Which of the following are correct Assertive forms of the given Exclamatory sentence?
How tasty the kachoris at this sweet shop are!
(A) The kachoris at this sweet shop are very tasty.
(B) The kachoris at this sweet shop were very tasty.
(C) The kachoris at this sweet shop are extremely tasty.
(D) Are the kachoris at this sweet shop very tasty?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
The assertive form puts “very” in place of “How” and keeps the same tense.
(A) The kachoris at this sweet shop are very tasty. — Correct.
- “How tasty” becomes “very tasty”, and “are” stays in the present tense.
(B) The kachoris at this sweet shop were very tasty. — Incorrect.
- It changes “are” to “were”, so the tense changes.
- Correct form: The kachoris at this sweet shop are very tasty.
(C) The kachoris at this sweet shop are extremely tasty. — Correct.
- “Extremely” does the same work as “very”, so the meaning and the tense stay the same.
(D) Are the kachoris at this sweet shop very tasty? — Incorrect.
- It asks a question, so it is an interrogative sentence, not an assertive one.
- Correct form: The kachoris at this sweet shop are very tasty.