Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

A States
Prepositions
Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

The final three parts of speech are prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Each has a specific function in a sentence.

A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence. All of the words related by a preposition, as well as the preposition itself, are a part of a prepositional phrase. The first two tip sheets and Worksheets 7.1 through 7.8 focus on prepositions, prepositional phrases, and objects of prepositions.

A conjunction is a word that joins words or groups of words in a sentence. One tip sheet and Worksheet 7.9 focus on coordinating conjunctions.

An interjection is a word that shows feeling or emotion. One tip sheet and Work-sheet 7.10 focus on interjections.

Part 7 concludes with Worksheets 7.11 through 7.13, which review prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, and Worksheet 7.14, which reviews parts of speech.

Tip sheet

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence. The following are examples of common prepositions:

✵ The noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called the object of the preposition.

Sara likes reading about history.

We walk to school.

I had a lot of homework.

✵ Remember that only object pronouns can be used as objects of a preposition. The following are the object pronouns:

The phone call was for me.

I gave the book to her.

The gift was from them.

7.1 A States

The names of these three states begin and end with the letter A. What states are they?

To answer the question, find the preposition in each set of words below. Write the letter of the preposition in the space above its line number at the bottom of the page. You will need to divide the letters into words.