Placement of Modifiers

1.3 Modifiers: Location, Location, Location!

Multiple Choice

Read the mentor sentence. What is the modifier in the sentence?

• Dad goes down on his stomach,

• groveling about in the grass.

Multiple Choice

Read the mentor sentence, noticing the placement of the modifier. How is the modifier being used in the sentence?

• It is being used as an opener.

• It is being used as an interrupter.

• It is being used as a closer.

Multiple Choice

Consider the current placement of the modifier in this sentence. Edit the sentence to use the modifier as an OPENER.

• Dad, groveling about in the grass, goes down on his stomach.

• Groveling about in the grass, Dad goes down on his stomach.

Multiple Choice

Consider the current placement of the modifier in this sentence. Edit the sentence to use the modifier as an INTERRUPTER.

• Dad, groveling about in the grass, goes down on his stomach.

• Groveling about in the grass, Dad goes down on his stomach.

Multiple Select

Read the mentor sentence. What is the modifier(s) in the sentence? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Cujo

• his great head lowered

• his eyes reddish and filmy

• growling

Multiple Choice

Consider the current placement of the modifier in this sentence. Edit the sentence to use the modifier as an OPENER.

• His great head lowered, his eyes reddish and filmy, growling, Cujo stood at the edge of the lawn.

• Cujo, his great head lowered, his eyes reddish and filmy, growling, stood at the edge of the lawn.

Multiple Choice

Consider the current placement of the modifier in this sentence. Edit the sentence to use the modifier as an INTERRUPTER.

• Cujo, his great head lowered, his eyes reddish and filmy, growling, stood at the edge of the lawn.

• His great head lowered, his eyes reddish and filmy, growling, Cujo stood at the edge of the lawn.

Open Ended

Now, write an example of your own sentence that uses a modifier as an OPENER; add action, pictures, or sounds to your sentence.

Open Ended

Now, write an example of your own sentence that uses a modifier as an INTERRUPTER; add action, pictures, or sounds to your sentence.

Open Ended

Now, write an example of your own sentence that uses a modifier as a CLOSER; add action, pictures, or sounds to your sentence.