Interchange of Interrogative and Assertive Sentences
कुछ Interrogative Sentences ऐसे होते हैं, जिनका अभिप्राय प्रश्न करना नहीं होता है। वैसे Interrogative Sentences को बिना अर्थ/भाव बदले Assertive Sentences में परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है। ठीक वैसे ही Assertive Sentences को बिना अर्थ/भाव बदले Interrogative Sentences में परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है। इस प्रकार के interchanging के लिए कुछ नियम हैं, जिन्हें यहाँ बताया जा रहा है।
Rule (1) :- Anomalous Finite से शुरू होनेवाले Interrogative Sentence को Assertive Sentence में transform करने की विधि –
(i) Interrogative Sentence में प्रयुक्त Verb + Subject के word-order के बदले वाक्य में Subject + Verb का word-order दें।
(ii) यदि Interrogative Sentence में not/no या कोई अन्य negative word हो, तो अभीष्ट Assertive Sentence में इसका लोप कर दें। यदि Interrogative Sentence में कोई Negative word प्रयुक्त न हो, तो अभीष्ट Assertive Sentence में not/no/never या कोई अन्य उपयुक्त negative word दे दें।
(iii) Note of Interrogation की जगह पर Full Stop दें।
1. Am I a thief?
→ I am not a thief.
2. Am I not right?
→ I am right.
3. Can a man live forever?
→ A man cannot live forever.
4. Do I not love you?
→ I love you.
5. Shall I ever forget you?
→ I shall never forget you.
6. Have I no love for you?
→ I have love for you.
ठीक इसके विपरीत प्रक्रिया द्वारा Assertive Sentence को Interrogative Sentence में transform किया जा सकता है। जैसे –
1. The deaf cannot hear.
→ Can the deaf hear?
2. He is innocent.
→ Is he not innocent?
3. Human nature cannot change.
→ Can human nature change?
Rule (2) :- Who से शुरू होनेवाले Interrogative Sentence को Assertive में transform करने के लिए Everyone/No one/Nobody/None का प्रयोग करते हैं। Everyone का प्रयोग तब करते हैं जब Interrogative Sentence में negative word प्रयुक्त रहता है। No one/None/Nobody का प्रयोग तब करते हैं जब Interrogative Sentence में negative word प्रयुक्त नहीं रहता है। जैसे –
1. Who does not know Gandhiji?
→ Everyone knows Gandhiji.
2. Who would not run from a lion?
→ Everyone would run from a lion.
3. Who can surpass her in beauty?
→ No one can surpass her in beauty.
4. Who has seen the wind?
→ No one has seen the wind.
5. Who is greater than God?
→ No one is greater than God.
इसी प्रकार ‘who’ का प्रयोग कर Everyone/No one/None/Nobody से शुरू होनेवाले Assertive Sentence को Interrogative Sentence में transform किया जा सकता है। जैसे –
1. Everyone wishes to live long.
→ Who does not wish to live long?
2. Everyone would cry when struck.
→ Who would not cry when struck?
3. Everyone would love his motherland.
→ Who would not love his motherland?
4. Everyone likes to get money.
→ Who does not like to get money?
5. No one can climb the sky.
→ Who can climb the sky?
6. No one will tolerate such an injustice.
→ Who will tolerate such an injustice?
7. No one is without problems.
→ Who is without problems?
Rule (3) :- निम्नलिखित उदाहरणों को ध्यान से देखें और transformation की प्रक्रिया को समझें –
1. When will he become a doctor?
→ He will never become a doctor.
2. When will you have sense?
→ You will never have sense.
3. When can their glory fade?
→ Their glory can never fade.
4. How can I repay your kindness?
→ I can never repay your kindness.
5. How can man die better than facing fearful odds?
→ Man cannot die better than facing fearful odds.
6. Where will he not be respected?
→ He will be respected everywhere.
7. Where will you have peace?
→ You will have peace nowhere.
