What a loss! VERSUS What a shame!

[Handira]

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #34 "Responses (7)", question 5

Jill: 'After all that effort we didn't manage to sell a single one.'
Frank: '.........'

(a) What a loss!
(b) What a shame!
(c) What a job!
(d) What a crime!

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #34 "Responses (7)", answer 5

Jill: 'After all that effort we didn't manage to sell a single one.'
Frank: 'What a shame!'

Correct answer: (b) What a shame!
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What a loss!

Handira

[Alan]

Hi,

There is no reference to a loss in this dialogue but merely to the fact that it is a pity there was no sale after all that effort.

Alan
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