Choose the correct Exclamatory form of the following sentence from the options given below:
The students are excited to go for the excursion.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → How excited the students are to go for the excursion!
Assertive to exclamatory with "How":
When the feeling is about a quality expressed by an adjective alone (excited), the exclamation begins with How + adjective.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | excited | How excited | The adjective “excited” stands alone, so the sentence begins with How excited. |
| Word order | The students are excited | How excited the students are | The subject and verb follow in statement order. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | It ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | The students are excited to go for the excursion. | How excited the students are to go for the excursion! |
The tense stays the same, and the rest of the sentence is kept.
Example: The baby is very cute. → How cute the baby is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: The students were eager for the excursion! — Incorrect.
- It is still a statement with an exclamation mark added.
- The tense changes to "were", and "excited to go" becomes "eager".
Option 3: How the students were excited for the excursion! — Incorrect.
- "How" must stand directly before the adjective: "How excited ...".
- The tense changes to "were", and "to go" is lost.
Option 4: Excited were the students for the excursion! — Incorrect. It only inverts the statement and changes the tense to "were". It is not the exclamatory form.
Contrast: "How" is used when the adjective stands alone (How excited the students are!). "What a / What an" is used when a noun follows the adjective (What an exciting trip it is!).