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Read the sentence from the text  What a hideous new dress! This is an exclamation. It can be written as a simple sentence ‘The new dress is very hideous.’

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Read the sentence from the text  What a hideous new dress!
This is an exclamation. It can be written as a simple sentence ‘The new dress is very hideous.’
Find out few more exclamatory sentences from the passage and transform them into assertive sentences.

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1. What a fright she looks!

Ans: She looks like such a fright.

2. How dull!

Ans: It is so dull.

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पाठ 1.5: The New Dress - Brainstorming (A5) [पृष्ठ ५४]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.5 The New Dress
Brainstorming (A5) | Q 2 | पृष्ठ ५४

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