Convert the following Exclamatory Sentence to Assertive Sentence:
What a Lovely House!
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → It was a very lovely house indeed
Exclamatory to assertive:
An exclamation with "What a" expresses strong feeling about a noun.
| Change | Exclamatory | Assertive | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject and verb | (none) | It was | The subject and verb are supplied (“It was” / “It is”). “What a lovely house!” has no verb, so it fixes no tense. |
| Opening words | What a | a very ... indeed | “What a” is replaced by an intensifier such as very or great, often with indeed. |
| End mark | (!) | (.) | The exclamation mark becomes a full stop. |
| Full sentence | What a Lovely House! | It was a very lovely house indeed. |
Example: What a brave girl! → She is a very brave girl.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Oh! What a lovely house! — Incorrect. It is still an exclamatory sentence. Only "Oh!" has been added.
Option 2: The house that I am looking at is very lonely — Incorrect. Lonely means sad because one is alone, or far from other places. The exclamation praises the house as lovely, so the meaning is changed.
Example: The old man felt lonely after his children moved away.
Option 4: What a lovely house am I looking at — Incorrect. It keeps "What a" and uses question word order. It is neither a correct exclamation nor a statement.