
Interjection
Hello there! Welcome to yet another day of our wonderful class. It’s good to know that you all are here… I have had a wonderful session with you guys on other parts of speech which you can find here, today brings us to the end of it all and this one is… interjection. Just as you have all understood the others, I trust you will also be satisfied with this last one.
But before we start, we’ll all like to know what interjection is, why it’s necessary for us to be bothered about learning it… so let’s go there
What is Interjection?
An interjection is a part of speech that is used to express a sudden or deep burst of emotion. It’s a word mostly found at the beginning of a sentence, conversation and it’s usually followed by an exclamation mark (!)
Examples of interjections are:
Wow!
Aww!
Huh!
Oops!
Ouch!
Yuck!
Hi!
Phew!
These interjections usually have no grammatical value
Let’s look at some examples of them in a sentence
- Wow! I got it
- Aww! So sorry for your loss
- Huh! I didn’t hear you
- Oops! That was a mistake from me
- Ouch! That hurts really bad
- Yuck! Your shoe smells
- Hi! How’s work going?
- Phew! It’s finally over
TYPES OF INTERJECTIONS
Interjection of greeting
This expresses the emotion of being happy seeing someone
Examples:
Hi!
Hey!
Hello!
Interjection of pain
This expresses emotion of grief
Examples:
Ah!
Oh!
Ouch!
Interjection of embarrassment
This expresses an emotion of discomfort
Examples:
Ahem! Can I make a suggestion?
Interjection of surprise
This expresses emotions of shock
Examples:
Wow! This is beautiful
What! I can’t believe she made it
Interjection of doubt
This expresses an emotion of uncertainty
Examples:
Abuja is… er… the Federal Capital Territory
Interjection of joy
This expresses an emotion of happiness
Examples:
Hurray! I made it
Wow! Am happy for you
Interjection of praise
This expresses an emotion of approval
Great! I love that
Well done! This is good
Interjection of attention
This expresses an emotion of attention
Example:
Shh! Stop make noise
Look! The teacher is coming
Interjection of pity
This expresses emotion sympathy
Examples:
Oh dear! I forgot
Interjection of irritation
Examples:
Don’t blame the little girl, it’s not her fault. Hmph!
Am trying to calm you down, huh!. What’s there to be calm about?
I was greeting you, ehen! And so?
Interjection of relief
Examples:
Whew! It’s over at last
Okay! Which other interjections do you know?
There are other more examples and types of interjections. You can find out more on your own as part of the class practice and answer in the comment box below.
Now, let’s get to practice how these interjections can be used in our everyday conversations
- Hurray! I won the bet
- What! I can’t believe you just did that
- Wow! This house is beautiful
- Phew! I don’t want the teacher to come today
- Oops! I made a mistake in the results
- Shhh! Can I have some peace
- Huh! Please I didn’t hear you well
- Close that pot. Mtcheww!
- So sorry! I heard about your loss
- Er! Let me check the answer
So with these, I trust we can do a little exercise
Identify the interjections in the above sentences
- Hurray! I won the bet
- What! I can’t believe you just did that
- Wow! This house is beautiful
- Phew! I don’t want the teacher to come today
- Oops! I made a mistake in the results
- Shhh! Can I have some peace
- Huh! Please I didn’t hear you well
- Close that pot. Mtcheww!
- So sorry! I heard about your loss
- Er! Let me check the answer
Name the types of interjections identified above
- Hurray! I won the bet
Interjection of joy
- What! I can’t believe you just did that
Interjection of surprise
- Wow! This house is beautiful
Interjection of surprise
- Phew! I don’t want the teacher to come today
Interjection of disapproval
- Oops! I made a mistake in the results
Interjection of pity
- Shhh! Can I have some peace
Interjection of irritation
- Huh! Please I didn’t hear you well
Interjection of attention
- Close that pot. Mtcheww!
Interjection of irritation
- So sorry! I heard about your loss
Interjection of pity
- Er! Let me check the answer
Interjection of doubt
Okay! Practice this
Make a sentence with these types of interjections
- Interjection of praise
- Interjection of surprise
- Interjection of pity
- Interjection of irritation
- Interjection of doubt
- Interjection of relief
- Interjection of pain
- Interjection of embarrassment
- Interjection of greeting
- Interjection of excitement
Answer
- Hurray! I have passed my exams
- Is she your daughter, Wow! She’s beautiful
- Chai! I forgot to see you before going
- Please go out from there. Mtcheeww!
- Er…American is a country
- Alas! I have solved the problem
- Ouch! I have hurt my leg
- I don’t know. Er..let me find out please
- Hello! May I see your boss please?
- Wow! We’re travelling for the holiday
Interjection should be connected to the rest of the sentence, it shouldn’t be used anyhow
Examples of interjections used that do not connect with the rest of the sentence
- Wow! I have hurt myself
- Chai! America is a country
- Hello! Let me check
- Hey! Go out from there
- Ouch I have solved the problem
- Is she your daughter, alas! She’s beautiful
- I don’t know, ouch! Let me check
- Hurray! Let me see please
- So sorry, I have passed my exams
- Mtcheww! I have food to eat
Looking at the above statements, you will find out well that the interjections were wrongly used. Let’s see what makes them wrong
- Hurting yourself it’s not a good thing so it shouldn’t go with an exclamation Wow!
- America is a country… that’s just a statement that needs approval so it should go with an exclamation Chai
- Hello! It’s a greeting and has nothing to do with you checking something
- Go out from there is an expression of irritation and shouldn’t go with the exclamation Hey!
- Solving a problem is an expression of relief and shouldn’t be expressed with the exclamation ouch!
- “Is she your daughter” That should be an expression of praise and not relief ‘alas!’
- I don’t know, let me check” is an expression of embarrassment of not knowing something” so it shouldn’t go with an exclamation ouch!
- Let me see please is an expression of irritation and so should go with an exclamation Hurray!
- Passing ones exams should bring an expression of excitement and not pity
- “I have food to eat” is an expression of excitement and shouldn’t go with the exclamation mtcheww!
Now let’s see how we can fix them
- Wow! I have hurt myself
Ouch! I have hurt myself
- Chai! America is a country
Er!… America is a country
- Hello! Let me check
Er!…let me check
- Hey! Go out from there
Go out from there. Mtchewww!
- Ouch I have solved the problem
Alas! I have solved the problem
- Is she your daughter, alas! She’s beautiful
Is she your daughter, Wow! She’s beautiful
- I don’t know, ouch! Let me check
I don’t know, er… let me check
- Hurray! Let me see please
Mtcheww! Let me see please
- So sorry, I have passed my exams
Hurray! I have passed my exams
- Mtcheww! I have food to eat
Hurray! I have food to eat
Okay! It’s been a wonderful class with you all. But before I go I will like to leave this with you all
Answer the following questions
- What is interjection
- Examples of interjection
- Types of interjection
- Make sentences with the above
You can leave your answers and questions in the comment box; I will answer all… Thanks for your time
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