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Interjection: Nurul Nadiah BT Che Adnan Wan Nur Fadhlin Sakina BT Wan Razuli

This document defines and provides examples of interjections. Interjections are short exclamatory words like "oh" or "um" that are used in speaking to express emotions but have no grammatical role. The document lists common interjections like "ah", "alas", "dear", "eh", and "ouch" and provides examples of how each is used to express meanings like surprise, pain, agreement, hesitation, etc. It concludes with a short question asking the reader to fill in blanks with the correct interjections.

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Interjection: Nurul Nadiah BT Che Adnan Wan Nur Fadhlin Sakina BT Wan Razuli

This document defines and provides examples of interjections. Interjections are short exclamatory words like "oh" or "um" that are used in speaking to express emotions but have no grammatical role. The document lists common interjections like "ah", "alas", "dear", "eh", and "ouch" and provides examples of how each is used to express meanings like surprise, pain, agreement, hesitation, etc. It concludes with a short question asking the reader to fill in blanks with the correct interjections.

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INTERJECTION

NURUL NADIAH BT CHE ADNAN WAN NUR FADHLIN SAKINA BT WAN RAZULI

WHAT IS AN INTERJECTION?
Interjection is a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! .They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written.

interjection ah

meaning expressing pleasure

example "Ah, that feels good."

expressing realization

"Ah, now I understand."

expressing resignation

"Ah well, it can't be heped."

expressing surprise

"Ah! I've won!"

alas

expressing grief or pity

"Alas, she's dead now."

dear

expressing pity

"Oh dear! Does it hurt?"

expressing surprise

"Dear me! That's a surprise!"

eh

asking for repetition

"It's hot today." "Eh?" "I said it's hot today."

expressing enquiry

"What do you think of that, eh?"

expressing surprise

"Eh! Really?"

inviting agreement

"Let's go, eh?"

er

expressing hesitation

"Lima is the capital of...er...Peru."

hello, hullo

expressing greeting

"Hello John. How are you today?"

expressing surprise hey calling attention expressing surprise, joy etc hi hmm expressing greeting expressing hesitation, doubt or disagreement

"Hello! My car's gone!" "Hey! look at that!" "Hey! What a good idea!" "Hi! What's new?" "Hmm. I'm not so sure."

oh, o

expressing surprise expressing pain expressing pleading

"Oh! You're here!" "Oh! I've got a toothache." "Oh, please say 'yes'!"

ouch

expressing pain

"Ouch! That hurts!"

uh

expressing hesitation

"Uh...I don't know the answer to that."

uh-huh

expressing agreement

"Shall we go?" "Uh-huh."

um, umm

expressing hesitation

"85 divided by 5 is...um...17."

well

expressing surprise

"Well I never!"

introducing a remark

"Well, what did he say?"

QUESTIONS
Fill in the blanks with correct INTERJECTIONS Eek!, Oh!, Oops!, Wow!, Hey!, Aha!, Ouch!, Ah!, Well, Ugh! 1. ________ He stole my watch. 2. ________ That hurts. 3. ________ I think Ill go. 4. ________ I hate rats. 5. ________ What a cute kitten. 6. ________ I lost my pencil. 7. ________ The bus left. 8. ________ How exciting. 9. ________, I guess you can have my soup. 10. ________ I slipped.

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