1. Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction Interjections

2. Adverb Adverb – modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, when, where, or what extent (how much, how long, or how often). – Examples: We stayed inside. (The adverb inside modifies the verb stayed and tells where) – It was an unusually quiet morning. (The adverb unusually modifies that adjective quiet and tells how) – The dog barked quite loudly. (The adverb quite modifies the adverb loudly and tells to what extent)

3. Adverb or Noun Adverb – modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, when, where, or to what extent (how much, how long, or how often) Noun - names a person, place, thing, or an idea.

4. Examples: Raz and Donna are studying tonight with Sherry and Jim. (adverb telling when) Tonight is their last chance to review their notes.(noun, subject of the sentence) Sean gave Jenny a ride home from the party. (adverb telling where) He found her street and her home with no problem. (noun, object of verb)

5. Examples continued…. Josh ran quickly. How did Josh run? QUICKLY Josh ran yesterday. When did Josh run? YESTERDAY Josh ran away. Where did Josh run? AWAY Mr. Bernstein is very silly. How silly is he? VERY Ms. Wing is too serious. To what extent is she serious? TOO Marc skates very fast. How does he skate? VERY Anna understand German extremely well. To what extent does she understand German? EXTREMELY

6. Preposition Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, to another word. Prepositional Phrase: a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object

7. Examples: – Examples: The spider is walking across its web. (across is the preposition; web is the object of the preposition) – According to the weather report, the snow should begin falling soon. (according to is the preposition; weather report is the object of the preposition)

8. Conjunction Joins words or word groups. – Coordinating: It has not yet begun to rain, so I will go to the game. List: and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet – Correlative: Either Alice or Jen will drive to the field. List: both…and, not only…but also, either…or, neither…nor, whether…or – Subordinating: Because it was beginning to rain, we left early.

9. Interjection Expresses emotion and has no grammatical relations to the rest of the sentence. Often set off from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation point or a comma. An exclamation point indicates strong emotion. A comma indicates mild emotion. – Examples: Wow! We Won! – Oh my, I’m sorry that I’m late.