How to turn English declarative sentences into exclamatory sentences
1, the sentence pattern can be used: "What+a/an+ adjective+countable noun singular+subject+predicate!" . For example:
What a nice gift this is!
What a nice gift this is!
What an interesting book this is!
What an interesting book this is!
2. Available sentence patterns: "What+ adjective+countable noun plural+subject+predicate!" . For example:
What beautiful flowers!
What beautiful flowers!
What good children they are!
What good children they are!
3. Available sentence patterns: "What+adjective+uncountable noun+subject+predicate!" . For example:
How nice the weather is today!
How nice the weather is today!
What important news this is!
What important news!
Second, exclamatory sentences are guided by how, and their sentence structures are also divided into three types:
1, the sentence pattern can be used: "How+ adjective/adverb+subject+predicate!" . For example:
How careful she is!
How careful she is!
How fast he runs!
How fast he runs!
2. Available sentence patterns: "How+ adjective +a/an+ countable noun singular+subject+predicate!" . For example:
What a beautiful girl she is!
What a beautiful girl she is!
Usage of English exclamatory sentences
First, the exclamatory sentence guided by "what": "what" means "how" and is used as an attribute to modify the noun (emphasized part). The indefinite article a/an should be added before singular countable nouns, and no article should be used before plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns.
The structure of this kind of sentence is: what+(a/an)+adj+n .+ subject+predicate +(it is). For example:
What a clever girl she is!
What a clever girl!
Second, the exclamatory sentence guided by "how": "how" means "how", which is used as an adverbial to modify adjectives or adverbs (emphasis). If the adjective is modified, the predicate verb in the sentence is a copula; If how modifies adverbs, the predicate verb in the sentence is an action verb.
The structural form of this kind of sentence is: How+adj.(adv.)+ subject+predicate +(it is).
How cold it is today!
How cold it is today!
Thirdly, when expressing the same meaning, English interjections can be guided by "what" or "how". For example:
What a hot day! How hot it is!
What hot weather!
Fourth, exclamatory sentences are often used in expressing strong feelings in spoken English, and the subject and predicate behind them are often omitted. For example:
What a nice day!
What a sunny day!