Choose the correct Exclamatory sentence for the following Assertive one:
The peacock dances beautifully.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → How beautifully the peacock dances!
Assertive to exclamatory with "How":
The intensifier of the assertive sentence (very, truly) is dropped, since "How" carries the force.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | beautifully | How beautifully | When the feeling lies in an adjective or adverb, the exclamation begins with “How” followed by that word. |
| Word order | The peacock dances beautifully | How beautifully the peacock dances | Then come the subject and the verb in their normal order (no question form). |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with “!”. |
| Full sentence | The peacock dances beautifully. | How beautifully the peacock dances! |
Example: She sings very sweetly. → How sweetly she sings!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Truly the peacock dances beautifully! — Incorrect. It is the assertive sentence with an exclamation mark added. The word order of an exclamation is not used.
Option 2: What a beauty! The peacock dances. — Incorrect. It splits into two sentences and praises the peacock's beauty, not the beauty of its dancing.
Option 4: Oh! The peacock's dance is beautiful. — Incorrect. It changes the sentence into a different statement with "dance" as a noun. The exclamation built on the adverb is not formed.