Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Prepositions:
- Definition: Words that show relationships between nouns, pronouns, and other words in a sentence (e.g., on, in, at, under, between).
- Examples:
- “The book is on the table.”
- “She walked under the bridge.”
- Exercises:
- Identify the prepositions in the following sentences:
- “The cat jumped over the fence.”
- “They arrived at the party after midnight.”
- Create sentences using different prepositions.
- Conjunctions:
- Definition: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or, so, for, yet, nor).
- Types:
- Coordinating Conjunctions: connect items of equal rank (e.g., and, but, or).
- Subordinating Conjunctions: connect dependent and independent clauses (e.g., because, since, although).
- Correlative Conjunctions: work in pairs to connect elements (e.g., either/or, neither/nor, both/and).
- Examples:
- Coordinating: “She likes coffee and tea.”
- Subordinating: “I stayed home because it was raining.”
- Correlative: “Neither the cat nor the dog wanted to go outside.”
- Exercises:
- Identify the conjunction in each sentence:
- “He wanted to go, but it started raining.”
- “She will stay if it rains.”
- Create sentences using each type of conjunction.