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E X C L A M A T I O N S

Hes very clever

How clever (he is)!
Hes so clever!

Its a very difficult exam

What a difficult exam!
Its such a difficult exam!

They are very clever students

What clever student!
Theyre such clever students!

Its very strong whisky

What strong whisky!
Its 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.- Its a very high mountain

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4.- He speaks very fast

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5.- Hes a very unreliable person

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6.- Its a very easy exercise

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7.- Its 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.- Its a very simple system

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11.- Hes slow

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12.- Were tired

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13.- They behave dreadfully

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14.- Its very cold

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OTHER WAYS OF MAKING EXCLAMATIONS

What a cosy room!

The room is so cosy!
Its such a cosy room!
Its the cosiest room Ive ever been in!
What stupid boys!
The boys are so stupid!
They are such stupid boys!
Theyre the most stupid boys Ive 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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KEY
EXERCISE 1
1. What dirty water!
2. What fashionable clothes!
3. What a high mountain!
4. How fast he speaks!
5. What an unreiable person!
6. What an easy exercise!
7. What a horrible film!
8. How noisily you snore!
9. What awful weather we have!
10. What a simple system!
11. How slow he is!
12. How tired we are!
13. How dreadfully they behave!
14. How cold (it is)!

EXERCISE 2
1. Its such a silly question! Its the silliest question Ive ever heard.
2. It is/was such a long journey! The journey is/was so long!
3. It is/was such a difficult exam! It is/was the most difficult exam Ive/Id ever done
4. Its such awful weather! The weather is so awful!
5. They are such amusing stories! The stories are so amusing! They are the most amusing
stories Ive ever heard.
6. Its is such a hard job! The job is so hard! Its the hardest job Ive ever done.
7. Its such heavy luggage! The luggage is so heavy!
8. He is such an aggressive man! He is so aggressive! He is the most aggressive man Ive ever
met.
9. Its such a narrow path! The path is so narrow!
10. They are such noisy children! The children are so noisy!

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11. Its such a fashionable suit! The suit is so fashionable! Its the most fashionable suit Ive ever
seen.
12. They are such strong people! They are so strong! They are the strongest people Ive ever
met.