Review of prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

1. Unit 1 Grammar Review
A review of the grammar standards
we have used in the first 9 weeks this
school year

2. Prepositions
• Prepositions are POSITION
words
• You should be able to take
the prepositional phrase
out completely, and your
sentence still makes sense.
• Some people say it is what
a mouse can do to a box
• Common prepositions:
above, around, about, across, after, agai
nst, at, before, below, between, by, down
, for, from, in, into, near, of, on, onto, over
, through, to, toward, under, until, up, wit
h

3. Interjections
• One or two words set off
with an exclamation
point (!) or a comma (,)
• These are never a
complete sentence
• These are words that
show emotion, but stand
all by themselves
• They are usually at the
beginning or the end of a
sentence

4. Conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions Subordinating Conjunction
• Join two independent • Joins ONE independent and
clauses, two subjects, or two ONE dependent clause
predicates
• Can be remembered with
• Can be remembered with ISAWBUB
FANBOY
I = If
F = for
S = Since
A = and A = After
N = nor W = When / While
B = but B = Because
O = or U = Until
Y = yet B = Before
S = so