Question

Change the following into an exclamatory sentence:
You will be sorry to learn that I have nothing to eat today.
a) You will be really sorry to learn that I have nothing to eat today.
b) Oh, dear! I have nothing to eat today.
c) Won’t you be sorry to hear that I have nothing to eat today?
d) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Exclamatory sentences have an exclamation mark in them. They are easy to detect because they either have an exclamation or a different structure.

Complete step by step answer
Exclamatory sentences are sentences that convey strong emotion or excitement. They are an extreme form of speaking which can be extremely happy, sad, or surprised. They contain an exclamation mark ‘!’ and usually start with the words ‘what’ and ‘how’.
If they do not start with those two words, they will usually contain an exclamatory phrase such as ‘Alas!’, etc.
Now, let’s look at the given options:
>a) You will be really sorry to learn that I have nothing to eat today. - This is not an exclamatory sentence. So, this is an incorrect option.
>b) Oh, dear! I have nothing to eat today. - This sentence contains an exclamation mark and contains the phrase ‘Oh dear!’. This is very clearly an exclamatory sentence. So, this is the correct option.
>c) Won’t you be sorry to hear that I have nothing to eat today? - This sentence starts with a verb and contains a question mark. This is an interrogative sentence. So, this is an incorrect option.
>d) None of the above - This option is incorrect because we have already found the required answer.

Thus option ‘B’ is the correct answer

Note: Identify the sentence with the exclamation mark or phrase, try to look for unusual sentence construction. That will most likely be the correct answer.