The Exclamatory Sentence

or any other boisterous emotion. I say boisterous because you

probably wouldn't use an exclamation mark to show peace, calm or shyness.

(anger)

find the peanut butter! (confusion)

part of the verb. When diagramming a contraction (such as

can't), you must separate the two words since one is a verb (can) and one is an adverb (not). Check it out: I can't find the peanut butter!

plural, the correct choice is what, not how. “What exceptional children

these are!” is correct. “How exceptional children these are!” is incorrect. What is acceptable with singular nouns as well. “What an exceptional child this is!”

mark should be at the sentence end, not in the

middle of the sentence. “Fantastic, we closed the deal!”  is correct. “Fantastic! we closed the deal.” is incorrect.

to follow it. Write at least five more exclamatory sentences

of your own. Read a book and write down as many exclamatory sentences as you can find. Q 1: A storm is approaching. A)My family is on a vacation. B) Would you like to drink lemonade? C)You must evacuate this village immediately! Q 2: Look at my new printer. A)It can also print in color B)How fast it prints! C)Do you know how to use it?

street. A)Drive around it. B)Do you know if it is live? C)Do not

touch it! Q 4: When I grow up, I would like to be a doctor. A)Doctors save lives! B)It takes hard work to become a doctor. C)Do you know how much money doctors make? Q 5: I saw Olympics on T.V. yesterday. A)What a great job the Team U.S.A did! B)Team U.S.A. won many medals. C)Do you know who won the most gold medals? Q 6: I have a bad tooth A)Do you know what happens if you don't brush your teeth regularly? B)It hurts! C)I need medication.

Will you stop talking? (interrogative) Shut the door. (imperative) Will

you shut the door? (interrogative) Please, get me a glass of water. (imperative) Will you, please, get me a glass of water? (interrogative) Get out of here. (imperative) Will you get out of here or not? (interrogative)