Modifiers

Teacher: Mariel E. delos Angeles

I ACTIVITY
Directions: Complete the following sentences.
1.Jannah run ________.
2.Vincent is ________ handsome.
3.It was a _____ and ______ night.
4.There was a _______ dog.
5.Joseffe now gets home ______ quickly with his
car.
I Introduction
What is modifier?
Modifiers are adjective and adverbs. They are words, phrases, or clauses that provide
description in sentences. They allow writers to take the picture that they have in their
heads and transfer it accurately to the heads of their readers. In fact, expert say that
modifiers bring sentences to life.

Modifiers as Adjectives
When a modifier is an adjective, it describes a noun or a pronoun.
1. My father bought a small bag.
 The adjective small modifies the noun bag.
2. He caught a big fish.
 Articles like the, an, and a are also adjectives. The words a and big modify the noun fish.
3. It is baggy.
 The adjective baggy modifies the pronoun it.
I Modifier

Modifier as Adverbs
When a modifier is an adverb, it describe a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb.
1. My father accidentally caught a small fish.
 The adverb accidentally modifies the verb caught.
2. He caught an incredibly big crocodile.
 The adverb incredibly modifies the adjective big.
3. My brother sang very confidently.
The adverb very modifies the adverb confidently
 I Modifier
It is a word, especially an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the
sense of a head noun.
A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies—that is, gives information about—
another word in the same sentence.
For example, in the following sentence, the word "burger" is modified by the word
"vegetarian":

Example: I'm going to the Saturn Café for a vegetarian burger.

A modifier can be an adjective (a word that modifies a noun, like "burger"), but it can also
be an adverb (a word that modifies a verb):

Example: The student carefully proofread her draft.

The adverb "carefully" is the modifier in this example—it modifies the verb "proofread,"
giving important details about how the proofreading was conducted.
A modifier can even be a phrase or clause, as in the following example:
Example: She studied in the library.
Here, the phrase "in the library" gives us extra information about the verb, "studied."