- Correctly identify and use adjectives
- Correctly identify and use adverbs
- Correctly identify and use conjunctions in a sentence
- Correctly identify and use prepositions in a sentence
- Correctly identify and use definite and indefinite articles
Practicing Other Parts of Speech
Complete the interactive activities below to practice using some of the various parts of speech we learned about in this section.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Here are the sentences with suggested conjunctions. These are not the only possible solutions. If you answered something different, compare your reasoning with the explanation provided below.
- Karni’s roommate, Joana, decided to drive to work; therefore, Karni rode into the city with her.
- As the punctuation currently exists (a semicolon followed by a comma), the sentence needs an adverbial conjunction. However, using therefore here feels a little stuffy. If you change the semicolon to a comma and remove the second comma, you can then use the coordinating conjunction so instead, which feels more natural: “. . . , so Karni rode into the city with her.”
- They needed to turn left on 140th Street, but that street was under construction.
- Since the blank is preceded by a comma, a coordinating conjunction should go here. The conjunction but has the most appropriate meaning in this sentence.
- Before Karni could say anything, however, Joana had already found an alternate route.
- Since there is no comma after the first blank, we know we need a subordinating conjunction here. Before makes the most sense here.
- Since this blank appears in the middle of an idea, we know we need an adverbial conjunction here. However makes the most sense.
- No sooner did Karni arrive at work than her boss told her she would be working with her coworker Ian on her next project.
- The two blanks in this sentence indicate a correlative conjunction. The sentence indicates the two things happened at the same time, so no sooner . . . than is the correct option here.
- Karni was really impressed by Ian’s professional accomplishments, but she was anxious about working with him.
- Since the blank is preceded by a comma, a coordinating conjunction should go here. The conjunction but has the most appropriate meaning in this sentence.
- Karni thought Ian was annoying, unpredictable, and reckless.
- Since the blank is preceded by a comma, a coordinating conjunction should go here. The conjunction and has the most appropriate meaning in this sentence.
- However, Karni was willing to put aside her opinions to get the job done.
- Since the blank is followed by a comma, we know we need an adverbial conjunction here. However makes the sense here.
- She knew Ian would put in his best effort while they worked together, so she felt she could do no less—even if he frustrated her.
- Since there is no comma before or after the first blank, we know we need a subordinating conjunction here. While makes the most sense here, but as long as or if would also work.
- Since the blank is preceded by a comma, a coordinating conjunction should go here. The conjunction so has the most appropriate meaning in this sentence.
- This blank is a little trickier; it is preceded by a dash, which can stand in for a lot of different punctuation marks. A subordinating conjunction is likely the best solution. We’ve used even if here, but there are a lot of possibilities, including even though.
- Personal relationships are often as important as professional skills.
- The two blanks in this sentence indicate a correlative conjunction. The sentence indicates two things of equal importance, so as . . . as is the correct option here.