Interjection Questions and Answers – Attention

This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Interjection – Attention”.

1. Find out the interjection in the sentence.

Listen! You must do as they say.

a) You
b) Listen!
c) must
d) do
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Answer: b
Explanation: The phrase ‘Listen!’ is used as an interjection. Interjection is a word or phrase used in the sentence to express an emotion. It is used to seek attention towards someone in the sentence.

2. Find out the interjection in the sentence.

 Ssh!, Be calm, someone is coming.
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a) Ssh!
b) Be
c) calm
d) someone
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Answer: a
Explanation: The word ‘Ssh!’ is used as an interjection. It is used to gain attention of someone in the sentence. It is a strong emotion so the exclamation mark is used. It does not depend on the grammar of the sentence.

3. Find out the interjection in the sentence.

Hush! He is coming towards us.

a) He
b) is
c) coming
d) Hush!
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Answer: d
Explanation: The word ‘Hush!’ is used as interjection. It is used to seek attention towards someone in the sentence. These words may be little rude sometimes. It does not have any grammatical connection with the sentence.

4. Find out the interjection in the sentence.

Hey! What are you doing here?
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a) Hey!
b) What
c) are
d) you
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Answer: a
Explanation: The words ‘Hey!’ are used as an interjection. It is used to seek attention of someone in the sentence. These words are completely different from other type of Interjections. These may be little rude sometimes. It has no grammatical connection with the sentence.

5. Find out the interjection in the sentence.

Behold! He is speaking.
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a) He
b) is
c) Behold!
d) speaking
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Answer: c
Explanation: The word ‘Behold!’ is used as an Interjection. It is used to seek attention of someone in the sentence. These words stand apart from the sentence grammatically.

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