8. What though the field be lost?
→ It does not matter even if the field is lost.
9. What if you are stronger than I?
→ It does not much matter even though you are stronger than I.
10. What does it matter if I lose?
→ It does not much matter even if I lose.
11. What though we happen to be late?
→ It does not much matter even though we happen to be late.
12. What more can I do?
→ I can do nothing more.
13. Why waste time in reading trash?
→ It is extremely foolish to waste time in reading trash.
14. Why waste time here?
→ It is no use wasting time here.
→ It is useless to waste time here.
→ It is extremely foolish to waste time here.
15. Why eat so much?
→ It is no use eating so much.
→ It is useless to eat so much.
→ It is extremely improper to eat so much.
16. Why cry over spilt milk?
→ It is no use crying over spilt milk.
→ It is no use to cry over spilt milk.
→ It is a mere waste of time to cry over spilt milk. .
EXERCISE 39
Transform the following into assertive sentences –
1. Am I your enemy?
→ I am not your enemy.
2. Am I not innocent?
→ I am innocent.
3. Are you not a bad man?
→ You are a bad man.
4. Have I not warned you?
→ I have warned you.
5. Is she not rich?
→ She is rich.
6. Is she not guilty?
→ She is guilty.
7. Is man not mortal?
→ Man is mortal.
8. Do I not love you?
→ I love you.
9. Doesn’t an honest man suffer?
→ An honest man suffers.
10. Does she help us?
→ She doesn’t help us.
11. Does he come everyday in time?
→ He doesn’t come everyday in time.
12. Did I quarrel with her?
→ I didn’t quarrel with her.
13. Did she not warn you?
→ She warned you.
14. Were we not tired?
→ We were tired.
15. Shall I ever forget his kindness?
→ I shall never forget his kindness.
16. Shall we not win the match?
→ We shall win the match.
17. Can the blind see?
→ The cannot see.
18. Do the deaf hear?
→ The deaf don’t hear.
19. Can human nature change?
→ Human nature cannot change.
20. Can the leopard change its spots?
→ The leopard cannot change its spots.
21. Can a man live forever?
→ A man cannot live forever.
22. Can man stand against fate?
→ Man cannot stand against fate.
23. Should he beat the old man?
→ He should not beat the old man.
24. Is there anything better than a busy life?
→ There is nothing better than a busy life.
25. If you prick us, do we not bleed?
→ If you pick us, we bleed.
26. Is this the kind of dress to wear in school?
→ This kind of dress is not to wear in school.
27. Shall I ever forget those happy days?
→ I shall never forget those happy days.
28. Does anything succeed like success?
→ Nothing succeeds like success.
29. Who would not run from a lion?
→ Everyone would run from a lion.
30. Who can put up with such an insult?
→ No one can put up with such an insult.
31. Who is here so rude as not to love his country?
→ No one is here so rude as not to love his country.
→ There is none here so rude as not to love his country.
→ Everyone here loves his country.
32. Who does not love his motherland?
→ Everyone loves his country.
33. Who would not love his motherland?
→ Everyone would love his motherland.
34. Who can be more faithful than a true friend?
→ No one can be more faithful than a true friend.
35. Who can surpass her in dancing?
→ None can surpass her in dancing.
36. Who would not cry when struck?
→ Everyone would cry when struck.
37. Who likes to be poor?
→ No one likes to be poor.
38. Who does not want to lead a happy life?
→ Everyone wants to lead a happy life.
39. Who will jump forty feet high?
→ No one will jump forty feet high.
40. What more can I do?
→ I can do nothing more.
41. How can man die better than facing fearful odds?
→ Man cannot die better than facing fearful odds.
42. How can I repay him?
→ I can never repay him.
43. When can her glory fade?
→ Her glory can never fade.
44. When will you understand the ways of the world?
→ You will never understand the ways of the world.
