Brighter Grammar 1 - Margaret Macaulay 1987

Lesson Twenty. Interjections

There are not many words in this box. They are words (or sometimes phrases, or just noises) that we use to express a sudden feeling, for example, surprise, pleasure, pain, etc.

Here are some: Hello! Hurrah! Oh! Ah! Good heavens! How pretty! Ouch! Ugh! Wow!

Note that they usually have an exclamation mark (!) after them.

Exercises

A Join these sentences with the conjunctions and, but, because, so or or. You will sometimes find it better to leave out one or two words.

Example: We were afraid of them. We ran away.

Answer: We were afraid of them, so we ran away.

1 Grace played the piano. Mary sang a song.

2 Jeremy knocked at the door. His friend opened it.

3 I have a pencil. I have a pen.

4 Tom has a new bicycle. He can’t ride it.

5 You must work hard. You won’t learn grammar.

6 John walked. Mary came by car.

7 Richard kicked the ball hard. He didn’t score.

8 Finish your exercise. You won’t be allowed to play football.

9 Mark came to see us. He didn’t stay long.

10 We can’t play football. We have lost the ball.

11 I lost my book. Richard found it.

12 The fire happened. Ian had left a towel near the stove.

13 The doctor sent a bill to Savage. He hadn’t any money.

He couldn’t pay it. (2 conjunctions)

14 Savage had written a book. Not many copies had been ' sold. Savage was living in poverty. (2 conjunctions)

15 The boy shook his head. He said, ’That water would be useless. It is hot water.’ (2 conjunctions)

16 Newton was a great man. He was very absent-minded.

17 Newton was busy. He told the housekeeper to leave the egg. He told her to go away. (2 conjunctions)

18 She thought he would forget the egg. She returned an hour later. She found Newton standing by the fireplace. (2 conjunctions)

19 Newton was very absent-minded. The housekeeper took an egg to him. She thought he needed food. (2 conjunctions)

В Here are six interjections or exclamations and six sentences. Write one of the sentences after the interjection that is most suitable. Use each interjection and each

sentence once only. For example, 8 follows 1, so you write:

1 Hurrah! We've won the match.