Exclamation Mark ( ! )
Randuli : Good morning!
Tashmi : Good morning Randuli ! Did you go to the park after the shramadana?
Randuli : No, I didn't have time. Shall we now?
Tashmi : O.K. I’d love to.
Nethum : Hello!
Tashmi : We are going to the park. Would you like to join us?
Nethum : No way! I never go there. The garbage pit!
Randuli : Not anymore! You didn’t join us in the Shramadana.
Nethum : Shramadana! I didn’t know about it. We were not here during the last three
weeks.
Tashmi : Really? Then join us. Let’s go. ( Children walk to the park)
Nethum : Wonderful! I can’t believe my eyes!
Randuli : I am happy that we contributed to make the place clean and attractive, too.
Tashmi : Look! The garbage bins are kept over there. So it’s easy to maintain the cleanliness.
Nethum : Let’s go in. I want to go on a swing.
Tashme : Swing! No I can't. I’m afraid of that.
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List out the utterances in the above conversation which end with exclamation mark ( ! ). Categorize them under the following topics.
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greetings
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expressing surprise
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positive feelings
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negative feelings
Learning Point
Adverbs
Read the following sentences.
- Polythene bags have been thrown away carelessly.
- We have worked very hard.
- Place the date directly below the address.
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The underlined words in these sentences describe the action. They are called adverbs.
Come here
immediately quickly
now
successfully
You did the work
well
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