Choose the correct exclamatory sentence for the sentence given below:
The night is very beautiful
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → What a beautiful night!
Assertive to exclamatory sentence:
- What + a/an + adjective + noun (+ subject + verb)! when the adjective stands before a noun.
- How + adjective + subject + verb! when the adjective comes after the verb.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | The night is very beautiful | What a beautiful night | “Very” (or “so”) + adjective in the statement is replaced by “What” or “How” at the start. The word “very” goes. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamation mark ends the sentence. |
| Full sentence | The night is very beautiful | What a beautiful night! |
Example: It is a very tall building. → What a tall building it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: What beautiful is night! — Incorrect. "What" needs a noun phrase after it (what a beautiful night). With the adjective alone, "How beautiful the night is!" would be right.
Option 3: So beautiful is night! — Incorrect. It drops "the" before "night", and "So ... is" is not the standard exclamatory pattern.
Option 4: Night is very much beautiful! — Incorrect.
- It is still an assertive sentence with an exclamation mark added.
- "Very much beautiful" is wrong: "very much" is not used before a plain adjective.