Interjections Language Arts 7 Mrs Cochren Coordinating conjunctions

Interjections!! Language Arts 7 Mrs. Cochren

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

Examples n Jack wanted to play checkers badly, but his arm and his hand were injured. n Mrs. Cochren was excited and nervous about her bear hunt.

Practice n Jack practiced hard every day, so his competitors respected him. n Mrs. Cochren decided she was scared, and she didn’t want to hunt bears after all.

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

Example n The sick hiker would neither eat nor drink.

Practice n Neither Mrs. Prettyman nor Mrs. Cochren could believe how well the students studied! n The final exam was both challenging and long. n Not only are Thurston students smart, but they are also beautiful.

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

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

Examples n Although Mr. Babiar teachers 6 th grade, he also teaches 8 th grade. n The 7 th graders at Thurston were incredibly well behaved at the assembly until the presenter gave them all kazoos.

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

Interjections! n Interjections are used to express feelings or emotions. n They are the least used part of speech. n Interjections function independently from the rest of the sentence n They are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or exclamation mark.

Interjections! n Common interjections n Wow Oh Ouch Shhh Uh Darn Yes No Oops Psst n n n n n

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

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