Question

Change the following sentence from exclamatory to assertive:
To think that we should both be here! [Advanced]

• A. How nice it is that we should both be here.
• B. It is good that we should both be here.
• C. How strange that we should both be here.
• D. It is strange that we should both be here.

Answer 1

The correct option is D It is strange that we should both be here.

Exclamatory sentences are those sentences which express a state of sorrow, joy, wonder or excitement. To change such sentences into indirect speech, specific words are added to the sentence like exclaimed with joy, exclaimed with wonder, cried with grief, wish, etc.

The given sentence shows astonishment. The sentence would become - It is strange that we should both be here. Options A and C are not assertive sentences. Option B doesn't show astonishment.

Thus, option D is the correct answer.