Assertive to Exclamatory and Vice Versa
Structures:
Assertive: a very/a great/a fine/a most
Exclamatory: What+ a/an + adjective + noun+ sub + verb!
Assertive: very/great/so/fine
Exclamatory: How + adjective + noun+ sub + verb!
Assertive to Exclamatory
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Ass: He leads a very simple life.
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Exc: What a simple life he leads!
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Ass: It is a very pathetic sight.
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Exc: What a pathetic sight it is!
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Ass: It was a very thrilling day.
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Exc: What a thrilling day it was!
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Ass: It is a very cheering report.
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Exc: What a cheering report it is!
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Ass: The fox is a very cunning animal.
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Exc: What a cunning animal the fox is!
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Ass: He was a very unfortunate boy.
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Exc: What an unfortunate boy he was!
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Ass: He leads a very unhappy life.
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Exc: What an unhappy life he leads!
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Ass: The Amazon is a very long river.
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Exc: What a long river the Amazon is!
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Ass: It is a great six.
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Exc: What a great six it is!
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Ass: That was really a good idea.
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Exc: What a good idea that was!
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Ass: It is a very exciting game.
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Exc: What an exciting game it is!
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Ass: He leads a very happy conjugal life.
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Exc: What a happy conjugal life he leads!
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Ass: He leads a very miserable life.
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Exc: What a miserable life he leads!
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Ass: It is a very pathetic sight.
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Exc: What a pathetic sight it is!
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Ass: Cricket is a very exciting game.
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Exc: What an exciting game cricket is!
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Ass: It was a horrible experience.
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Exc: What a horrible experience it was!
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Ass: A little learning is a dangerous thing.
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Exc: What a dangerous thing a little learning is!
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Ass: It was a wonderful sight.
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Exc: What a wonderful sight it was!
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Ass: Man is a wonderful piece of work.
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Exc: What a wonderful piece of work man is!
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Ass: She is an incredibly beautiful woman.
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Exc: What an incredibly beautiful woman she is!
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Ass: He has a very smart person. (This sentence is grammatically incorrect. Assuming it should be "He is a very smart person.")
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Exc: What a smart person he is!
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Ass: A book is a great treasure.
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Exc: What a great treasure a book is!
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Ass: Information technology is a wonderful invention.
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Exc: What a wonderful invention information technology is!
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Ass: It was a very unlucky day.
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Exc: What an unlucky day it was!
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Ass: It is a good idea.
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Exc: What a good idea it is!
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Ass: Cricket is a very exciting game.
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Exc: What an exciting game cricket is!
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Ass: She leads a very wretched life.
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Exc: What a wretched life she leads!
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Ass: It has a very royal appearance.
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Exc: What a royal appearance it has!
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Ass: It’s a great pity.
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Exc: What a great pity it is!
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Ass: He is a boy of very shy nature.
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Exc: What a shy nature he has! (Or, less common: What a shy boy he is!)
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Ass: She leads a very miserable life.
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Exc: What a miserable life she leads!
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Ass: An ordinary garment worker in our country leads a very laborious life.
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Exc: What a laborious life an ordinary garment worker in our country leads!
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Ass: This small device can do a great job.
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Exc: What a great job this small device can do!
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Ass: Taking dowry is a very heinous crime.
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Exc: What a heinous crime taking dowry is!
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Ass: Now, mankind is passing a very critical time.
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Exc: What a critical time mankind is passing now!
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Ass: He bears a charming personality.
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Exc: What a charming personality he bears!
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Ass: The scenery of the school is very charming.
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Exc: How charming the scenery of the school is!
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Ass: The country looks very beautiful.
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Exc: How beautiful the country looks!
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Ass: The music was very nice.
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Exc: How nice the music was!
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Ass: The scenery of Jaflong is very fascinating.
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Exc: How fascinating the scenery of Jaflong is!
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Ass: The students were very attentive.
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Exc: How attentive the students were!
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Ass: The baby is very hungry.
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Exc: How hungry the baby is!
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Ass: The book is very interesting.
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Exc: How interesting the book is!
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Ass: The school is running very smoothly.
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Exc: How smoothly the school is running!
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Ass: She is very beautiful.
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Exc: How beautiful she is!
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Ass: Tigers are extremely strong.
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Exc: How strong tigers are!
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Ass: The smell of the rose is very appealing.
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Exc: How appealing the smell of the rose is!
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Ass: He delivered the speech excellently.
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Exc: How excellently he delivered the speech!
