Select the correct Exclamatory form of the given sentence:
The heavy tractor climbs the ghat road very slowly.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → How slowly the heavy tractor climbs the ghat road!
Assertive to exclamatory (How + adverb + 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 slowly (at the end) | How slowly (first) | “Very slowly” tells how the tractor climbs. It becomes “How slowly”, and “very” goes away. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | The heavy tractor climbs the ghat road very slowly. | How slowly the heavy tractor climbs the ghat road! |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How slow the heavy tractor climbs the ghat road! — Incorrect. It changes the adverb “slowly” to the adjective “slow”. The word tells how the tractor climbs, so it must stay “slowly”.
Option 2: What slowly the heavy tractor climbs the ghat road! — Incorrect. It uses “What” with the adverb “slowly”. An adverb takes “How”, not “What”.
Option 3: How slowly the heavy tractor climbed the ghat road! — Incorrect. It changes “climbs” to “climbed”. The tense must stay the same.