Question

exclamatory sentence It was a very old book​

Answer 1

Answer:

it was a very precious book !

Answer 2

Answer:

How old the book was!      

Explanation:

• An exclamatory sentence or a sentence of exclamation is used to express strong feelings/emotions/ excitement such as love, hate, happiness, excitement, joy, sadness, frustration, etc.

• An exclamation mark or exclamatory sign or exclamation mark (!) marks the ending of an exclamatory sentence.

• For Example- This painting is beautiful. (expressing wonders about the beauty of the painting)

• Thus, it is a more forceful version of a declarative statement, which also conveys an emotion or strong excitement.

• For a sentence Structure: Declarative sentence:- Subject + linking verb + noun phrase (subject complement) + modifiers (optional).
• This means, that when a declarative sentence has the above structure, we need to use the following structure to transform it into an exclamatory sentence

• Exclamatory sentence: [What/How + noun phrase + subject + linking verb+!]

• For the given declarative sentence, "It was a very old book​."

            It = the subject

          was = the linking verb

          a very old book = the noun phrase (subject complement)

• Now, the exclamatory form becomes- How old the book was!

How= A word that strengthens the emotion in the sentence

a very old book = the noun phrase (subject complement)

It = the subject

is = the linking verb  

Thus, the exclamatory sentence would be-

How old the book was!    

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