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Exclamation - English lesson

Exclamative clauses!

They are used to express feelings (surprise, admiration, regret, interest...)

1. With a noun or a nominal group:

'What' with a noun or a nominal group.

Singular

Plural

- with a countable noun:
What + determiner + adjective + countable noun
Eg. : What a beautiful dress!

What + a (or: an) + (adjective) + noun + (subject + auxiliary / verb).
Eg. : What a pretty girl (she is)!

- with a countable noun:
What + ø + adjective + countable noun (plural)
Eg.: What beautiful flowers!
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What + (adjective) + noun + (subject + auxiliary / verby).
Eg.: What beautiful flowers (you have)!

- with a uncountable noun:
What + ø + adjective + uncountable noun
Eg. : What delicious tea!

What + (adjective) + noun +(subject + auxiliary / verb).
Eg. : What nice furniture (you have)!

'Such' with a nominal group.

Singular	Plural
She is such a nice person!	I always enjoy seeing such good films.

2. With an adjective or an adverb:

how and so.

'so' when there isn't any noun after the adjective or the adverb.

How + adjective or adverb + (subject + auxiliary / verb).	So Subject + auxiliary / verb + so + adjective or adverb
Eg. : How nice (of you)!	*Eg. : This baby is so sweet!*

3. With a verb or a verbal group:

how and so much.

How
+ verbal group

so much

after the verb

Eg. : How they talked!
How fast you drive!

Eg. : They talked so much!

Caution!

"How" et "What" aren't question words. You should NOT invert the words in the sentence.

Idiomatic clauses:
Eg. : What a pity!

Fill in this dialogue.

Good luck!

Mary and John are having a discussion after their visit to an Art gallery:

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1. Mary : That was boring!

2. John : On the contrary, it was interesting evening!

3. Mary : ridiculous paintings!

4. John : I think they are brilliant!

5. John : beautiful colours! The blues! The reds!

6. Mary : You know I'm colour-blind so I can't see your beautiful colours.

7. John : boring you are!

8. John : And don't you think the sculpture of the baby was wonderful? It was interesting idea!

9. Mary : I'm sure I'll have horrible nightmare ! It was awful.

10. John : Next time I'll go to the Art gallery with Sally. You're disagreeable!

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