structure of modifiers
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The Structure of Modifiers
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What are modifiers?
Nouns and pronouns helps us
name and identify things and
people in the world about us.
Verbs help us make statements
and ask questions about thingsand people.
Modifiers help us describe what
we have seen and heard.
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In other words…
Modifiers help us to make clear
the meaning which we would like
to convey.
Example:There was a brilliant flash.
I saw him ran towards the door.
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In other words…
Modifiers help us to make clear
the meaning which we would like
to convey.
Example:There was a brilliant flash.
I saw him ran towards the door .
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In other words…
Modifiers also help state how we
feel about things and people.
Example:
The room was messy.
Our new puppy was extremely
energetic.
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In other words…
Modifiers also help state how we
feel about things and people.
Example:
The room was messy .
Our new puppy was extremely
energetic.
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What are modifiers?
Modifiers usually appear
as single-word
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What are modifiers?
Modifiers usually appear
as single-word
The room was messy.
Our new puppy was extremely
energetic.
There was a brilliant flash.
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What are modifiers?
Modifiers usually appear
as single-word
The room was messy .
Our new puppy was extremely
energetic.
There was a brilliant flash.
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What are modifiers?
They may also occur as
phrases, or clauses.
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What are modifiers?
I saw him ran towards the door.
The watch that I bough from HK was
stolen.
Fernie owns the phone on the table.
They may also occur as
phrases, or clauses.
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What are modifiers?
I saw him ran towards the door .
The watch that I bought from HK was
stolen.
Fernie owns the phone on the table .
They may also occur as
phrases, or clauses.
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What are modifiers?
Under normal circumstances, modifiers
do not do so much to affect the
independence of one sentence suchthat even if you remove them from the
sentence, the sentence still stands to
be grammatically correct.
The only modifier which when removed
will seriously damage the sentence is
the predicate adjective.
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A Predicate Adjective
is an adjective that isseparated to the word
that it modifies by a
linking verb.
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Compare:
a. The room was messy.
b. The messy room was abandoned.
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Find the modifier (Adj)…
a. The room was messy.
b. The messy room was abandoned.
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Find the modifier (Adj)…
a. The room was messy .
b. The messy room was abandoned.
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Remove the modifier…
a. The room was messy .
b. The messy room was abandoned.
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Remove the modifier…
a. The room was.
b. The room was abandoned.
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Remove the modifier…
a. The room was.
b. The room was abandoned.
Only sentence (b) stands to becorrect. Sentence (a) has a
predicate adjective.
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The Lesson?
It is important for you to know
which of the group of words aremodifiers so you can disregard
them in the process of identifying
the simple subject. The simple
subject is the one that determines
the number of the verb.
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Basic Sentence
Patterns• S – IV
• S – TV – DO (OC)
•
S – LV – SC• S – TV – IO – DO
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Basic Sentence
Patterns• mSm – mIVm
• S – mTVm – mDOm (OC)
• S – LV – SC/m
• S – TV – mIOm – DO
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Let’s see…
• From the back of the
freezing room in the oldschool, Nathan, under
three sweaters, sneezed
into the tissue in his right
hand.
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• From the back of the
freezing room in the oldschool, Nathan, under
three sweaters, sneezed
into the tissue in his right
hand.
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• From the back of the
freezing room, Nathan,under three sweaters,
sneezed into the tissue in
his right hand.
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• From the back of the
freezing room, Nathan,under three sweaters,
sneezed into the tissue in
his right hand.
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• From the back of the
freezing room, Nathan,under three sweaters,
sneezed into the tissue.
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• From the back of the
freezing room, Nathan,under three sweaters,
sneezed into the tissue.
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• From the back, Nathan,
under three sweaters,sneezed into the tissue.
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• From the back, Nathan,
under three sweaters,sneezed into the tissue.
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• From the back, Nathan,
under three sweaters,sneezed.
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• Nathan, under three
sweaters, sneezed.
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• Nathan, under three
sweaters, sneezed.
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• Nathan sneezed.
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See?
• Nathan sneezed.
S IV
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Let’s see another…
• The woman who is
seated along with thedignitaries on that table
in the corner gave me the
hat that I wore to the
party last week.
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• The woman who is
seated along with thedignitaries on that table
in the corner gave me the
hat that I wore to the
party last week.
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• The woman who is
seated on that table inthe corner gave me the
hat that I wore to the
party last week.
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• The woman who is
seated on that table inthe corner gave me the
hat that I wore to the
party last week.
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• The woman who is
seated on that table gaveme the hat that I wore to
the party last week.
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• The woman who is
seated on that table gaveme the hat that I wore to
the party last week.
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• The woman gave me the
hat that I wore to theparty last week.
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• The woman gave me the
hat that I wore to theparty last week.
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• The woman gave me the
hat that I wore to theparty.
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• The woman gave me the
hat that I wore to theparty.
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• The woman gave me the hat.
s tv io do
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Let’s see another…
• The utterly exhausted
plowman painstakinglywalked to his modest
cottage under the pitch
black sky.
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• The utterly exhausted
plowman painstakinglywalked to his modest
cottage under the pitch
black sky.
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• The exhausted plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the pitch black sky.
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• The exhausted plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the pitch black sky.
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• The exhausted plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the sky.
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• The exhausted plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the sky.
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• The plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the sky.
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• The plowman
painstakingly walked tohis modest cottage under
the sky.
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• The plowman
painstakingly walkedunder the sky.
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• The plowman
painstakingly walkedunder the sky.
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• The plowman walked
under the sky.
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• The plowman walked
under the sky.
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See?
• The plowman walked.
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So basically…
Simplifying sentences
allows you to identify thesimple subject, and thus
helps you to determine the
right form of verb to be
used.
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