Unit 1 Grammar Review

A review of the grammar standards we have used in the first 9 weeks this

school year

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, against, at, before, below, between, by, down, for, from, in, into, near, of, on, onto, over, through, to, toward, under, until, up, with

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

ConjunctionsCoordinating Conjunctions

• Join two independent clauses, two subjects, or two predicates

• Can be remembered with FANBOY

F = for

A = and

N = nor

B = but

O = or

Y = yet

S = so

Subordinating Conjunction

• Joins ONE independent and ONE dependent clause

• Can be remembered with ISAWBUB

I = If

S = Since

A = After

W = When / While

B = Because

U = Until

B = Before