Exclamatory Sentence

Exclamatory to Assertive

An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that expresses strong emotion, excitement, or surprise and ends with an exclamation mark. These sentences are used to convey feelings with emphasis, and they always include a subject and a predicate. 

Purpose: To express strong emotion like happiness, anger, excitement, or shock.

Punctuation: Always ends with an exclamation mark (!).

Structure: Contains a subject and a predicate, like a declarative sentence, but is delivered with strong emphasis. 

Examples

"What a fantastic movie that was!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Oh, no!"

"This is amazing!"

"You're really funny!" 

 

Method: Remove the exclamatory word ("How" or "What") and rearrange the sentence to make a statement, and then end with a full stop.

Exclamatory: What a beautiful flower the rose is!

Assertive: The rose is a very beautiful flower. 

Here are examples of exclamatory sentences converted to their assertive forms. To change an exclamatory sentence to an assertive one, rephrase it to be a simple statement of fact, often by using words like "very," "truly," or "it is a matter of joy/sorrow". 

Examples

Exclamatory	Assertive
How beautiful this painting is!	This painting is beautiful.
What a genius student he is!	He is a very genius student.
Hurrah! We have won the game.	It is a matter of joy that we have won the game.
Alas! My old friend is no more.	It is sad that my old friend is no more.
O for a prize!	I wish for a prize.
If I were a player!	I wish I were a player.
What a shameful behaviour!	It is a shameful behaviour.
How kind of you!	It is very kind of you.