Interjection Recognition Practice


Definition:  An interjection is a word or group of words that express feelings.  Here are some of the common ones: wow, ah, bravo, good grief, hey, goodness, hooray, hurrah, oh, oh dear, oh my, oh yes/no, okay, ouch, ow, phew, pow, shh, ugh, well, whee, whoops.

Sometimes the interjection, if very strong, will be followed by an exclamation mark and then the first word following it will start with a capital letter.  Other times, the interjection will not be so strong and thus it will be followed by a comma and the next word would not be capitalized.
Exercise - Write down the interjections in these sentences.
 

1. Hey, do you know her name?

2. Wow! That ballet dancer is really good.

3. Gee, I would never be able to dance like Jenny.

4. Bravo!  Our baseball team won the pennant.

5. Shh, be quiet.

6. Oh no!  Our team lost that game!

7.  Good grief, Charlie Brown is playing!

8. Hurray, we won anyway.

9. Whoops, I lost the key.

10. Goodness, the school basketball team is quite good this year.
 

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