INTERJECTIONS

Below is a passage from Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. Read it carefully and circle fifteen interjections.

Tom Sawyer: Chapter II

Tom went on whitewashing—paid no attention to the steamboat. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hi-YI! YOU’RE up
a stump, ain’t you!”

No answer. Tom surveyed his last touch with the eye of an artist, then he gave his brush another gentle sweep and
surveyed the result, as before. Ben ranged up alongside of him. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he stuck to his
work. Ben said:

“Hello, old chap, you got to work, hey?”

Tom wheeled suddenly and said:

“Why, it’s you, Ben! I warn’t noticing.”

“Say—I’m going in a-swimming, I am. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d druther WORK—wouldn’t you?
Course you would!”

Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said:

“What do you call work?”

“Why, ain’t THAT work?”

Tom resumed his whitewashing, and answered carelessly:

“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain’t. All I know, is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”

“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to let on that you LIKE it?”

The brush continued to move.

“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I oughtn’t to like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”

That put the thing in a new light. Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom swept his brush daintily back and forth—stepped
back to note the effect—added a touch here and there—criticised the effect again—Ben watching every move and getting
more and more interested, more and more absorbed. Presently he said:

“Say, Tom, let ME whitewash a little.”

Tom considered, was about to consent; but he altered his mind:

“No—no—I reckon it wouldn’t hardly do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly’s awful particular about this fence—right here on the
street, you know—but if it was the back fence I wouldn’t mind and SHE wouldn’t. Yes, she’s awful particular about this
fence; it’s got to be done very careful; I reckon there ain’t one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it the
way it’s got to be done.”

“No—is that so? Oh come, now—lemme just try. Only just a little—I’d let YOU, if you was me, Tom.”

CONJUNCTIONS

The sentences below have either a subordinating conjunction, a coordinating conjunction, or a correlative conjunction.
Circle the conjunction in each sentence. Next to the sentence, identify which type of conjunction is seen.

1. I’m not sure whether the homework is due today or tomorrow.

2. James picked the dinner, and Sam picked the dessert.
3. She laughed when the puppy chased its tail.
4. The tiger limped as it crept through the jungle.
 5. Neither Zack not Joey want to go to the fair.
6. Because it began to rain, the game was called off.
7. I called Tasha, but she didn’t answer.
8. If the door is open, you should close it.
9. It was a good movie, yet no one saw it.
10. Whenever Linus is ready, we will leave.
11. In order to learn, a student must not only listen closely but also understand.
12. The Cooper will go to the beach either in June or in August.
13. The class picnic will be at the beach, or it will be at the zoo.
14. The campers stopped to rest although they were in a hurry.
15. I want to watch either Harry Potter or Game of Thrones.

PREPOSTIONS

Read through the following passage an circle any/all prepositions.

Scott’s allergies were really severe. This season, he was having a lot of trouble with them. He kept sneezing into the
tissue he carried in his hand wherever he went. One day he had to sneeze three times while he was walking across the
street! His mom decided to take him to the doctor.

Dr. Anderson asked Scott to sit in the chair beside the table. Throughout the appointment, Dr. Anderson talked to
Scott and examined him. He tested the skin along Scott’s arm to see if it changed color. He made on row of pin pricks,
then he made another row beneath the first row. Between the two rows, he touched a Q-tip in several places. Near the
bottom of the second row, he looked closely for a reaction on Scott’s skin. After he was done, he told Scott and his mom
that Scott was allergic to a flowering tree that was common in their area. He gave Scott a prescription medication to try.

Scott used to eat his lunch while sitting outside under the tree. He thoroughly enjoyed leaning against the tree;
however, he realized he could not do that anymore. Ever since he saw Dr. Anderson, Scott spent more time inside his
house until the tree was not flowering. His allergies did not bother him much.

Fortunately, there was enough time between the tree’s flowering cycles when Scott could enjoy some time outside
without sneezing.