THE INTERJECTION

What Are INTERJECTIONS?

*A part of speech

*Some expressions showing strong feelings.(exclamations)

*The  exclamatory word or sentences used to express sudden feeling or emotion like surprise,anger,fear,happiness,sadness etc.

*Examples: Hurrah !, Alas!, Wow!,,Ah!,.Oh! etc.

DEFINITION: An Interjection is a word that is used to express some sudden feeling or emotion.

NOTE: Interjections are not grammatically related to other words in a sentence.A mark of exclamation(!) is always put in the end of such words and sentences.

Below are given some  exclamatory expressions used commonly in English:

1.Hey!

2.Congratulations!

3 Beware! 

4.Adieu !/Good bye! 

5.By God!

6.How sweet!/How lovely!/How cute! 

7.How joyful!

8.How disgusting!/phew!

9.By God's grace!

10.Damn you!

11. Well done!

12.Eureka!

13.Excellent!/Bravo!

14.For God's sake!

15.How wonderful!

16.How terrible!

17 How tragic!

18.Hurry up!/.Make a haste!/Be hasty!

19.Keep the spirit!

20 Marvelous!

21.Many many happy returns of the day!

22 May God bless you!

23.My God!/Oh God!/My Goodness!

24.O shit! /Bull shit!/Damn shit!

25.O Gosh!

26.Of course!/Definitely!/Obviously!/Certainly!

27.Oops!

28.Phoo!

29 Quiet please!/Silence please!

30.Really!/Is it so!

31.How dare you!

32.Same to you!

33.Shame on you!

34.Shush!/Hush!

35.Thank you!

36.Touch wood!

37.Unbelievable!

38.How pretty!

39.What a pity!

40.What an idea!

41. How dreadful!

42.What a sly!/How stubborn!

43.What nonsense!

44 Ouch!.

45.Yippee!

Let's do one brain teasing exercise:

Q. Depict strong expression (in bold) and correct each sentence using suitable expression as given above in its place:

1.Oops! You stood first in the class.

  Well done! You stood first in the class.

2.Yippee! Gagan has won the case after 6 years.

   How joyful! Gagan has won the court case after 6 years.

3.How terrible! Roma's  mother met with an accident yesterday.

      How tragic! Roma's  mother met with an accident yesterday.

4.Keep up the spirit! Otherwise we are going to miss the train.

     Make haste! Otherwise we are going to miss the train.

5 Hurrah! Don't make a noise.

      Hush! Don't make a noise.

6.Oops!I've been quite fortunate to avoid any serious illness.

      Touch wood! I've been quite fortunate to avoid any serious illness.

7.Congratulations!The class is going on smoothly.

   Silence please!The class is going on smoothly.

8.What an idea!You can't attend my marriage party today.

   What a pity!You can't attend my marriage party tonight.

9.How sad! You speak to me like this.

  How dare you speak to me like this!

10.Well done! I  never expected it.

    Unbelievable! I never expected it.