Interjections
Grade 5 · English
Interjections
3 activities · Fill in! · Sort it! · Colour by rule!
Expressing feelings — joy, surprise, pain, approval, disgust — with correct punctuation
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1

Choose the most suitable interjection to complete each sentence. The context tells you the emotion needed!

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! She recited the entire poem without a single mistake!
Bravo
Ouch
Hurray
! The ancient library burned to the ground last night.
Ouch
Hurray
Alas
! The staple went right through my finger!
Alas
Ouch
Yuck
! Look at the meteor shower — it's incredible!
Hooray
Wow
Oh dear
! We qualified for the inter-school finals!
Eww
Hurray
Hooray
2

Interjections express strong feelings! Sort each interjection by the emotion it expresses.

Sort it!
1Whoa!
2Goodness!
3Hooray!
4Oh no!
5Well done!
6Wow!
7Yahoo!
8Ouch!
9Bravo!
10Yuck!
Joy / Excitement
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Surprise
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Pain / Sorrow
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Approval / Praise
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Disgust / Disapproval
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3

Colour POSITIVE interjections (joy/praise/surprise) in YELLOW and NEGATIVE interjections (pain/disgust/sorrow) in BLUE!

Colour by rule!
Positive
Negative
Ugh!
Yuck!
Hurray!
Oh dear!
Whoa!
Wow!
Ouch!
Yahoo!
Well done!
Eww!
Bravo!
Hooray!
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