Parts of Speech

1. Parts of Speech Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections

2. Prepositions • A preposition is a part of speech that shows a relationship between two things. • Location (on, under, in) • Timing (before, after, during) • Direction (from, toward, to)

3. Prepositions (cont.) The mouse is on the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is on the other On is a preposition!

4. Lesson One: Prepositions (cont.) The mouse is under the table. Two things: mouse + table Relationship: one is under the other Under is a preposition!

5. Prepositions (cont.) Here is a list of the most common prepositions:

6. Test Your Knowledge Which word is a preposition? The pizza in the oven is mine. pizza in oven mine Check the list of prepositions.

7. Test Your Knowledge Which word is a preposition? The girl by the door is my sister. girl by door my Check the list of prepositions.

8. Test Your Knowledge Which word is a preposition? The runners raced around the track. runners around the track Check the list of prepositions.

9. In the beginning Beforethe fall After the brutal fight Downthe aisle Across the street Inside your ear Outside the house Between two girls By chewing Behind the scenes Underthe couch Down in the sand trap Into the dark woods Nearthe mouse Through the tunnel Like Larry’s uncle Except my friend Over the rainbow Upthe rough river Withouta paddle With anger Toward the door Prepositional Phrases

10. Prepositional Phrases Let’s look again at the sentences you practiced with. The pizza in the oven is mine. The girl by the door is my sister. The runners raced around the track.

11. Prepositional Phrases in the oven by the door around the track These are prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases start with a preposition and end with the object of a preposition.

12. Object of a Preposition • The object of a preposition • must be a noun or a pronoun • always comes at the end of a prepositional phrase Example: The cookies are in the oven. Oven is a noun that ends the prepositional phrase. Oven is the object of the preposition.

13. Test Your Knowledge Identify the prepositional phrase. I sat with my mom. I sat with with my with my mom

14. Test Your Knowledge Identify the prepositional phrase. After gym class, we got a drink. After gym After gym class After gym class, we

15. Test Your Knowledge Identify the prepositional phrase. I chose a book from the library. chose a book book from the library from the library

16. Types of Conjunctions • There are 2 types of conjunctions-words that join. • 1. Coordinating - and, but, or, so, yet, for and nor. • 2. Correlative (pairs) - both/and either/or neither/nor not only/ but also

17. There are two types of conjunctions: • Correlating • I would like neither pizza nor spaghetti for dinner. • There are huge buildings in both New York and Chicago. • Coordinating • I want pizza and spaghetti for dinner. • There are huge buildings in New York and Chicago.

18. Types of Conjunctions • There are seven coordinating conjunctions: Use FANBOYS to remember for and nor but or yet so

19. Interjections are words that show emotions; end in an exclamation point. COMMON INTERJECTIONS

20. Interjections • If an interjection is spoken calmly, simply put a comma after it and continue the sentence. Ex. Shhh, the baby is sleeping. Ex. Oh my, I dropped my pencil.

21. Interjections • If an interjection is spoken with more emotion, it is followed by an exclamation point. The next word is then capitalized. Ex. Ouch! I just cut my finger. Ex. He scored the winning touchdown. Wow!

22. Identify the parts of speech in the following sentence The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights and kings which she enjoyed.

23. The beautifulqueenwas walking slowlyon the coollawn, andshewas reading a longbookaboutknightsandkingswhichsheenjoyed.