Select the correct Exclamatory form of the given sentence:
We received very good news from Ananya’s school today.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → What good news we received from Ananya’s school today!
Assertive to exclamatory (What + adjective + uncountable noun):
- An assertive sentence states a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
- An exclamatory sentence shows a strong feeling, such as joy, surprise or sorrow, and ends with an exclamation mark.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | very good news | What good news | “Very” goes away, and the sentence starts with “What good news”. |
| Word order | We received very good news | What good news we received | The subject and verb come next: “we received”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | We received very good news from Ananya’s school today. | What good news we received from Ananya’s school today! |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: What a good news we received from Ananya’s school today! — Incorrect. It puts “a” before “good news”. “News” cannot be counted, so it does not take “a”.
Option 3: How good news we received from Ananya’s school today! — Incorrect. “How” is not used before an adjective + noun like “good news”. A noun needs “What”.
Option 4: What good news we receive from Ananya’s school today! — Incorrect. It changes “received” to “receive”. The tense must stay the same.