Assertive to Interrogative
👉Rule-1: If the sentence is in the affirmative you have to change it into a negative interrogative. If it is negative then you have to change it into bare interrogative.
1. Assertive: David was very gentle.
Interrogative: wasn’t David very gentle?
2. Assertive: David is not a good person.
Interrogative: Is David a good person?
Interrogative: Is David a good person?
👉Rule-2: No Auxiliary verb in sentence →Change it by using Do/does/did Or Don't/doesn't /didn't
1. Assertive: He plays cricket.
Interrogative: Does he play cricket?
2. Assertive: They did not play cricket yesterday.
Interrogative: Did they play cricket yesterday?
👉Rule-3: Never→Replaced by →Ever.
Assertive: I never drink coffee.
Interrogative: Do I ever drink coffee?
👉Rule-4: Everybody/everyone/ All→Replaced by →Who + Don’t/ Doesn’t/ Didn’t
Assertive: Everybody wishes to be happy.
Interrogative: Who doesn’t wish to be happy?
👉Rule-5: Every + noun → Replaced by → Is there any + noun + Who don’t/doesn’t/didn't
Assertive: Every woman wishes to be happy.
Interrogative: Is there any woman who doesn’t wish to be happy?
Assertive: Every woman wishes to be happy.
Interrogative: Is there any woman who doesn’t wish to be happy?
👉Rule-6: Nobody/ no one/none→Replaced by→Who.
Assertive: Nobody could count my love for you.
Interrogative: Who could ever count my love for you?
Assertive to Interrogative Rules
👉Rule-7: There is no→Replaced by→Is there any/ Who (person)/ What (thing).
Assertive: There is no use of this law.
Interrogative: What is the use of this law?
Assertive: There is no man happier than Peter.
Interrogative: Who is happier than Peter?
Interrogative: Who is happier than Peter?
👉Rule-8: It is no→Replaced by→Is there any/Why.
Assertive: It is no use in taking unfair means in the exam.
Interrogative: Why take unfair means in the exam?
👉Rule-9: It doesn’t matter→Replaced by→what though/ does it matter.
Assertive: It does not matter if you fail the exam.
Interrogative: What though if you fail the exam?
Change into an interrogative sentence
1. Assertive: They are fond of watching a football match.
Interrogative: Aren't they fond of watching a football match?
2. Assertive: We are proud of our freedom fighters.
Interrogative: Aren't we proud of our freedom fighters?
3. Assertive: It is the duty of us to educate the literate.
Interrogative: Isn't it the duty of us to educate the literate?
4. Assertive: You can be happy without it.
Interrogative: Can't you be happy without it?
5. Assertive: He is a good man.
Interrogative: Isn't he a good man?
6. Assertive: Man is mortal.
Interrogative: Isn't man mortal?
7. Assertive: The policemen are different.
Interrogative: Aren't the policemen different?
8. Assertive: The old sailor had a sane look.
Interrogative: Hadn't the old sailor a sane look?
9. Assertive: Oliver is a reasonable man.
Interrogative: Isn't Oliver a reasonable man?
10. Assertive: The executives were not unkind people.
Interrogative: Were the executive unkind people?
11. Assertive: The orphanage boys were not unhealthy.
Interrogative: Were the orphanage boys unhealthy?
12. Assertive: I shall not forget you.
Interrogative: Shall I forget you?
13. Assertive: John was not a dishonest boy.
Interrogative: Was John a dishonest boy?
14. Assertive: He is not my friend.
Interrogative: Is he my friend?
15. Assertive: They are unhappy.
Interrogative: Aren't they unhappy?
16. Assertive: He can live in his own house.
Interrogative: Can't he live in his own house?
17. Assertive: He can succeed in life.
Interrogative: Can't he succeed in life?
18. Assertive: It is raining.
Interrogative: Isn't it raining?
19. Assertive: The child is going to school.
Interrogative: Isn't the child going to school?
20. Assertive: Prevention is better than cure.
Interrogative: Isn't prevention better than cure?
21. Assertive: I will remind you.
Interrogative: Won't I remind you?
22. Assertive: I have not taken my revenge.
Interrogative: Have I taken my revenge?
23. Assertive: He did not give me a glass of milk.
Interrogative: Did he give me a glass of milk?
24. Assertive: The contractor did not finish the work in one day.
Interrogative: Did the contractor finish the work in one day?
25. Assertive: He does not go to the office at 9 o’clock.
Interrogative: Does he go to the office at 9 o'clock?
26. Assertive: She does not speak English fluently.
Interrogative: Does she speak English fluently?
27. Assertive: They did not arrive in the morning.
Interrogative: Did they arrive in the morning?
28. Assertive: He does not call his mother every day.
Interrogative: Does he call his mother every day?
29. Assertive: Sham did not pass the test.
Interrogative: Did Sham pass the test?
30. Assertive: Eva was not afraid of it.
Interrogative: Was Eva afraid of it?
