Change the following sentence into an Exclamatory sentence. Choose the correct option from below:
It is a horrible night.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → What a horrible night it is!
Assertive to exclamatory:
- An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark.
- It begins with:
- What a / What an when the quality is followed by a noun (What a + adjective + noun).
- How when the quality stands alone (How + adjective).
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a horrible night | What a horrible night | “A horrible night” has a noun after the adjective, so it takes What a. |
| Word order | It is | it is (after) | The subject and verb follow, in statement order. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is a horrible night. | What a horrible night it is! |
Example: It is a beautiful garden. → What a beautiful garden it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How night horrible! — Incorrect.
- "How" cannot stand before a noun. With a noun the sentence needs What a.
- The word order is broken and there is no subject or verb.
Option 2: What a night it is! — Incorrect. The adjective "horrible" is dropped, so the quality the feeling is about is lost.
Option 4: Horrible night is it! — Incorrect.
- It has no What a and no article before "night".
- "is it" is question order, not the order of an exclamation.
Contrast: "What a" is used when a noun follows the adjective (What a horrible night it is!). "How" is used when the adjective stands alone (How horrible the night is!).