Change the following Assertive sentence into an Exclamatory sentence:
The cotton quilts from Jaipur are very soft.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → How soft the cotton quilts from Jaipur are!
Assertive to exclamatory (How + adjective):
- An assertive sentence states a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
- An exclamatory sentence shows a strong feeling, such as joy, surprise or sorrow, and ends with an exclamation mark.
| Change | Assertive | Exclamatory | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening words | very soft | How soft | “Very soft” shows a strong feeling. “Very” goes away, and “How soft” comes first. |
| End mark | (.) | (!) | An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark. |
| Full sentence | The cotton quilts from Jaipur are very soft. | How soft the cotton quilts from Jaipur are! |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: How the cotton quilts from Jaipur are soft! — Incorrect. It separates “How” from “soft”. “How” must come just before the adjective.
Option 2: What soft the cotton quilts from Jaipur are! — Incorrect. “What” needs a noun after the adjective. Before an adjective alone, such as “soft”, we use “How”.
Option 4: How soft the cotton quilts from Jaipur were! — Incorrect. It changes “are” to “were”. The present tense must stay.