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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Interjections
Hi! That's an interjection. :-)
Interjection is a big name for a little word.
Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah!
They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more
in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence,
they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is
sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written.
Here are some interjections with examples:
| interjection |
meaning |
example |
| ah |
expressing pleasure |
"Ah, that feels good." |
| expressing realization |
"Ah, now I understand." |
| 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, doubt or disagreement |
"Hmm. I'm not so sure." |
| 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, what did he say?" |
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