Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections Sort

5th Grade ELAGrammar and Language3 pages

About this worksheet

The printing press at the Daily Gazette has dropped a box of words, and students sort fifteen of them before the morning paper goes to print. The word bank mixes because, underneath, Yikes, although, and eleven more. Each word goes into a Conjunctions, Prepositions, or Interjections column. Four follow-up questions ask students to add their own words, write a sentence with all three, and explain each word's job. The 3-page sort practices 5th grade L.5.1.a, and the answer key gives the full sort with sample answers.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.5.1.a

โ€œExplain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general and their function in particular sentences.โ€

The sort shows the general function of each part of speech, and Question 5 asks students to explain each word's job in their own sentence.

What's inside this worksheet

Word Toolbox

Fifteen words in a word bank, five of each type, from toward and during to Phew and Ouch. Students write each one in the correct column of the dashed table.

Thinking and Explaining

Question 2 asks which word was trickiest and why. Question 3 adds one new word to each column. Questions 4 and 5 ask for a sentence with all three parts of speech and an explanation of what each word does.

How teachers use it

Sorting center

Cut the word bank into cards for a center. Students sort them on the table first, then copy the final columns onto the sheet.

Common mix-up

Although and unless trip up students, who often file them as prepositions. Ask whether each word joins two ideas or shows position or time.

Model the explanation

Question 5 is new for most 5th graders. Talk through the key's example, "Wow, the dog ran under the fence and chased the ball!" before students write their own.

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