Question

D. Transform these exclamatory sentences into assertive sentences and
vice versa. One has been done for you.
1. This is indeed a pleasant surprise.
What a pleasant surprise!
2. The sea is very rough today.
3. What a pity he failed in the examination!
4. How kind of you to say so!
5. I wish I were young again.
6. Alas, man has to face many obstacles in life!
7. What sad news you have brought!
8. It is an interesting play.
9. Oh, that I could fly like a bird!
10. We had an extremely delightful party yesterday.​

Answer 1

D. Transform these exclamatory sentences into assertive sentences and vice versa. One has been done for you.

1. This is indeed a pleasant surprise.

$\Rightarrow$ What a pleasant surprise!

2. The sea is very rough today.

$\Rightarrow$ How rough the sea is today!

3. What a pity he failed in the examination!

$\Rightarrow$ It is pity that he failed in the examination.

4. How kind of you to say so!

$\Rightarrow$ It is very kind of you to say so.

5. I wish I were young again.

$\Rightarrow$ How I wish I were young again!

6. Alas, man has to face many obstacles in life!

$\Rightarrow$ Man has to face many obstacles in life.

7. What sad news you have brought!

$\Rightarrow$ You have brought a sad news.

8. It is an interesting play.

$\Rightarrow$ What an interesting play it is!

9. Oh, that I could fly like a bird!

$\Rightarrow$ I wish I could fly like a bird.

10. We had an extremely delightful party yesterday.

$\Rightarrow$ What an extremely delightful party we had yesterday!

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★ More to know :

• exclamatory sentences: exclamatory sentences are the sentences which end with exclamatory mark.

• assertive sentences: assertive sentences are the sentences which end with a full stop.

Answer 2

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D. Transform these exclamatory sentences into assertive sentences and

vice versa. One has been done for you.

1. This is indeed a pleasant surprise.

What a pleasant surprise!

2. The sea is very rough today.

3. What a pity he failed in the examination!

4. How kind of you to say so!

5. I wish I were young again.

6. Alas, man has to face many obstacles in life!

7. What sad news you have brought!

8. It is an interesting play.

9. Oh, that I could fly like a bird!

10. We had an extremely delightful party yesterday.

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1. This is indeed a pleasant surprise.

• ↪What a pleasant surprise!

2. The sea is very rough today.

• ↪How rough the sea is today!

3. What a pity he failed in the examination!

• ↪ It is pity that he failed in the examination.

4. How kind of you to say so!

• ↪ It is very kind of you to say so.

5. I wish I were young again.

• ↪How I wish I were young again!

6. Alas, man has to face many obstacles in life!

• ↪Man has to face many obstacles in life.

7. What sad news you have brought!

• ↪You have brought a sad news.

8. It is an interesting play.

• ↪What an interesting play it is!

9. Oh, that I could fly like a bird!

• ↪ I wish I could fly like a bird.

10. We had an extremely delightful party yesterday.

• ↪What an extremely delightful party we had yesterday!