August 26-29 Please take assigned seats SSR – GET JOURNALS Daily Grammar Editing Guided Notes: Conjunctions, Gerunds, and Participles Prefix and Suffix Review

August 26-29 Grammar Workbook Exercises Prefix and Suffix Review Vocabulary Lesson I - Structure (4 words)

Parts of Speech Super-Fast Review Part 4 (Conjunctions and Verbals) August 26-29 Basham

CONJUNCTIONS A conjunction connects words or groups of words. There are three types of conjunctions: Coordinating Correlative Subordinating

Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions connect words or groups of words of equal importance in a sentence.

Coordinating Conjunctions Sonia and her friends watched the football game. The action was slow at first, but the scene changed quickly.

Coordinating Conjunctions For And Nor But Or Yet So

Correlative Conjunctions Correlative conjunctions are word pairs that serve to join words or groups of words.

Correlative Conjunctions You will not only get a diploma when you graduate from high school, but also gain self respect. Either you or I will have to work hard to get that done.

Correlative Conjunctions both…and neither…nor whether…or either…or not only…but also if…then

Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses – clauses that can not stand alone – and join them to independent clauses. The class waited while the teacher checked her voice mail.

Subordinating Conjunctions After As though If So that When Although Because In order that Than Where As Before Provided Unless Whereas As if Even though Since Until While

VERBALS A verbal is a verb form that acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. There are three types of verbals: Participles Gerunds Infinitives

Participles A participial is a verb form that acts as an adjective. It modifies a noun or pronoun.

Participles Loved by generations, Ronald McDonald has been the symbol of McDonalds since the 1940’s. Large crowds attend games featuring rival schools.

Participles There are two types of participles: Past – end in –ed Present – end in –ing

Gerunds A gerund is a verb form that ends in -ing and acts as a noun. He loves swimming. Thank you for not smoking.

Gerunds A gerund phrase includes a gerund and its modifiers. He loves swimming in the ocean. Daily smoking leads to lung cancer

Infinitives An infinitive is a verb form that typically begins with the word to , that can act as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

Infinitives To live well is to live free. More and more women are learning to play golf.