BELLWORK

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BELLWORK

• Write a sentence for each of the following
  vocabulary words.
• abrupt
• sudden and unexpected
• fulfill
• to effect or bring to realization or completion.
• familiar
• easily recognized commonly known
• banquet
• an elaborate formal dinner or a dinner given in
  honor of a person, group, or special event
• pamphlet
• a short printed publication that is unbound or
  has a paper binding
• durable
• not easily worn out long-lasting sturdy
• tangible
• capable of being touched or perceived by touch
  factual or real

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More about

• Prepositions

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Telling Prepositions and Adverbs Apart

• Both prepositions and adverbs can answer the
  questions Where? and When?
• Whether or not a word is a preposition or adverb
  in a sentence depends on its use in the
  particular sentence.

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Double Duty

• about
• above
• around
• before
• behind
• below
• down
• in

• inside
• near
• out
• outside
• over
• through
• up

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WORDS TO THE WISE

• If you have trouble deciding whether a word is
  being used as a preposition or an adverb, look at
  the words around it.
• If the word is followed closely by a noun or a
  pronoun, the word is probably a preposition and
  the noun or pronoun is the object of the
  preposition.

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Examples

• We ate our lunch outside the library.
• Preposition
• We walked around the park for an hour.
• Preposition
• We ate our lunch outside.
• Adverb
• We walked around for an hour.
• Adverb

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Whole Class Practice

• A flock of geese flew over.
• The cow jumped over the moon.
• The boy hid behind a tree.
• The detective entered the room and looked around.
• Come inside and get warm.
• Dont stand near the door.
• Zack fell behind in the race.
• From the top of the tower, we looked down.
• Six impossible things happened before breakfast.
• He walked around the library several times.

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CRASH COURSE

• ADJECTIVES describe or modify nouns or
  pronouns.
• We studied ancient history. (What kind?)
• I read four chapters. (How many?)
• That invention changed my life. (Which one?)
• SOMETIMES phrases will act like adjectives. The
  WHOLE PHRASE will describe a noun or pronoun.

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CRASH COURSE 2

• ADVERBS modify verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
• You should handle antiques carefully.
• Very old antiques are valuable.
• It is almost always a shame to destroy an
  antique.
• ADVERBS ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS
• How?
• When?
• Where?
• SOMETIMES an ENTIRE PHRASE will act like an
  adverb. The WHOLE PHRASE will modify a verb,
  adverb, or adjective.

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Prepositional Phrases as Adjectives and Adverbs

• A prepositional phrase is an adjective phrase
  when it modifies or describes a noun or a
  pronoun.
• The servers (at the Junction) are courteous.
• The atmosphere includes mounted animal heads
  (from hunting trips.)
• An adjective phrase usually comes AFTER the noun
  or pronoun it modifies.

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More Confusion.

• A prepositional phrase is an adverb phrase when
  it modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
  adverb.
• The servers dress (like movie stars.)
• modifies the verb dress
• The restaurant is popular (with young people.)
• modifies the adjective popular
• The restaurant opens early (in the morning.)
• modifies the adverb early

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Whole Class Practice

• How many countries lie on the equator?
• I read a book about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The patient sipped water through a straw.
• The flowers along the fence are daffodils.
• This game is perfect for a rainy day.

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More.

• 6. The day before yesterday was my birthday.
• My great-grandparents came from Germany.
• I like movies with action.
• The luncheon will begin at noon.
• The young man chose his career early in life.

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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

• Practice identifying prepositional phrases as
  either adjectives or adverbs on your own.
• When you complete the worksheet, you may turn it
  in.
• If you do not complete it in class, complete it
  for homework and turn it in tomorrow.