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Ass: The cuckoo sings very sweetly.
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Exc: How sweetly the cuckoo sings!
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Ass: He is very lucky.
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Exc: How lucky he is!
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Ass: The flowers are very charming.
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Exc: How charming the flowers are!
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Ass: The teacher rebuked the boy seriously.
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Exc: How seriously the teacher rebuked the boy!
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Ass: The music was very nice.
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Exc: How nice the music was!
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Ass: It was an extremely delightful party.
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Exc: What an extremely delightful party it was!
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Ass: The horse can run very fast.
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Exc: How fast the horse can run!
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Ass: The moonlight sleeps upon this bank very sweetly.
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Exc: How sweetly the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
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Ass: Night is very beautiful.
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Exc: How beautiful night is!
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Ass: The next few days were terrible.
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Exc: How terrible the next few days were!
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Ass: Tigers are extremely strong.
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Exc: How strong tigers are!
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Ass: It looks very shining on the Jamuna.
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Exc: How shining it looks on the Jamuna!
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Ass: Their reign was very peaceful.
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Exc: How peaceful their reign was!
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Ass: The rose is very nice.
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Exc: How nice the rose is!
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Ass: The parks are very nice.
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Exc: How nice the parks are!
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Ass: The music was very nice.
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Exc: How nice the music was!
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Ass: He earned very little.
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Exc: How little he earned!
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Ass: The sightseeing of the light market was very impressive.
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Exc: How impressive the sightseeing of the light market was!
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Ass: The living cost in this city is very high.
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Exc: How high the living cost in this city is!
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Ass: The use of polythene bag is harmful.
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Exc: How harmful the use of polythene bags is!
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Ass: It is very harmful.
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Exc: How harmful it is!
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Ass: Time flies very fast.
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Exc: How fast time flies!
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Ass: Amina’s life was very difficult.
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Exc: How difficult Amina’s life was!
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Ass: Its legs look very clumsy.
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Exc: How clumsy its legs look!
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Ass: The daughter was very beautiful.
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Exc: How beautiful the daughter was!
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Ass: The culture is showed very attractively. (This sentence is grammatically incorrect. Perhaps: "The culture is displayed very attractively.")
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Exc: How attractively the culture is displayed!
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Ass: She is very attentive to her study.
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Exc: How attentive she is to her study!
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Ass: I have got a very nice gift for you.
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Exc: What a nice gift I have got for you!
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Ass: She has sent a very nice gift for you.
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Exc: What a nice gift she has sent for you!
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Ass: I was very happy to see my favourite football team.
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Exc: How happy I was to see my favourite football team!
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Ass: It is a great shame to beat a blind man.
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Exc: What a great shame it is to beat a blind man!
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Ass: I was very glad to see the sea beach.
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Exc: How glad I was to see the sea beach!
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Ass: Corruption is a dangerous weapon to destroy a society.
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Exc: What a dangerous weapon corruption is to destroy a society!
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Ass: London made a very poor impression on him.
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Exc: What a poor impression London made on him!
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Ass: They are so enthusiastic on this day.
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Exc: How enthusiastic they are on this day!
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Ass: He is very handsome to look at.
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Exc: How handsome he is to look at!
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Ass: I was so glad to see the sea beach.
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Exc: How glad I was to see the sea beach!
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Ass: Money is so essential in our life.
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Exc: How essential money is in our lives!
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Ass: The news was very shocking to her.
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Exc: How shocking the news was to her!
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Ass: He got an excellent photograph in his room.
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Exc: What an excellent photograph he got in his room!
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Ass: The project was very confusing to me.
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Exc: How confusing the project was to me!
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Ass: You are indeed a stupid fellow among all the students.
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Exc: What a stupid fellow you are indeed among all the students!
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Ass: The people look very enthusiastic on this day.
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Exc: How enthusiastic the people look on this day!
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Ass: It plays a very important role to save the people from natural disasters.
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Exc: What an important role it plays to save the people from natural disasters!
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Ass: He plays a very significant role to educate the nation.
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Exc: What a significant role he plays to educate the nation!
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Ass: It’s really a very nice experience to have a flower garden.
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Exc: What a nice experience it is to have a flower garden!
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Ass: Ladies find it a very difficult task to get on the bus.
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Exc: What a difficult task ladies find it to get on the bus!
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Ass: Social awareness is very essential in this regard.
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Exc: How essential social awareness is in this regard!
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Ass: He is very attentive to his study.
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Exc: How attentive he is to his study!
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