LESSON X.

INTERJECTIONS.

Name the words in the following sentences that express sudden or strong feeling:—

1.Hurrah! the work is done.
2.Alas! we were too late.
3.Hush! she is sleeping now.
4.Bravo! he has reached the boat.

A word used to express some sudden or strong feeling is called an interjection.

An interjection is not related to any word in the sentence.

Interjections express a variety of feelings, such as joy, sorrow, surprise, pain, contempt and strong desire.

EXERCISE I.

Select the interjections in the following sentences, and state the feeling expressed by each:—

1.Oh! my tooth is aching again.
2.Alas! he heeded not my warning.
3.Hark! what means that distant cry?
4.Pshaw! it is nothing but the wind.
5.Hurrah! for England’s Queen.
6.Ho! breakers on the weather bow.
7.But O! eternity’s too short
To utter all Thy praise.
8.Hold! if ’twas wrong, the wrong is mine.

EXERCISE II.

Write six sentences, each containing an interjection.

Underline the interjections.