Exclamatory Adjectives

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• How are they different from the rest of the adjectives?
• Exclamatory adjectives and exclamatory adverbs
• Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives
• Examples of exclamatory adjectives in sentences
• Other kinds of adjectives

The exclamatory adjectives are those adjectives that are used to give emphasis and intensity to a sentence. They have no meaning by themselves and many of them do not vary in gender and number. For example: ¡How many roses!

How are they different from the rest of the adjectives?

• All adjectives are characterized by modifying a noun, expressing its characteristics or properties. Exclamatory adjectives have no meaning by themselves. For example: I'm sorry a lot. / ¡How much I'm sorry!
• Most of the adjectives are found next to the noun they refer to. The exclamatory adjectives are at the beginning of the sentence. For example: His eyes huge. / ¡What eyes!
• Most of the adjectives are modified to achieve agreement with the noun, both in number and gender. Some exclamatory adjectives are invariable. For example: ¡What nice day! /What nice days!

• It can help you: Exclamatory sentences

Exclamatory adjectives and exclamatory adverbs

The same word can function, depending on the context, as an exclamatory adverb or as an exclamatory adjective. In order to distinguish one from the other, it is necessary to observe which word they modify:

• If you modify a noun, it is an exclamatory adjective. For example: ¡What problem!
• If it modifies an adjective, an adverb or a verb, it is an exclamatory adverb. For example: ¡What beautiful!

• See more in: Exclamatory adverbs

Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives

Many exclamatory adjectives are also used to formulate questions. In the written language, the difference is marked by the signs (exclamation or question marks). In spoken language the difference is marked by the intonation and intention of the sentence.

Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives always carry an accent. For example: What do you want to eat? / That good!

• See also: Interrogative adjectives

Examples of exclamatory adjectives in sentences

How much

1. ¡How much joy was lived at the party!
2. ¡How much madness!
3. ¡How much I needed it!
4. ¡How much trust you have!
5. ¡How much honesty!
6. ¡How much hypocrisy!
7. ¡How much athletes drink water!
8. ¡How much show sympathy with your husband!
9. ¡How much lard carries that recipe!
10. ¡How much demand has the teacher!

HOW MANY

1. ¡How many flowers has your garden!
2. ¡How many news arrived today!
3. ¡How many surprises we have had!
4. ¡How many stories know!
5. ¡How many promises were broken!
6. ¡How many girls wear makeup!
7. ¡How many jewelry wear!
8. ¡How many keys carry in your pocket!
9. ¡How many cultivated plants!
10. ¡How many questions your son asks!

HOW MUCH

1. ¡How much time passed!
2. ¡How much fanaticism is seen in matches!
3. ¡How much unfounded pride!
4. ¡How much interest shows people!
5. ¡How much suspense!
6. ¡How much effort put into training!
7. ¡How much I see commitment in the students!
8. ¡How much selfishness!
9. ¡How much coffee you drink in the mornings!
10. ¡How much encourage you your friends!

HOW MANY

1. ¡How many books have you read!
2. ¡How many friends you have!
3. ¡How many customers have come today!
4. ¡How many I have problems with the car!
5. ¡How many shoes have you bought!
6. ¡How many dishes are in this restaurant!
7. ¡How many students have failed!
8. ¡How many elderly are neglected by their families!
9. ¡How many new traffic lights have installed!
10. ¡How many changes!

WHAT

1. ¡What insolence!
2. ¡What luck!
3. ¡What intrigue!
4. ¡What dare!
5. ¡What sweetness!
6. ¡What speed!
7. ¡What stupidity!
8. ¡What way to annoy!
9. ¡What fear!
10. ¡What beauty!

Other kinds of adjectives