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Technology and Livelihood Education – Grade 10
Quarter 2 – Module 12: Grammar (Modifiers)
First Edition, 2020

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 TLE 10
Contact Center Services

Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 12
Grammar (Modifiers)
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Contact Center Services 10 Self-Learning Module on Grammar

(Modifiers)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Contact Center Services 10 Self-Learning Module on Grammar

(Modifiers)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of the learning period, the students should be able to:

A. discuss the use of modifiers in sentences;

B. use proper modifiers to construct correct sentences; and
C. appreciate the importance of using modifiers in sentences correctly.

PRETEST

Directions: Write true if the statement is correct otherwise, write false on the blank
space provided.

________ 1. If a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or verb.

________ 2. There are four types of words that can be modifiers.

________ 3. Modifiers are used to emphasize and add detail to a particular word in a
sentence.

________ 4. A misplaced modifier can result to ambiguous sentence.

________ 5. Adjectival phrase is a multiword adjective that has a subject and a verb.

RECAP
Directions: Let’s take a quick review of the previous lesson. Read and answer the
following questions. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. What is a preposition?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. What is a prepositional phrase?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. What are the four commonly used prepositions?
___________________________________________________________________________
 LESSON

GRAMMAR

MODIFIERS
Just like the definition of modify: to change or to alter something, the purpose
of modifiers in a sentence is the same. Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that
clarifies, changes, or limits a particular word in a sentence in order to add
explanation, emphasis, or detail. Modifiers allow the reader or the listener to create
a more detailed mental picture of a sentence.

Take a look at this sentence:

The dress is pretty.

Now, read the next sentence that have modifiers.

The long, floral dress near the window is pretty that it catches the eyes of
whoever passes by the store.

Without modifiers, sentences may bore the readers. Well-placed and carefully
chosen modifiers allow you to explain situations more clearly.

There are two types of words that can work as modifiers. It can be an adjective
or an adverb. An adjective modifies the nouns, while an adverb modifies verbs,
adjectives or other adverbs. Furthermore, phrases and clauses that serve as an
adjective or adverb can also be modifiers.

a. Adjectives as Modifiers

When a modifier is an adjective, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. (In the

examples, the modifiers are italicized and the words being modified are bold.)
 Table 1
Type of Modifier Examples
Single-word • small cat
Adjective (the modifier is a descriptive word)
• that boy
(the modifier is a demonstrative determiner)
• the one
(the modifier is a definite article)
• two beds
(the modifier is a quantifier)
Adjectival • a very small cat
Phrase • boy in the next room
• one to consider
Adjective • cat that plays in the basket
Clause • boy who rides the bike every afternoon
• one which gave you the letter

Adjectival phrases can be any group of words of adjective that describes a

noun or a pronoun. On the other hand, adjective clause is a multiword adjective
that has a subject and a verb.

b. Adverbs as Modifiers

If a modifier is an adverb, it modifies a verb, another adverb, or an adjective. (In

the examples below, the modifiers are italicized and the words being modified are
bold.)

Table 2
Type of Modifier Examples
Single-word • sings softly.
Adverb • answer politely
Adverbial • She sings on the stage.
Phrase • He answers very carefully.
Adverbial • She sings until the curtain drops.
Clause • He answered when the phone rang.

How to Avoid Mistakes with Modifiers

Mistakes with modifiers are common and most people don’t notice it when
they do it. One thing you can do is to place the modifier as close as possible to the
word it modifies.
 Modifiers can be great when used correctly and effectively. On the other hand,
if modifiers are not used correctly, the meaning of the sentence can become distorted
or may get misunderstood by the receiver because the message is unclear. This is
true with misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers.

1. Misplaced Modifiers

A misplaced modifier is a modifier that is placed next to the wrong subject

in the sentence. It may result to an unclear or wrong message.

Examples:

a. Agnes bought a puppy for her brother called Bruno.

In this sentence, it sounds like the brother’s name is Bruno. It should be clear
that the name of the puppy is Bruno and she purchased it for her brother.

Correction: Agnes bought a puppy called Bruno for her brother.

b. The office was reported robbed by the security guard yesterday.

