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Lesson51: PARTS OF SPEECH 3 | |
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INTERJECTION
Interjections are words or phrases used to exclaim or protest or command. An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion. It is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
You usually follow an interjection with an exclamation mark. Interjections are uncommon in formal academic prose.
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The words in CAPITAL LETTERS are interjections:
OUCH! that hurt!
OH NO! I forgot that the exam was today.
HEY! Put that down!
I heard one guy says to another guy, "He has a new car, EH!"
OH NO! price of basic commodities are increasing!
WOW! I won the lottery!
AHAH! I don't know about that.
NO, you shouldn't have done that.
If the interjection is forceful, it is followed with an exclamation mark. Interjections are rarely used in formal or academic writing.
The following words and group of words are also used as Interjections:
Congratulations/Alas/Hello/Right/ At last/ thank you/oh god/ well done/ good gracious/ my oh my
Parts of Speech Table
This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.
Part of speech function or "job" example words example sentences
Verb action or state (to) be, have, do, like, work, sing, can, must EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like EnglishClub.com.
Noun thing or person pen, dog, work, music, town, London, teacher, John. This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in London.
Adjective describes a noun a/an, the, some, good, big, red, well, interesting My dog is big. I like big dogs.
Adverb describes a verb, adjective or adverb quickly, silently, well, badly, very, really. My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he eats really quickly.
Pronoun replaces a noun I, you, he, she, some Tara is Indian. She is beautiful.
Preposition links a noun to another word to, at, after, on, but We went to school on Monday.
Conjunction joins clauses or sentences or words and, but, when I like dogs and I like cats. I like cats and dogs. I like dogs but I don't like cats.
Interjection short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence oh!, ouch!, hi!, well Ouch! That hurts! Hi! How are you? Well, I don't know.
Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:
interjection__pron______ conj. ____adj.___ noun__ verb__ prep.__ noun__ adverb
Well,_________ she_______ and_____young__ John__ walk___to____ school__ slowly.
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1. I bought a beautiful___________dress at the mall.
2. What did she_________ask you to do?
3. I left my shoes under ___________the kitchen table.
4. If we finish our work quickly ________ we can go to the movies.
5. On Saturdays I work__________from nine to five.
6. I want to go to a university ___________ in the United States.
7. I'm sure I have met _________your girlfriend before.
8. Well,____________I don't think I will be here to answer the phone.
9. Andy knocked on the door but______nobody answered.
10. sAfter____________lunch let's go out for a coffee.
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Mr. Field: Jason...Jason! Turn down the TV, please.
Jason: Oh, but this is my favorite program!
Mr. Field: I know but it's very loud
Jason: OK. I'll turn it down.
Mr. Field: That's better. Thanks.
Mrs. Field: Lisa, please pick up your things.
They're all over the floor
Lisa: In a minute, Mom. I'm on the phone.
Mrs. Field: All right but do it as soon as you hang up.
Lisa: OK. No problem!
Mrs. Field: Goodness! Were we like this when we are kids?
Mr. Field: Definitely!
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1. Do you love watching TV like Jason?
2. What is your favorite TV shows/movie?
3. What can you say about the youth today?
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