Convert the following sentence into its Exclamatory form:
"It is a very beautiful sunset."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → What a beautiful sunset it is!
Assertive to exclamatory (What + a + adjective + noun):
- "It is a very beautiful sunset" is an assertive sentence that states a strong feeling about a noun (sunset).
- To turn it into an exclamatory sentence:
- the intensifier "very" is dropped;
- the sentence begins with What + a/an + adjective + noun: "What a beautiful sunset";
- subject and verb follow in the normal order: "it is";
- the full stop becomes an exclamation mark.
- "How" is used when the feeling is about an adjective or adverb alone: "How beautiful the sunset is!"
Example: It is a very tall building. → What a tall building it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Is it a beautiful sunset? — Incorrect. It is an interrogative sentence; it asks a question instead of expressing a feeling.
Option 2: It was a beautiful sunset! — Incorrect.
- The tense changes from "is" to "was".
- Adding "!" to a statement does not make an exclamatory sentence; it needs What or How.
Option 4: How a beautiful sunset it is! — Incorrect. "How" goes with an adjective alone ("How beautiful the sunset is!"); before "a + adjective + noun" the word must be "What".
Contrast: What + a + adjective + noun ("What a beautiful sunset it is!"); How + adjective alone ("How beautiful the sunset is!").
Note: The actual question was dropped by NTA. For the benefit of the students and to give additional practice, the original question has been replaced with a new question.