This document provides information about different parts of speech including prepositions, interjections, conjunctions, pronouns, and sentence types. It defines each part of speech, provides examples, and includes exercises labeling parts of speech in sentences.

1. Prepositions, Interjections, Conjunctions, and more
pronouns

2. Prepositions are words used in front of nouns or pronouns
to show the relationship of the noun or pronoun to another
word in the sentence.
The 49 prepositions that we memorized are:
aboard, about, above, across, against, along, around,
amid, among, after, at,
except, for, during, down
behind, below, beneath, beside, between, before, beyond,
by, in, from, off, on, over, or
until, unto, upon
under, underneath, since, up, like, near, past, throughout, through,
with, within, without, outside,
toward, inside, into, to

3. Directions: Label the prepositions in each sentence below by writing a P above each preposition. There are three
prepositions in each sentence.
The silly dog with gray fur ran wildly through the streets of our neighborhood.
After school we walked to the store for a cold treat.
During recess the children on the playground screamed loudly with joy.
Since yesterday my brother played with our neighbor from China.
My friends from church came to my house for dinner yesterday.

4. The words in our list are only being used as prepositions if
they are followed by a noun or pronoun to which they give
direction or relationship, creating a prepositional phrase.
Example:
The boys hang around the soccer field.
The boys hang around.
The noun or pronoun that is given direction or relationship
by the preposition is called the object of the preposition.
P OP
( )
XXX

5. Directions: Label the prepositions, their objects, and any adjectives or adverbs that modify the objects in the
sentences below. Then put parenthesis around each prepositional phrase.
The silly dog with gray fur ran wildly through the streets of our neighborhood.
After school we walked to the store for a cold treat.
During recess the children on the playground screamed loudly with joy.
Since yesterday my brother played with our neighbor from China.
My friends from church came to my house for dinner yesterday.

6. The words located between the preposition and the object
of the preposition are adjectives or adverbs that modify the
object of the preposition.
All of the words from the preposition to its object create a
prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase is a group of
words that modify other words in the sentence just as
adjectives and adverbs do.

7. Prepositional phrases and adverbs can cause the order of a
sentence to change from the natural order.
Adverb exception:
Inverted order caused by an adverb:
Inverted order caused by a prepositional phrase:
The children always play with their friends at recess.
Today the children played with their friends at recess.
At recess the children play with their friends.

8. Directions: Label the subject noun and action verb in the sentences below. Then label the adjectives and adverbs
that modify them, including the articles. Then label the prepositions, their objects, and any adjectives or adverbs
that modify the objects. Put parenthesis around each prepositional phrase. Then separate the complete subject and
complete predicate by underlining the subject once and the predicate twice.
The silly dog wildly ran through the streets of our neighborhood.
Yesterday we walked to the store for a cold treat.
During recess the children screamed loudly with joy.
My brother played with our neighbor from China.
My friends came to my house for dinner yesterday.

9. Interjections are a part of speech that shows the emotion or
reaction of the author.
An interjection is not grammatically related to any other
part of the sentence.
Example:
Yow! That’s not fair giving a guy a shot down there!
Well, I’ve never been so insulted in my entire life.
Aw! You threw the wrong way!
When you’re happy, sad, frightened, excited, or glad, and
interjection starts a sentence right!
Yow!
Well!
Aw!

10. Directions: Circle the interjection in each sentence below.
Yes, you may walk to the store to get a cold treat after school.
Yuck! There is a spider in my shoe!
Well, I do like studying the parts of speech.
No, I don’t know the correct answer to that question.
Ummm, do you have a crush on that pretty girl?

11. Conjunctions are words that join two items, such as nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. Words joined by
conjunctions must be the same part of speech or do the
same job in a sentence.
We learned the coordinate conjunctions.
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
or
nd
or
ut
r
et
o

12. Directions: Circle the coordinate conjunction in each of the sentences below. Then draw a line to the words that are
being joined by that conjunction.
My mother and I went to Disneyworld over Christmas vacation.
The dogs ran and played in the large field outside the city.
On Saturday elementary or high school boys came to basketball practice.
My family drove quickly but carefully to the airport.
My class learned about reading with Dick, Jane, and Spot.

13. Object Pronouns can be used to replace nouns that are in
the position of object of the preposition.
We need to be careful to put object pronouns in the place
of the object of the preposition and subject pronouns in the
place of the subject noun.
Object Pronouns
me, us
him, her
it, them, you
Subject Pronouns
I, we
he, she
it, they, you

14. Directions: Circle the correct pronoun in each set of parenthesis below.
(I, me) am tired after a long weekend with (they, them).
My parents will visit with my friends and (I, me) over Thanksgiving break.
(They, Them) arrive after school on Wednesday afternoon.
(He, Him) and (she, her) will compete in the sack race against (we, us).
(We, Us) went to school with (he, him) before we ever met (she, her).

15. Sentences have four purposes.
Sentences that make a statement are called declarative
sentences. They end with a period.
Sentences that give a command are called imperative sentences.
They also end with a period.
Sentences that show strong feelings as they give a command or
make a statement are called exclamatory sentences. They end
with an exclamation mark.
Sentences that ask a question are called interrogative
sentences. They end with a question mark.

16. Directions: Read each sentence below and tell what kind of sentence it is by writing a D for the declarative
sentences, an IMP for the imperative sentences, an E for the exclamatory sentences, and an INT for the interrogative
sentences on the line after each sentence.
Did you walk your dog before school today? _____
Stop running in the hallway! _____
Bring me a popsicle from the store. _____
Yesterday we talked to our grandparents on the phone. _____
My teacher won the marathon at the zoo on Saturday! _____