Exclamatory sentences in English

English exclamatory sentences usually start with how and what, where what modifies nouns and how modifies adjectives, adverbs or verbs. According to the different structures of exclamatory sentences, they can be summarized into the following sentence patterns.

Sentence pattern 1: What + noun + subject + predicate!

What a shame! What a shame!

What a surprise! What a surprise!

What fools they are! How stupid they are!

What nonsense! What nonsense!

Sentence pattern 2: What+adjective+noun+subject+predicate!

What a fine day! What a fine weather!

What a slow train this is! How slow this train is!

What clever boys they are! What clever boys they are!

What beautiful weather we have! What beautiful weather we have!

Sentence pattern three: How+adjective or adverb+subject+predicate!

How nice! How nice!

How well she plays! How well she plays!

How beautiful the city is! How beautiful the city is!

Sentence pattern four: How + adjective + a + singular countable noun + subject + predicate!

How tall a boy he is! What a tall boy he is!

How interesting a story it is! What an interesting story it is!

Sentence pattern five: How + subject + predicate!

How he worked! How willing he was to work!

How I missed you! How I missed you!

How he wished for a drink! How he wished for a drink!