Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections!

Chapter 6 Cassidy Apel, Trent Elliott, Kailey Good, Kelly Paul and Corinne Wade

Prepositions
Prepositions show the relationship between and object and other words in a sentence. They show how an object relates, or connects with something else.

Examples of Prepositions:
about above behind below by from in on off over since to under with

Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun that is called the object of the preposition. Examples: Janet found the receipt inside the trash bag. Joanne went to the airport. Mary laid the paper on the book.

Conjunctions
Conjunctions connect words, clauses or phrases in sentences and show the relationship between or among them.

Types of Conjunctions:
coordinating conjunctions subordinating conjunctions correlative conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions
Join parallel (or equal) words or groups of words a noun with a noun, a verb with a verb, an adjective with an adjective, a main clause with a main clause, etc.

Examples of Coordinating Conjunctions:

For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Katy spoke English and Spanish. Bob can eat some spices but not garlic.

Conjunctions
Conjunctions connect words, clauses or phrases in sentences and show the relationship between or among them.

Subordinating Conjunctions
Link dependent clauses with independent clauses.

Examples of Subordinating Conjunctions:

After, although, because, before, even though, provided, since, than, that, unless, until, when, whenever, wherever, while.
Although Dora was bruised (dependent clause), she was not in pain (independent clause).

Correlative Conjunctions
Occur in pairs and join parallel structures

Examples of Correlative Conjunctions:

Both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, whether/or. Neither Mary nor Susan is in a sorority. Either Jerry will catch a fish or he will tell a fish story.

Interjections
Interjections enliven writing by showing strong feeling or emotion. Interjections do not have a grammatical connection with the rest of the sentence, and they often stand alone.

Examples of Interjections:
Oh, Whew! Yikes! No! Awesome! Wow! Mild Interjections: mild emotion; followed by a comma at the beginning of a sentence.

Example: Oh, thats sweet.

Strong Interjections: more forceful emotion; usually followed by an exclamation mark. Example: Wow! That was a great show.