Pick the most appropriate conversion of the following Assertive sentence to an Exclamatory sentence.
It is a great honour to be talking to you.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → What a great honour it is to be talking to you!
Assertive to exclamatory with "What":
Pattern: What a + adjective + noun + subject + verb + rest of the sentence + !
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a great honour | What a great honour | What a + adjective + noun: “What a great honour”. |
| Word order | It is a great honour | What a great honour it is | Subject + verb: “it is”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The full stop becomes an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is a great honour to be talking to you. | What a great honour it is to be talking to you! |
Example: It is a very pleasant evening. → What a pleasant evening it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: What a great honour to be talking to you it is! — Incorrect. "It is" must come straight after the noun phrase. Pushed to the end, it makes the sentence awkward.
Option 2: Hurray! its a great honour to talk to you. — Incorrect.
- "Hurray" expresses joy at a victory, not a sense of honour.
- "its" should be it's, the sentence ends with a full stop, and "to be talking" is changed to "to talk".
Option 3: Oh! its a great honour to talk to you. — Incorrect. After "Oh!" the sentence stays assertive and ends with a full stop. "Its" should be it's.