Choose the correct option to change the following Exclamatory sentence into an Assertive sentence:
What a generous host Mrs Kulkarni was at the housewarming party!
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Mrs Kulkarni was a very generous host at the housewarming party.
Exclamatory to assertive (What a + adjective + 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 a generous host | a very generous host | “What a generous host” shows strong praise. “What” goes away and “very” comes before “generous”. |
| Word order | What a generous host Mrs Kulkarni was | Mrs Kulkarni was a very generous host | The subject and verb come first. |
| End mark | (!) | (.) | An assertive sentence ends with a full stop. |
| Full sentence | What a generous host Mrs Kulkarni was at the housewarming party! | Mrs Kulkarni was a very generous host at the housewarming party. |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Mrs Kulkarni is a very generous host at the housewarming party. — Incorrect. It changes “was” to “is”. The simple past must stay.
Option 3: Mrs Kulkarni was very generous host at the housewarming party. — Incorrect. It drops “a”. “Host” is a singular noun that can be counted, so it needs “a”.
Option 4: Was Mrs Kulkarni a very generous host at the housewarming party? — Incorrect. It turns the sentence into a question, so it is not an assertive sentence.