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MODIFIERS AKA- Pimp my sentence FIRST THING TO KNOW (SO WRITE THIS DOWN) All sentences need to have a noun/pronoun (naming word) and a verb (what it is doing). So we need to know what we are talking about and what it does. So “He ran to the bus.” is a sentence Pronoun Verb Noun “I cheese potato.” is not, because you cannot ‘cheese’ it’s a noun Noun Noun BUT A CORRECT SENTENCE CAN STILL BE BORING. “He ran to the bus.” is quite dull, there is a verb and a noun but I can add bits, MODIFY them to make them better. Ran > Ran quickly through the rain Verb adverb preposition Subordinate noun All of this MODIFIES the verb “Ran” because it tells us more about how he “Ran” YOU ALSO MODIFY NOUNS. “He ran to the bus.” is quite dull, there is a verb and a noun but I can add bits, MODIFY them to make them better. Bus > Rusty old bus Noun Adjectives All of this MODIFIES the noun bus because it shows us what kind of bus it is. MODIFIERS CAN MAKE IT BETTER. So: He ran to the bus Becomes: He ran quickly through the rain to the rusty old bus. Modified word MODIFIER MODIFIER Modified word MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER THIS BIT He ran quickly through the rain to the rusty old bus. Modified word MODIFIER This modifier comes after the word, so it can be a ‘post’ modifier. MODIFIER Modified word This modifier comes before the word, so it can be a ‘pre’ modifier. WORDS CAN HAVE PRE AND POST MODIFIERS “the rickety old bus which was late once again” “He pushed on and ran quickly through the rain” You can have nouns which modify nouns and verbs which modify verbs, the goal is when you look at a sentence is to spot what the main noun and main verb are, what the sentence is about, don’t worry if in a complex sentence there are more than one. COPY THE SENTENCES AND UNDERLINE THE MODIFIERS AND CIRCLE THE KEY NOUN AND VERB 1. Rain badly damaged the crops. 2. The red hat with the black feather was for sale. 3. The old paper full of writing was burning in the fire. 4. The tough table rocked slowly from the blow. Now create 4 of your own, remember to circle and underline as you go.