This document discusses expanding sentences through noun modification. It defines modifiers as words that describe, limit, or qualify nouns. Sentences can be expanded by adding different types of modifiers to nouns, including words, phrases, and clauses. The document also categorizes common kinds of noun modifiers such as descriptive adjectives, limiting adjectives, possessive adjectives, numerical adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, and indefinite adjectives. Examples are provided for each along with activities to identify these modifiers in sentences.
17. descriptive adjective
limiting adjective
possessive adjective
numerical adjective
demonstrative adjective
indefinite adjective
A noun may be modified by a…
18. Andromache has gone off in great
hurry.
Have you no pity on your unhappy wife?
Descriptive adjective as a
modifier…..
19. Athens is an old city.
We stayed at an expensive hotel.
Tennis is a popular sports.
We had bad weather yesterday.
He rented a big room in Hong Kong.
Identify the descriptive adjective and the
noun it modifies…
20. Examples of possessive adjectives:
my dog
his cat
their story
our country
her smile
Possessive adjective as a modifier
22. I am going to wash my hands.
They live with their parents.
I saw Liz her husband, Philip.
Do you like your job?
I know Mr. Watson but I don’t know his wife.
Identify the possessive adjective and the noun
it modifies.
25. I have two hands, the left and
the right.
Example Sentence
26. Bena saw two people circling the area
at night.
Ricky produced eleven articles for the
magazine.
Joven finished three cups of coffee
throughout the meeting.
Maria baked nine cakes for the party.
Mandee has fed fifteen horses today.
Identify the numerical adjective and the noun
it modifies.
30. Would you like to stay in that
building?
I work in this bank.
Those women are Tim’s sisters.
That player does not know how to say
sorry.
Do you have anything to say as far as
these documents are concerned?
Identify the demonstrative adjective and the
noun it modifies.
34. Every teacher must make his/her student
knowledgeable.
Some schools do not accept foreign
students.
You can use any book to answer the
take-home exam.
Every street in the city was decorated
with christmas lights.
The guests bought some paintings at
the exhibit.
Identify the indefinite adjective and the noun
it modifies.