i. Rainy season is the proper time for _______
[DinB: 2024]

Bengali literature.
ii. His literary works have enriched _________
[RB, CumB, CB, BB: 2018; SB: 2017]

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Rule-3

Use an appositive to post modify the noun

Note: Subject + Comma (,) + noun/noun phrase +
মো+.....
For example:
our national poet/ the rebel poet
i. Nazrul, _____________________________________, won
the attention of everyone in his early childhood.
[RB, CumB, CB, BB: 2018; SB: 2017]

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Rule-4

Use a determiner to pre-modify the noun/noun phrase

Note: ..... + article/ demonstrative (this/ that/ these/
those)/ some/ any/ many/ few etc. + noun
For example:
i. Some
_____ dishonest businessmen use poisonous chemicals
in food and fruits to make illegal and quick money.
[RB: 2019]

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Rule-5

Use an article to pre-modify the noun

Note: ..... + a/ an/ the + noun
For example:
an addiction for
i. However, watching TV has become ____
many. [DB, DinB, JB, SB: 2018]

a secular poet.
ii. He was ___ [RB, CumB, CB, BB: 2018; SB: 2017]

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 Modifier with noun
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Rule-6

Use possessive to pre-modify the noun

Note: ..... + my/ our/ his/ her/ their/ its etc.+ noun
For example:
i. He wrote ceaselessly until the death of his
___ poetic flair.
[RB, CumB, CB, BB: 2018; SB: 2017]

our country.
ii. There are many villages in ___ [DB: 2019]

iii. But they do not think about our

___ health. [RB: 2019]

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Rule-7

Use demonstrative to pre-modify the noun

Note: …. + this/ that/ these/ those + noun

For example:
i. People should be refrained from drinking water of
those/ these tube-wells.
_____________ [DB: 2019]

that history is not easy because history

ii. To erase _____
continues to follow all of us. [CB: 2017]

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Rule-8

Use quantifier to pre-modify the noun

Note: ..... + some/ many/ much/ all/ a lot of/ few/
several etc. + noun

For example:
many/numerous/some/several/ a lot of
i. There are __________________________________________
villages in our country. [DB: 2019]

all living beings need to take food.

iii. In fact, ___ [RB: 2019]

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 Modifier with verb
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Rule-1

Post-modify the verb

Note: ..... + verb + ..... + adverb +.....
Examples:
i. As a dire consequence, the global temperature is
alarmingly.
rising __________ [RB: 24]

throughout his life

ii. He sang the song of equality __________________ .
[RB, CumB, CB, BB: 2018; SB: 2017]

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Rule-2

Use an adverb to pre-modify the verb/ Pre-modify the

verb
Note: …. + adverb + main verb + .....
For example:
mainly/ largely depend on agriculture.
i. People _______________
[DinB: 2019]

widely/ usually/ nowadays/ generally

ii. This problem is _____________________________________
found in North Bengal. [DB: 2019]

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Rule-3

Post-modify the verb with an infinitive phrase

Note: …. + verb +.....+ to + main verb + extension

For example:
to cut off
i. Most of them agreed with the cunning fox ___________
their tails. [DB: 24]

ii. Man has an inborn curiosity to know the unknown

see the unseen.
and to ________________
[CuB 2024]

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Rule-4

Use a participle to post-modify the verb/ Use a present

participle phrase
Note: ..... + verb +.....+ ing যুক্ত verb + extension

For example:
By taking immediate steps
i. ______________________________ we can avoid such a
catastrophe. [RB: 24]

reading
ii. The other room is the _______ room where magazines,
Journals and newspapers are placed. [MB: 24]

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 Modifier with adjective
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Rule-1

Use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective/ Pre-

modify the adjective
Note: …. + adverb + adjective + ….
For example:
very
i. Travelling plays a _________ important role in acquiring
knowledge. [CumB 2024]

very/really
ii. Books are _____________ essential for us. [DB: 2019]

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Rule-2

Post-modify the adjective with an infinitive

Note: …. + adjective + to + main verb + ….

