ELEMENTARY _________________________________________ EXCLAMATIONS
E X C L A M A T I O N S
He’s very clever
How clever (he is)!
He’s so clever!
It’s a very difficult exam
What a difficult exam!
It’s such a difficult exam!
They are very clever students
What clever student!
They’re such clever students!
It’s very strong whisky
What strong whisky!
It’s such strong whisky!
EXERCISE 1 – write exclamations from the sentences below
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1.- The water is very dirty
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2.- Those are very fashionable clothes
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3.- It’s a very high mountain
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4.- He speaks very fast
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5.- He’s a very unreliable person
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6.- It’s a very easy exercise
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7.- It’s a horrible film
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8.- You snore very noisily
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9.- We have awful weather
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10.- It’s a very simple system
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11.- He’s slow
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12.- We’re tired
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13.- They behave dreadfully
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14.- It’s very cold
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ELEMENTARY _________________________________________ EXCLAMATIONS
OTHER WAYS OF MAKING EXCLAMATIONS
What a cosy room!
The room is so cosy!
It’s such a cosy room!
It’s the cosiest room I’ve ever been in!
What stupid boys!
The boys are so stupid!
They are such stupid boys!
They’re the most stupid boys I’ve ever met!
EXERCISE 2 – change the exclamation below using one of the different choices
above.
1.- What a silly question!
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2.- What a long journey!
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3.- What a difficult exam!
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4.- What awful weather!
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5.- What amusing stories!
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6.- What a hard job!
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7.- What heavy luggage!
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8.- What an aggressive man!
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9.- What a narrow path!
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10.- What noisy children!
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11.- What a fashionable suit!
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12.- What strange people!
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ELEMENTARY _________________________________________ EXCLAMATIONS
KEY
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What dirty water!
What fashionable clothes!
What a high mountain!
How fast he speaks!
What an unreiable person!
What an easy exercise!
What a horrible film!
How noisily you snore!
What awful weather we have!
What a simple system!
How slow he is!
How tired we are!
How dreadfully they behave!
How cold (it is)!
EXERCISE 2
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It’s such a silly question! It’s the silliest question I’ve ever heard.
It is/was such a long journey! The journey is/was so long!
It is/was such a difficult exam! It is/was the most difficult exam I’ve/I’d ever done
It’s such awful weather! The weather is so awful!
They are such amusing stories! The stories are so amusing! They are the most amusing stories I’ve
ever heard.
It’s is such a hard job! The job is so hard! It’s the hardest job I’ve ever done.
It’s such heavy luggage! The luggage is so heavy!
He is such an aggressive man! He is so aggressive! He is the most aggressive man I’ve ever met.
It’s such a narrow path! The path is so narrow!
They are such noisy children! The children are so noisy!
It’s such a fashionable suit! The suit is so fashionable! It’s the most fashionable suit I’ve ever seen.
They are such strong people! They are so strong! They are the strongest people I’ve ever met.