oh hey there i'm ashley and this is my friend mia in this lesson
we're going to learn about interjections you ready let's go
have you ever gotten really excited about something and shouted hooray
or really surprised by something and said wow maybe you knew you were about to make a mistake
and you said uh-oh all of these words are called interjections
interjections are words we use to express emotion
interjections that express strong emotion are followed with an exclamation point and
interjections that express mild emotion are followed by a comma
these kids look pleasantly surprised they might be saying whoa look at that swimming pool
since they're very excited they use strong emotion and our interjection woe is followed
by an exclamation point the interjection is set apart from the sentence and even though it doesn't
seem like a complete sentence it is expressing a complete thought woe is expressing the thought we
are so excited after the exclamation point we need to use a capital letter to begin our next sentence
we would not be very excited if we said oops my friend dropped his ice cream
notice that the interjection oops is followed by a comma because mild emotion
is being expressed our interjection is part of the sentence so we continue with a lowercase letter
let's stop and review what we've learned so far interjections are words used to express emotion
some interjections express strong emotion interjections that express strong emotion are
followed by an exclamation point and you have to use a capital letter to begin a new sentence after
them some interjections express mild emotion those that express mild emotion are followed by a comma
so you are not beginning a new sentence after them we use interjections all the time
if you figured out who had been hiding your socks you might say ah-ha
if you happened upon a slithery reptile you might say eek if you made a scientific discovery
you might shout eureka of course if you were disappointed because the rain
interfered with your soccer game you might say rats the game was cancelled if you forgot
to send your favorite aunt mary a birthday card you might say gee i should have thought of that
a few interjections might be used to mean different things
their meaning depends on the context that is when and how you say them
for example you might say ah that's a cute puppy when you see a furry face like this one
or you might say oh that's the wrong answer if you were disappointed that you had missed a question
interjections are almost always found at the beginning of a sentence
take a look at the list of interjections and see if you can figure out where you think
they belong which interjection should go before that hurt what would you say before
our team won how about that scared me and finally this cake is good are you ready to see my answers
here they are let's read the sentences together ouch that hurt yay our team won
yikes that scared me mmm this cake is good all of these sentences still make sense
without the interjections but the interjections add some emotion let's review what we've learned
interjections are words used to express emotion sometimes they express strong emotion that's
when we use an exclamation point and begin a new sentence some interjections express mild emotion
for those interjections we use a comma and just continue our sentence from there
yay you learned so much about interjections today but oh we've come to the end
have fun using those interjections and remember to always be clever