Tag: interjection

  • what is an interjection? when we use interjection?

    what is an interjection? when we use interjection?

    An interjection is one of the parts of speech which express our sudden feelings, strong emotions. An interjection come in the form of a single word, a phrase, or even a short clause of two or three words that mostly comes at the beginning of the sentences. they show happiness, sadness, surprise, joy, anger, excitement, sorrow, approval, and enthusiasm. interjections are not related to the rest part of the sentence.

    Example:

    Hurrah! we are late for the center.

    Alas! his grandmother died.

    Types of interjection:

    Interjections are divided into the following types on the basis of how to express interjections in the sentence. Such as

    1. Greeting,
    2. Joy,
    3. Approval,
    4. Attention,
    5. Surprise,
    6. Sorrow

    1. Interjection- Greeting:

    This type of interjections are used in the sentence to express warmth to the person such as hi, hello, hey etc

    Example: Hay! nice to meet you.

          Hi! I am the new teacher in this class.

    2. Interjection- Joy:

    This type of interjection is used to express someone’s happiness, joy at a  happy moment or occasion such as wow, hurrah, hurray, cheers, congratulations etc

    Example: Hurrah! we won the match.

          Hurray! we are late for the center.

    3. Interjection- Approval:

    This type of interjection is used in the sentence to express the strong feeling of approval or agreement for something or someone such as well done, bravo, brilliant, excellent, fabulous, fantastic, marvelous etc

    Example: Well done! you did it.

    Brilliant! you got the 1st position.

    4. Interjection- Attention:

    This type of interjection is used to express look up or put a focus or attention on someone or something such as look, listen, behold, brr, poof, yippee etc

    Example: Look! there is something suspicious.

         Listen! never follow others.

    5. Interjection- Surprise:

    This type of interjection is used to express the strong sense of surprise about something or someone such as aha, hmmm, shh, wow, yummy, woo-hoo, super, oops etc

    Example: Yummy! the soup was.

          Shh! there is a ghost.

    6. Interjection- Sorrow:

    this type of interjection is used in the sentence to express the sudden feelings unhappiness or sorrow of someone or something has happened such as Alas, ouch, ah, oh, Huh- huh, aww

    Example: Alas! we lost the match.

                 Aww! I forget to tell him about the program.

    1. Natural interjections:

    • Ah!
    • Alas!
    • Oh!
    • Ha!ha!
    • Hush!
    • Fie! Fie!
    • Bush!
    • Tat! Tat!
    • Adieu!
    • Bye! bye!
    • Phew!
    • Hello!
    • Oh!
    • Aha!
    • Hmmm!
    • Wow!
    • Hurrah!
    • Hurray

    2. Compound interjections:

    The compounds interjections usually contain more than one syllable.

    • welcome!
    • well done!
    • Good heavens!
    • Goodbye!
    • Good luck!
    • best of luck!
    • curse him!
    • My goodness!
    • Damn!
    • Good grief!
    • Indeed!
    • Fabulous!
    • Brilliant!
    • Excellent!
    • Yummy!
    • Fantastic
    • Bravo!
    • Awesome!

    When to punctuate Interjection?

    Forceful interjections are punctuated with exclamatory points. They are…

    Wow!

    Now!

    Impressive!

    • Some interjections are punctuated with question marks. They are…

    Oh! really?

    Oh! what?

    Seriously?

  • What Are Parts of Speech? How Many Parts of Speech We Have?

    What Are Parts of Speech? How Many Parts of Speech We Have?

    In this article, I will teach you all about eight parts of speech that we have in English grammar. I will show you with definition, example, and its usage. you will learn it easily, I describe each speech with a simple definition that you should get.

    This parts of speech are the basic English grammar that every student should know before going to a high-level class. because it will increase your knowledge and your speech. as if you imagine while we are going to a school or English classes at first the teacher teach us parts of speech because it is necessary to know.

    Top English Idioms you should know in daily conversation What is Sentence? and how many kinds of sentences we have?

    what are parts of speech?

    Parts of speech:

    In grammar, a part of speech (also called lexical categories, grammatical categories or word classes) is a linguistic category of words. In English, there are eight parts of speech.

    How many parts of speech do we have?

    A list of parts of speech:

    A list of parts of speech in English grammar include the following:

    1. noun
    2. pronoun
    3. verb
    4. adverb
    5. adjective
    6. preposition
    7. conjunction
    8. interjection

    1. Noun:

    A noun is a word used to refer to people, animals, objects, substances, states, events, ideas and feelings. A noun functions as a subject or object of a verb and can be modified by an adjective.

    Example: People> Sara, Ali, Hameed

    Animal> lion, cat, dog

    Thing>  table, cup, television

    What is a noun? with full details and examples. 

    2. Pronoun:

    A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun.

    (he, she, it, they, we, you)

    Example: Sara loves you > NOUN

    she loves you >   PRONOUN

    Ali lost his books > NOUN

    He lost his books > PRONOUN

    what is pronoun? what are the types of pronoun? Full Details

    3. Verb:

    A verb is used to show an action or a state of being.

    (cook, sing, dance, teach, read, go)

    Example: He is writing a letter.

    she reads her book.

    They are enjoying the party.

    What is a Verb? Types of verbs and Examples 

    4. Adverb:

    An adverb is used to modify a verb, adjective, and the other adverbs.

    (quickly, nicely, fastly, completely, rudely)

    Example: she talks politely.

    They walk quickly.

    We write the letter completely.

    what is an adverb? How Many Types of Adverb we have?

    5. Adjective:

    An adjective is used to describe the goodness and badness or specify a noun or pronoun.

    (good, bad, nice, tall, small, clever, ugly, smart, short)

    Example: Sara looks beautiful.

    Hameed is a nice person.

    Ali is a good boy.

    Adjective? what are the degrees and 7 types of Adjective? 

    6.Proposition:

    Are used before a noun to form a phrase that shows where, when, how and why.

    (in, above, on, under, behind, in front of, beside)

    Example: The cat is in the box.

    The monkey is on the floor.

    The books are in the cupboard.

    What is preposition? and divided into how many parts?

    7. Conjunction:

    Are used to join two sentences, two clauses or words.

    (and, but, when, if, also, although)

    Example: This is my book and those are yours.

    Ali is tall but Akbar is taller.

    I will talk to him if he regrades.

    what is Conjunction? how many kinds of conjunctions we have?

    8. Interjection:

    Are used to show your sudden feelings, surprise or emotion.

    (oh, aha, hurrah, wow, alas)

    Example: Wow! she is so beautiful.

    Alas! his grandmom died.

    Hurrah! we are late for the center.

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