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Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections. Unit 13. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases. Prepositions = word that relates a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence The boy by the window is French. By shows the relationship of boy to window. Commonly used Prepositions.

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Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

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  1. Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections Unit 13

  2. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases • Prepositions = word that relates a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence • The boy by the window is French. • By shows the relationship of boy to window

  3. Commonly used Prepositions

  4. Compound Prepositions Yasmin will visit Trinidad instead of Jamaica. The painting near you is by a Brazilian artist.

  5. Prepositional Phrases • Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun that is called the OBJECT of the PREPOSITION. • I hate when otters come before rain and snow.

  6. FIND THEM!! Prep/Obj. of Prep. • Page 482 • Exercise 1: odd • Exercise 2: all

  7. Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions • If a preposition has a pronoun that is an object, you must use an objective pronoun. • Subjective: used in the subject • Objective: used in predicate (after verb) or in as the object of the preposition.

  8. Pronouns as Obj of Prep • Dan handed the tickets to Natalie. • Dan handed the tickets to her. • I borrowed the suitcase from Ivan and Vera. • I borrowed the suitcase from Ivan and her. • Natalie traveled with me. • Will you go with him and me? • Who is going? To whom did you send that? • The man of whom I spoke is from Asia.

  9. Your turn! • Page 484 • Exercise 3: odd

  10. Prepositional Phrases as adjectives and adverbs • Yes, I know I said we wouldn’t, but let’s try anyway! • What does an adjective modify? • What does an adverb modify? • This is easy. Find the phrase... Ask what it describes/modifies and determine your answer.

  11. Prep Phrases as Adjectives • A temple of great size stood here. • I noticed some men with heavy suitcases. • An adjective phrase usually comes AFTER the word it modifies.

  12. Prep Phrases as Adverbs • A prepositional phrase is an adverb phrase when it modifies, or describes a verb, adverb, or adjective.

  13. How Adverb Phrases Function

  14. You are up! • Page 486 • Exercise 4: odd • Exercise 5: all

  15. Conjunctions! • Coordinating conjunctions: words used to connect parts of a sentence like words, phrases, clauses, or phrases. • Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, for, so, yet, and nor

  16. Coordinating Conjunctions

  17. Correlative Conjunctions • Pairs of words used to connect... • Both...and • Either...or • Neither...nor • Not only...but also • Examples exist in both Ireland and Greece. • Either Eddeor Jacob will enter the race.

  18. VERBS? Plurals??? • When a compound subject is joined by AND, it is usually plural. The verb MUST agree with the plural subject. • When a compound subject is joined by or or nor, the verb must agree with the nearest part of the subject. • Winemaand Tanya are in Madrid this week. • Neither the twins nor Ann is studying Spanish.

  19. Page 488 • Exercises 6 and 7 • ODD only

  20. Conjunctive Adverbs You can use special types of adverbs instead of a coordinating or correlative conjunction to join simple sentences in a compound sentence. These are usually stronger and more precise than coordinating conjunctions.

  21. Conjunctive Adverbs

  22. Join simple sentences... • With conjunctive adverbs • Chinese cooks often stir-fry their food; therefore, they must cut it into very small pieces. • Stir-frying should be done quickly; the wok must be very hot, therefore. • Vegetables cook more quickly than meat; they must, therefore, be added to the wok last.

  23. Like P90X: Bring it! • Page 490 • Exercise 8: odd • Exercise 9: odd

  24. Interjections! • A word or group of words that expresses strong feeling. • It/They has/have NO GRAMMATICAL connection to any other word in the sentence. • We are taking a boat ride around Venice. Hooray! • We have to go to count the grains of rice. Oh, joy. • Wow, you look like you are having fun.

  25. Do not overuse interjections when you write!

  26. Your turn: page 492 • Exercise 10: odd • Exercise 11: all

  27. You have now garnered all you need to find all of the parts of speech • Look at page 493 • Review the chart

  28. Your turn: page 494 • Exercise 12: all • Exercise 13: Odd

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