Prepositions
What part of speech connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence to show direction, time, location, or relationship
What is a preposition?
True or False: A subordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses to make a compound sentence.
What is False? (Subordinating conjunctions join an independent clause to a dependent clause to create a complex sentence.)
A compound sentence is made by joining two or more of what type of clause?
What are independent clauses?
A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and at least one _______ clause.
What is a dependent (or subordinate) clause?
If someone does something incredibly cool or impressive and their friends say they gained $+1,000$ of this, what word are they using?
What is Aura?
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence: "The mischievous cat jumped over the wooden fence."
What is "over the wooden fence"?
Name three common subordinating conjunctions.
What are any three of the following: because, although, since, if, when, unless, after, before, until, while, as?
What acronym is used to remember the seven coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) used in compound sentences?
What is FANBOYS?
Identify whether this sentence is Compound or Complex: "After we finish our spelling test, we can go to recess."
What is Complex?
Kids use this one-word reaction when someone does something completely unbelievable, silly, or disappointing. What is it?
What is "Bruh"?
In the phrase "through the dark alley," what specific grammar term is given to the noun "alley"?
What is the object of the preposition?
Identify the subordinating conjunction in this sentence: "We will stay inside until the rain stops."
What is "until"?
Where should the comma be placed in this sentence to make it correct? "The weather was freezing yet the team continued working."
What is before the word "yet"? ("...freezing, yet the team...")
Turn these two simple sentences into ONE complex sentence using the subordinating conjunction because: "She worked hard." "She achieved her goal."
What is "Because she worked hard, she achieved her goal" OR "She achieved her goal because she worked hard"?
If a student claims they have "unspoken rizz," what skill or quality are they bragging about?
What is charm, charisma, or the ability to flatter/attract people?
Identify both prepositions in this sentence: "During the storm, the guard stood near the gate."
What are "during" and "near"?
Identify the dependent clause introduced by the subordinating conjunction: "Although he was tired, the lieutenant completed the mission."
What is "Although he was tired"?
Besides a comma and a coordinating conjunction, what single punctuation mark can join two independent clauses to form a compound sentence?
What is a semicolon ;?
What makes a dependent clause different from an independent clause?
What is "it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence" (or "it contains a subordinating conjunction")?
Identify the prepositional phrase in this modern sentence: "He lost all his aura during the middle of the game."
What is "during the middle" OR "of the game"? (Either one works!)
Does the prepositional phrase in parenthesis act as an adjective or an adverb? "The book (on the high shelf) belongs to the teacher."
What is an adjective phrase? (It modifies the noun book.)
What punctuation mark is required when a sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction and a dependent clause?
What is a comma? (e.g., "Because it rained, we stayed inside.")
Is this sentence Simple or Compound? "The guard seized the keys and unlocked the main door."
What is a Simple sentence? (It has a compound verb, seized and unlocked, but only one independent clause.)
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence AND state whether it needs a comma added: "The freight train roared down the track before the sun came up."
What is "before the sun came up" AND no comma is needed? (Because the dependent clause comes after the independent clause.)
Fix the grammar error in this sentence while keeping the slang: "Because he had infinite rizz he won the contest."
What is adding a comma after "rizz"? ("Because he had infinite rizz, he won the contest." — since it starts with a dependent clause!)