45. What could we do without your help?
→ We could do nothing without your help.
46. Where can we go without money?
→ We can not go anywhere without money.
47. Why cry over spilt milk?
→ It is no use to cry over split milk.
48. Of what use is this ring to me?
→ This ring is of no use to me.
49. What though the field be lost?
→ It does not matter even if the field is lost.
50. What if you are the friend of a governor?
→ It does not much matter even though you are the friend of a governor.
EXERCISE 40
Transform the following into interrogative sentences –
1. Blood is thicker than water.
→ Is blood not thicker than water?
2. I can never forget his kindness.
→ Can I ever forget his kindness?
3. He is not a simple man.
→ Is he a simple man?
4. He loves all of us.
→ Does he not love all of us?
5. I want to help you.
→ Do I not to help you?
6. She always abuses me.
→ Does she not always abuse me?
7. I don’t drink.
→ Do I drink?
8. They should not laugh at him.
→ Should they laugh at him?
9. I shall never forget your kindness.
→ Shall I ever forget your kindness?
10. They will not help you.
→ Will they help you?
11. I tried to see you.
→ Did I not try to see you?
12. He cannot change his nature.
→ Can he change his nature?
13. This is not the way to behave towards your elders.
→ Is this the way to behave towards your elders?
14. There is nothing greater than love.
→ Is there greater than love?
15. You promised to help me.
→ Did you not promise to help me?
16. Everyone wants to earn money.
→ Who does not want to earn money?
17. Everyone knows Gandhiji.
→ Who does not know Gandhiji?
18. Everyone knows that honesty is the best policy.
→ Who does not know that honesty is the best policy?
19. Everyone loves his country.
→ Who does not love his country?
20. Everyone has desire.
→ Who has no desire?
21. Everyone likes to be respected.
→ Who does not like to be respected?
22. Everyone would run from a lion.
→ Who would not run from a lion?
23. No one can touch the sky.
→ Who can touch the sky?
24. Nobody will believe it.
→ Who will believe it?
25. Everybody has heard of Jesus Christ.
→ Who has not heard of Jesus Christ?
26. No one can put up with such an insult.
→ Who can put up with such an insult?
27. No one will believe your honesty.
→ Who will believe your honesty?
28. No one could do better under the circumstances.
→ Who could do better under the circumstances?
29. A man cannot live forever.
→ Can a man live forever?
30. You will have peace nowhere.
→ Where will you have peace?
31. There is none here so rude as not to love his country.
→ Who is here so rude as not to love his country?
32. You have never seen such a beautiful sight.
→ Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight?
33. The blind cannot see.
→ Can the blind see?
34. The deaf cannot hear.
→ Can the deaf hear?
35. Human nature cannot change.
→ Can human nature change?
36. No one would defeat him in wrestling.
→ Who would defeat him in wrestling?
37. He will never be an engineer.
→ When will he be an engineer?
38. Nothing succeeds like success.
→ Does Anything succeed like success?
39. Everyone would cry when struck.
→ Who would not cry when struck?
40. All human beings are mortal.
→ Do all human beings not mortal?
41. The beauties of Nature are beyond description.
→ Are the beauties of Nature not beyond description?
42. Never was there such a beautiful sunset as this.
→ Was ever there such a beautiful sunset as this?
43. Grapes cannot be gathered from thistles.
→ Can grapes be gathered from thistles?
44. Nobody could oppose him.
→ Could Anybody oppose him?
45. Everyone is ready to die for his country.
→ Who is not ready to die for his country?
46. We shall bleed if you prick us.
→ Shall we not bleed if you prick us?
47. A father cannot forget his son.
→ Can a father forget his son?
48. A leopard cannot change its spots.
→ Can a leopard change its spots?
49. This is not the kind of dress to wear in school.
→ Is this the kind of dress to wear in school?
50. No one saw such a beautiful sunset as this.
→ Did Anyone see such a beautiful sunset as this?
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