Modifiers

• Modifiers - words that describe (ex:  adjectives, adverbs, articles, negatives, etc.)

• Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
• One adjective can change the whole meaning of a sentence.

        Ex:  They are hard working students.

              They are lazy students.

• Adjectives can tell what kind, which one, or how many.
• Adjectives can come before or after the noun they describe.

        Ex:  The children, noisy and cheerfully are waiting in the hall.

• Adjectives can come before or after the noun they describe.
• Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the subject of a sentence.
• Adjectives can be more than one word. When such an adjective comes before a noun, it is usually hyphenated.

        Ex:  After school, I work a part-time job.

• The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles.   - Articles can come before or after the noun.

          Ex: It's an hour past the start of the exciting game.

•   The refers to a specific item.

        - Singular or Plural

          Ex: The dog is barking.

                The chickens are running around.

• A or an refers to any one item.

       - Use an before words with a beginning vowel sound.

          Ex: A book, a student, an elephant, and outstanding score.

• Demonstrative Adjectives tell which one.

       - This, that, these, those