Le Ngoc Oanh EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES 2011

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES

a. Grammar:
1. USAGE:
Exclamatory sentences are often used in comments, compliments, complaints,
We may use WHAT/ HOW or SO/ SUCH in exclamatory sentences.

2. FORMS:

types structures Examples

SINGULAR WHAT + A/ AN (+ADJ) + NSING (S + V)! What a car!
NOUNS What a beautiful girl she is!
What an interesting book it is!

S + BE/ LINKING V + SUCH + A/AN + She is such a beautiful girl!

ADJ + NSING! It is such an interesting book!

PLURAL NOUNS/ WHAT (+ADJ) + N PLU (S + V)! What pretty girls they are!
UNCOUNTABLE WHAT (+ADJ) + N UNC (S + V)! What pleasant weather it was yesterday!
NOUNS S + BE/ LINKING V + SUCH + ADJ + They are such pretty girls!
NPLU/ NUNC! It was such pleasant weather yesterday!

ADJECTIVES HOW + ADJ + S + BE/ LINKING How beautiful the girl is!
VERBS! How awful the weather became!

S + BE/ LINKING V + SO + ADJ! The girl is so beautiful!

The weather became so awful!

ADVERBS HOW + ADV + S + V! How hard he tried before the exams!

How carelessly the man drove!
S + V + SO + ADV! He tried so hard before the exams!
The man drove so carelessly!
VERBS HOW ( manner) How you write!
SO MUCH (Quantity) You drink so much!

b. Exercises on exclamatory sentences

Exercise 1. Fill in each blank with WHAT or HOW.

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1. I met your English friends last week. nice people they are!
2. nice of you to come to wish me a happy birthday!
3. My garden has been completely spoiled by the storm. a disaster!
4. lovely to see you again! Where have you been for the last three months?
5. My son has finally passed his driving test. a relief!
6. stupid you are! You left the keys in the door overnight.
7. a beautiful wall ! It has been painted colorfully!
8. nice he is ! We talked until midnight!
9. an unusual building ! It was built thirty years ago!
10. noisy that place is !
11. impressive skyscrapers ! They keep getting taller!
12. an unforgettable trip !
13. deep the hole is ! It must have been hard work to dig it!
14. a good jam ! Is it English?
15. calm and quiet he is!
16. slow it is!
17. cold it is!
18. an old watch it is!
19. a smart student you are!
20. lazy this boy is!
21. a dangerous animal it is!
22. interesting this language is!
23. lovely this term lamb is!
24. handsome men they are!

Exercise 2. Rewrite the sentences using the word given.

1. What an enjoyable travel we had!

-> How .
2. How elegant this woman is!
-> What ..
3. What a fast rabbit it is!
-> How .
4. How active this cop is!
-> What ..
5. What beautiful eyes she has!
-> How .
6. What a delicious fruit we have eaten!
-> How .
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7. How expensive your shoes are!

-> What .
8. How hot the weather is!
-> What
9. What a big bus?
-> How .
10. How famous the actor is!
-> What ..
11. What ridiculous paintings they are!
-> How
12. What beautiful colors!
-> How .

Exercise 3. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences using EXCLAMATORY.

1. a /is/ What/ beautiful /! it /country//

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2. lovely/ bought/ dress/ a/ What/ !/ you/ have//

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3. news/ just/ have/ heard ! What/ bad/ I//

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4. The/ is/ Chrysler/ so/ Building/ high !//

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5. The/ film/ was/ interesting/ ! so //

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6. These/ rich ! people/ so/ are//

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7. live/ are/ They/ here/ so/ happy ! to//

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8. delicious/ she/ made! What/ cakes/ has//

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9. Your/ pretty/ is/ this/ in/ sister/ dress/ ! so//

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10. brother/ so/ Paul's/ messy/ ! /is //

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11. funny/ was ! Mike's/ so/ letter//

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12. difficult/ exercises/ so/ are/ maths ! These//

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13. dangerous /! that/ What/ road/ a/ is//

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14. incredible/ an/ ! What/ you/ told/ have/ story//

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15. restaurant/ We/ couldn't/ the/ was/ so/ as/ stay/ noisy ! //

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Exercise 4. Rewrite the sentences in EXERCISE 1, using SO or SUCH.

Eg.
1. I met your English friends last week. What nice people they are!
I met your English friends last week. They are such nice people.
2. How nice of you to come to wish me a happy birthday!
You are so nice to come to wish me a happy birthday!

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