50 Examples of Exclamatory Adjectives
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
Exclamatory adjectives
The exclamatory adjectives are those adjectives that are used to give emphasis and intensity to a prayer. They have no meaning by themselves and many of them do not vary in gender and number. For example: ¡How many roses!
How are they different from the rest of the adjectives?
Exclamatory adjectives and exclamatory adverbs
The same word can work, depending on the context, as exclamatory adverb or as an exclamatory adjective. In order to distinguish one from the other, it is necessary to observe which word they modify:
Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives
Many exclamatory adjectives are also used to formulate questions. In the written language, the difference is marked by the signs (exclamation or question marks). In spoken language the difference is marked by the intonation and intention of the sentence.
Exclamatory adjectives and interrogative adjectives always have an accent. For example: What do you want to eat? / Excellent!
Examples of exclamatory adjectives in sentences
How much
- ¡How much joy was lived at the party!
- ¡How much craziness!
- ¡How much I needed it!
- ¡How much trust you have!
- ¡How much honesty!
- ¡How much hypocrisy!
- ¡How much athletes drink water!
- ¡How much show sympathy with your husband!
- ¡How much lard carries that recipe!
- ¡How much demand has the teacher!
HOW MANY
- ¡How many flowers has your garden!
- ¡How many news arrived today!
- ¡How many surprises we have had!
- ¡How many stories knows!
- ¡How many promises were broken!
- ¡How many girls wear makeup!
- ¡How many jewelry wears!
- ¡How many keys carry in your pocket!
- ¡How many cultivated plants!
- ¡How many questions your son asks!
HOW MUCH
- ¡How much time passed!
- ¡How much fanaticism is seen in matches!
- ¡How much unfounded pride!
- ¡How much interest shows people!
- ¡How much suspense!
- ¡How much effort put into training!
- ¡How much I see commitment in the students!
- ¡How much selfishness!
- ¡How much coffee you drink in the mornings!
- ¡How much encourage you your friends!
HOW MANY
- ¡How many books have you read!
- ¡How many friends you have!
- ¡How many customers have come today!
- ¡How many I have problems with the car!
- ¡How many shoes have you bought!
- ¡How many dishes are in this restaurant!
- ¡How many students have failed!
- ¡How many elderly are neglected by their families!
- ¡How many new traffic lights have installed!
- ¡How many changes!
WHAT
- ¡What insolence!
- ¡What lucky!
- ¡What intrigue!
- ¡What dare!
- ¡What sweetness!
- ¡What speed!
- ¡What stupidity!
- ¡What way to annoy!
- ¡What afraid!
- ¡What beauty!
Other kinds of adjectives
Adjectives (all) | Adjectives |
Negative adjectives | Partitive adjectives |
Descriptive adjectives | Explanatory adjectives |
Gentile adjectives | Numeral adjectives |
Relative adjectives | Ordinal adjectives |
Possessive adjectives | Cardinal adjectives |
Demonstrative adjectives | Derogatory adjectives |
Undefined adjectives | Determinative adjectives |
Interrogative adjectives | Positive adjectives |
Feminine and masculine adjectives | Exclamatory adjectives |
Comparative and superlative adjectives | Augmentative, diminutive and derogatory adjectives |