Prepositions
What is a preposition?
a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence
What is a prepositional phrase?
group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
What is a conjunction?
a word that connects two words, two sentences, or two clauses
What is an interjection?
words that express emotion or feeling
What is your classroom number?
44
Give me 3 examples of prepositions
at, in, on, under, above, of, behind
The baby is sleeping in the crib.
What is the prepositional phrase?
in the crib
What does FANBOYS stand for?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Give me 5 examples of interjections.
Yay
ouch
wow
oh no
yummy
What is your teacher's favorite color?
Pink!
Give me one sentence using a preposition
example: The building is behind the house.
Give me a sentence with a prepositional phrase. Identify the prepositional phrase
example: The dog is sleeping under the car.
Sleeping under the car
Give me a sentence using a conjunction
Example: I didn't go to the party, yet I still sent a gift.
Give me a sentence using an interjection
Example: Oh no! I failed the test.
How many students are in your classroom?
27
Watch your head when you walk through the door.
Identify the preposition in the sentence.
Through
We danced with my friends near the big pond.
What is the object of the preposition?
big pond
Identify the conjunction in the sentence.
Tina the turtle fell off the rock and broke her shell, but she'll be fine.
and
but
Yay! The food from the cafeteria smells bad.
Replace the interjection with one that makes more sense.
Yikes!
Oh no!
How many classes need perfect attendance to slime a teacher and who is getting slimed?
16
Mr. Hernandez
What three things do prepositions tell us?
location
time
movement
I took my little sister to the mal at noon.
What are the two prepositional phrases?
to the mall and at noon
Where do we place the comma when we have a conjunction?
before the conjunction
Interjections are usually followed by what punctuation marks?
comma or exclamation marks
What are your school's norms?
respect
responsibility
honesty
perseverance