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Monday 27 September 2021

Exclamatory Sentence

                Exclamatory Sentence

  An exclamative sentence is a sentence type used to express surprise about something unexpected or extraordinary. It ends with an exclamation mark (!)


              Assertive sentence

      Exclamatory sentence 

  A statement 

A strong emotion 

  States a fact 

An excitement 

Begins with subject

Begins with what / How

Ends with full stop(.)

Ends with an exclamation mark (!) 

Lata is very beautiful 

How beautiful Lata is!   ( How + Adj+subject + verb +!)

Lata is a very beautiful girl 

What a beautiful girl Lata is! ( What +a/an adjective +noun + subject+ verb +!) 


Things to remember while transforming Assertive to exclamatory sentence -

1. Do not change the meaning of sentence

2. Begin sentence with what / How

3. Remove words( strong feelings )such as - very, extremely, so, indeed, too  etc.)

4. Do not forget to give an exclamation mark (!) at the end of sentence.


Examples :  (HSC Question Bank, SCERT )


1) It was a remarkable place in many ways.

(Choose correct alternative to rewrite the given sentence as an exclamatory sentence)

 i. It was a remarkable place in many ways!

ii. How a remarkable place in many ways it was!

iii. What a remarkable place in many ways it was!

iv. What remarkable in many ways the place it was!

Ansiii. What a remarkable place in many ways it was!


Choose correct alternative to make the given sentence exclamatory.

1. You performed  very energetically in front of the visitors.

a. How energetically in front of the visitors you perform!

b. How energetical in front of the visitors you performs!

c. How energetically in front of the visitors you performed!

 d. How energetically you perform in front of the visitors!


Ans - c. How energetically in front of the visitors you performed!


2. You have narrated a very romantic book.

a. What have you narrated a very romantic book!

b. What book you have narrated a very romantic!

c. What a romantic book you have narrated!

d. What a romantic book you have narrate!

Ans - c. What a romantic book you have narrated!

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