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Interjections for 5th grade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an interjection?
a)
is a word that connects words, sentences or phrases.
b)
a word or phrase that expresses emotion or feelings, gives a command or fills a silence.
c)
is a word that shows a relationship among other words in the sentence
d)
a person, place or thing
2.
A strong interjection is punctuated with a...
a)
period
b)
comma
c)
exclamation mark
d)
question mark
3.

Identify the subordinate conjunction in the sentence: Since the start of the meal, I had been thinking only about dessert.

a)

Since

b)

of

c)

only

d)

about

4.

Identify the subordinate conjunction in the sentence: We talked about our day until the food arrived.

a)

about

b)

our

c)

until

d)

food

5.

What's the interjection in the sentence below?


Hey! Keep your hands off that camera.

a)

hey

b)

hands

c)

camera

d)

keep

6.

What's the interjection in the sentence below?


Gee, I really thought I would have won.

a)

won

b)

thought

c)

I

d)

gee

7.

What's the interjection in the sentence below?


I think I, uh, forgot your name.

a)

name

b)

forgot

c)

think

d)

uh

8.

The following is NOT an example of an interjection.

a)

Eat!

b)

Yay!

c)

Wow!

d)

Hey!

9.

Which of the following is an interjection?

a)

Stink!

b)

Yikes!

c)

Sun!

d)

Sleep!

10.
Which interjection can be added to this sentence:
       , I better put my books away.
a)
Well
b)
Aww
c)
No
d)
Whew
11.
An interjection is ...
a)
a type or preposition
b)
a word or words that express emotion
c)
a person, place, thing or idea
d)
a type of punctuation
12.
The following in an example of an interjection:
a)
Sure
b)
And
c)
Oops!
d)
Also
13.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a)
Yuck, I thought this was a bowl of ice cream, not a bowl of gravy.
b)
Yuck!  I thought this was a bowl of ice cream, not a bowl of gravy.
c)
Yuck I thought this was a bowl of ice cream, not a bowl of gravy!
d)
Yuck, I thought this was a bowl of ice cream!  Not a bowl of gravy!
14.
The following interjection best communicates the emotion "surprise".
a)
Ooh-la-la!
b)
Drat!
c)
Gee whiz!
d)
Hey!
15.
A mild interjection is punctuated with a...
a)
period
b)
comma
c)
exclamation mark
d)
question mark