Change the following sentence into an exclamatory sentence by choosing the correct option from below.
It is a horrible night.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → What a horrible night !
Assertive to exclamatory sentence with "What":
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | It is a horrible night | What a horrible night | When the feeling is about a noun with an adjective, the exclamation begins with What a/an + adjective + noun. The words “it is” may be added at the end or dropped. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is a horrible night. | What a horrible night ! |
"How" is used with an adjective alone: How horrible the night is!
Example: It is a lovely garden. → What a lovely garden!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How night horrible ! — Incorrect. "How" must be followed by the adjective, and the noun needs "the": How horrible the night is!
Option 2: What a night is it ! — Incorrect.
- The adjective "horrible" is lost, so the feeling of the original is gone.
- "Is it" is question order. An exclamation keeps "it is".
Option 4: Horrible night is it ! — Incorrect. It has no "What a", and "is it" is in question order.