Interjections

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Interjections!!

• SC English
• 2 October, 2007

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But first, a conjunction review

• Conjunctions connect ________ or _______ ___
  ________.
• They are different from prepositions in that they
  do not have an ________.
• There are three types of Conunctions
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

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Conjunctions

• Conjunctions connect words or groups of words.
• They are different from prepositions in that they
  do not have an object.
• There are three types of Conunctions
• 1. Coordinating conjunctions
• 2. Correlative conjunctions
• 3. Subordinating conjunctions

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Coordinating conjunctions

• Conjunctions connect words of the _____ _______.
• Examples of coordinating conjunctions are
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.
• 6.
• 7.

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Coordinating conjunctions

• Conjunctions connect words of the same kind.
• Examples of coordinating conjunctions are
• 1. and
• 2. but
• 3. for
• 4. nor
• 5. or
• 6. so
• 7. yet

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Examples

• Troy wanted to play football badly, but his knee
  and his feet were injured.
• Mr. Swartos was excited and nervous about his
  bear hunt.

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Practice

• Troy practiced hard every day, so his teammates
  respected him.
• Jesse made positive behavioral choices at school
  and at home.

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Correlative Conjunctions

• Similar to ________ conjunctions, except that
  they work in _____.
• Examples of correlative conjunctions are
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.
• 5.

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Correlative conjunctions

• Similar to coordinating conjunctions, except that
  they work in pairs.
• Examples of correlative conjunctions are
• 1. both..and
• 2. either..or
• 3. neither.nor
• 4. not only.but also
• 5. whether.or

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Example

• The sick hiker would neither eat nor drink.

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Practice

• Neither Coach Toft nor Coach Rasmussen could
  believe how hard the team played.
• The wrestling match was both exciting and
  high-scoring.
• Not only are the Badlands rugged, but they are
  also beautiful.

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Subordinating conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions connect two _____ by
  making one idea _______ upon the other.
• Subordinating conjunctions are in sentences that
  contain a _______ idea and a _________ idea.
• The subordinating conjunction always comes
  _________ the dependent idea.

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions connect two ideas by
  making one idea dependent upon the other.
• Subordinating conjunctions are in sentences that
  contain a main idea and a dependent idea.
• The subordinating conjunction always comes before
  the dependent idea.

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One more.

• If the dependent idea comes _____ the main idea,
  a ______ is used to separate the two.
• If the _______ idea comes first, no ____ is used.

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One more..

• If the dependent idea comes before the main idea,
  a comma is used to separate the two.
• If the main idea comes first, no comma is used.

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Examples

• Although Mr. Tatroe was much admired, MMS would
  not finance a memorial honoring him.
• The 8th graders at MMS were incredibly well
  behaved at the assembly until the presenter gave
  them all kazoos.

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Practice

• Whenever Jax came to the school, the students
  loved to pet him.
• Mr. Swartos praised Troys hard word so that he
  would keep doing so well in school.
• While Jesse ate dinner, Troy was in Science
  class.

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Interjections!

• Interjections are used to express feelings or
  emotions.
• They are the least used part of speech.
• Interjections function independently from the
  rest of the sentence
• Huh? What does that mean?
• It is therefore set off from the rest of the
  sentence by a comma or exclamation mark.

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Interjections!

• Common interjections (Complete list on p. 388 of
  your text)
• Wow
• Oh
• Ouch
• Tsk
• Uh
• Alas
• Woah
• Oops
• Psst

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Interjections!

• Wow! Did you see that play?
• Ouch! That hurts!
• I, uh, think we should leave now.
• Woah! How did he catch that?
• My, that certainly is a huge cat.

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Practice- supply an appropriate interjection for
each sentence.

• (pain) That looked like it hurt.
• (anger) Thats my bike!
• (surprise) You scared me!

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Practice Use each of the following interjections
in a sentence.

• woah
• psst
• oops
• uh
• hey

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Its your favorite time of day!

• Time for a short Grammar Rock video.

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Assignment

• Finish conjunction list for index cards.
• Say I love interjections 40 times to yourself
  today.
• P.387 Ex. 5
• P. 390 Ex. 11-12
• Study pp. 388-390