LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION

WORD CLASSES INTERJECTIONS

PARTS OF SPEECH
OPEN-CLASS ITEMS/ CLOSED SYSTEM ITEMS

i. Noun

i. ii. iii.

Determiners ii. Adjective Pronoun iii. Adverb Preposition

S
Words and structures

that express something emphatically. Show in speech by intonation Use an exclamation mark in writing (!)

S
Reaction to something

you are experiencing or looking at, or that you have been told.

reactions
aha damn gosh oops blast good gracious honestly blimey good grief hurray ow wow bother good heavens oh really bravo good lord oh dear ugh crikey goodness me ooh ouch whoops youre joking well I never

Structures with how & what

Not always have an exclamation

mark. After how we can use an adjective or adverb

How awful!
How nice to see you.

How brave you are.

Structures with how & what

We can also use a subject + verb Look at the plants how theyve

grown! After what there can be a noun phrase with a/an without an article What a surprise! What a good idea. What nonsense you talk. What nice things youve got.
(John Eastwood, Oxford Learners

The form of negative question

Arent you lucky! (=Youre lucky.
/How lucky you are!)

Wasnt that fun! (=That was fun. /

What fun that was!)

Dont you look smart! (=You look

smart. / How smart you look!)

Tutorial
In pairs Create a dialogue using

conjunctions and interjections Present in class

ISL
In groups

Create a comic strip

consisting of all the word classes and display them in class

REFERENCE
Collins Cobuild (1990)
English Grammar

John Eastwood (2005)

Oxford Learners Grammar Gordon Jarvie (2007) Bloomsbury Grammar Guide, Grammar Made Easy