G7 1st Tri Grammar Revision

Conjunctions, Interjections,
Prepositions, and
Direct and Indirect Objects

A conjunction is a word that links a word or sentence to another word or sentence.

Ex: I like to eat and play.

What is the conjunction?

​Conjunctions

Multiple Choice

Select the conjunction.

• Hooray!

• and

• next

Multiple Choice

What conjunction best completes the sentence?

My sister _________ I do chores after school.

• for

• and

• nor

• yet

Multiple Choice

What conjunction best completes the sentence?

The lunch choices are pizza, soup, _________ sandwiches.

• but

• and

• nor

• or

Multiple Choice

What conjunction best completes the sentence?

Billy swept _________ washed the floor.

• but

• and

• nor

• or

Another type of conjunction is the correlative conjunction. They always come in pairs (think of the "co-" in correlative), are usually one word each, and are separated by other words in the sentence. Their function is to show that the clauses are of equal importance.

Multiple Choice

Which correlative conjunction in this sentence:

Jaclyn has neither a sweater nor a Jacket for the walk home.

• has/neither

• sweater/jacket

• neither/nor

• for/the

Multiple Choice

Cora has not yet decided whether to wear her costume from last year or

to stay home from the party. What is the correlative conjunctions?

• has/not

• to/wear

• whether/or

• from/the

An interjection is a word that shows excitement or a sudden feeling. It is followed by a comma or exclamation point. It always comes at the beginning of a sentence.

Ex: Phew! It sure is hot out there.

​What is the interjection.

​Interjections

Multiple Choice

Select the interjection.

• Hooray!

• and

• next

Multiple Choice

Select the interjections.

Hey, could I ride with you to school today?

• Hey

• ride

• you

• school

Multiple Choice

Select the interjection.

Oh no! I forgot my homework.

• Oh no

• forgot

• my

• homework

Multiple Choice

Select the interjections.

Yikes! That really hurt.

• Yikes

• that

• really

• hurt

Multiple Choice

Tell me the interjection in this sentence:

Wow! My brother can walk now!

• now

• Wow

• My

• walk

• brother

Prepositions

show a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

Prepositions link nouns or pronouns to another word in the sentence.

Ex: I was about to do the problem on the board, but I didn't know the answer.

​What is the preposition? Is there any other part of speech we've learned about in this sentence? What is it?

​Preposition

For example...

• (time) Let’s get an ice cream cone after dinner.

• (space) I left my glasses beside the TV.

• (direction) Will you move the bed toward the window?

• (similarity) The cloud looks like a frog.

After lunch, Isaac took a walk.

When did Isaac take a walk? After lunch.

After lunch is the prepositional phrase!

Multiple Choice

I will be sick after dinner.

Which word is a preposition?

• will

• be

• sick

• after

Multiple Choice

Which word is the preposition or connecting word in the following sentence?

After dinner, she read a book.

• dinner

• after

• read

• she

What's a prepositional phrase?

A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, its object and any words that modify the object.

Multiple Select

Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:

We'll need to see the receipts for the dress you bought on Monday.

• We'll need to see the receipts

• for the dress

• you bought

• on Monday

Multiple Select

Select which part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase. Select all that apply:

I drove by my house to check if the package from Amazon had arrived.

• I drove

• by my house

• to check if the package

• from Amazon

• had arrived.

Multiple Choice

Which word is the object of the preposition in the following sentence?

We went fishing with Ben.

• we

• fishing

• Ben

• went

Direct and Indirect Objects

Direct and Indirect Objects

• Direct Object = noun/pronoun that receives the action of a verb

• Indirect Object = names the noun/pronoun that something is given to or done for

Examples

• I acutely disliked the feeling.

• feeling = DO; disliked what?

• I remember being startled when I first saw my grandmother.

• grandmother = DO; saw whom?

• The grownups told the children stories.

• children = IO; told to whom?

• stories = DO; told what?

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: The author met a woman.

• author

• met

• a

• woman

Multiple Choice

What is the IO: The author met a woman.

• author

• met

• woman

• none

Multiple Choice

What is the DO: The woman showed her a manuscript.

• woman

• showed

• her

• manuscript