4.2.5 Interjections (Ch. 6)

Interjections:

used to spoken English to show surprise, pleasure, happiness, shock, anger, disgust, and other emotions. They can also be fillers, discourse markers, or silence fillers in conversations.

Examples:

• “Oops! I did it again!”

• “Ooh, what a lovely dress!”

• “Yahoo, we did it!”

• “Shh, I can’t hear what he’s saying.”

• “We’ve done it! Hurrah!”

• “Bravo, Rena! You’re right.”

• “Well, so Steve got the job?”

• “Oh, how wonderful!”

• “Meh, there’s nothing great about it.”

• “A seven layer wedding cake? Ooh-la-la!”