SDM'S KEY TO TURN THE ASSERTIVE SENTENCES INTO INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES.

 

TURN THE FOLLOWING ASSERTIVE SENTENCES INTO INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES.

 

Exercise: 1

1. Can anyone put up with such an insult?

Or, Who can put up with such an insult?

2. Can their glory ever fade?

3. Can we please everybody?

Or, How can we please everybody?

4. Does anything succeed like success?

5. Does a hermit have to do anything with money?

6. Isn’t the face the index of mind?

7. Did anyone teach you such tricks as these?

8. Can anyone gather grapes from thistles?

9. Can you say that she has stolen the purse?

10. Can man die better than defending his motherland?

11. Does it matter much, if she fails?

Or, What if she fails?

12. Can I ever forget you?

Or, How can I ever forget you?

13. Who doesn’t want to be happy?

14. Isn’t virtue its own reward?

15. Does it matter if the field is lost?

Or, What if the field is lost?

16. Have I done anything to incur your anger?

17. Doesn’t she deserve the gold medal?

18. Can anyone forget the golden days of youth? 

Or, Who can forget the golden days of youth? 

 

Exercise: 2

1. Wasn’t he a laborious man?

2. Aren’t you innocent?

3. Will they help me?

4. Does he tell a lie?

5. Didn’t he help me last month?

6. Can the dumb speak?

Or, How can the dumb speak?

7. Is man immortal?

Or, Is man not mortal?

8. Can the blind see?

Or, How can the blind see?

9. Isn’t the beauty of Radha beyond description?

10. Is money everything?

11 Will anybody vote for him?

12. Who isn’t ready to die for his country?

13. Will his repulation ever die?

14. Isn’t this an interesting story?

15. Is there anything better than a busy life?

Or, Where is anything better than a busy life?

16. Is this the way to do it?

17. Did not Nilu always abuse me?

18. Doesn’t he always speak the truth?

Or, Does he ever tell lies?

19. Don’t I like to read a detective novel?

20. Doesn’t Lata sing very beautifully?

21. Doesn’t he eat when he is hungry?

22. Does your uncle ever help the poor?

23. Do we ever hurt the sentiments of others?

24. Does not father earn a lot of money?

25. Don’t I go to temple every Sunday?

26. Does not the publisher help me whenever I am in need?

27. Don’t children like sweets?

28. Don’t I love him more than his father?

29. Won’t we bleed if you prick us?

30. Won’t we laugh if you tickle us?

31. Is anything so valuable as good health?

32. Isn’t virtue its own reward?

33. Isn’t knowledge greater than power?

34. Isn’t a man known by the company he keeps?

35. It is useless to flog a dead horse.

(to hit somebody hard several times with a stick or a long thin piece of leather;

to whip as a punishment)

36. Didn’t he come to meet you in the evening?

37. Didn’t I bring a grand gift to present on my son's birthday?

38. Isn’t the rose the loveliest of all flowers?

39. Can we get blood out of stone?

40. Isn’t prevention better than cure?

41. Is there anything brighter than hope?

42. Do not cowards die many times before their death?

43. Could we have done anything without your help?

44. Wouldn’t everyone love his country?

45. Wasn’t everyone delighted to hear his sweet song?

46. Don’t fools rush in where angels fear to tread?

47. Isn’t honesty the best policy?

48. Isn’t face the index of the mind?

49. Does time and tide wait for anyone?

50. Does a rolling stone gather any moss?

51. Does it matter if we fail?

Or, What though we fail?

52. Shall I ever forget those happy days?

53. Can it be right?

54. Doesn’t everyone want to lead in his life?

55. Can anyone challenge him?

56. Will she ever do so?

57. Weren’t you tired?

58. Doesn’t he want to help me?

59. Can I abandon my honesty?

60. Is there anything greater than sympathy?

61. Didn’t the publisher promise to help me.

62. Who doesn’t want to earn money?

63. Who doesn’t know that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing?

64 Who doesn’t wants to go ahead in his life?

65. Who hasn’t heard the name of Mother Teressa?

66. Will anyone believe in his honesty?

67. Could anyone do better under the circumstances?

68. Have you ever seen such a beautiful garden?

69. How can a mother forget her son?

70. Who can put up with such a conduct?

71. Who doesn’t wish to be happy?

72. Don’t birds of a feather flock together?

73. Doesn’t  slow and steady win the race?

Copyright: Dr. Shankar D Mishra