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INTERJECTIONS – EXERCISE 3 Directions: In the sentences below, identify the interjections. Check your answers with

the interactive version of the exercise.

1. Oops! Trina finally arrived on time but forgot to bring her lucky blue pen.

2. Did you hear that Prof. O’Bannon cancelled class? Yippee! Now we are free for the

afternoon.

3. Blech! Tell the chef that we will not eat brown lettuce with slimy tomatoes.

4. The python escaped his small cage again, and the cat has disappeared. Uh-oh.

5. Ha! You have broccoli in your teeth! Now I know that you ate my Chinese leftovers.

6. The essay will just fit on my last two blank sheets of paper. Whew!

7. Yo, dude, the sandwich is mine, so you need to return my lunch now!

8. We alone earned high scores on the notoriously difficult first exam in chemistry. Boo-

yah!

9. Eek! A large snake just slithered across the driveway and into our garage.

10. Identical twins look alike? Duh! Give us information that we do not already know!

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11. Smells from the kitchen indicate that Bianca will serve macaroni and cheese with

dinner. Yum!

12. Whoa! You have jumped to a hasty conclusion that the evidence does not support.

13. Eww! Henry must remember to rinse his whiskers from the sink after he shaves.

14. Yowza! We did not anticipate hours of work when we agreed to rake the yard.

15. When Elijah confessed a kiss with Jacqueline, Jasmine whammo! ended their

relationship on the spot.

16. Ugh! The printer has jammed again, and today I must get to class on time!

17. Huh? You want Sophia to run the register? But she failed math miserably!

18. Aaron carried four bags of heavy groceries up seven flights. Wow, the boy is in shape.

19. Geez, even Donald knows that the French Revolution had four principal causes.

20. After we begged and pleaded, Mom prepared tasty, fresh snails for dinner. Hooray!

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