Adverbs & Prepositions
What parts of speech can an adverb modify?
Verbs, Adjectives, other Adverbs
A preposition exists to do what?
Establish relationship between a noun/pronoun and the rest of the sentence.
Give an example of a helping and main verb working together
She is walking
What does an interjection do? Give two examples.
Expresses emotion. Yay! Oh no! Wow! etc.
What part of speech is this? I gave it to my friend.
Pronoun
Give an example of an adverb modifying an ADJ
rather happy
Adverb or preposition? She dove under.
adverb
Give an example of a linking verb.
She is a girl.
What does a conjunction do?
Joins related items in a sentence.
What part of speech are words like "yes," "no," and "maybe"?
Interjection
Give an example of an adverb modifying another adverb
very slowly
Give an example of the same word used as a preposition and then as an adverb
I walked over the bridge.
I walked over.
What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb? Explain and give an example of each.
Action verb - doing something. I walked.
Linking verb - being something. I am a girl.
What is the difference between coordinating and correlative conjunctions?
coordinating - works alone in the sentence
correlative - works in a pair of conjunctions, has a "relative" in the sentence
What part of speech is this? Both of the dogs are inside.
pronoun (indefinite pronoun)
Give an example of an adverb telling where
I walked there
Explain the three parts of a prepositional phrase.
Preposition + description (optional) + object of the preposition
Explain the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb. Add examples of each.
Transitive - has a direct object. I walked a dog.
Intransitive - no direct object. I walked in the morning.
List the coordinating conjunctions.
For And Nor But Or Yet So
What part of speech? Hint: they are different.
Both dogs and cats make good pets.
Both dogs are inside.
Conjunction! (correlative conjunction)
Adjective
What questions does an adverb answer?
When, where, how, to what extent
Give an example of a prepositional phrase with a preposition that establishes exclusion or inclusion.
except her
including me
What is the difference between a linking verb and a state of being verb? Give an example of each.
Linking links a subject to information about it. She is a girl.
State of being links a subject to information about where or when. I was in the house.
List at least 4 of the 5 pairs of correlative conjunctions
Both/and, Either/Or, Neither/nor, Whether/or, Not only/but also
What parts of speech can both be used as?
pronoun (indefinite pronoun) or adjective