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Unit 6: Parts of Speech: Interjections and Conjunctions

Notes
expressing resignation “Ah well, it can’t be heped.”
expressing surprise “Ah! I’ve won!”
alas expressing grief or pity “Alas, she’s dead now.”
dear expressing pity “Oh dear! Does it hurt?”
expressing surprise “Dear me! That’s a surprise!”
eh asking for repetition “It’s hot today.” “Eh?” “I said it’s hot today.”
expressing enquiry “What do you think of that, eh?”
expressing surprise “Eh! Really?”
inviting agreement “Let’s go, eh?”

er expressing hesitation “Lima is the capital of...er...Peru.”
hello, hullo expressing greeting “Hello John. How are you today?”
expressing surprise “Hello! My car’s gone!”
hey calling attention “Hey! look at that!”
expressing surprise, joy etc “Hey! What a good idea!”
hi expressing greeting “Hi! What’s new?”
hmm expressing hesitation, “Hmm. I’m not so sure.”
doubt or disagreement
oh, o expressing surprise “Oh! You’re here!”
expressing pain “Oh! I’ve got a toothache.”
expressing pleading “Oh, please say ‘yes’!”

ouch expressing pain “Ouch! That hurts!”
uh expressing hesitation “Uh...I don’t know the answer to that.”
uh-huh expressing agreement “Shall we go?” “Uh-huh.”
um, umm expressing hesitation “85 divided by 5 is...um...17.”
well expressing surprise “Well I never!”
introducing a remark “Well, wha

Task Make 10 sentences containing interjection.

6.2 Conjunctions

Definition

Some words are satisfied spending an evening at home, alone, eating ice-cream right out of
the box, watching Seinfeld re-runs on TV, or reading a good book. Others aren’t happy
unless they’re out on the town, mixing it up with other words; they’re joiners and they just
can’t help themselves. A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a
sentence.

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