Choose the correct exclamatory form of the sentence from the options given below:
This is an excellent piece of work.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → What an excellent piece of work!
Assertive to exclamatory:
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | This is an excellent piece of work | What an excellent piece of work | A sentence that praises a quality of a singular countable noun becomes What + a/an + adjective + noun! The subject and verb (“This is”) may be dropped or put at the end (“What an excellent piece of work this is!”). |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | This is an excellent piece of work. | What an excellent piece of work! |
Example: It is a beautiful garden. → What a beautiful garden!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Bravo! This is an excellent piece of work — Incorrect. Only the word "Bravo!" is an exclamation. The sentence itself is left unchanged as a statement.
Option 3: This work is excellent! — Incorrect. It is still a statement with an exclamation mark added, and "a piece of" is lost.
Option 4: What excellent work is it! — Incorrect. The word order is that of a question ("is it"). An exclamation keeps the order subject + verb: "What excellent work it is!"
Contrast: an exclamation keeps the order subject + verb (What excellent work it is!). A question puts the verb first (is it).