Preposition
The cat food is inside the cupboard.
What is inside?
-Inside shows the relationship between the “food” and the “cupboard.”
Our stockpile of snowballs was depleted quickly.
What is because of snowballs?
The boys and girls worked at the fair.
What is and?
(and joins the nouns boys and girls)
A concrete noun.
What names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses?
An interrogative pronoun.
What is used to ask a question?
We’ll go to the movie after lunch.
What is after?
-“After” shows the relationship between “will go” and “lunch.”
This pudding is made with milk and bread.
What is with milk and bread?
Paula or Jeannine can go with you tonight.
What is or?
(or joins the names Paula and Jeannine)
A compound noun.
What is a noun consisting of more than a single word.
A Demonstrative Pronoun.
What is used to point out a specific person or thing?
We walked the puppy on the leash around the block.
What is on and around?
I brought back film footage of the horrible storm.
What is of the horrible storm?
Both Henry and Henrietta are leaving the dance now.
What is both and, and?
(the correlative conjunction join two names)
A common noun.
What names any person, place, thing, or idea?
Third person pronouns.
What refer to anyone or anything else?
The koala is sleeping on the bed, while the duckling is sleeping underneath.
What is on?
-Underneath is an adverb because it does not show a relationship; it simply tells where.
Example: The koala is sleeping on the bed, while the duckling is sleeping underneath the bed.Then, On and underneath would be considered prepositions.
This pudding is made with milk and bread.
What is with milk and bread?
Not only the girls but also the boys will be invited to the assembly.
What is not only and but also?
An abstract noun.
What names an idea, quality, or characteristic?
A reflexive pronoun.
What is formed by adding –self or –selves to certain personal pronouns?
I am tired because of my lack of sleep.
What is because of and of?
David tried every pair in the store.
What is in the store?
Not only will they leave now, but they will also not be here to help clean up
What is not only, but and also?
Not only will they leave now, but they will also not be here to help clean up.
(the correlative conjunctions join two sentences or complete ideas)
A noun.
What is a person, place or thing?
An indefinite pronoun.
What is often does not refer to a specific or definite person or thing?