Test: Interjection- 1 - Class 1 MCQ

• Let us explore the given options:
  • Alas! is used to express regret, grief, pity or concern.
  • Hush! is used for making someone be quiet or stop talking.
  • Bravo! is used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  • Hurrah! is used to express joy or approval.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

• Hush! is an exclamation that is used to make (someone) be quiet or stop talking.
• Alas! is an exclamation that is used to express grief, pity, or concern.
• Ha! is an exclamation that is used to express surprise, joy, or triumph
• Bravo! is an exclamation that is used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.

• Let us explore the options:
  • Adverb: A​ word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. 
  • Adjective: A word naming an attribute of a noun.
  • Interjection: An interjection is a word that you throw in between sentences or thoughts to express a sudden feeling. Exclamations are used to express greetings or congratulations.
  • Conjunction: The​ action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.
• 'Hello' is a greeting and is used with an exclamation.
• Hence, we can say that 'Hello!' is an 'interjection'.

• Let us explore the given options:
  • Hurrah! is used to express joy or approval.
  • Bravo! is used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  • Oh! is used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, disappointment, or joy, or when reacting to a remark.
  • Alas! is used to express sorrow, grief, pity, or concern.

• An interjection is a word in the sentence that shows sudden feelings.
• Example: Hurrah! My son jas got the job.
• The underlined word in the sentence is used here to express greetings.
• As we have to identify which part of speech the word belongs to, we need to know the significance of parts of speech.
  Parts of speech:
  A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.
  In English, the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

• An interjection is a word that expresses a sudden feeling of joy, sorrow, surprise, etc.
• Example: Hey! You cheated on me.
• The underlined word in the sentence shows a sudden feeling of appreciation. So it is an interjection.
• Parts of Speech:
  • The main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

• Here, in the given above sentence the underlined part "Why" is used as an interjection.
• As per the general rule, an interjection is a word or phrase that expresses something in a sudden or exclamatory way, especially an emotion.

The underlined word 'Shoot!' is an interjection which is used for expressing anger, annoyance, regret, or disgust (about something). For example- Shoot, that was a great day to be alive.

• Let us explore the options:
  • Adjective: A word naming an attribute of a noun.
  • Adverb: A​ word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. 
  • Interjection: An interjection is a word that you throw in between sentences or thoughts to express a sudden feeling. Exclamations are used to express greetings or congratulations.
  • Conjunction: The​ action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.
• 'Hurrah!' is used to express joy or approval.
• Hence, we can say that 'Hurrah!' is an 'interjection'.