Todays Lesson Modifier Learning Outcomes By the end

Today’s Lesson Modifier

Learning Outcomes By the end of the lesson, the student will be able to … define modifier. classify modifiers. pre-modify Nouns.

Speaking 1. What is Modifier? 2. How many kinds of modifiers are there? 3. What is pre-modifier? 4. Why do we modify nouns?

Silent Reading 9. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blanks spaces. . 5 × 10 = 5 Nelson Mandela, (a) ----- (post –modify the noun with an appositive), is one of the greatest leaders of the world. During (b) ------ (use article to pre-modify the noun) time of Mandela, the Europeans were separated from the non. Europeans. It was a (c) ----- (use an adjective to pre modify the noun) policy of racial segregation. The blacks were subjected to (d) ----- (use quantifier to pre-modify the noun) sorts of indignities. They were denied all basic (e) ------ (use an adjective to pre –modify the noun) rights. They were in fact aliens in (f) ---- (use possessive to post-modify the noun phrase) own country.

The blacks were also treated (g) ------ (use an adverb to post –modify the verb). Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks. The (h) ------- (use an adjective to pre-modify the noun) leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice. Unfortunately, (i) ------(use a demonstrative to pre-modify the noun) great man was thrown behind the prison bars. But the oppressive rulers could not break his sprit. All his life he struggled against apartheid. Eventually, the great leader fulfilled the goal of liberating (j) ------- (use possessive to pre-modify the noun) people.

1. Modifier – definition – classification- functions 2. Modifying Nouns (Subject / Object/ Complement)

Pre-modifier a)Articles / b) Determiner

c) Adjectives i) Participle/ Present Participle /’ Past particle ii) Possessive iii) Demonstrative iv) Quantifier

d) Noun Adjective/ e) Compounds

Group Work • Frame two sentences with premodified nouns

Pair Work • Can you define modifier? • What are the pre-modifiers of noun?

Individual Work Identify the pre-modifiers from the following sentences?

Home Task Write a short note on Nelson Mandela with ample uses of premodified nouns.