1. Prepositions, Conjunction, Interjections Weeks 7 and 8

2. What is a preposition? • A preposition is a word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence. • For example: • Ms. Dilsaver is ___________ the desk. • Ms. Dilsaver is ___________ the desk. • Ms. Dilsaver is ___________ the desk. • Ms. Dilsaver is ___________ the desk. • Each of these show a different ____________ between the boy and the desk..

3. Common Prepositions • In By To From • At Near Down Up • On During Over Past • Above Between Inside Through • Below Without Within Off • About Up Against Down • Along Before After Until • Beside Under Across Among • Beneath Except Despite Like

4. Not just anywhere a mouse can go... • You may have learned that prepositions are anywhere a mouse can go. • This is true, but it also accounts for any other words that show a relationship between nouns or pronouns to other words in a sentence.

5. Can prepositions be adverbs? • Yes! • When a preposition does not have a direct object, then it is being used as an adverb. • For example: • I went out the door. • Out is the preposition and door is the direct object. • If I change it to... • I went out. • Then there is no longer a direct object. Out becomes an adverb.

6. Let’s find the prepositions... • The flowers along the fence were pretty. • Just wait until tomorrow. • Sam left the house without his jacket. • Have you read the letter from your cousin? • During the past month, I have read ten books. • Sally ran across the street. • The chemist knows the answer to the question. • Drive down the road.

7. Prepositional Phrase • A prepositional phrase a group of words that begins with a __________ and ends with a ________ or a ________, which is called the object of the _________. • The boy near the window is a football player. • Near is the preposition • Window is the first noun that follows the preposition • The prepositional phrase is near the window.

8. Let’s identify the prepositional phrases… • The flowers along the fence were pretty. • Just wait until tomorrow. • Sam left the house without his jacket. • Have you read the letter from your cousin? • During the past month, I have read ten books. • Sally ran across the street. • The chemist knows the answer to the question. • Drive down the road.

9. Conjunctions • What is a conjunction? • A conjunction is a word that is used to join ____________ or groups of words (phrases). • There are two types of conjunctions: • Correlating • I would like neither pizza nor spaghetti for dinner. • There are huge buildings in both New York and Chicago. • Coordinating • I want pizza and spaghetti for dinner. • There are huge buildings in New York and Chicago.

10. Correlating Conjunctions • Correlating conjunctions link words and phrases in two places in a sentence. • If the conjunctions are correlating there will always be two. • For example: • Emily would like _______ a pink _________ a red dress. • _________ Mark ________ Aaron spoke French.

11. Coordinating Conjunctions • Coordinating conjunctions will only have one conjunction in a clause. • This one conjunction is linking words and phrases together in a sentence. • For example: • Please give your suitcases and bags to Ben or Ryan. • I would like to go home, but not do my homework.

12. Interjections • An interjection is a word or group of words that expresses emotion. It has no grammatical connection to other words in a sentence. • For example: • Ouch! You hurt my foot! • Yay! It is Friday! • Oh my goodness! You have gotten so tall! • Notice most of the interjections are at the beginning of the sentence, and the show extreme emtions.

13. What interjections can you think of?