Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Linking Verb / Prep Test Fri

For the grammar test on Friday, you will need to:

1. be able to label the linking verb or action verb in a sentence.

2. be able to list the following linking verbs: 

1. seem
2. stay
3. grow
4. smell
5. sound
6. become
7. appear
8. remain
9. look
10. taste
11. feel
12. be (am, is, are, was, were, will be)

PREPOSITIONS:
I will ask you to list the 10 most common. (These are essential when learning comma rules later.)

1.with
2. in
3. over
4. to
5. on
6. at
7. of
8. from
9.by
10. under

These sentences might help!

I walked with you in the darkness over the wet grass to the rocks on the sand at the edge of the ocean. From our position by the light of the moon, we watched the fish swim under the surface.

Here are some fun songs!



Here are some others to remember:

about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, through, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with, within, and without.

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