Preposition or Adverb & Interjections

Knowing whether a word is actually a preposition or an adverb can be surprisingly tricky. A good rule of thumb is to look at how the word is used in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

An ______ describes a verb, adjective, or adverb and answers one of four questions: To what extent? How? When? Where?

• adverb

• preposition

• adjective

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb?

The dog ran inside.

• The

• dog

• ran

• inside

Inside is an adverb, answering the question, "Where did the dog go?"

Multiple Choice

A _______ is a word used to tie a noun or pronoun to other information in a sentence. It conveys time, place, direction, or location

• adverb

• preposition

• adjective

Multiple Choice

Which word is the preposition?

I put the dog inside the cage.

• put

• dog

• inside

• cage

I put the dog inside the cage. (In this case, inside is a preposition and conveys location.)

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

Sometimes, we hold our emotions within.

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

You'll find a variety of restaurants within the City limits.

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

The local pool is close by.

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

Leah took the puppy off the bed.

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

The kitchen chair fell over.

• adverb

• preposition

Multiple Choice

For each sentence, label the colored word as an adverb or preposition.

Krysten took the garbage outside.

• adverb

• preposition

What! Wow! Whoa! That's right, it's time to get excited! Interjection words (like the first three at the start of this paragraph) are words than can be followed by an exclamation mark.

Multiple Choice

Interjections can be followed by _____

• !

• ?

• .

• ...

​That is, interjections are words expressing surprise (either good or bad) or disbelief. Interjections can act like emojis.

The restaurant serves only vegetarian food. Wow!

The restaurant serves only vegetarian food. :o

Multiple Choice

Interjections are like ____.

• Shouting

• Yawning

• Emojis

• Imunizations

​There's no rule about where an interjection should be placed in a sentence—you almost can't use it incorrectly. Just remember to separate it from the sentence somehow. The punctuation you choose depends on what emotion you want to convey.

Multiple Choice

What do you need to remember to do when using an interjection?

• separate it from the sentence

• nothing sprinkle them in like glitter

• don't use them,as they are too complex

Multiple Choice

Which word is the interjection?

Yum! This omelet tastes amazing.

• yum

• omelet

• tastes

• amazing

Multiple Choice

Which word is the interjection?

That assignment is done. Yay!

• That

• assignment

• done

• yay

Multiple Choice

Which word is the interjection?

Wow, we have no time left!

• wow

• have

• time

• left

Multiple Choice

Which word is the interjection?

Huh, I never thought of that.

• huh

• never

• thought

• that

Multiple Choice

Which word is the interjection?

Ouch! That bee just stung me.

• ouch

• bee

• just

• stung