Pick the appropriate Exclamatory sentence of the given Assertive one:-
This is a lovely piece of writing.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → What a lovely piece of writing this is!
Assertive to exclamatory (What + a + adjective + noun):
"This is a lovely piece of writing" expresses a feeling about a noun (piece of writing) described by an adjective.
"How" goes with an adjective or adverb standing alone: "How lovely it is!"
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a lovely piece of writing | What a lovely piece of writing | The sentence begins with “What + a + adjective + noun”: “What a lovely piece of writing”. |
| Word order | This is | this is | Subject and verb follow in the normal order: “this is”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The full stop becomes an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | This is a lovely piece of writing. | What a lovely piece of writing this is! |
Example: This is a beautiful garden. → What a beautiful garden this is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How a lovely piece of writing this is! — Incorrect. "How" cannot stand before "a + adjective + noun". That pattern needs "What".
Option 3: How is this a lovely piece of writing! — Incorrect. The verb comes before the subject ("is this"), which is the word order of a question, not of an exclamation.
Option 4: Hurray! what a lovely writing piece! — Incorrect.
- "Hurray" expresses joy at a success or victory, a feeling not in the given sentence.
- "writing piece" changes the phrase, and the subject and verb "this is" are dropped.