MULTIMEDIA-ENGLISH

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  Drag&Drop
Exclamations with HOW / WHAT
Focus Grammar
Description Practise the use of HOW and WHAT for exclamations.
Instructions Click on the words at the bottom and drag them into the empty boxes of the sentence to complete it.
 
Gapped text Items
______________________ nice hair you've got! How / What / What a
______________________ nice dress that is! What / What a / How
______________________ stupid waiters! I'll never come back to this restaurant What / How / What a
Oh my God, ______________________ big! It's huge! what a / what / how
______________________ nice! I like it here How / What / What a
______________________ blue the sky in Italy is! What a / How / What
______________________ cold weather there is here in Finland! What / How / What a
______________________ big eyes you've got! What / What a / How
______________________ interesting this book is! What / What a / How
______________________ blue eyes! He's so handsome! What / How / What a
______________________ old church! What an / How / What
Kevin with Susie? ______________________ strange! How / What a / What
______________________ tall building! How / What a / What
______________________ nice hair! How / What / What a
______________________ tall your son has grown! I can't recognise him! What a / How / What
______________________ interesting book this is! What an / What / How
______________________ small those birds are! it's incredible How / What / What a
______________________ lucky! You won again! What / What a / How
______________________ beautiful smile you've got! What a / How / What
______________________ stupid those waiters are! I'll never come back to this restaurant. What / How / What a
Total number of items: 20
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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)