Join In
Twitter
YouTube
Weekly Newsletter
Libraries
A-Z Grammatical Terms
A-Z Confused Words
FAQs by Writers
A-Z Awkward Plurals
Punctuation Lessons
Common Mistakes
(ordered by seriousness) ESL Vocabulary Lists Parts of Speech Lists A-Z Idioms and Proverbs Grammar Videos
(ordered by category) Tests and Games Top Tip Install a grammar checker
for your browser
(ordered by seriousness) ESL Vocabulary Lists Parts of Speech Lists A-Z Idioms and Proverbs Grammar Videos
(ordered by category) Tests and Games Top Tip Install a grammar checker
for your browser
Interjections for Kids
What Are Interjections? (for Kids)
Interjections show emotions like joy, surprise, disgust, pain, and anger. For example:- Joy. Hooray! We won!
- Surprise. What? That cannot be true!
- Disgust. Ew! There is an awful smell outside.
- Pain. Ow! That bee stung me.
- Anger. No! I have told your twice already.
- Greeting. Welcome. Please help yourself to the cakes.
- Farewell. Bye. I will see you next Tuesday.

Your Go!
Select the interjection in the following sentences.More Examples of Interjections
Interjections of Joy
- Yippee! The shop is open!
- I scored 10 out of 10 in the test. Yay!
- Yes. The cakes look perfect.
Interjections of Surprise
- Oh! I did not expect that answer.
- Jeepers! The drinks are really expensive.
- Eek! That mouse ran across the floor!
Interjections of Disgust
- Yuk! I cannot eat olives.
- Wipe your nose please. Not on your sleeve! Ew!
- Ugh. Go upstairs and wash your feet.
Interjections of Sorrow or Pain
- Argh! All the books keep falling over!
- Oh no! This rain will destroy the chalk paintings.
- Sorry, he's not house-trained yet. I'll take your cushion to the dry-cleaners.
Interjections of Anger
- Hey! Get off the grass!
- Hmph! That is not the attitude I expect.
- Oy! Do not look at me like that!
Interjections of Greeting and Farewell
- Hey! How are you? (Notice that some interjections can be used for several emotions. It depends how they are said.)
- Goodbye, see you tomorrow.
- Cheerio. I'll see you next Saturday.
- Ahem. What do you think you're doing with those crayons?
- Shhh. I'm trying to think.
- Psst. Come here. I want to tell you something.
Your Go Again!
Select the emotion conveyed by the interjection.Click on the Two Interjections
(Interactive Game)
More about Interjections
An interjection is often following by an exclamation mark. An exclamation mark makes the interjection stronger. For a milder effect, you can use a comma or a period

If the interjection is a question, then it should be followed by a question mark.

- Yay! We won.
- We won. Yay!
- The results are in, and, yay, we won.
Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer video to text? Here is a list of all our grammar videos.
Help Us Improve Grammar Monster
- Do you disagree with something on this page?
- Did you spot a typo?
Find Us Quicker!
- When using a search engine (e.g., Google, Bing), you will find Grammar Monster quicker if you add #gm to your search term.