Student Review
Adjectives, Adverbs,
Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections
Directions
1) Read the questions & follow directions
2) Use your packet to help you answer the questions
3) Write your name on the Review Answer Sheet
4) Record all answers on that paper
5) If you finish early, study for the Grammar Test or Read
PAY ATTENTION!!!
You will see these questions again on your test!!!
Adjective Review: Modifies Nouns
Identifying Adjectives
Write the two or three adjectives in each sentence:
Look for all regular adj, articles, nouns used as adj, and pronouns used as adj.
#1
The idea of flying has fascinated people since early times.
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#2
Daedalus created the wings for himself and for his son, Icarus.
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Father and son were prisoners, and their wings were to be used in a death-defying escape.
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Adverb Review: Modifies Verbs, Adjectives, & Other Adverbs
Identifying Adverbs
Write the two or three adverbs in each sentence.
#4
Balloons certainly belong on the list of very early flight devices.
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#5
Somewhat earlier in that same year, the Montgolfiers had floated a balloon with several farm animals as passengers.
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They did not travel far or stay in the air long.
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Preposition Review:
Identifying Prepositional Phrases
Identify the two prepositional phrases in each sentence.
#7
Often, products are invented and put on the market because someone has seen a need for them.
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#8
Until Charles Goodyear accidentally discovered vulcanization while playing around in his kitchen, rubber was a product without much practical use.
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Owing to Goodyear’s “mistake,” vulcanized rubber is now used extensively throughout the world.
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Conjunction & Interjection Review:
Identifying Conjunctions, Conjunctive Adverbs, & Interjections
Identify the conjunction, conjunctive adverb, or interjection in the sentence and include the necessary punctuation.
#10
Charles Goodyear was searching for a way to harden rubber, but sometimes inventors find things they aren’t looking for.
#11
In fact, some neither recognize nor appreciate what they’ve done until much later.
#12
He had been trying to create a very strong adhesive; however, he came up with a very weak one instead.
#13
“Boy, was that a great invention,” is the opinion of most people today.
#14
He set his creation aside until four years later because he couldn’t think of a use for it.
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