Direction: The following sentence has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentence carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word belongs to. Indicate your response accordingly.

Why, is it really Sujata on the phone?

Key Points

• Here, in the given above sentence the underlined part "Why" is used as an interjection.
• As per the general rule, an interjection is a word or phrase that expresses something in a sudden or exclamatory way, especially an emotion.
• Example:
  • Congrats, You finally got your master's degree.
  • Oh dear, I don't know what to do about this mess.​
• ​Here, in the given above examples, 'Congrats and Oh dear' can be used as an interjection.
• According to the explanation and example that are given above, ‘interjection’ is the correct part of speech for the given above sentence.

Additional Information 

• Let's have a look at the definition and example of the other option:
• ​Adjective- "Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns".
  • Example: A yellow butterfly is sitting on the red rose.
• ​Intensifier- "Intensifiers are adverbs or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis".
  • Example: Tomorrow's meeting is so terribly important.
• Noun- "A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea".
  • Example: Steve buys the band some sandwiches.