31. Assertive: My mother works at a bank.
Interrogative: Doesn't my mother work at a bank?
32. Assertive: Riva sings really well.
Interrogative: Doesn't Riva sing really well?
33. Assertive: Martin gets along with his brother.
Interrogative: Doesn't Martin get along with his brother?
34. Assertive: My sister lives with my parents.
Interrogative: Doesn't my sister live with my parents?
35. Assertive: She likes vegetables.
Interrogative: Doesn't she like vegetables?
36. Assertive: I get up early in the morning.
Interrogative: Don't I get up early in the morning?
37. Assertive: I like reading more.
Interrogative: Don't I like reading more?
38. Assertive: We eat to live.
Interrogative: Don't we eat to live?
39. Assertive: I know the answer.
Interrogative: Don't I know the answer?
40. Assertive: I want to leave.
Interrogative: Don't I want to leave?
41. Assertive: The books of great writers contain noble thoughts and great ideas.
Interrogative: Doesn't the books of great writers contain noble thoughts and great ideas?
42. Assertive: My friend invited me to visit Cox’s Bazar.
Interrogative: Didn't my friend invite me to visit Cox's Bazar?
43. Assertive: She passed her time in reading and writing.
Interrogative: Didn't she pass her time in reading and writing?
44. Assertive: He inherited vast property from his father.
Interrogative: Didn't he inherit vast property from his father?
45. Assertive: The master enquired about the missing leg.
Interrogative: Didn't the master enquire about the missing leg?
46. Assertive: He felt very helpless.
Interrogative: Didn't he feel very helpless?
47. Assertive: He rejected the proposal.
Interrogative: Didn't he reject the proposal?
48. Assertive: I bought a pen.
Interrogative: Didn't I buy a pen?
48. Assertive: The boy killed the spider with his shoe.
Interrogative: Didn't the boy kill the spider with his shoe?
49. Assertive: She recognized him at once.
Interrogative: Didn't she recognize him at once?
50. Assertive: He apologized for his conduct.
Interrogative: Didn't he apologize for his conduct?
Assertive to Interrogative sentence exercise
51. Assertive: Everybody likes a flower.
Interrogative: Who doesn't like a flower?
52. Assertive: Everybody knew this.
Interrogative: Who didn't know this?
53. Assertive: Everybody respects a truthful person.
Interrogative: Who doesn't respect a truthful person?
54. Assertive: Everybody knows about the Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sundarbans.
Interrogative: Who doesn't know about the Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sundarbans?
55. Assertive: Everybody works hard to gain his object.
Interrogative: Who doesn't work hard to gain his object?
56. Assertive: Everybody believes that education is the backbone of a nation.
Interrogative: Who doesn't believe that education is the backbone of a nation?
57. Assertive: Everybody likes his magic spell.
Interrogative: Who doesn't like his magic spell?
58. Assertive: Everybody loves him.
Interrogative: Who doesn't love him?
59. Assertive: Everybody can be conscious of his health.
Interrogative: Who can't be conscious of his health?
60. Assertive: Everybody supported the freedom fighters.
Interrogative: Who didn't support free freedom fighters?
61. Assertive: Everyone can prosper in life with the industry.
Interrogative: Who can't prosper in life with the industry?
62. Assertive: Everyone was present there.
Interrogative: Who wasn't present there?
63. Assertive: Everybody has some desire.
Interrogative: Who hasn't some desire?
64. Assertive: Everyone must die.
Interrogative: Who mustn't die?
65. Assertive: Everyone has completed the job.
Interrogative: Who hasn't completed the job?
66. Assertive: Everyone would like to be rich.
Interrogative: Who wouldn't like to be rich?
67. Assertive: All love their motherland.
Interrogative: Who doesn't love their motherland?
68. Assertive: All help me.
Interrogative: Who doesn't help me?
69. Assertive: All must die.
Interrogative: Who mustn't die?
70. Assertive: None could count my love for you.
Interrogative: Who could count my love for you?
71. Assertive: No one likes him.
Interrogative: Who likes him?
72. Assertive: Nobody can escape death.
Interrogative: Who can escape death?
73. Assertive: None can save you.
Interrogative: Who can save you?
74. Assertive: Nobody will help him.
Interrogative: Who will help him?
75. Assertive: No one is absent.
Interrogative: Who is absent?
76. Assertive: None has done it.
Interrogative: Who has done it?
77. Assertive: None could count my love for you.
Interrogative: Who could my love for you?
78. Assertive: No one likes him.
Interrogative: Who likes him?
79. Assertive: Nobody can escape death.
Interrogative: Who can escape death?
80. Assertive: None could answer the question.
Interrogative: Who could answer the question?
81. Assertive: Nobody has touched it.
Interrogative: Who has touched it?
82. Assertive: None should deny the truth.
Interrogative: Who should deny the truth?
83. Assertive: No one can bear an unprovoked insult.
Interrogative: Who can bear an unprovoked insult?
