Assertive to Interrogative

Assertive sentence সাধারণভাবে কথা বলা বুঝায় (e.g., "He is a good boy.") আর Interrogative sentence প্রশ্ন করে… (e.g., "Isn't he a good boy?").

The Golden Rule of Transformation

Meaning অভিন্ন রাখতে "Reverse Polarity" বা “Positive-Negative” পদ্ধতি ব্যবহার করো:

• If the Assertive sentence is Affirmative (Positive) →Make the Interrogative sentence Negative.

• If the Assertive sentence is Negative →Make the Interrogative sentence Affirmative.

1. Sentences with Auxiliary Verbs

Auxiliary (helping) verb যেমনঃ am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, shall, will, can, could, should, would  থাকা sentence কে Interrogative করতে শুধু auxiliary verb কে শুরুতে নিয়ে আসো আর Golden Rule ব্যবহার করো (add 'not' if it's positive, remove 'not' if it's negative).

Rule: Auxiliary Verb + n't + Subject + Rest of the sentence + ?

Examples:

• Assertive (Positive): He is a brilliant student.

• Interrogative (Negative): Isn't he a brilliant student?

• Assertive (Positive): They were playing football.

• Interrogative (Negative): Weren't they playing football?

• Assertive (Positive): She can speak English fluently.

• Interrogative (Negative): Can't she speak English fluently?

• Assertive (Negative): I shall not go to the party.

• Interrogative (Positive): Shall I go to the party?

• Assertive (Negative): The boy was not studying.

• Interrogative (Positive): Was the boy studying?

2. Sentences without Auxiliary Verbs (Action Verbs)

Auxiliary (helping) verb না থাকলে, নিম্নোক্ত ৩টি Rule লক্ষ্য করো…

Do, Does, or Did ব্যবহার করতে হবে।

• Use Do/Don't for plural subjects or 'I/You' in the present tense.

• Use Does/Doesn't for singular subjects (He, She, It, যেকোনো নাম) in the present tense.

• Use Didn't for the past tense.

Rule: Don't / Doesn't / Didn't + Subject + Base Verb (V1) + Rest of the sentence + ?

Examples:

• Assertive: He plays cricket well. (Present, Singular)

• Interrogative: Doesn't he play cricket well?

• Assertive: They go to school every day. (Present, Plural)

• Interrogative: Don't they go to school every day?

• Assertive: She completed her homework. (Past)

• Interrogative: Didn't she complete her homework?

• Assertive: You like eating ice cream. (Present)

• Interrogative: Don't you like eating ice cream?

• Assertive (Negative): He did not understand the lesson.

• Interrogative (Positive): Did he understand the lesson?

Note: Do/Does/Did tense এর কাজ করে দিচ্ছে তাই Principal verb টি যেন অবশ্যই Base Form/V1 এ হয়।

3. Using 'Never' and 'Nothing'

Rule: 'Never' →'Ever'

'Nothing' →'Anything' [Subject হিসেবে না থাকলে]

Examples:

• Assertive: I never drink coffee.

• Interrogative: Do I ever drink coffee?

• Assertive: He had nothing to say.

• Interrogative: Did he have anything to say?

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