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Try the activities, then check your answers.
Try the activities, then check your answers.
Choose a short recording.
React to a thing
Use what a/an with an adjective and one countable noun. A short phrase is enough.
What a lovely day!
What an interesting book!
React to plural or uncountable things
Do not use a/an before a plural or uncountable noun in this pattern.
What beautiful flowers!
What delicious food!
What beautiful flowers!What introduces the plural noun phrase beautiful flowers.
React to a quality
Use how with an adjective. You can add a subject and verb in statement order.
How beautiful!
How kind you are!
Guided practice
Say or write your answer first. Compare form and meaning with the model.
1. Complete: What ___ beautiful dress!
Compare a model and explanation
a
One countable dress takes a.
2. Complete: What ___ amazing view!
Compare a model and explanation
an
Amazing begins with a vowel sound.
3. Correct: What a beautiful flowers!
Compare a model and explanation
What beautiful flowers!
Do not use a with plural flowers.
4. Complete: ___ delicious this cake is!
Compare a model and explanation
How
How introduces the adjective.
5. Correct the exclamation: How nice is this room!
Compare a model and explanation
How nice this room is!
Use statement order in this target exclamation.
6. React to lovely weather using what.
Compare a model and explanation
What lovely weather!
Weather is uncountable here.
7. Change What a beautiful place to a how exclamation.
Compare a model and explanation
How beautiful this place is!
Other natural how reactions are acceptable.
8. Write a short reaction to a very long journey.
Compare a model and explanation
What a long journey!
Use a because journey is singular countable.
A short conversation
Listen first, then open the transcript when useful.
Open the conversation transcript
A: What a beautiful view!
B: Yes. And how quiet it is here!
A: What lovely flowers! Let’s take a photo.
B: Good idea. What a nice place for a picnic!
Listening checks
Listen to each extract or open its transcript. These three questions have a separate score.
How kind you are!How introduces an appreciative reaction to the adjective kind.
Mastery quiz
Choose the best answer for each situation. The score is out of eight.
Use it in your own words
Speaking 1
Give two positive reactions with what.
Reveal a possible response
What a lovely song! What beautiful colours!
Success check: Use a/an only where needed.
Speaking 2
Give two short reactions with how.
Reveal a possible response
How interesting! How cold it is!
Success check: Use an adjective after how.
Put it all together
Imagine arriving at a new place. React to one thing, several things and a quality.
Reveal a possible response
What a lovely house! What beautiful windows! How quiet it is!
Success check: Use singular, plural and how patterns.
Take it with you
I can give a short reaction with what or how.
