MODIFIERS

Pick out the modifier and the word it

modifies.
1. A strong wind swept through the countryside.
2. He was nervous and shaking on stage.
3. HE tied red and orange ribbons around the present.
4. Sue sat silently throughout the meal.
5. I rarely interrupt when other people are speaking.
6. My father often reads the news paper in bed.
7. Jack and Jill regularly visit their parents.
8. He sings to her softly and beautifully.
9. The girls are kept separately from the boys.
10. This is the best movie I have ever watched.
MODIFIERS
Modifiers are words or group of words that qualify or describe
other words in a sentence. A modifier can be a single word, a
phrase, or a clause.

Modifiers bring sentences to life by providing vivid description

about things and actions.
Modifiers provide additional information about
nouns, pronouns, and verbs.

Vincent Van Gogh painted quickly and forcefully.

◦ Modifiers can also help describe feelings about things
and people.

Van Gogh was happiest when he painted outdoors.

FUNCTIONS OF MODIFIERS
1. ADJECTIVE- describe people, places, things, or
ideas
2. ADVERB- describe verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs.
ADJECTIVE
• A word that modifies a noun or pronoun (NOT A VERB)
• Some adjectives tell how many or what kind about the
words they modify.
•Some adjectives tell which one or which ones.
EXAMPLES
◦He tried new techniques in his first paintings.
◦The older painters disapproved of Van
Gogh’s style.
ADVERB
• modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
• helps make meaning clear by telling how, when,
where, or to what extent something is true
 EXAMPLES
How? When? Where? To What Extent?
carefully sometimes inside fully
quickly once here very
hurriedly finally there extreme
ly
The door of the tomb opened.
Finally, the door of the tomb slowly opened.
 ◦ Adverbs that tell to what extent can also modify
adjectives and other adverbs.

Frequently Used Adverbs

Very not somewhat more

Just nearly so most

The tomb was dark. The guide spoke softly.

The tomb was nearly dark. The guide spoke very softly.