For example:
to gain knowledge.
i. They help us _________ [BB: 2024]

to enrich our mind.

ii. Books help us __________ [BB: 2024]

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Modifiers Question-1
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dhaka Board- 2023

international
Cricket is an (a) __________________ (pre-modify the
our (use possessive
noun) game. It is not a game of (b) ____
cricket (use a
to pre- modify the noun) country. A (c) _______
noun adjective to pre-modify the noun) match is
played between two teams.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-1
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dhaka Board- 2023

Each (use a distributive pronoun to per-modify the

(d) ______
noun) team consists of eleven players. A cricket field
well-maintained (post modify the noun). It
must be (e) ________________
requires two wooden bats, a ball and two sets of
Two (use a numeral adjective to pre-
stamps. (f) _____
modify the noun) umpires conduct the game.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-1
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dhaka Board- 2023

to resolve
Sometimes, a third umpire is required (g) ___________
(use an infinitive to post-modify the verb) an acute
Having (use a participle to pre-modify
confusion. (h) _______
the noun) the opportunity, the batter hits the ball away
at a good distance and runs to the opposite wicket.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-1
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dhaka Board- 2023

a (use an indefinite pronoun to pre-modify the

If (i) __
noun) batter is out, next batter comes in his place. Both
teams try (j) hard enough (use an adverbial phrase to
_____________
post modify) to out all batters of the opposite.

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Modifiers Question-2
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Cumilla Board- 2023

a street child (use noun in apposition)

Amerigo, (a) ______________,
lives alone. His parents now live separate and none of
to take (use infinitive to post modify to
them wants (b) ________
His (use possessive to pre-
verb) his responsibility. (c) ____
modify the noun) mother told him to go away because
she is married to another man.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-2
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Cumilla Board- 2023

The (use determiner to pre-modify the noun) streets

(d) ____
some (use adjective
are now his home. He wanted (e) ______
to pre-modify the noun) money from his father to buy a
bus (use noun adjective to pre-modify the noun)
(f) _____
ticket. But his father did not answer. He earns his living
by working hard.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-2
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Cumilla Board- 2023

Sometimes (use adverbial to pre-modify the verb)

(g) ____________
the (use demonstrative to
he finds work. Some of (h) ____
pre-modify the noun) works are very risky for him. Once
he sold ice-cream (i) in the street (use prepositional
_____________
phrase to post modify the verb).

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-2
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Cumilla Board- 2023

no (use quantifier to pre-modify the

But he got (j) ___
noun) money in return from the owner of the ice-cream
shop.

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Modifiers Question-3
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dinajpur Board- 2023

ideal (pre-modify the noun) student is he, who

An (a) ______
many (use a quantifier to pre-modify the
has (b) _______
regularly (post
noun) good qualities. He studies (c) __________
main (pre-
modify the verb). He knows that the (d) _______
modify the noun) duty of a student is to study.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-3
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dinajpur Board- 2023

his (use a possessive) duty.

So, he never neglects (e) ___
every (use a
He even makes the proper use of (f) _______
determiner to pre-modify the noun) moment. Sabuj,
a student (post modify the noun with an
(g) __________,
appositive) of our class is an example of a good
student.

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 English 2nd Paper
Modifiers Question-3
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in
the blank spaces. Dinajpur Board- 2023

very (pre-modify the adjective) helpful to

Sabuj is (h) _____
to be (modify the verb with an infinitive) a
us. I try (i) ______
brightest
boy like Sabuj. I want to be one of the (j) _________
(pre-modify the noun) stars in the class.

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Modifiers HW
Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.

A village doctor is a (a) _____ (use an intensifier to pre-modify the adjective) familiar
person in the rural areas of Bangladesh. He is (b) _____ (pre-modify the verb) known as a
quack. A village doctor is not a (c) _____ (pre-modify the noun) doctor. He (d) _____ (pre-
modify the verb) sits in a small dispensary in the morning and evening. He treats the
patients (e) _____ (use a participle to post-modify the verb) small fees. A village doctor is
not a (f) _____ (pre-modify the noun) man. His chamber is (g) _____ (pre-modify the verb)
furnished. He cannot supply costly medicines to the (h) _____ (pre-modify the noun)
patients. In our country, the number of qualified doctor 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) people.

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