Parts of Speech
What part of speech modifies nouns and/or pronouns?
Adjectives
What are coordinating conjunctions?
Coordinating conjunctions are conjunctions used to join two or more independent clauses (simple sentences) to form a compound sentence
Fill in the blank:
I did really_____ on my grammar test!
Well
What are prepositions?
Prepositions are parts of speech that are used to show the relationship between a word (or words) in a sentence to a noun.
What is a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that contains a preposition, its object, and all the words between them.
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
Have you seen my little sister's blue sweater?
little/blue
What are subordinating conjunctions?
Subordinating conjunctions are used to join together a subordinate clause to an independent clause to form a complex sentence.
Correctly fill in the blank:
Yay! We played _____ soccer game even though we had not practiced this week.
Good
What relationships do prepositions show?
1. Time
2. Direction
3. Location
4. Manner
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Oh no! I left my new jacket on the playground that is outside my classroom.
on the playground
outside my classroom
What part of speech can adverbs modify?
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
Oh no! Our teacher wasn't feeling _____ and she had to leave school at lunch.
Well
What must have preposition have?
An object
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
Did you know his aunt lives down the street and across from the fire station?
down the street
across from the fire station
What questions do adverbs answer?
1. How
2. When
3. Where
4. Why
5. To what extent
What are corelative conjunctions?
Corelative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that always must be used together to show the relationship between groups of words or phrases
Correctly fill in the blank:
His dad said if he did a ____ job on his assignment and performed _____ on his next test, he could have a new dog!
good/well
Identify the preposition(s) in the following sentence:
Down the hill and into the river, rolled the heavy stone rock.
Down/Into
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
Sometimes, I like to read in my room and on my bed and other times, I like to read outside and in my treehouse.
in my room
on my bed
in my treehouse
Identify the adverbs in following sentence:
Earlier, the eager students quickly answered the very tricky and highly difficult math question!
Earlier/quickly/very/highly
Correctly fill in the blanks:
______ my brother _____ I wanted to have spaghetti for dinner, so we made tacos instead!
Neither/nor
Since she practices regularly, Nina did _____ at last recital, and everyone think she will do just as ____ at her next one.
Well/well
Identify the prepositions in the following sentence:
The sharks in the clear water scared the nervous surfers on their surfboards and those swimming near the beach.
In/on/near
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentences:
Yikes! Reptar chased that skunk across our yard and into our garden! Then, skunk ran up the tree and climbed across the branches. Reptar stayed mad and stayed outside the house to guard it all night.
across our yard
into our garden
up the tree
across the branches
outside the house