Assertive to Interrogative Transformation
Arup Roy, lecturer in English Language & Literature, Kanchkura University, College, Uttarkhan, Airport, Dhaka
Rule Number One
Assertive: He is Happy.
Interrogative: Is he not happy?
Interrogative: Isn’t he happy?
Assertive: He studies seriously.
Interrogative: Does he not study seriously?
Interrogative: Doesn’t he study seriously?
Assertive: I have broken the glass.
Interrogative: Have I not broken the glass?
Interrogative: Haven’t I broken the glass?
Assertive: I will go there.
Interrogative: Will I not go there?
Interrogative: Won’t I go there?
Assertive: He had finished the job.
Interrogative: Had he not finished the job?
Interrogative: Hadn’t he finished the job?
Rule Number Two
Assertive: Nobody loves a hypocrite.
Interrogative: Who loves a hypocrite?
Assertive: None can do it.
Interrogative: Who can do it?
Assertive: No one thinks like that.
Interrogative: Who thinks like that?
Assertive: Nobody can hate an honest person.
Interrogative: Who can hate an honest person?
Assertive: None has imagined that.
Interrogative: Who has imagined that?
Assertive: No one looks tired.
Interrogative: Who looks tired?
Rule Number Three
Assertive: He got nothing yesterday.
Interrogative: Did he get anything yesterday?
Assertive: We have heard nothing about it.
Interrogative: Have you heard anything about it?
Assertive: They contributed nothing.
Interrogative: Did they contribute anything?
Rule Number Four
Assertive: He contributed nothing but a hectic world.
Interrogative: Did he contribute anything but a hectic world?
Interrogative: What did he contribute but a hectic world?
Assertive: I want nothing but your honesty.
Interrogative: Do I want anything but your honesty?
Interrogative: What do I want but your honesty?
Assertive: We can invest nothing but hard labor.
Interrogative: Can we invest anything but hard labor?
Interrogative: What can we invest but hard labor?
Rule Number Five
Assertive: Everyone knows it.
Interrogative: Who does not know it?
Assertive: Everyone hates a liar.
Interrogative: Who does not hate a liar?
Assertive: Everyone can succeed if he or she works hard smartly.
Interrogative: Who cannot succeed if he or she works hard?
