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PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS.
Learning to take notes takes practice. To
help you, I’ve marked the most important
things with a (make sure that piece of
info goes down in your notes. )
What is a
Preposition?
Spooky is sleeping on the bed.
Spooky is hiding under the
staircase.
Have you figured it out yet?
 A preposition shows a
relationship between a noun or
pronoun and another part of the
sentence.
 It often answers “where?” or
“when?”
The ant on the floor captured
Spooky’s attention.
Where was the ant? ON THE FLOOR.
Most common prepositions
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Aboard
Above
Across
After
Against
Along
Among
Around
At
Before
Behind
Below
Beneath
Beside
Between
Beyond
By
Concerning
Down
During
Except
For
From
In
Inside
Into
Like
Near
Of
Toward
Under
Underneath
Off
Until
On
Up
Out
Outside Upon
With
Over
Within
Past
Without
Since
Through
Throughout
To
 A phrase is a group of words. A
prepositional phrase is one that begins with
a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
as its object.
“in the backyard” is the prepositional phrase.
“in” is the preposition.
Backyard is the object of the preposition.
Prepositions
are always in
phrases (prep without a phrase
is usually an adverb)
A prep phrase can NEVER be
the subject of a sentence.
 When you have trouble finding subjects, just
get rid of the prepositional phrases. That will
narrow your search to what's left.
1. During the football game,
2.
3.
4.
5.
I snuck into the kitchen.
The scraps from dinner were in the garbage.
Except for the dog, no one was at home.
With one nudge, I pushed the can on its side.
Until the end of the game, I could snack on the
scraps with no fear of interruption
Examples
•
At night, Spooky
sleeps in bed with me.
•
The prepositional
phrases “At night,” “in
bed,” and “with me”
describe when and
where Spooky is
“sleeping”.
Spooky often hides in the sink

“In the sink”
and “often”
describe
where and
when Spooky
“sleeps”
(verb).
“Often” is a regular adverb & “On his back” is
a prepositional phrase.
You know that a verb must agree in
number with its subject. A singular
subject (“the mouse,” “she,” “the
ball” must have a singular verb
(“tastes,” “pets” “rolls”)
Otherwise, the sentence sounds off,
right?
For example, “the mouse taste
good” is grammatically wrong. She
pet me,” doesn’t work either. But
“The mouse tastes good” and “She
pets me” works!
 Agreement is easy when the subject
and the verb appear side by side.
Sometimes, however, the prepositional
phrase comes between the subject and the
verb.
So, you need to make sure the verb
agrees with the subject of the
sentence and not the noun in the
prepositional phrase.
Recap of SVA Rule #4
Usually phrases like
these, along with
prep phrases, can
mask the actual
subject. IGNORE
THESE PHRASES
WHEN DETERMINING
SVA!

The cats on the floor like milk. (match to catS not
floor)
Conjunctions
A
conjunction connects parts of a
sentence/words.
 For
 And
Coordinating
 Nor
Conjunctions
 But

 Or
 Yet
 So
What do conjunctions do?
 Connect
nouns
Scissors and glue
 Connect
adjectives
Strange but fascinating
 Connect
verbs
Cut and folded
 Connect
pronouns
You and he
 Connect
adverbs
Quickly yet carefully
 Connect
prep phrases
at desks and on easels.
Interjections

Help us interject, or add, strong feelings
to a sentence.
HEY! Got any treats for me?
Common interjections
Ah
 Hey
 ouch
 Oh
 ugh
 Oops
 OMG

Side Note

Even though some profane words
qualify as interjections, these words are
not appropriate in your writing for
school or business.
For Practice
Complete the Prepositions
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