Level: B1
Interjection Punctuation & Position — Practice
When to use an exclamation mark (strong feeling), a comma (softer feeling or sentence starter), or let the interjection stand alone. Plus where it sits in the sentence (beginning, middle, or end). 29 click-to-hear ESL examples.
Builds on Interjections by Feeling Next in unit Common Mistakes →
- Exclamation mark — strong feeling
- Wow! That was amazing! – Strong (!)
- Ouch! That really hurt! – Strong (!)
- Yay! We won! – Strong (!)
- Hooray! It is Friday! – Strong (!)
- Watch out! There is a car! – Strong (!)
- Yuck! That is gross! – Strong (!)
- Comma — softer feeling or sentence starter
- Well, I guess we can try again. – Soft (,)
- Hmm, I am not sure about that. – Soft (,)
- Aww, the puppy is so cute. – Soft (,)
- Oh, I see what you mean. – Soft (,)
- Um, can you repeat that? – Soft (,)
- Ah, now I understand. – Soft (,)
- Standalone — interjection as the whole sentence
- Ouch! – Standalone
- Oops! – Standalone
- Phew! – Standalone
- Yikes! – Standalone
- Shh! – Standalone
- Position — at the beginning of a sentence
- Oh no, I forgot my wallet. – Beginning
- Hey, look at this! – Beginning
- Wow, that is a beautiful painting. – Beginning
- Yikes, that is a big bug. – Beginning
- Position — in the middle of a sentence
- It was, wow, such a beautiful view. – Middle
- The food, ugh, was disappointing. – Middle
- I, um, do not really know what to say. – Middle
- She gave him, oh, a thousand dollars. – Middle
- Position — at the end of a sentence
- That is a problem, indeed. – End
- I forgot my keys again, good grief. – End
- We missed the bus, oh well. – End
- Time for bed, eh? – End