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Practise the use of HOW and WHAT for exclamations.
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Instructions
Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.We make exclamations using HOW and WHAT
HOW + adjectives
- How nice!
- How nice it is!
- How tall that tree is!
- How big your house is!
WHAT (a) + nouns
the article "a" is only used with countable singular nouns, as usual
- What a surprise!
- What a big house you've got!
- What stupid things you say!
- What beer!
since they're not questions, there is no inversion!!!
- How big that tree is ! What a big car you have ! (exclamation, no inversion)
- How big is that tree !
- How big is that tree? (question, inversion)
Compare:
- How beautiful she is (how + beautiful: adjective)
- What a beautiful girl she is (what + a beautiful girl: noun)
Items
| Gapped text | Items |
|---|---|
| ______________________ nice! I like it here | What a / What / How |
| Oh my God, ______________________ big! It's huge! | how / what / what a |
| ______________________ interesting this book is! | What a / How / What |
| ______________________ blue the sky in Italy is! | What / How / What a |
| ______________________ lucky! You won again! | What / What a / How |
| ______________________ small those birds are! it's incredible | What a / How / What |
| ______________________ tall your son has grown! I can't recognise him! | What / How / What a |
| Kevin with Susie? ______________________ strange! | How / What a / What |
| ______________________ beautiful smile you've got! | What / What a / How |
| ______________________ nice dress that is! | What / How / What a |
| ______________________ tall building! | How / What / What a |
| ______________________ interesting book this is! | What / What an / How |
| ______________________ old church! | What / What an / How |
| ______________________ big eyes you've got! | How / What / What a |
| ______________________ cold weather there is here in Finland! | What / What a / How |
| ______________________ stupid waiters! I'll never come back to this restaurant | What a / How / What |
| ______________________ stupid those waiters are! I'll never come back to this restaurant. | What a / How / What |
| ______________________ nice hair! | What / What a / How |
| ______________________ nice hair you've got! | How / What a / What |
| ______________________ blue eyes! He's so handsome! | How / What a / What |
Total number of items: 20