Interjections: Created By: Meilicha Anggraini Pratiwi Nabila Raniah
Interjections: Created By: Meilicha Anggraini Pratiwi Nabila Raniah
Interjections: Created By: Meilicha Anggraini Pratiwi Nabila Raniah
Created by:
D4 of Midwifery
Health Polytechnic Palembang
2019
An interjection is a word that
expresses emotion and is often
followed by an exclamation point.
What is an
interjection?
It has no grammatical relation to
rest of the sentence.
An interjection is a word that
expresses strong feeling or
emotion
Usually an interjection comes
at the beginning or end of a
sentence
Interjections!
It is followed by an exclamation
Awesome! point (!) when the emotion is
strong
It is followed by a comma (,)
when the emotion is mild
Try not overuse interjections!
aha hey ouch
whew argh ow
wow hooray
yikes
aw oh ugh
Common goodness oops well
Interjections yippee
Sometimes an interjection is set off by a
comma or a pair of commas.
The fish weighed, oh, about
three pounds.
It’s time to go, alas.
Hey! Stop that.
Oh, never mind.
Interjection Something smells bad, ugh.
Practice The party was, well, interesting.
Oh dear, Lilly! Be careful with that
milk!
Is that a wasp? Ouch!
Can you think of
other
interjections?
Choose one of
the multiple
choices (a, b, c,
or d) as the
correct answer!
1. B 6. C
Answer key 2. C 7. A
3. A 8. B
4. D 9. D
5. A 10. C
Quiz question
1. A
Answer Key 2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B