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Interjections are words that express emotions and are not grammatically connected to the rest of the sentence. They can be used at the beginning of a sentence, followed by an exclamation point or comma. Common interjections include "Oh!", "Ouch!", and "Wow!" to express surprise or pain. Interjections have no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence and are punctuated with commas or exclamation points depending on the emotion with which they are expressed.

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Wow! Oh, Ahaa!

Interjections are words that express emotions and are not grammatically connected to the rest of the sentence. They can be used at the beginning of a sentence, followed by an exclamation point or comma. Common interjections include "Oh!", "Ouch!", and "Wow!" to express surprise or pain. Interjections have no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence and are punctuated with commas or exclamation points depending on the emotion with which they are expressed.

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Interjection

DEFINITION
Interjection is a word used to express some sudden felling or emotion.

An interjection at the beginning of a sentence is followed by an exclamation mark or comma


at times.
Example :
 Wow! That was the best goal of the entire tournament.
 Oh, I forgot to bring my book!
 Ahaa! I found my wallet.

Interjection are not words that are connected as other parts of a sentence, but merely sounds
standing by themselves.
Interjection are also used to express soe types of emotion such as disgust (yuck!). joy (yeah!),
excitement, enthhusiasm, etc.

Interjection have no grammatical relation to any word or group of words in the sentence
(independent elements).
Example :
 Alas! This is the end.
 Hey! Do you know where you are going?
 Bah! That’s all nonsense
 Oh! I can’t believe that.

Interjection are also often used as addition to words such as nouns, pronouns, adjectives and
some other parts of speech.
Example :
 Good! I am thilled to hear that.
 Horrors! Look at the mess!
 Great! Keep up the hard work.
 Well! When do you intend to pay for it?

Some of the interjections that you use or hear in speech are not even words, although it is
possible to represent the sounds expressed.
Example :
 Whew! What an awful day.
 Um! This cutlet tastes good.
 Humph! That’s stale news.

PUNCTUATING INTERJECTIONS
If an interjection is spoken calmly, simply put a comma after it and continue the sentence.
Example :
 Shhh, the baby is sleeping.
 Oh my, I dropped my pencil.

If an interjection is spoken with more emotion, it is followed by an exclamation point. The


next word is then capitalized.
Example :
 Ouch!, I just cut my finger.
 He scored the winning touchdown. Wow!

COMMON INTERJECTION
 Oh! (sudden realization)
 Ouch! (to express pain)
 Shh! (Used to make someone be quiet)
 Wow! (Generic exclamation of amazement, impressed/astonished)
 Hooray! (Generic exclamation of joy)

OTHER COMMON INTERJECTIONS


 Ewww (Disgust, dislike)
 Huh? (Asking for confirmation)
 Grr (Anger, snarling, growling)
 Phew (Expressing relief)
 Uh
 Alas
 Woah
 Oops (Being surprised at or acknowledging your own mistakes)
 Psst (Used to quietly get someone’s attention, often to tell them a secret)

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