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In this video, we are going to learn about interjections with Dumpty and Giggles, two clowns.
Here comes Dumpty.
Woo-hoo! That was a brilliant somersault.
Oops! He lost his balance and pushed Giggles down.
“Ouch!” said Giggles.
Did you notice the words: "woo-hoo", "oops", and "ouch"?
These are interjections.
They are words used to express a strong feeling,
such as surprise, disgust, joy, excitement, or enthusiasm.
Yippee! Look at Dumpty and Giggles!
They are walking on their hands.
Wow! That was amazing!
“Yippee” and “wow” are interjections used to express joy.
Let us take a look at a few more examples.
"Achoo!" Dumpty sneezed, and his nose went rolling.
"God bless you!" said Giggles.
"Oy! My nose!" Dumpty cried as he ran after his rolling nose.
“Oy” shows annoyance.
Dumpty found the nose under the table.
“Aha! There you are,” he said.
We have spotted another interjection,
one that expresses realization: "Aha".
Giggles was inflating soap bubbles,
and Dumpty was trying to catch them.
He bumped into her, and the soap water was all over the place.
Dumpty slipped and fell on the cake that was on the table.
The cake was all over his face.
He sat down licking the cake, and said, “Yum!”
“Yikes! That was gross,” said Giggles.
Dumpty tried to get up, but he slipped.
Oops! He slipped again.
“Oops” is yet another interjection used to express dismay.
After several failed attempts, he finally managed to stand straight.
“Phew!” said Dumpty.
Giggles and Dumpty then showed their next act.
Jeepers! How could Giggles pedal the unicycle with her hands?
“Jeepers” is an interjection, expressing surprise.
Look, she's holding the placard with her feet.
What does it say?
Interjections can be mild or strong interjections.
Mild interjections are set off from the main sentence by a comma or a period.
Strong interjections, however, are followed by an exclamation point.
Dumpty tried too.
Alas! He couldn’t pedal with his hands.
“Well, that’s the best I could do,” he said sadly.
Did you notice the comma after “well”?
Expressions such as "yes", "no", "indeed", and "well" are often used as mild interjections.
These words show little emotion and are sometimes used to introduce a sentence or fill in the silence.
Some interjections are just sounds.
"Boo-hoo", he went on and on.
"Ahem! I guess, um, it is time for the next act."
“Ahem” calls for attention, and “um” expresses doubt.
There they are, back with another placard.
Interjections are sometimes multiple words, working together as a phrase to form a single part of speech.
As in,
Holy moly! Dumpty is juggling the bottles on the rolling globe.
“Holy moly” express shock, surprise, or astonishment.
They bring in another banner, which reads:
Sometimes a word, such as "oh", can make different interjections by joining with different words.
For example:
Oh dear! Poor Dumpty has fallen again.
“Oh dear” expresses sympathy and disappointment.
“Oh gosh! You have worn the wrong pair of shoes again,” Giggles said.
“Oh gosh” is an exclamation of annoyance or exasperation.
Stumbling and staggering, he went backstage to change his shoes.
Giggles is back with another placard.
This time it reads: You must know where to interject.
Interjections most often appear at the beginning, or they stand alone before the sentence.
For instance:
"Boo! Boo!" cried Giggles when Dumpty came back with extra-large shoes driving his little car.
Giggles has another placard.
Interjections can appear in the middle of a sentence.
Remember to enclose it within commas.
He honks endlessly.
“This is, um, very annoying,” said Giggles.
She shows another placard.
Interjections can appear at the end of, or following, a sentence.
Dumpty pretends to ignore her and tries to chase and swat a fly.
He comes back with a long face.
"So you missed the fly, huh?" asked Giggles.
Ha Ha! Dumpty has a good laugh.
Dumpty wears his extra-large sunglasses, picks his walking stick, and rings the curtains down.
"It's time for us to go. Cheerio!"
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