Language ? Modifier Phrases

Summary
The lesson assumes an understanding of modifiers in the form of adverbs and adjectives and the difference between a sentence and a phrase.

Objectives
• The children will be able to define a modifier phrase.

• The children will be able to construct sentences containing modifier phrases.

• The children will be able to recognize and correct sentences containing misplaced or dangling modifier phrases.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
A complete sentence contains at least a noun and a verb. Modifier phrases refer to the noun or the verb which they are modifying and although they are not necessary to make a sentence, they tell us much more about the subject. Look at these two sentences. ?The bird sat in a tree.? ?The bird had a red chest.? You can combine them into one sentence with a modifier phrase like this: ?The bird with a red chest sat in a tree.?

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