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Learning English Vocabulary

Discourse Markers: Interjections

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5523 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Do you know your ouch! from your ugh!? These words are called interjections.

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0:00.0

If you like six-minute vocabulary, you might like our new series, Office English.

0:05.0

It's all about the English we need at work.

0:07.8

From writing the perfect email to getting your ideas heard in meetings,

0:12.1

we help you with phrases to improve your business English.

0:15.9

To listen, head to our website, BBClearningEnglish.com,

0:19.6

or search Learning English for work in your podcast player.

0:23.2

This is a download from BBC Learning English. To find out more, visit our website.

0:30.3

Six-minute vocabulary from BBC LearningEnglish.com.

0:36.0

Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary with me, Callum.

0:39.3

And me, Catherine. In this program, we're talking about interjections.

0:44.2

Interjections are words that we use to express an emotion or feeling.

0:48.6

For example, oh, expresses surprise and hooray, expresses pleasure when something good happens.

0:56.1

We'll give you plenty of other examples.

0:58.2

We'll have a quiz and we'll finish with a top tip for learning vocabulary.

1:03.9

Here are Peter and Kylie, they're at home in their kitchen.

1:08.4

And while you listen, think about this question.

1:14.6

What emotion does Peter express by the word, few, at the end of this conversation.

1:17.6

Ow!

1:18.6

What's wrong?

1:19.6

I've just cut my finger.

1:21.6

Oh, quick.

1:22.6

Where's the first aid kit?

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