II. Noun Modifiers 1. Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun. (i) An otter fixation (iv) The London streets (ii) The iron railings (v) soft velvet fur (iii) The Tigris marshes (vi) A four-footed soccer player 2. Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.) temple three girls triangle dresses person thoughts boys roar gifts scream farewell expression time subject landscape handkerchief crossing flight chatterbox profession physique coffee view celebration college rough hundred stone ordinary love uncomfortable white slang slack bare railroad tremendous family marriage plump invigorating panoramic heartbreaking birthday incorrigible ridiculous loud first

1. (i) Noun (ii) Noun (iii) Proper noun (iv) Proper noun (v) Adjective plus noun (vi) Adjective plus noun 2. Temple − white temple, stone temple, first temple Person − incorrigible person, ridiculous person Gifts − hundred gifts, ordinary gifts, birthday gifts Time − college time, rough time, first time Crossing − railroad crossing, first crossing Physique − plump physique, ordinary physique Three girls − first three girls, incorrigible three girls Thoughts − incorrigible thoughts, uncomfortable thoughts, ridiculous thoughts, heartbreaking thoughts, first thoughts, ordinary thoughts Scream − tremendous scream, loud scream Subject − college subject, ordinary subject Flight − rough flight, first flight Coffee − invigorating coffee, ordinary coffee Triangle − love triangle Boys − college boys, incorrigible boys, rough boys, hundred boys Farewell − college farewell, heartbreaking farewell Landscape − bare landscape, rough landscape, white landscape Chatterbox − incorrigible chatterbox View − tremendous view, panoramic view, ordinary view Dresses − hundred dresses, ordinary dresses, birthday dresses, marriage dresses Roar − tremendous roar, loud roar Expression − bare expression, slang expression, slack expression Handkerchief − white handkerchief, ordinary handkerchief Profession − family profession, first profession, ordinary profession Celebration − tremendous celebration, family celebration, birthday celebration read less