Choose the correct Exclamatory form from the options given below of the following Assertive sentence:
It is sad that we lost the match.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Alas! We lost the match.
Assertive to exclamatory (feeling of sorrow):
A sentence that states a feeling ("It is sad that ...") becomes exclamatory with an interjection that carries the same feeling:
- sorrow — Alas!
- joy — Hurrah!
- surprise — Oh! / What!
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interjection | It is sad that | Alas! | The interjection replaces “It is sad that”, and the rest of the sentence keeps its words and tense. |
| Full sentence | It is sad that we lost the match. | Alas! We lost the match. |
Example: It is sad that the old tree has fallen. → Alas! The old tree has fallen.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How sad! We have lost the match. — Incorrect. It changes the simple past "lost" into the present perfect "have lost". The tense of the original must be kept.
Option 2: We lost the match, How sad! — Incorrect.
- The exclamation is tacked on at the end after a comma.
- "How" begins with a capital letter in the middle of the sentence.
Option 4: Oh! How sad that we have lost the match. — Incorrect.
- It changes the tense to "have lost".
- The exclamation ends with a full stop instead of an exclamation mark.