EXPRESSIONS WITH 'WHAT' AND 'HOW':
EXPRESSIONS WITH 'WHAT' AND 'HOW':
- We can create exclamatory sentences with 'what' and with 'how'.
- Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions.
- Exclamatory sentences end with an exclamation mark ('!')
HOW
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES WITH 'HOW':
How do we form them?
a) How + adjective + !:
Example: How wonderful!
b) How + adjective + subject + verb + !
Example: How wonderful life is!
c) How + adverb + subject + verb + !
Example: How quickly she eats!
d) How + subject + verb + !
Example: How you dance!
e) How + adjective + verb + subject + !
Example: How intelligent you are!
WHAT:
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES WITH 'WHAT':
How do we form them?
a) What + a/an + adjective + singular countable noun + !
Example: What a dangerous lion!
b) What + a/an + adjective + singular countable noun + subject + verb + !
Example: What a dangerous lion you are!
c) What + noun + !
Example: What beauty!
d) What + noun + subject + verb + !
Example: What beauty this is!
e) What + adjective + uncountable / plural noun + !
Example: What cold water! (water: uncountable noun)
Example: What dangerous lions! (lions: countable noun in plural form)
f) What + adjective + uncountable / plural noun + subject + verb + !
Example: What cold water this is! (water: uncountable noun)
Example: What dangerous lions these are! (lions: countable noun in plural form)