Honors Sophmore English Grammar Final

Mr. Anger

What is a preposition?

a word that shows how a noun or pronoun is connected to another word in a sentence.

common prepositions

over, outside. under, inside, down, behind, below, across, by

6 kinds of prepositions

Direction, Location, Time, Cause, Manner, Relationship

What is a prepositional phrase?

a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with its object.

what is the object of the preposition?

the noun or pronoun that completes the prepositonal phrase.

Basic Prepositional phrase

appears as part of the sentence and is not set off with commas

opening prepositional phrase

at the begining of the sentence, set off with commas

Single prepositional phrase

one prepositional phrase by itself

Connected prepositional phrase

two or more prepositonal phrases in the same position, separated by commas or joined by a conjunction

Multiple prepositional phases

two or more prepositional phrases in the same position separated by commas or joined by a conjunction.

What is an adjective

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun

What questions do adjectives answer

What, Which, How?

What is an opening adjective?

An ajective at the begining of the sentence, before the subject it describes. set off my one comma.

What is a delayed adjective?

an adjective that appears later in the sentence and is set off by one or two commas.

What is an Adjective Phrase

a group of words that modifies a noun or pronoun by giving additional descriptive information.

How does a adjective phrase modify?

Quantifying, Identifying

What is an Adverb?

a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

What three questions can an adverb answer

How, When, Where

what is an opening adverb

a word that appears at the beginning of a sentence, before the verb it describes. A comma always follows

what is a delayed adverb

an adverb that appears later in the sentence. can appear in the mid or end of sentence positions.

What is an adverb phrase

A group of words that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by explaining how, when, or where an action happens.