Choose the correct Exclamatory form of the following Assertive sentence from the options given below:
Radhika is a very fine dancer.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → What a fine dancer Radhika is!
Assertive to exclamatory (What a ...):
An assertive sentence with very + adjective + noun becomes exclamatory with What a/an.
Pattern: What a + adjective + noun + subject + verb + !
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intensifier | very | – (dropped) | “Very” is dropped, because the exclamation itself shows the strong feeling. |
| Opening words | a fine dancer | What a fine dancer | “What a” + “fine dancer” comes first. |
| Word order | Radhika is | Radhika is | The subject and verb, “Radhika is”, go to the end. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The full stop becomes an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | Radhika is a very fine dancer. | What a fine dancer Radhika is! |
Example: He is a very brave soldier. → What a brave soldier he is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How fine Radhika is a dancer! — Incorrect.
- How goes with an adjective or adverb alone ("How fine her dancing is!").
- Here the noun phrase "a dancer" is left hanging after the verb, which is ungrammatical.
Option 2: What Radhika is a dancer! — Incorrect.
- It drops the adjective "fine", so the praise is lost.
- The word order is wrong: "a dancer" should follow "What".
Option 4: Good Radhika is a dancer! — Incorrect. It has no exclamatory word (What/How). An exclamation mark added to a changed statement does not make it an exclamatory sentence.
Contrast: What a + adjective + noun (What a fine dancer Radhika is!). How + adjective alone (How fine her dancing is!).