Choose the correct option to change the following statement to an Exclamatory statement:
Major Dhayanchand was a great hockey player.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) - What a great hockey player Major Dhayanchand was!
- Exclamatory Sentences: These sentences express strong emotion or excitement, often starting with "What" or "How."
- Correct Transformation: The exclamatory statement maintains the past tense "was" to reflect the original statement about Major Dhayanchand, while expressing admiration for his greatness as a hockey player.
Let's analyze the other options:
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What a great hockey player Major Dhayanchand is!
This option uses the present tense "is," which does not accurately reflect the past tense of the original statement. -
How great hockey player Major Dhayanchand had been!
This option is incorrect because it uses "had been," which is not a proper form for an exclamatory statement and lacks a determiner before "hockey player." -
How great hockey player Major Dhayanchand is!
Similar to the first option, this uses "is," which does not correspond with the original past tense statement.