Choose the best option to convert the given sentence from Affirmative to Exclamatory:-
'These mangoes have a delicious flavour'.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → What a delicious flavour these mangoes have!
Assertive to exclamatory with "What":
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | a delicious flavour | What a delicious flavour | When the feeling is about a noun with an adjective (a delicious flavour), the exclamation begins with What a/an + adjective + noun. |
| Word order | These mangoes have (at the start) | these mangoes have (after the noun) | The subject and verb follow in normal order, these mangoes have. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | The sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | These mangoes have a delicious flavour. | What a delicious flavour these mangoes have! |
The tense and the meaning stay the same.
Example: It is a lovely day. → What a lovely day it is!
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Oh, what a delicious flavour of mangoes! — Incorrect. It drops the subject and verb ("these mangoes have"), so the sentence is incomplete and the particular mangoes are lost.
Option 3: Alas! The mangoes have delicious flavour — Incorrect. Alas expresses sorrow, which does not suit praise of the flavour. The article "a" is also missing.
Option 4: These mangoes are delicious, no don't! — Incorrect. "no don't" makes no sense here and is not an exclamatory pattern.