Choose the correct option to change the following Assertive sentence into an Exclamatory sentence:
The ginger tea in the hostel canteen is very strong.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → How strong the ginger tea in the hostel canteen is!
Assertive to exclamatory (How + adjective + subject + verb):
- An assertive sentence states a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
- An exclamatory sentence shows a strong feeling, such as joy, surprise or sorrow, and ends with an exclamation mark.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | very strong | How strong | The sentence shows a strong feeling about how strong the tea is. “Very” goes away, and “How strong” comes first. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | The ginger tea in the hostel canteen is very strong. | How strong the ginger tea in the hostel canteen is! |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: How strong the ginger tea in the hostel canteen was! — Incorrect. It changes “is” to “was”, so the tense changes.
Option 3: What strong the ginger tea in the hostel canteen is! — Incorrect. “Strong” is an adjective with no noun after it. An adjective on its own takes “How”, not “What”.
Option 4: How strong the ginger tea in the hostel canteen is? — Incorrect. It ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark.