EXCLAMATORY sentences: total and partial

Quiet, I'm studying! Surely, throughout your student life you have come across many exclamation sentences. But did you know that there are two different ways to create an exclamatory sentence and emphasize what you're saying?

In this lesson from a PROFESSOR we want you to fully understand what are full and partial exclamatory sentences, so that you can use them properly in your texts.

exclamatory sentences are those that we use for express and convey feelings, since they put a certain emphasis to our prayer. They are written between exclamation marks that are placed, one at the beginning of the sentence and another at the end of it.

For example:How good is the omelette!

Exclamatory sentences admit a division very similar to that used with any exclamatory group. On one hand, we have total exclamatory sentences and on the other the partial ones.

Total Exclamatory Sentences

The total exclamatory sentences They are those sentences that only differ from assertive sentences by the emphasis that the speaker puts or because of the exclamation marks that are written.

For example:I'm tired!

This total exclamatory sentence differs from the statement "I'm tired" only by the intonation or by the graphic features what can we see.

Partial exclamatory sentences

Lpartial exclamatory sentences, on the other hand, are those that are formed using an exclamatory particle (What, how much, how, etc.)

For example:What a scare you have given me!

This sentence begins with the particle "what", which allows us to quickly see that we are facing an exclamation point. The exclamatory particles are positioned at the beginning of the entire sentence.

Next, we want to leave you with some examples of exclamatory sentences so you can see how they work in a more practical way. We have separated them according to whether they are total or partial, so that it is not difficult for you to recognize them.

Total Exclamatory Sentence Examples

Remember that the partial sentences They are those affirmations to which the exclamation marks are added, to emphasize their meaning:

• Listen, that's the song I like!
• There's water coming in through the back window!
• I love those paintings you hung in the living room!
• You wore the scarf I gave you for your birthday!
• I forgot the camera!
• Congratulations on the birth of your son!
• Be careful, this shelf is loose!
• Look! There goes your cousin!
• I can't believe what you're telling me!
• Your pants zipper broke!
• I am very happy for the news you gave me!
• You never listen to me when I talk to you!
• I love chocolate cake!
• Hurry up, we're going to be late for the movies!
• That skirt looks beautiful on you!
• I'm tired of being criticized!
• I couldn't solve a single question on the exam!
• Long live the revolution!
• Help! Get me out of here!
• Everybody run ten laps around the track!
• But who do you think you are!
• Go to sleep at once!

Examples of partial exclamatory sentences

The partial sentences They are the ones that carry the exclamatory particles at the beginning of the sentence:

• How hot it is in this city!
• How long has your hair grown?
• How beautiful your makeup has been!
• How did you get on with chocolate!
• What a good smell, I want to eat right now!
• How many times have I warned you!
• What a beautiful landscape!
• How well your brother played yesterday!
• What a goal!
• How come you're not coming to my party!
• What a pretty woman!

We are going to give you some total and partial exclamatory sentences, so that you can tell us to which of the two categories does it belong? each of them. Remember to look at the particle with which the sentence begins!:

• Do not yell at me!
• I am hungry!
• I have to do it all myself!
• Every day I miss you more!
• How many mushrooms have you found!
• Happy Anniversary!
• This device is a disaster!

These are the solutions to the previous exercise. We have put next to each sentence the correct answer depending on whether it was a total or partial exclamatory sentence:

• Do not yell at me! - Total
• I am hungry! - Partial
• I have to do it all myself! - Total
• Every day I miss you more! - Total
• How many mushrooms have you found! - Partial
• Happy Anniversary! - Total
• This device is a disaster! - Total

We hope this lesson has helped you to understand a little better the full and partial exclamatory sentences and how to differentiate to which of the two categories each of the sentences belongs. If you are interested in continuing to delve deeper into this topic, you can consult our section on grammar and linguistics, where you will find the answer to most of your questions about the language Spanish.