Modifier plays a very important role in English.

Modifier plays a very important role in English. It gives extra information about a part of speech in a sentence. Modifier is something what gives some extra information for a word, especially for noun. It is being used to intensify the meaning of a word in sentence.It can be used in the initial or middle or even last part of a sentence.                                                            My Youtube video on Modifier

Modifier is of two kinds-

1) Pre-modifier

2)Post modifier

Pre-modifier

The modifier which is used before noun is a pre-modifier.

For example: He is an honest person. The word 'honest' is a pre-modifier.

Post modifier

The modifier which is used after noun or others is a post modifier.

For example: The girl sitting under the tree is my sister. The words 'sitting under the tree' is a post modifier.

Infinitive: To+main verb

Question:I want------- home. (Use infinitive as post modifier)

Answer:I want to go home.

Infinitive phrase: To+main verb+something

Question:I want------- home. (Use infinitive phrase as post modifier)

Answer:I want to go home regularly.

Present participle: Main verb+ing

Question: ---------home, I will take rest.

                                         (Use present participle as post modifier)

Answer:Going home, I will take rest.

Present participle phrase: Main verb+ing+something

Question: ---------home, I will take rest.

                                 (Use present participle phrase as post modifier)

Answer:Going home, I will take rest.

Possessive forms: my, our, your, his, her, their, its, Karim's

For example: 

Question: Kabir is a very good person. ----aim is to shin in life.

                                        (Use possessive form as pre-modifier)

Answer: Kabir is a very good person. His aim is to shin in life.

Demonstrative forms: this, these, that, those

For example: 

Question: Calcium is very important in human body. ----substance is found in milk.  (Use demonstrative form as pre-modifier)

Answer: Calcium is very important in human body. This substance is found in milk. 

Intensifier: very, too, completely, totally

For example: 

Question: Kazi Nazrul Islam is a --------- famous poet.

                               (Use an intensifier as pre-modifier)

Answer: Kazi Nazrul Islam is a very famous poet.

Quantifier: much, more, many, some

For example: 

Question: He has eaten ------ rice just now.

                               (Use a quantifier as pre-modifier)

Answer: He has eaten ------ rice just now.

Write an adjective if asked to pre-modify the noun

For example:

1) She is a ------poetess.( pre-modify the noun)

Answer: good/great/famous/real

Write a noun if asked to use noun adjective to pre-modify the noun

For example:

1) Ayesha is a ------student.( use noun adjective to pre-modify the noun)

Answer: college/university

Write an adverb if asked to post modify the verb

For example:

1) She writes to her mother------.( post modify the verb)

Answer: regularly

Write an adverb if asked to post modify the verb

For example:

1) She writes to her mother------.( post modify the verb)

Answer: regularly