Question

Identify the interjection in the given sentence.
Wow! John hit the ball far.
a) Wow
b) John
c) Hit
d) Far

Answer 1

Hint: Interjection is a word or a phrase that expresses an emotion or feeling rather than meaning. It is independent of other words around it.

Complete answer:
An interjection as mentioned above is used to convey an emotion. An interjection is also known as ejaculation or an exclamation. Let us look at the given options to find the correct answer. Option b ‘John’ is a noun. It is the name of a person and not an interjection as a name is not an emotion or a feeling. Thus, option ‘a’ is incorrect.
Option c ‘hit’ is very which means to strike something or to strike with something at another thing. Again, ‘hit’ is not a feeling or an emotion. Thus, the option ‘c’ is incorrect.
Option d ‘far’ can be used as an adjective or an adverb which means situated at a distance. This is neither a feeling nor an emotion. So, it cannot be an interjection. Thus, option ‘d’ is incorrect too.
Option a ‘wow’ is a word that is used to convey an emotion of surprise or amazement. This fits the category of an interjection. Thus, the option ‘a’ is the required answer.

Note:
An interjection is always followed by an exclamation mark (!). So, from this we can easily identify the correct answer as only one word is followed by an exclamation mark.