Change the following Exclamatory sentence into an Assertive sentence:
What comfortable seats these new metro coaches have!
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → These new metro coaches have very comfortable seats.
Exclamatory to assertive (What + adjective + plural noun):
- An exclamatory sentence shows a strong feeling, such as joy, surprise or sorrow, and ends with an exclamation mark.
- An assertive sentence states a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
| Change | Exclamatory | Assertive | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | What comfortable seats | very comfortable seats | “What comfortable seats” shows strong praise. “What” goes away and “very” comes before “comfortable”. |
| Word order | What comfortable seats these new metro coaches have | These new metro coaches have very comfortable seats | The subject and verb come first. |
| End mark | (!) | (.) | An assertive sentence ends with a full stop. |
| Full sentence | What comfortable seats these new metro coaches have! | These new metro coaches have very comfortable seats. |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: These new metro coaches have a very comfortable seats. — Incorrect. It puts “a” before “seats”. “A” is used for one thing only, and “seats” is plural.
Option 3: This new metro coach has very comfortable seats. — Incorrect. It changes “these new metro coaches” to “this new metro coach”. The plural subject must stay plural.
Option 4: These new metro coaches had very comfortable seats. — Incorrect. It changes “have” to “had”. The present tense must stay.