A Read the following passage and notice the words in bold.
Nazma and Diba are good friends. The former is tall but the latter is short. One day they were walking home from school. They were not in a hurry, yet they were walking very fast. Suddenly, Nazma's knee started hurting so she stopped walking. Diba also stopped and asked her what had happened. Nazma said that she could not walk because her left knee was hurting.
The words in bold in the passage have linked or joined together two or more words or ideas, phrases and clauses in a sentence.
These types of words are called conjunctions. They are often called linking words.
B Write few sentences on 'Your English Teacher' using as many conjunctions as possible.
C Read the following sentences and notice the words in bold letters:
Alas! He died at an early age.
Wow! What a nice gift!
Ugh! My teeth are aching.
Hurrah! We have won the match.
These are interjections. An interjection is a part of speech which expresses a strong feeling of joy, sorrow, surprise or disgust.
D Now use appropriate interjections to complete the following sentences:
- __________ ! What a beautiful garden!
- __________ ! He could not escape the accident.
- __________ ! I have a bad headache.
- _________ ! We have defeated them.
