Choose the correct option to transform the following sentence into an Exclamatory sentence:
It is a very delicious meal.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → What a delicious meal it is!
Assertive to exclamatory:
An assertive sentence with very + adjective + noun becomes an exclamation with What a.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a very delicious meal | What a delicious meal | “Very” is dropped and “What a” is put before the adjective and noun. |
| Word order | It is a very delicious meal | What a delicious meal it is | The subject and verb come at the end (“it is”). |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The full stop becomes an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | It is a very delicious meal. | What a delicious meal it is! |
Example: It is a very beautiful garden. → What a beautiful garden it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Meal is very delicious! — Incorrect.
- It is still an assertive sentence with an exclamation mark added.
- The singular noun "meal" has no article.
Option 2: Delicious is the meal! — Incorrect. It only inverts the word order. An exclamatory sentence of this kind needs What or How.
Option 4: Very very decilious meal! — Incorrect. It has no subject and no verb, and the word is misspelt (delicious).
Contrast: What a + adjective + noun ("What a delicious meal it is!"). How + adjective alone ("How delicious the meal is!").