Parts of Speech
Part Three
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Welcome to the third and final section of "Parts of
Speech"! You've made it through the valley of verbs and adverbs, you've trekked through the swamp of nouns, across the rivers of adjectives and through the forest of prickly pronouns! Now our journey leads to us three more parts of speech: Prepositions,Interjections,Conjunctions. Cross these bridges and we will reach the Parts of Speech Promised Land! |
See Parts of Speech 1 and 2 here.
Prepositions
A preposition links a noun, pronoun or phrase to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase which this preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
How to identify prepositions
Prepositions are the words that indicate location. Prepositions can show a location in the physical world or a location in time.
| Physical location |
The banana is on the
floor. The banana is in the trash can. The banana is beside the apple. |
| Location in time |
At noon, I'm going out for
lunch. In the winter, I drive to work. During my fast, I was extremely hungry. |
More examples of prepositions
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above below beneath beside between beyond in out near next |
about according to along apart from around as at despite during in addition to in case of instead of into |
like near next of off on outside over past regarding round since |
through throughout till to toward under underneath unlike until upon with within without |
As we mentioned before, prepositions often introduced prepositional phrases. Here's a formula for creating a prepositional phrase:
preposition + optional modifiers + noun or pronoun
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"I'm at school." At = preposition; school = noun "The kettle is below the stove." below = preposition; the = modifier, stove = noun "I am nothing without you." Without = preposition; you = pronoun |
"Back to school" shows you one
way to use a preposition!
Interjections
Check out this super-cool video by Schoolhouse Rock
about "Interjections!"
An interjection is really easy to remember. Basically, an interjection is a word that conveys emotion - usually followed by an exclamation mark. It has no real grammatical connection with the rest of a sentence.
Shhh! Pssst!
Ahem!
Ugh! Phew!
Bah! Yeah!
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Examples: "Ow! Ouch! Oh no I stubbed my toe. It hurts so much" "Hey! Put that cell phone away! No talking during class!" "It's getting pretty cold outside, eh?" Fillers such as um, er, and uh are also considered interjections. |
Conjunctions
A conjunction basically links words, phrases, and clauses. Check out this cool video by Schoolhouse Rock called Conjunction Junction!
and, but, or
These are some very common conjunctions used in the English language. Let's look at different types of conjunctions.
| Type of Conjunction | Function and Examples |
| Co-ordinating Conjunctions |
Use these to join individuals
words/phrases. and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet "War and peace come hand in hand." |
| Subordinating Conjunctions |
This type of conjunction indicates the type
of relationship between an independent clause and a dependent
clause. After, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, till, until, when, where, whether, while "If you finish your vegetables, you can have dessert." (If you finish your vegetables = dependent clause, you can have dessert = independent clause) |
| Correlative Conjunctions |
Correlative conjunctions appear in
pairs. "both…and", "either…or", "neither…nor" "I'm trying to decide whether to go to Humber College or to Centennial College." |
Congratulations! You've learned about the eight parts of speech!
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