What is the sentence pattern of exclamatory sentences in English?

Exclamation sentence is an important sentence pattern in English, which is used to express people's strong feelings. Exclamation sentences are generally guided by what or how, with an exclamation mark at the end and a falling tone when reading aloud. It has two types and seven sentence patterns.

There are three types of exclamations guided by 1.what. At this time, what is an adjective, which is used as an attribute to modify the noun or noun phrase behind it.

1.What+a/an+ adjective+countable noun singular+subject+predicate! For example:

What a nice day! What fine weather!

What an interesting book that is! What an interesting book that is!

2. What+adjective+countable noun plural form+subject+predicate! For example:

What beautiful flowers! What beautiful flowers!

What good teachers they are! What good teachers they are!

3. What+adjective+uncountable noun+subject+predicate! For example:

What fine weather! What fine weather!

Second, there are four kinds of exclamations guided by how. At this time, how is an adverb, which is used as an adverbial to modify the adjective, adverb or verb behind it.

4.how+ adjective+subject+predicate! For example:

How hot it is today! It is really hot today!

How beautiful these flowers are! How beautiful these flowers are!

5.How+ adverb+subject+predicate! For example:

How fast he runs! How fast he runs!

How hard they work! How hard they work!

6.How+ subject+predicate! For example:

How time flies! How time flies!

How well she dances! How well she dances!

7.How+ adjective +a/an+ countable noun singular+subject+predicate! This sentence pattern can be converted by the sentence pattern 1 For example:

What an ancient building it is! What an ancient building it is! What a shabby building that is!

[Special attention] In exclamatory sentences caused by what or how, subjects, predicates or other sentence elements can often be omitted in spoken English. For example:

What a nice girl! What a nice girl!

How cold it is! How cold it is!