Question

directions: underline the interjections in the following sentences.

1. stop! what was that noise?
2. oh! the gas tank is almost empty.
3. yeah! their plane is arriving.
4. yikes! you scared me so bad.
5. ah, there they go!
6. help! the canoe is sinking.
7. oh, it’s all right!

directions - circle the conjunction (s) in each sentence.

1. both ruth and larry work at the hospital.
2. are you going to the movies or not?
3. this is the tool you will need to fix both the car and the truck.
4. either pay for the magazine or quit reading it in our store.
5. neither sharissa nor nate wanted to sit next to the stranger.
6. lava oozed slowly but surely from the volcano.
7. the store takes cash or credit cards, but no checks.
8. have mark and kim decided to marry in june?
9. shawana likes to read romance novels and biographies.

Explanation:

Interjections express strong emotions and are standalone words or phrases. Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses. We identify them based on their function in the sentences.

Answer:

1. Underlined interjection: Stop!
2. Underlined interjection: Oh!
3. Underlined interjection: Yeah!
4. Underlined interjection: Yikes!
5. Underlined interjection: Ah
6. Underlined interjection: Help!
7. Underlined interjection: Oh
8. Circled conjunction: and
9. Circled conjunction: or
10. Circled conjunction: and
11. Circled conjunction: Either, or
12. Circled conjunction: Neither, nor
13. Circled conjunction: but
14. Circled conjunction: or, but
15. Circled conjunction: and
16. Circled conjunction: and