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Exclamatives: 2

Let's go on studying exclamations ...The exclamatory sentences modifying a noun  are a little more complicated and require some thinking.  They are built with  WHAT and SUCH:

1) Constructions with WHAT:

a) Countable nouns are preceded by the indefinite article : (Pay attention to the word order: in English, you shoud never reverse the subject/verb in exclamatory sentences).

-  What a wonderful car your father has! 

You may omit the subject and the verb too.

-  What a marvel! (= What a marvel it is!)

In the plural, the noun obviously won't have an indefinite article!

-  What fashionable swim suits you have, girls!

  A few exceptions: a few uncountables are built with the indefinite  article:

- What a pity ! What a shame ! 

- What a mess! Tidy up your room, immediately !

- What a nuisance ! We'll have to walk there! 

2) Constructions with SUCH: corresponding to the noun to what SO is for the adjective.

Exceptions are the same as for WHAT.

-  It's such a nice beach! 

- They're such cute kids! 

-  It's such a pity!

-  She has such a sense of humour! 

The second step is reached... You can take the test, now! It will be easy, as, in a desire to go progressively, I will suggest only what was explained in the lesson. The mix of all the different possibilities will be for the following exercise!   

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1. It's suchwhat awhatsuch aI don't know hot day, today that we're going to spend it at the beach!
2. 'Such a coloured parasolsSuch coloureds parasolsWhat coloured parasolsWhat a coloured parasolsI don't know there are on this beach! What colour is ours?' 'It's dark blue!'
3. 'Tina! Come fast! It's what a warm watersuch a warm watersuch warm waterwhat warm waterI don't know that we could think we are in our bath!'

4. 'Oh! Sara! You have such a big red pailsuch big red pailwhat big red pailwhat a big red pailI don't know ! Do you have your spade and rake, too?'
5. What extraordinary castleWhat an extraordinary castlesWhat extraordinary castlesI don't know we'll make with what toolswhat a toolsuch a toolssuch toolsI don't know ! If there's a competition, we'll be the winners!
6. What pityA such pityWhat a pityI don't know there's no sand castle competition today!
7. Let's go and swim! I'll show you what a good swimmersuch a good swimmersuch good swimmerwhat good swimmerI don't know I am!
8. No we can't! Look! What big wavesWhat a big wavesSuch a big wavesSuch a big waveI don't know there are now!
9. Such nuisanceSuch shameWhat a nuisanceWhat nuisanceI don't know !sand castles don't last forever.
10. Don't worry! Look, I have taken such a splendid photossuch splendid photoswhat splendid photoswhat a splendid photosI don't know of our castles!