1. Monday, September 12, 2016
Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections.

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3. Prepositions
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, to another word.
All together, the preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object are called a prepositional phrase.
John Cena began his professional wrestling career in 1999.
John Cena began his professional wrestling career in 1999.

4. Mr. Sherry was born in Canada. Ms. Kulla is skilled in karate.
For each of the following sentences, underline the prepositional phrase.
Mr. Sherry was born in Canada.
Ms. Kulla is skilled in karate.
Ms. Cortese has made several appearances on television.
You can find many interesting treasures under a refrigerator.
The rabid flamingos chased Mr. Sherry around the school.

5. A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words.
Conjunctions
A conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words.
John Cena enjoys charity work and has granted the most wishes in Make a Wish history.
John Cena enjoys charity work and has granted the most wishes in Make a Wish history.

6. Coordinating Conjunctions
A coordinating conjunction is a word used to join words or groups of words.
John Cena enjoys charity work and has granted the most wishes in Make a Wish history.
John Cena enjoys charity work and has granted the most wishes in Make a Wish history.

7. Mr. Sherry doesn’t like tomatoes, nor does he like birds.
Circle the coordinating conjunction in each of the following sentences.
Mr. Sherry doesn’t like tomatoes, nor does he like birds.
The class had ended, yet Mr. Mittleider was still talking.
Arguments soon broke out, for the students took the review game much too seriously.
When choosing instruments, Brendan picked the tuba and Brandon chose the flugelhorn.
Victoria didn’t think the joke was funny, yet she laughed to make Ms. Cortese feel better.

8. Wow! John Cena is amazing.
Interjections
An interjection is a word used to express emotion.
Wow! John Cena is amazing.

9. Ah, now I understand what to do.
Ouch! That squirrel bit me!
Oh! What beautiful flowers those are!
Hey, we need to get ready, or we will be late.
Excellent! Let’s go right away.
I like learning about the parts of speech, but, gee, it is complicated.
Ugh! I should have caught that ball.
The football team finally won a game. Hooray!
Well, Anthony, what did you learn from the field trip to the mashed potato factory?
What a spectacular fireworks display that was! Wow!

10. In each of the following sentences, identify the part of speech of each underlined word.
I can’t decide whether to write about the short story or the poem.
The injured patient made rapid progress in learning to walk again.
We thought that they would have arrived by now.
Whoops! I dropped the cup of juice.
The students were tired, for they had worked hard all day.
Conj
Adj
Pro
Int
Conj

11. Verb Conj Verb Prep Prep
In each of the following sentences, identify the part of speech of each underlined word.
Verb
The team scored a safety toward the end of the game.
I enjoyed the movie, but I was disappointed with the ending.
I forgot to bring the book you wanted to borrow.
You will find the tools behind the lawn mower.
We looked above and saw the constellations.
Conj
Verb
Prep
Prep

12. Wow! I can’t believe we’re finally here!
In each of the following sentences, identify the part of speech of each underlined word.
Wow! I can’t believe we’re finally here!
The children were hungry, so they ate lunch.
The roses smell lovely.
The roses have a lovely smell.
I couldn’t see beyond the trees.
Int
Conj
Verb
Noun
Prep