84. Assertive: Nobody can trust such a liar.
Interrogative: Who can trust such a liar?
85. Assertive: Nothing can happen.
Interrogative: What can happen?
Interrogative: What can happen?
86. Assertive: Nothing can revive this worse situation.
Interrogative: What can revive this worse situation?
Interrogative: What can revive this worse situation?
87. Assertive: Nothing comes or goes.
Interrogative: What comes or goes?
Interrogative: What comes or goes?
88. Assertive: Nothing is certain.
Interrogative: What is certain?
89. Assertive: Nothing remains certain.
Interrogative: What remains certain?
90. Assertive: Nothing terrible has happened.
Interrogative: What terrible has happened?
91. Assertive: Nothing was done.
Interrogative: What was done?
92. Assertive: Nothing is impossible.
Interrogative: What is impossible?
93. Assertive: Nothing can concern you.
Interrogative: What can concern you?
94. Assertive: Nothing comes from nothing.
Interrogative: What comes from nothing?
95. Assertive: Nothing is impossible in this world.
Interrogative: What is impossible in this world?
96. Assertive: Nothing can satisfy him.
Interrogative: What can satisfy him?
97. Assertive: Nothing is wrong.
Interrogative: What is wrong?
98. Assertive: Nothing’s moving.
Interrogative: What is moving?
99. Assertive: Nothing was wrong.
Interrogative: What was wrong?
100. Assertive: Nothing will happen.
Interrogative: What will happen?
Assertive to Interrogative exercises
101. Assertive: Nothing’s changed.
Interrogative: What has changed?
102. Assertive: Nothing’s missing.
Interrogative: What is missing?
103. Assertive: Nothing’s working.
Interrogative: What is working?
104. Assertive: Nothing is so necessary.
Interrogative: What is so necessary?
105. Assertive: Nothing seems to grow in this soil.
Interrogative: What seems to grow in this soil?
106. Assertive: Nothing remains certain.
Interrogative: What remains certain?
107. Assertive: Nothing was done.
Interrogative: What was done?
108. Assertive: Nothing happened.
Interrogative: What happened?
109. Assertive: Nothing more was said.
Interrogative: What more was said?
110. Assertive: Nothing’s broken.
Interrogative: What is broken?
111. Assertive: Nothing’s there.
Interrogative: What is there?
112. Assertive: Nothing’s wrong.
Interrogative: What is wrong?
113. Assertive: Nothing was funny.
Interrogative: What was funny?
114. Assertive: Nothing was taken.
Interrogative: What was taken?
115. Assertive: Nothing came up.
Interrogative: What came up?
116. Assertive: Nothing can force me to give it up.
Interrogative: What can force me to give it up?
117. Assertive: Nothing is certain in this world.
Interrogative: What is certain in this world?
118. Assertive: Nothing is certain.
Interrogative: What is certain?
119. Assertive: No one can do this sum.
Interrogative: Who can do this sum?
Or, Can anyone do this sum?
120. Assertive: None has ever seen such a fine sight.
Interrogative: Who has ever seen such a fine sight?
Or, Has anyone ever seen such a fine sight? :
121. Assertive: Nobody likes a liar.
Interrogative: Who likes a liar?
Or, Does anybody like a liar?
122. Assertive: The Brahmaputra was a mighty river.
Interrogative: Wasn't the Brahmaputra a mighty river?
123. Assertive: The old lady likes white sarees.
Interrogative: Doesn't the old lady like white sarees?
124. Assertive: Modhu's is a canteen.
Interrogative: Isn't Madhu's a canteen?
125. Assertive: I never went to Cox's Bazar.
Interrogative : Did I ever go to Cox's Bazar?
126. Assertive: The servant was an idiot.
Interrogative: Was not the servant an idiot?
127. Assertive: The old sailor could not sleep.
Interrogative: Could the old sailor sleep?
128. Assertive: Prevention is better than cure.
Interrogative: Isn't prevention better than cure?
129. Assertive: None can ever tolerate such an insult. Interrogative: Who can ever tolerate such an insult?
130. Assertive: Everybody wants to be respected. Interrogative: Who does not want to be respected?
131. Assertive: The glory of the freedom fighters can never fade.
Interrogative: Can the glory of the freedom fighters ever fade?
Assertive into Interrogative Exceptional exercise
1. Assertive: Every moment is important.
Interrogative: Which moment is not important?
2. Assertive: It is no use wasting time.
Interrogative: Why waste time?
3. Assertive: Fair words are of no avail in times of danger.
Interrogative: Of what avail are fair words in times of danger?
4. Assertive: There is no use of this statue.
Interrogative: What is the use of this statue?
5. Assertive: It does not matter if you fail the exam.
Interrogative: What though if you fail the exam?
6. Assertive: Nowhere in the world you will find a mountain peak higher than Everest.
Interrogative: Where in the world will you find a mountain peak higher than Everest?
7 Assertive: It doesn't matter if we fail.
Interrogative: What if I fail?
