Learn Modifiers Easily

1. Welcome
Roksana Akter
Lecturer in English
Tangail Residential

2. The dog was running.

3. The fluffy black dog was
running very quickly to
catch the thief.

4. The boy is playing.

5. The handsome boy wearing a
yellow shirt is playing in the
field.

6. Our Topic
Modifiers

7. Modifiers
 Adjective or Adjective phrase;
Adverb or Adverb phrase;
Prepositional phrase;
Participles ( Past and Present);
Infinitives ;
Determiners;
Intensifiers ;

8. Adjectives ( Noun or Pronoun)
 Marry is a beautiful girl.
The old man has died.

9. Adverbs
(Verb/Adjective/Adverb/entire
sentence)
Adverbs
Ad Adjectives
Verb Verb
Adverb Adverb

10. Examples
oReema walks slowly.
oReema is a very nice girl.
oReema walks very slowly
oSurprisingly, the child climbed
the tree.

11. Modifiers
Premodifier Postmodifier

12. •Marry is a beautiful girl.
•Reema walks very
slowly

13. ExerciseStudents are the (a)________(use a premodifier)
leaders of a country.
The development of a country depends (b) ____ (use
post modifier of the verb) on how the students
prepare themselves to face future challenges.
Now-a-days, students are wasting their (c) ____
(premodify a noun) time.
Besides academic books students should read
newspapers (d)________( post-modify the verb).