English Master Series Day – 24

Dear aspirants,

Here we are with our twenty-fourth module of English Master Series. Hope this will surely help you with your English Language preparation. Here in this Module we will study about Interjection.

MODULE-24

INTERJECTION

Interjections are words used to express strong feeling or sudden emotion. They are included in a sentence (usually at the start) to express a sentiment such as surprise, disgust, joy, excitement, or enthusiasm.

List of Interjection

Aah, Ahh, Aww, Bingo, Eh, Eww, Wow, Hey, Well, What, Hurrah, Hmph, Oh, Oops, Ouch, Shh, Uh oh, Whew, Yay/Yaay, Yeah, Yikes, Yippee, Uh, Hush, Hmm, Er, Um, Bravo, Hello, Ugh, Ah, Ha ha, Well done, Alas, Fie, Hi, Yes, Ouch, Help, Happy Birthday, Good morning, dear, Hark, oops, huh, yum, oy, etc.

Ex:

• Good! Now we can celebrate the party.
• Oh, what's a surprise.
• Hey! Get out of the building!
• Yes! I can do it easily.
• No! I run so long.
• Well! I have a good news.

Kinds of Interjection

An interjection is a part of speech, which is used in a sentence to express an emotion or a feeling. Generally, an interjection is used to show sudden emotions or sentiments, which can be any kind of excitement, joy, hatred, surprise or sorrow. There are many common words that are used in the English language with a purpose to express some kind of feeling or emotion. Hey, Bravo, Oh, Alas, Phew, Ah, Uh, Wow, Yipee, Hurrah, etc. are some of the words that are known as interjections in English grammar. Injections are written forms of sounds that are verbally express by humans.

There are basically 6 kinds of interjections that are listed below

• Joy: Hurrah! Ha! Ha! Wow!
• Sorrow: Ah! Ah me! Alas!
• Surprise: Oh! What! Well
• Approval: Well done! O.K!
• Calling: Halloo! Ho!
• Attention: Listen! Look! Behold! Hush.

1. Express joy

When you want to express your feelings of happiness then you use these Interjection words like Hurrah! Ha! Ha! Wow!

Ex:

• Ha! Today I am very happy.
• Wow! It is a beautiful place to stay.

2. Express sorrow

When you want to express your feelings of sadness then you use these Interjection words like Ah! Ah me! Alas!

Ex:

• Ah! I have lost my sister’s bag.
• Alas! She has failed in the exam.

3. Express Surprise

When you want to express your feelings of being surprised then you use these Interjection words like Oh! What! Well

Ex:

• What! Is it true that you are leaving this school?
• Oh! Really you killed a snake, I can’t believe this.

4. Express Approval

When you want to express your feelings of approval for any task then you use these Interjection words like well done! O.K!

Ex:

• Well done! You performed you best.
• Bravo! The trophy is yours.

5. Express Calling

When you call someone for any reason then you use these Interjection words like Halloo! Ho!

Ex:

• Hello! Why are you looking here?
• Hello! Ram, please come with me.

6. Express Attention

When you order anyone to be in attention then you use these Interjection words like Listen! Look! Behold! Hush.

Ex:

• Listen! To me, you cannot do this at all.
• Behold! The bride comes.

Sometimes we use interjection in part of speech.

Noun infinitive: To think that he should die as soon.

Noun: A dog! A dog! My kingdom for a dog!

Pronoun: what a lame excuse it is!

Verb: would that I was young again!

Adverb: How lovely the flowers are.

Conjunction: If I could only see him once again.

I hope this module will help you with your English Language preparation. We will come back soon with our next module and after each module there will be an Exercise based on the modules.

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