C) Interchange of Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences Exclamations can be changed into Assertions as shown below: 1. How well she sings! (Exclamatory) She sings very well. (Assertive) 2. Alas he is dead! (Exclamatory) It is very sad that he is dead. (Assertive) 3. If I could only win the competition! (Exclamatory) I earnestly desire to win the competition. (Assertive) 4. Oh that the forest were my dwelling place! (Exclamatory) I wish that the forest were my dwelling place. (Assertive) Exercise 5 Rewrite the following Exclamation as Assertions : 1. How good of you to help me! 2. Alas! My grandfather is no more. 3. If only I were the Prime Minister of India! 4. Would that my mother were here today! 5. What a pity! Tom didn't come. 6. How sad was the sight of the deserted village! 7. How cold the weather is!
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C) Interchange of Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences Exclamations can be changed into Assertions as shown below: 1. How well she sings! (Exclamatory) She sings very well. (Assertive) 2. Alas he is dead! (Exclamatory) It is very sad that he is dead. (Assertive) 3. If I could only win the competition! (Exclamatory) I earnestly desire to win the competition. (Assertive) 4. Oh that the forest were my dwelling place! (Exclamatory) I wish that the forest were my dwelling place. (Assertive) Exercise 5 Rewrite the following Exclamation as Assertions : 1. How good of you to help me! 2. Alas! My grandfather is no more. 3. If only I were the Prime Minister of India! 4. Would that my mother were here today! 5. What a pity! Tom didn't come. 6. How sad was the sight of the deserted village! 7. How cold the weather is!