Prepositions
What is a preposition?
A word that shows location, direction, time, or introduces an object.
What is a verb?
A word that expresses an action, state of being.
What is an adjective?
A adjective describes a noun or pronoun.
What do adverbs describe?
Verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Complete the blanks in order use "gerund" and "participle"
Infinitives and other nouns can be substituted by a ______, but a _____________ functions as either a verb or adjective but not a noun.
gerund , participle
Read: "Yesterday, Virginia went to the park to play baseball." How many prepositions are there?
Two
Read: "Danny asked us to __________ him a hamburger." What verb could complete the sentence correctly?
buy, make, serve, prepare, take, bring
What is the adjective in this sentence? "We watched our parents play tennis."
our
What is the adverb in this sentence: "Rachel painted carefully around the door."
carefully
Which suffix do both gerunds and participles some times end in?
Sometimes, they both end in "ing".
Which of these words is NOT a preposition?
before, since, yesterday, through, onto
Since
What is/are the verb(s) in this sentence,
"When will Martha pick us up from school?"
What are the adjectives in this sentence? "Sara's brother, Eli, bought a new car for their mother."
Sara's, new, their
Complete the sentence with an appropriate adverb.
"Dani threw the ball _____ towards the net."
hard, slowly, quickly, carelessly, precisely
"By substituting at the high school, Mr. Torres realized he wanted to go into teaching full time." What is the gerund? What is the participle? Write & LABEL
teaching - gerund
substituting - participle
Read: "Frankie thought he was doing poorly, but he finished in 2nd place." What are the prepositional phrases in the sentence?
but he finished / in 2nd place
Name the three basic verbs tenses.
(3 "time" patterns of verbs)
present, past , future
What is the 'category' (name) given to any word that describes an adjective?
Adverb
What suffix do many adverbs end with?
"ly" or "y"
Use "playing" as a gerund.
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List all 7 prepositions that begin with "O"
of, off, on, onto, opposite, outside, over
Write the past tense of the verb "GO" to complete this sentence: "We _______ to Round Table Pizza for dinner."
went
Read the sentence. Replace the adjective in the sentence with a new adjective that gives the opposite meaning of the original. "Joe's careless answer surprised us."
careful, cautious, thoughtful
Turn the word "happy" into an adverb.
happily.
Besides -ing, what other suffixes are used to form participles?
-ed, -d, -t, -en,or -n