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Prepositions and Conjunctions Quiz for Class 7-9 Instructions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition or conjunction from the options provided.
Geoff Pullum’s heart sinks as he sees a government-ordained test of grammar that requires children to give an incorrect 18th-century answer rather than a correct 21st-century one.
Expressing Logical Relationships / Guided Practice - Conjunctions to Prepositions Guided Practice In each item below, the sentence contains a highlighted conjunction expressing a time relationship, ...
But in a number of dictionaries, the word “than” is categorised as both a preposition and a conjunction. Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary states that the word is both a preposition and a ...
Prepositions contextualize nouns in relation to other nouns as in “Alphaville is going to America”. Conjunctions connect nouns and noun phrases, clauses or sentences; for example, “Mary’s ...
Ironically, this is a case where the clueless guy who’s never heard of a preposition or a conjunction or an infinitive is more likely to be right.
And prepositions and conjunctions serve as the connective tissue that binds our words and phrases together into complete thoughts. Why don't interjections get more respect?