প্রভাষক, আমেনা খাতুন কলেজ

নারিকেলবাড়িয়া, ঝিনাইদহ

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(1) Nelson Mandela (a) — (post modify the noun with appositive), is one of the greatest leaders of the world, no doubt. During (b) — (use article to pre-modify the noun) time of Mandela, the Europeans were separated from the non-Europeans. It was (c) — (use noun-adjective to pre-modify the noun) policy of racial segregation. The blacks were subjected to (d) — (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) sorts of indignities. They were denied all basic (e) — (use adjective to pre-modify the noun) rights. They were in fact aliens in (f) — (use possessive) own country. The blacks were also treated (g) — (use adverb to post-modify the verb). Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks. The (h) — (use an adjective pre-modify the noun) leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice. Unfortunately, (i) — (use demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) great man thrown behind the prison bars. But the oppressive rulers could not break his spirit. All his life he struggled against apartheid. Eventually, the great leader fullfilled the goal of liberating (j) — (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) people.

Answer 1

(a) a black president (b) the (c) Government (d) all (e) human (f) their (g) inhumanly (h) great (i) this (j) his

(2) One night Haji Mohammad Mohsin was in (a) — (a pre-modifier of the noun) sleep. Suddenly he heard a sound and woke up (b) — (an infinitive as a post-modifier of the verb) what happened. He discovered a thief (c) — (a present participle as a post-modifier of the noun) valuable articles from his room. He advanced (d) — (an adverb as a post-modifier of the verb) and caught the thief (e) — (a post-modifier of the verb). Mohsin was a (f) — (a pre-modifier of the noun) man. He wanted (g) — (an infinitive as a post-modifier of the verb) why he was stealing. The thief replied that he had been starving (h) — (a prepositional phrase post-modifying the verb). (i) — (a present participle pre-modifying the subject.) Mohsin became sympathetic. He set the thief (j) — (an adjective post-modifying the noun).

Answer 2

(a) deep (b) to see (c) stealing (d) silently (e) red-handed (f) generous (g) to ask him (h) for two days (i) Hearing this (j) free

(3) 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.

Answer 3

(a) each year (b) increasingly (c) various (d) seriously (e) important (f) to cook (g) maû other (h) power (i) by burning coal and oil (j) a lot of

(4) 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 †reece. 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.’

Answer 4

(a) a great scholar (b) human (c) her (d) to irritate (e) One (f) the (g) outside (h) door (i) her (j) quietly