Prepositions A preposition is a direction word. Think: Prep’s position Around, under, through, beneath… Think: Prep’s position The two NFL teams with the best records played a championship game.

Common Prepositions aboard below for past until about beneath from per up above beside in plus upon across besides inside regarding versus after between into round via against beyond like save with along but minus since within amid by near than without among despite of through anti down off to around during on toward as except onto towards at excepting opposite under before excluding outside underneath behind following over unlike

Prepositional Phrases A prepositional phrase STARTS with a preposition and ENDS with a noun. On the bookshelf Between the houses For the goal With my friends

Find the prepositional phrases Lisa told the children a story about an elephant. Give me one good reason for doing that job! Mrs. Barnes gave Chris a reward for finding her pencil. Janet took her lunch with her to the seminar. For breakfast she likes bananas with strawberries. The police searched throughout the apartment complex for the escaped criminal. During the summer Gordie fishes under the large oak tree beside Silver Creek. Inside the auditorium a group of dancers were practicing. He likes movies about war.

Down the dark alley the cat chased a rat with long whiskers. Around the world music brings together people of all nationalities. Mud squished beneath her feet as Ann walked through the woods during a rainstorm. By noon Jimmy decided a nap on the hammock would be nice. Geese live in flocks while cattle live among herds. He likes movies about war; she likes movies with a romantic theme.

Nouns What is a noun? Examples? Person, place, thing, idea Food? Concrete nouns What is a noun? Person, place, thing, idea Examples? Food? School? Happiness? Jogging? Over? Rocky Mountain High School? Abstract noun

Find the nouns… Kittens and cats make fun pets. Terry has a beautiful garden. I read some very interesting articles in that magazine. Shawn plays football every Saturday. Sadness makes the day go by longer. Later, the National Football League was formed.

Pronoun A pronoun replaces a noun (Pros replace amateurs.) Bertha thought Bertha’s cat was the best cat Bertha ever had. Bertha thought her cat was the best cat she ever had. (Pros replace amateurs.) In the late 1950s the American Football League was formed, and it also held a championship every year.

Verbs: Action and Linking Action Verb: A verb that shows an action (the subject is doing something) Examples: Lucy walked to the store. Jody felt the cold breeze. Can Spike please grab the tomato sauce? Linking Verb: Connects the subject to additional information using is, am, are as base words. Keila is a shopaholic. I am my mother’s child. During the afternoon, my cats are content. Football’s most important contest is the annual Super Bowl game.

How can you tell if it’s an ACTION verb or LINKING verb? Put in “is, am, are”… if it works for the sentence and it makes sense, it’s a linking verb. I smell the delicious aroma of a mushroom pizza. A ten-item quiz seems impossibly long after a night of no studying. Irene always feels sleepy after pigging out on pizza from Antonio’s. My dog Oreo felt the wet grass beneath her paws.

Action or Linking? The boy seemed sad. The audience grew quiet. The bus driver went to the store. The pizza tastes good. Bring me the pencil, please. The popcorn smells good.

Adjectives What is an adjective? What can you tell me about my phone? Describes a noun! What can you tell me about my phone? Pink? Small? Square? = ALL ADJECTIVES! Adjectives answer the following questions: Which kind? (The yellow canary) Which one? (That turtle, or those plants) How many? (Four hamsters) How much? (Enough food, few people) Since the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles in 1967, the competition has continued to improve.

Adverbs Adverbs describe verbs She screamed. How? (ly) When? Where? She screamed. Yesterday, they stepped inside, and the clerk quickly asked if she could help them. (3) Professional football began with no system of fairly choosing a championship team. Eventually, the AFL and NFL championship teams played each other at the end of the season.

Conjunctions I’m sorry… we have to. Conjunction Junction... What's Your Function? Conjunctions – join two words or sentence parts. And, but, or, nor, for, yet, so When, if, since, unless… Thousands attend the game at the stadium, and millions watch it on television.

Interjection Interjections are words that express emotion. Hey! Ouch! Please! Fantastic! Fran Tarkenton threw eighty-nine passes in three Super Bowl games.