Choose the correct option to transform the given Assertive Sentence to an Exclamatory Sentence.
It was extremely mean of him to desert you in your time of need.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Fie! How mean of him to have deserted you in your time of need!
Assertive to exclamatory:
An assertive sentence with a strong adverb such as "extremely" or "very" becomes exclamatory by:
- Dropping "extremely" and putting How before the adjective.
- Adding an interjection that fits the feeling.
- Ending with an exclamation mark.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interjection | (none) | Fie! | The feeling is disgust at a mean act, so the interjection is Fie! |
| Opening words | It was extremely mean of him | How mean of him | “It was extremely mean of him” becomes “How mean of him”. |
| Verb | to desert | to have deserted | The past act is kept with the perfect infinitive “to have deserted”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It was extremely mean of him to desert you in your time of need. | Fie! How mean of him to have deserted you in your time of need! |
Example: It is very kind of you to help me. → How kind of you to help me!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: If only, he were not mean in your time of need! — Incorrect. "If only" expresses a wish, and the desertion is left out, so the meaning changes.
Option 3: Oh! He meanly deserted you in your needy time. — Incorrect.
- After the interjection it is still a plain statement ending in a full stop.
- "Your needy time" is not the same as "your time of need".
Option 4: See - he deserted you at a wrong time! — Incorrect. It drops the idea of meanness and says only that the timing was wrong.