Interjections

 Interjections

An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction. It is a diverse category, encompassing many different parts of speech, such as exclamations, curses, greetings, response particles, hesitation markers and other words.

Interjections-english-grammar

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An interjection is a word that expresses some kind of emotion. It can be used as filler. Interjections do not have a grammatical function in the sentence and are not related to the other parts of the sentence. If an interjection is omitted, the sentence still makes sense. It can stand alone.

• Ouch! That hurts.
• Well, I need a break.
• Wow! What a beautiful dress!

When you are expressing a strong emotion, use an exclamation mark (!). A comma (,) can be used for a weaker emotion.

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Interjections do the following:

1.Express a feeling—wow, gee, oops, darn, geez, oh:

• Oops, I’m sorry. That was my mistake.
• Geez! Do I need to do it again?
• Oh, I didn’t know that.

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2.Say yes or no—yes, no, nope:

• Yes! I will do it!
• No, I am not going to go there.
• Nope. That’s not what I want.

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3.Call attention—yo, hey:

• Yo, will you throw the ball back?
• Hey, I just wanted to talk to you about the previous incident.

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4.Indicate a pause—well, um, hmm:

• Well, what I meant was nothing like that.
• Um, here is our proposal.
• Hmm. You really need to be on a diet.

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