Question

Replace the underlined sentence with a different type (imperative, interrogative or exclamatory):
The sun has risen. The sky is clear blue. There aren't any clouds in the sky. It doesn't look like it had rained all night .

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. Can you believe that it rained all night?
• C. The birds have been chirping all morning.
• D. This is the beginning of a long, hot summer.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Can you believe that it rained all night?

Sentence variety is the assortment of sentence types in a written passage. Its main purpose is to avoid monotony in the style and tone of any written material. The given lines for example, express monotony in terms of the sentence type: they are all declarative sentences. Hence the underlined sentence requires to be changed and option A is incorrect. Option B contains an interrogative sentence, which is rhetorical as the answer is not expected. The sentence is a statement which is in the interrogative form; this is a suitable option as it adds sentence variety. Hence option B is correct. Options C and D are again declarative, hence they are not the correct options.