Choose the correct Exclamatory form of the sentence from the options given below:
The restaurant was expensive.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → How expensive the restaurant was!
Assertive to exclamatory with "How":
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | expensive | How expensive | When the feeling is about a quality expressed by an adjective alone (expensive), the exclamation begins with “How + adjective”. |
| Word order | The restaurant was expensive | How expensive the restaurant was | The subject and verb follow in statement order, and the tense stays the same. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | The restaurant was expensive. | How expensive the restaurant was! |
Example: The tea is hot. → How hot the tea is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Very expensive the restaurant is! — Incorrect. It has no "How", and the tense changes from "was" to "is".
Option 3: The most expensive restaurant it was! — Incorrect. The superlative "the most expensive" adds a comparison with all other restaurants, which the statement does not make.
Option 4: It was an expensive restaurant! — Incorrect. It is still a statement, only with an exclamation mark added.