Structures of modification
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This document discusses structures of modification in language. Modification occurs when one word modifies or changes the meaning of another word, called the head. Nouns are most commonly modified by adjectives, with the adjective preceding the noun. Nouns can also modify other nouns. Adverbs frequently modify verbs, either preceding or following them. Common examples of modification structures provided include "happy daydreams", "lottery ticket", and "hastily left".
Structures of modification
- 2. MODIFICATION • happens when one word modifies/changes another word (called the HEAD) by describing it or limiting it in some form
- 3. • NOUNS are the most common head of a structure of modification with adjectives as modifiers, usually preceding the noun MODIFICATION
- 4. • NOUNS can also act as modifiers in the noun-noun combination. • Another common structure is the adverb-verb pair where you have the adverb either preceding the verb or following it. MODIFICATION
- 5. Happy Daydreams- adjective + noun Lottery ticket- noun + noun Hastily left- adverb + verb MODIFICATION ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, NOUN= MODIFIER VERB OR NOUN- HEAD LIMITS OR DESCRIBES
- 7. The word that is mostly used as modifier of adjective is a qualifier such as very, rather, pretty, etc. Example: The sound was loud enough She is very pretty. QUALIFIER AS ADJECTIVE MODIFIER
- 8. Examples: very, quite, rather, somewhat, more, most, less, least, too, so, just, enough, indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty, even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a good deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of. QUALIFIER AS ADJECTIVE MODIFIER
- 9. Examples: very, quite, rather, somewhat, more, most, less, least, too, so, just, enough, indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty, even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a good deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of. QUALIFIER AS ADJECTIVE MODIFIER
- 10. 1. Jhon said “Time is gold.” 2. She walked slowly and whispered “I like you “ in my ears. 3. “Denis is busy!” said Mary. 4. The teacher said to the child “Get my chair.” 5. “He fixed the problem.” Jay answered. 1 WHOLE ( ANSWERS ONLY)
- 11. 6. “I don’t know the answer.” She admitted. 7. “I can eat all that.” Henry boasted. 8. She said “ I had taken French before.” 9. “ I bought an ice cream.” James said. 10. “I was eating in the canteen, Jake.” he said.
- 12. 1. Jhon said “Time is gold.” Jhon said that time is gold. UNIVERSAL TRUTH – No change in tense
- 13. She walked slowly and whispered “I like you “ in my ears. She walked slowly and whispered in my ears that she liked me. I becomes SHE PRESENT will become YOU becomes ME PAST TENSE
- 14. “Denis is busy!” said Mary. Mary exclaimed that Denis was busy. PRESENT will become PAST TENSE
- 15. The teacher said to the child “Get my chair.” The teacher ordered the child to get her chair. IMPERATIVES will use INFINITIVES
- 16. “He fixed the problem.” Jay answered. Jay answered that he had fixed the problem. PAST TENSE will become PAST PERFECT
- 17. “I don’t know the answer.” She admitted. She admitted that she didn’t know the answer. PRESENT TENSE will become PAST TENSE
- 18. “I can eat all that.” Henry boasted. Henry boasted that he could eat all those. CHANGE in TENSE CAN will become COULD THAT becomes THOSE
- 19. She said “ I had taken French before.” She said that she had taken French before. CHANGE IN PRONOUN. NO CHANGES SINCE IT IS ALREADY IN PAST PERFECT
- 20. “ I bought an ice cream.” James said. “James said that he had bought an ice cream. CHANGE IN PRONOUN. SINCE IT IS IN PAST, CHANGE IT TO PERFECT PAST
- 21. “I was eating in the canteen, Jake.” he said. He told Jake that he had been eating in the canteen. Since he was talking to someone, we use TOLD. MAKE THE TENSE PERFECT PAST CONTINUOUS