Choose the correct option to change the following sentence from Assertive to Exclamatory sentence:
It is very fine weather.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → What fine weather it is!
Assertive to exclamatory sentence:
- An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark.
- When the assertive sentence has "very" + adjective + noun, the exclamation is made with What: What + (a/an for a singular countable noun) + adjective + noun + subject + verb.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | very fine weather | What fine weather | “Very” is dropped. “Weather” is uncountable, so it takes no “a”. |
| Word order | It is very fine weather | What fine weather it is | What + adjective + noun + subject + verb. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is very fine weather. | What fine weather it is! |
Example: It is a very good idea. → What a good idea it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: It's fine weather! — Incorrect. It only adds an exclamation mark to the statement. It has no What/How structure, and the sense of "very" is lost.
Option 3: Weather is fine! — Incorrect. It too is a plain statement with an exclamation mark, and it drops "very".
Option 4: How is the weather! — Incorrect. "How is the weather" is the word order of a question about the weather. It does not say the weather is fine.
Contrast: What + (a/an) + adjective + noun ("What fine weather it is!"). How + adjective alone ("How fine the weather is!").