Select the most appropriate option to change the following sentence into an Exclamatory sentence.
It is contemptible that you are a cheat:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Fie, fie! you are a cheat!
Assertive to exclamatory with an interjection:
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interjection | It is contemptible that | Fie, fie! | When the assertive sentence names the feeling (“It is contemptible that ...”), that phrase is replaced by an interjection carrying the same feeling: “Hurrah!” for joy, “Alas!” for sorrow, “Fie!” for contempt or disgust (an old word meaning “shame on you”). |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is contemptible that you are a cheat. | Fie, fie! you are a cheat! |
Example: It is a matter of shame that you told a lie. → Fie! you told a lie!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How can you cheat! — Incorrect. It turns a statement that the person is a cheat into a cry of surprise that he could cheat. The meaning changes.
Option 2: Certainly bad that you cheat! — Incorrect.
- There is no exclamatory word, and the main clause has no subject or verb ("It is" is missing).
- "bad" is far weaker than "contemptible".
Option 4: Bad is the idea of you as a cheat! — Incorrect. The awkward inversion makes it say that the idea is bad, not that the person is a contemptible cheat. It also has no exclamatory word.