INTERJECTION

THE LOUDEST PART OF SPEECH

GRAMMAR 2 BIL 1043 ASSIGNMENT 3

NA’IM BIN WAHAB

AIMAN HAFIFI
WHAT IS AN INTERJECTION?

 Interjections are words that add emphasis to any sentence, be it in a book,

movie or just regular conversation.
 Interjections bring strong emotion or excitement to any utterance.
 An interjection at the beginning of a sentence is followed by exclamation mark
or comma at times.

EXAMPLES ;
 Oh my goodness ! Did you see how fast she went ?!
 What ! You ate my potato!
 You monster ! You made me a vampire !
What are the Different Kinds of Interjections?
• Adjectives that are used as interjections.
 Examples:
• Nice! You got a Monster Kill in your first game!
• Sweet! I got a PS4 for my birthday!
• Good! Now we can move on to the next lesson.
 The italicized words in the sample sentences above are just some of the adjectives that can be used
as interjections.

• Nouns or noun phrases that are used as interjections.

 Examples:
• Congratulations, you won the match.
• Hello! How are you?
• Holy cow! I forgot my keys!
 The italicized parts of the sentences above are just some of the nouns that can be used as
interjections.
• Short clauses that are used as interjections.
 Example:
• Shawie is our chemistry teacher. Oh, the horror!
 The short clause that is italicized in the example above functions as an
interjection.
• Some interjections are sounds.
 Examples:
• Ugh! I’m never doing that again!
• Whew! That was really close!
• Uh-oh! Dude, I think we’re in serious trouble.
Exercises and Common Errors
 1. ________ that seems nice.
 2. "It's hot today." "________?" "I said it's hot today."
 3. ________ What a great idea!
 4. ________ please say 'yes'!
 5. ________ look at that!
 6. ________ I don't think that's a good idea.
 7. ________ Sia is here!
 8. ________ I don't know the answer to that.
 9. Shall we go? _________
 10. 98 divided by 7 is ___ 14.
 Errors may only occur if you use certain
interjections that do not fit with the
context of the sentence.
 Interjections of happy emotions should
represent happy events and vice versa:
1. Bravo! You have done well.
2. Hush! Don't speak louder.
3. What! I can't understand.
4. Why! where’s every one?
5. Alas! I am undone.