Transformation of Sentences – Exclamatory Sentences to Assertive Sentences
-: Exercise :-
Transform the following sentences from Exclamatory to Assertive :
1. How lovely the rose is!
Assertive – The rose is very lovely.
2. Alas! he is no more.
Assertive – It is sad that he is no more.
3. How warm your hands are!
Assertive – Your hands are very warm.
4. Bravo! you spoke so well.
Assertive – It is a matter of praise that you spoke so well.
5. What a dangerous thing a little knowledge is!
Assertive – A little knowledge is a very dangerous thing.
6. How fine the weather is!
Assertive – The weather is very fine.
7. Would that I were happy!
Assertive – I wish that I were happy.
8. What a beautiful rose it is!
Assertive – It is a very beautiful rose.
9. If only I could see my home again!
Assertive – I wish that I would see my home again.
10. Alas! my father is dead.
Assertive – It is sad that my father is dead.
11. Alas! we have lost the battle.
Assertive – It is sad that we have lost the battle.
12. How naughty you are!
Assertive – You are very naughty .
13. How beautiful the Taj is!
Assertive – The Taj is very beautiful.
14. What a fall!
Assertive – It is a great fall.
15. Alas! I am ruined.
Assertive – It is sad that I am ruined.
16. O that I were a king!
Assertive – I wish that I were a king.
17. Would that I had wasted my money!
Assertive – I wish that I had wasted my money.
18. Bravo! you have secured first position .
Assertive – It is a matter of praised that you have secured first position.
19. O that I were a bird!
Assertive – I wish that I were a bird.
20. O that I were a child again.
Assertive – I wish that I were a child again.
21. What a shameful behavior!
Assertive – It is a very shameful behavior.
22. How very kind of you!
Assertive – I am very kind of you.
23. Alas! he is utterly ruined.
Assertive – It is sad that he is utterly ruined.
24. How foolish I have been!
Assertive – I have been very foolish.
25. Would that I had got success!
Assertive – I wish that I had got success.