The misplaced modifier here makes it sound that the security guard was the
one who robbed the office. It was the security guard who reported the robbery.

Correction: Yesterday, the security guard reported that the office was robbed.

c. Talking quickly annoys some people.

This sentence is unclear because we are not sure if the word quickly applies
to talking or annoys people.

2. Dangling Modifiers

A dangling modifier is a modifier that can be mistakenly linked to the wrong

word because it has no subject to modify.

Examples:

a. Upon entering the room, an apple caught my eye.

In this sentence nothing or no one entered the room. The apple didn’t. My eye
didn’t.

Correction: Upon entering the room, I noticed the apple.

b. After presenting the report, the projector was turned off.

 The phrase “After presenting” states an action but does not name the doer of
that action. The projector doesn’t present a report. It is a dangling modifier since the
doer of the action is unclear in the sentence.

Correction: After presenting the report, Mark turned off the projector.

Modifiers play a major role in pointing out the meaning of a sentence.

Modifiers should be used appropriately to make a sentence more meaningful and
more effective.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 12.1

Directions: Pick out and underline the modifier/s and encircle the word it modifies.

1. The show was short but interesting.

2. She was nervous and shaking on the stage.
3. This is the best series we have watched.
4. The interview is hard to pass.
5. Pesticides are harmful to the environment.
6. At their age, they are still playing basketball.
7. Ana and John see each other occasionally.
8. Maria walked fast to the class.
9. The contestants are kept separately from their coaches.
10. There is someone standing outside the room.

Activity 12.2

Directions: Identify each sentence if it correct or incorrect. Write proper in the

blank if the modifier is placed correctly otherwise, write misplaced if it is wrong.

_____________ 1. Being a businessman, Mary seldom saw Joe.

_____________ 2. Gladys knows hardly anybody.

_____________ 3. Reading the rules, I did not take my pet to the store.

_____________ 4. She served food to the children on paper plates.

_____________ 5. The report was a failure, not having studied the topic.

_____________ 6. Because I am young, the elders can’t understand me.

_____________ 7. In the bus, Janine left her new phone that she bought last month.
____________ 8. Looking up the ceiling, the answer would not come to mind.

____________ 9. Alvin watched Linda sing her favorite song full of emotions.

____________ 10. Hungry for lunch, the table is where Rod waited in anticipation.

WRAP-UP

Directions: Let’s review what you have learned today. Complete the sentences below.
Write your answer on the spaces provided.

A modifier is ____________________________________________________________________.

The two types of words that can be modifiers are ___________________ and
__________________________.

The reasons for the incorrect use of modifiers are __________________________________

and ___________________________________________.

VALUING

Directions: Why it is important to know and understand the correct usage and
positioning of modifiers in a sentence? Write your answer on the space provided.

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
 POSTTEST

Directions: Complete each sentence by choosing the best answer from the pool
of words below. Write your answer on the blank space provided.

1. If a modifier is adverb, it modifies _______________.

2. If the sentence has no subject to modify it is ___________________ modifier.
3. _______________ allows readers to make the reader imagine the sentence
more detailed.
4. The agent talked very patiently. This sentence is an example of
______________________.
5. _____________________ is a modifier that is placed next to the wrong subject
in the sentence.

modifier verb noun

simple-word misplaced dangling

adverbial phrase adjective clause

 KEY TO CORRECTION

false 5. 3. at, in, on, and by True

true 4. object, preposition and modifier.
true 3. 2. Prepositional phrase is a group of words that has an
false 2. subject and the object in a sentence.
false 1. 1. Preposition establishes the relationship between the

PRETEST RECAP

outside 10.Standing 10.misplaced 5.Misplaced

separately 9. Kept 9. Proper 4.Adverbial
fast 8. Walked 8. Misplaced 3.Modifier
occasionally 7. See 2.Dangling
7. Proper
still 6. Playing 1.Verb
6. Proper
harmful 5. Pesticides
hard 4. Interview 5. Misplaced POSTTEST
best 3. Series 4. Misplaced
nervous and shaking 2. She 3. Proper
short and interesting 1. Show 2. Proper
1. Misplaced
Modifiers Noun/adverb
ACTIVITY 12.1 ACTIVITY 12.2

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