Benchmark Review (Last Round)

What is a conjunction?

• A word that replaces a noun

• A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

• A word that describes a verb

• A word that indicates the position of something

Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction: "I like to eat oranges, bananas, ______ grapes."

• and

• but

• or

• so

Which of the following is an example of a correlative conjunction?

• And

• But

• Neither...nor

• Because

Fill in the blanks with the correct correlative conjunctions: "______ my mom ______ my dad graduated from college."

Choose the correct correlative conjunctions to complete the sentence: "You have to keep the car ______ close to the curb ______ possible."

Fill in the blanks with the correct correlative conjunctions: "We cannot decide ______ we should go to France ______ Italy."

Prepositions are words that tell you ____________.

• the action in a sentence

• the location or direction

• the emotion or feeling

• the time of an event

Which of the following sentences contains a preposition?

• Humpty Dumpty is sitting on the wall.

• It was snowing in the morning.

• We buy sweets from that shop.

• All of the above

Interjections are words that show ____________.

• location or direction

• action or movement

• emotion or feeling

• possession or belonging

Which of the following is an interjection?

• Yippee! It's finally summer vacation!

• Oh no! I left my baseball glove at the field.

• Oh, I completely forgot to tell you about the test tomorrow.

• All of the above