Use of Modifier
14. The world is producing millions of tons of domestic rubbish and toxic industrial waste (a) ___ (post-modify the verb) and it is becoming (b) ___ (pre-modify the adjective) difficult to find suitable locations to get rid of all the refuse, the disposal of (c) ___ (pre-modify the noun) kinds of waste is (d) ___ (post-modify the verb) polluting the environment. We know that air is an (e) ___ (post-modify the noun) element of our environment. Man makes fire (f) ___ (post-modify the verb by an infinitive) food, make bricks, melt tar for road construction and to do (g) ___ (pre-modify the noun) things which pollute the air. Railway engines and (h) ___ (pre-modify the noun by a noun adjective) houses create smoke (i) ___ (post-modify the verb by adverb phrase). Mills and factories also belch (j) ___ (pre-modify the noun by adjective phrase) smoke.
15. Socrates, (a) ___ (post modify the noun with an appositive), believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a (b)___ (use adjective to pre-modify the noun) being. His wife used to lose (c) ___ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) temper on the slightest excuse. She tried her utmost d) ___ (use an infinitive phrase to post-modify the noun phrase) Socrates. (e) ___ (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) day the woman became more furious than ever. She began to insult (f) ___ (use article to pre-modify the noun) great scholar of Greece. Socrates went (g) ___ (post-modify the verb with an adverbial of place). He sat on the (h) ___ (use a noun adjective to pre modify the noun) step of his residence looking out on the path-street. The wife found that (i) ___ (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) husband was not paying the least heed to her word. She went up to him with a bucket full of water and suddenly she poured much water over him. He (j) ___ (use an adverb to pre-modify the verb) remarked, ‘I am expecting this. After thunder, comes rain.’
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16. Macbeth was the General of Scotland. He fought (a) ___ (post-modify the verb) and won the battle. While he was returning to his castle, he saw three witches (b) ___ (post-modify the noun with a present participle) about him. He came (c) ___ (post-modify the noun with an infinitive) from the witches that he would be the king of Scotland. He became (d) ___ (pre-modify the adjective with an intensifier) ambitious. His wife also wanted Macbeth (e) ___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) the king. She was a very (f) ___ (pre-modify the noun) woman. So, she began (g) ___ (post-modify the verb with an infinitive) Macbeth. Then they both plotted 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 stay with them in their castle. (j) ___ (pre-modify the verb with a present participle) a knife, Macbeth entered the room of Duncan and killed him.
Answer: 14. a. everyday, b. very, c. various, d. seriously, e. important, f. to cook, g. many, h. power, i. in a huge quantity, j. a lot of.
15. a. a great philosopher, b. human, c. her, d. to irritate, e. One, f. the, g. outside the room, h. door, i. her, j. instantly.
16. a. bravely, b. talking, c. to know, d. very, e. to become, f. greedy, g. to instigate, h. the king of Scotland, i. to kill, j. taking.
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