NAME________________________________
DATE________________________________
PUTTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO WORK!
Directions: Answer the following questions with the best and correct answer.
1. What is an interjection?
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2. What punctuation is used with interjections?
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3. Where can interjections be found in a sentence?
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4. List five interjections that we have talked about in class.
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5. Which word is NOT
used to cheer on your baseball team?
a. Rah b. Yay c.
Yikes
6. Which interjection
is NOT used in today's speech or writing?
a. Bother b.
Really c. Alas
7. Which is NOT an
expression of wonder or surprise?
a. Gee b. Gosh c.
Boo
8. Where does the word interjection come from? __________________
9. Is an interjection
part of a sentence?
a. YES b. NO
10. Can a sentence
stand alone without an interjection?
a. YES b. NO
Directions: Circle the correct word or punctuation in the blank.
11. _________! I am
meeting Mark McGuire.
a. WOW b. Darn c. Alas
12. _________, was I
supposed to call you?
a. Oh b. Whoops c. Alright
13. ________! We
won!
a. Awesome b. Bother c. Darn
14. ________, that
hurt.
a. Oh b. Wow c. Ouch
15. ________, you want
me to eat that!
a. Excellent b. Ewww c. Alas
16. Yikes ___ There's
a spider.
a. ! b. ,
17. Oh ___ I wonder if
he'll show.
a. ! b. ,
18. Wow ___ Did you
see that play?
a. ! b. ,
19. Rats ___ We lost.
a. ! b. ,
20. Whoa ____ Someone
stop that dog!
a. ! b. ,
EXTRA CREDIT:
What does inter mean? _____________________________________
What does jactus mean? ____________________________________
What does interjection really mean? ________________________________________________________