PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, and INTERJECTIONS
PREPOSITIONS—A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence. Listed below are some commonly used prepositions.
aboard |
before |
for |
off |
toward |
about |
behind |
from |
on |
under |
above |
below |
in |
out |
underneath |
across |
beneath |
in front of |
out of |
unlike |
after |
beside |
inside |
over |
until |
against |
between |
instead of |
past |
up |
along |
beyond |
into |
since |
up to |
among |
by |
like |
through |
upon |
around |
down |
near |
throughout |
with |
as |
during |
next to |
till |
within |
at |
except |
of |
to |
without |
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES—A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. Prepositional phrases begin with the preposition and end with the object of the preposition. There may be a modifier or modifiers in between.
examples:
aboard the train, across the great divide, at the movies, below the
surface, by the
orange car, from me, inside
the refrigerator, off the charts, past the principal’s office,
throughout the night, unlike most people, upon the
huge trampoline, within reason
CONJUNCTIONS—A conjunction is a word that joins words or word groups.
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS—A coordinating conjunction joins words or word groups that are used in the same way.
and but for (meaning because) nor or so yet
(remember—FANBOYS)
examples:
peanut butter and
jelly; excited but
nervous; I came to see you, for
I wanted to
apologize; me or
you; I want good grades, so
I study hard; challenging yet
fitting
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS—A correlative conjunction is a pair of words that join words or word groups that are used in the same way.
both...and either...or neither...nor not only...but also whether...or
examples:
both students
and teachers;
either me
or
you; neither
food nor
water;
not
only silver but
also gold; whether
I should stay up or
go to sleep
INTERJECTIONS—An interjection is a word that expresses emotion and has no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence. An interjection, which is followed by an exclamation point or a comma, usually comes at the beginning of a sentence but may also appear in the middle or at the end.
examples: aha, oops, yes, hurray, darn, yikes, wow, ouch, oh, hey, well
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