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  1. Interjections!! SC English 2 October, 2007

  2. But first, a conjunction review… • Conjunctions connect ________ or _______ ___ ________. • They are different from prepositions in that they do not have an ________. • There are three types of Conunctions: • 1. • 2. • 3.

  3. Conjunctions • Conjunctions connect words or groups of words. • They are different from prepositions in that they do not have an object. • There are three types of Conunctions: • 1. Coordinating conjunctions • 2. Correlative conjunctions • 3. Subordinating conjunctions

  4. Coordinating conjunctions • Conjunctions connect words of the _____ _______. • Examples of coordinating conjunctions are: • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • 6. • 7.

  5. Coordinating conjunctions • Conjunctions connect words of the same kind. • Examples of coordinating conjunctions are: • 1. and • 2. but • 3. for • 4. nor • 5. or • 6. so • 7. yet

  6. Examples • Troy wanted to play football badly, but his knee and his feet were injured. • Mr. Swartos was excited and nervous about his bear hunt.

  7. Practice • Troy practiced hard every day, so his teammates respected him. • Jesse made positive behavioral choices at school and at home.

  8. Correlative Conjunctions • Similar to ________ conjunctions, except that they work in _____. • Examples of correlative conjunctions are: • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.

  9. Correlative conjunctions • Similar to coordinating conjunctions, except that they work in pairs. • Examples of correlative conjunctions are: • 1. both…..and • 2. either…..or • 3. neither….nor • 4. not only….but also • 5. whether….or

  10. Example • The sick hiker would neither eat nor drink.

  11. Practice • Neither Coach Toft nor Coach Rasmussen could believe how hard the team played. • The wrestling match was both exciting and high-scoring. • Not only are the Badlands rugged, but they are also beautiful.

  12. Subordinating conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions connect two _____ by making one idea _______ upon the other. • Subordinating conjunctions are in sentences that contain a _______ idea and a _________ idea. • The subordinating conjunction always comes _________ the dependent idea.

  13. Subordinating Conjunctions • Subordinating conjunctions connect two ideas by making one idea dependent upon the other. • Subordinating conjunctions are in sentences that contain a main idea and a dependent idea. • The subordinating conjunction always comes before the dependent idea.

  14. One more…. • If the dependent idea comes _____ the main idea, a ______ is used to separate the two. • If the _______ idea comes first, no ____ is used.

  15. One more….. • If the dependent idea comes before the main idea, a comma is used to separate the two. • If the main idea comes first, no comma is used.

  16. Examples • Although Mr. Tatroe was much admired, MMS would not finance a memorial honoring him. • The 8th graders at MMS were incredibly well behaved at the assembly until the presenter gave them all kazoos.

  17. Practice • Whenever Jax came to the school, the students loved to pet him. • Mr. Swartos praised Troy’s hard word so that he would keep doing so well in school. • While Jesse ate dinner, Troy was in Science class.

  18. Interjections! • Interjections are used to express feelings or emotions. • They are the least used part of speech. • Interjections function independently from the rest of the sentence • Huh? What does that mean? • It is therefore set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or exclamation mark.

  19. Interjections! • Common interjections (Complete list on p. 388 of your text) • Wow • Oh • Ouch • Tsk • Uh • Alas • Woah • Oops • Psst

  20. Interjections! • Wow! Did you see that play? • Ouch! That hurts! • I, uh, think we should leave now. • Woah! How did he catch that? • My, that certainly is a huge cat.

  21. Practice- supply an appropriate interjection for each sentence. • (pain) That looked like it hurt. • (anger) That’s my bike! • (surprise) You scared me!

  22. Practice: Use each of the following interjections in a sentence. • woah • psst • oops • uh • hey

  23. It’s your favorite time of day! Time for a short Grammar Rock video.

  24. Assignment • Finish conjunction list for index cards. • Say “I love interjections” 40 times to yourself today. • P.387: Ex. 5 • P. 390: Ex. 11-12 • Study pp. 388-390