Change the following Assertive sentence into Exclamatory sentence.
It is sad that we lost the game today.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Alas! we have lost the game today.
Assertive to exclamatory:
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interjection | It is sad that | Alas! | “It is sad that ...” states a feeling of sorrow. In the exclamatory form the feeling is shown by the interjection “Alas!”, and “It is sad that” is dropped. |
| Full sentence | It is sad that we lost the game today. | Alas! we have lost the game today. |
The rest of the meaning stays: we have lost the game today.
Example: It is sad that our dog died. → Alas! our dog died.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: It is pity we lost! — Incorrect.
- It is still an assertive sentence with an exclamation mark added.
- It leaves out the article ("It is a pity").
- It drops "the game today".
Option 2: It is sad today we lost! — Incorrect. It keeps the assertive pattern "It is sad", drops "the game", and moves "today", which changes the sense.
Option 3: Lost! we today. — Incorrect. It is a broken phrase with no proper verb or object.