Choose the most appropriate Exclamatory sentence for the following sentence -
These mangoes have a delicious flavour.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → What a delicious flavour these mangoes have!
Assertive to exclamatory (What + a + adjective + noun):
"These mangoes have a delicious flavour" states a strong feeling about a noun (flavour).
"How" is used when the feeling is about an adjective alone: "How delicious these mangoes are!"
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a delicious flavour | What a delicious flavour | The sentence begins with What + a + adjective + noun: “What a delicious flavour”. |
| Word order | These mangoes have a delicious flavour | What a delicious flavour these mangoes have | Subject and verb follow in the normal order: “these mangoes have”. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The full stop becomes an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | These mangoes have a delicious flavour. | What a delicious flavour these mangoes have! |
Example: She has a sweet voice. → What a sweet voice she has!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Why what delicious mangoes! — Incorrect.
- "Why what" is not a correct opening.
- It praises the mangoes instead of their flavour and has no verb.
Option 2: Wow! What a flavour of mangoes! — Incorrect. It drops the adjective "delicious", so the meaning of the original is lost, and "a flavour of mangoes" is awkward.
Option 3: How delicious flavour of these mangoes! — Incorrect. "How" goes with an adjective alone. Before "adjective + noun" the word must be "What a", and the sentence has no verb.