Interjections Examples

Interjections are a part of speech that are exclamations. They usually come at the beginning of a sentence, and they are used to show strong emotion, surprise, or excitement. Interjections are not related to any other words in the sentence. They just serve to show emotion or to introduce the sentence.

Even though they are one word or a short phrase, strong interjections are often followed by an exclamation point. Interjections that do not show such strong emotion are still set apart from the sentence with a comma.

Some interjections do not express very strong emotion, and they are used to introduce the sentence. They are introductory words. They are still classified as interjections because they are not related to any other words in the sentence.

Examples of interjections showing strong emotion:

Oh no!

Ouch!

Wow!

Yikes!

Hey!

Ah!

Examples of interjections that introduce a sentence:

Yes

No

Indeed

Well

Please

Examples of interjections in a sentence:

1) Ouch! That shot really hurt!

2) Yes, I would like some more spaghetti.

3) Please, will you leave me alone?

4) Well, I am not sure that I know how to do this.

5) Yikes! That haunted house was scary!

6) Oh no, not again.