Question

Choose the option that means the same as the given sentence:
How colourful is this botanical garden!
A) Is the botanical garden colorful?
B) This botanical garden is very colourful.
C) This botanical garden is not colourful.
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint:Synonyms are the words that have the same or similar meaning and to avoid repetition synonyms are used. For example: the synonym of beautiful is pretty and adorable.

Complete answer:
Sentences are mainly divided into four types: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. Declarative sentence – it makes a statement or declares something, interrogative sentence – is a sentence that asks a question and exclamatory sentence – that conveys strong emotions or excitement.

Option A) Is the botanical garden colorful? – is an incorrect answer because the meaning has changed in this option, it gives the impression that the questioner does not know if the garden is colorful or not and is seeking a reply. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) This botanical garden is very colourful – is the correct answer because the given sentence is exclamatory and when we convert exclamatory sentence into declarative sentence, the word ‘how’ is removed and ‘very’ is placed before the adjective (colourful). ‘This botanical garden is very colourful’ retains the same meaning. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Option C) This botanical garden is not colourful – is an incorrect answer because ‘not’ is used in the sentence which depicts the negative sense; however, the speaker is asking how colourful the garden is. So, this option does not define or give equivalent meaning of the main sentence. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) None of the above – this option is void or invalid because the answer lies in option B

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘B’.

Note: In this particular question, for answering the correct meaning of the sentence, a declarative sentence is used. Declarative sentences are simply statements that relay information and it is written in present tense and expresses a direct statement. So, as per the rules of the declarative sentence option B is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.