Change the sentence given below into an Exclamatory sentence.
Man is a wonderful piece of work.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → What a wonderful piece of work man is!
Assertive to exclamatory:
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling such as wonder or joy, and ends with an exclamation mark.
With a noun phrase, it is formed with What + a/an + adjective + noun + subject + verb!
The intensifying word of the statement (such as "very") is dropped, because "What" itself carries the emphasis.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a wonderful piece of work | What a wonderful piece of work | What + a + adjective + noun: “What a wonderful piece of work”. |
| Word order | Man is | man is | Subject + verb: “man is”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | Man is a wonderful piece of work. | What a wonderful piece of work man is! |
Example: It is a beautiful day. → What a beautiful day it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: A piece of work is man! — Incorrect. It has no "What" to make an exclamation, and the word "wonderful", which carries the feeling, is lost.
Option 3: Man is a wonderful work! — Incorrect. Adding an exclamation mark to a statement does not change its form. It is still an assertive sentence, and "piece of" has been dropped.
Option 4: A piece of work, oh! a man. — Incorrect. It is a broken string of words with no subject-verb structure, and it changes the meaning.