Which sentence contains an interjection?

Which sentence contains an interjection?

• A. Here comes the bus.
• B. The cat purred.
• C. She smiled.
• D. Ouch, that hurts.

Answer: (D)

Interjections express emotion and aren’t grammatically tied to the rest of the sentence. They often stand alone or are set off by punctuation. In the sentence shown, “Ouch” conveys pain and functions as an interjection, followed by a comma and the rest of the sentence. The other statements simply describe actions with a subject and verb and don’t include an emotional word inserted into the sentence.

Interjections express emotion and aren’t grammatically tied to the rest of the sentence. They often stand alone or are set off by punctuation. In the sentence shown, “Ouch” conveys pain and functions as an interjection, followed by a comma and the rest of the sentence. The other statements simply describe actions with a subject and verb and don’t include an emotional word inserted into the sentence.