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Concept notes of interjections

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Concept Notes INTERJECTION

Concept notes of interjections

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Concept Notes:

Interjection-

 Is a word or utterance that expresses emotions. Used to add emphasis or effect and can
be omitted without changing the message of the sentence.
 Used to express strong and sudden feelings.
 An interjection is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
 It may express delight, disgust, contempt, pain, assent, joy, impatience, surprise, sorrow,
wonder, regret, and many other emotions, either strong or mild.

EXAMPLES MEANING
Ahem The sound of someone clearing their throat in an attempt to get your attention
Aah Used as a call for help or when someone is scared
Boo Used to scare someone or to voice disapproval
Eh Used when you didn’t hear or understand what someone said
Eww Conveys dislike or disgust
Hmm Can mean you’re thinking or hesitating
Ohh-la-la A slightly comical way to refer to something as fancy or special
Oops Use when they do something by accident
Phew Expressing relief or gladness something is over
Whoa Can show surprise or amazement
Yahoo Expresses joy or happiness
Yeah Demonstrates a very strong affirmation or approval
Yoo-hoo An expression used to get someone’s attention
Jeez Could indicate you can’t believe something or you’re annoyed

These words or phrases can stand alone or be placed before or after a sentence. Most of the
interjections are followed by an exclamation point.
Example: Oh, what a beautiful house
Wow! What a great surprised
Oops! Sorry that was a mistake

EXCLAMATION POINT
Hey! Stop playing tricks on me!

Ouch! That’s hurts!

COMMA OR ELLIPSES
Well, it’s time to move forward.

Man...it does not look good

QUESTION MARK
How can you say that?

Why did you do that?


Onomatopoeia - is a word that imitates a sound, such as “woot”, “doh”, or “boo”. This kind of
words are found in all languages.

Interjections for greeting are: HI, Hello, Hey!

Interjections for surprise are: Wow! What! Gosh! Oh!

Interjections for approval and agreement on something that happened for any task are:
Well done! Okay! Bravo! Good job! Brilliant!

Interjections for attention is used in the sentence to draw the attention of attendance
then you use these interjection words like: Listen! Look! Behold! Hush.

Interjection for sadness, grief/pain are: Alas! Ah! Oh! Ouch!

Interjection for bidding farewell are: Goodbye, farewell

Interjection for expressing Doubt or Hesitation are: Hmm, Uh, Er, Um

Interjection for calling someone for any reason are: Halloo! Hello! Ho! Yoo-hoo!

Interjection for dislikes are: Yikes! Eew! Ugh!

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