Interjections | Basic English Grammar for Competitive Exams - Bank Exams PDF Download

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.

Interjections do the following:

• 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.
• 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.
• Call attention—yo, hey:
  • Yo, will you throw the ball back?
  • Hey, I just wanted to talk to you about the previous incident.
• 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.

Q. What should be B’s expression?
A: I got a perfect score on the math exam.
B: ____ (Well. Wow! or Um.)

Wow!

Q. What should be C’s expression?
C: ____ ! (Nope, Hey, or Geez) My computer just broke.

Geez