Change the following Interrogative sentence into an Assertive sentence:
Is there anyone in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → There is no one in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu.
Interrogative to assertive (“Is there anyone who” to “There is no one who”):
- An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
- An assertive sentence states a fact or an opinion and ends with a full stop.
| Change | Interrogative | Assertive | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word order | Is there | There is | A statement puts “There” before “is”. |
| Negative word | anyone | no one | The question expects no answer. It is a strong way of saying that nobody in the village climbs as fast as Raghu, so the positive question becomes a negative statement. |
| End mark | (?) | (.) | An assertive sentence ends with a full stop. |
| Full sentence | Is there anyone in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu? | There is no one in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu. |
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: There is someone in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu. — Incorrect. “There is someone” makes a positive statement, the opposite of what the question means.
Option 2: Is there no one in our village who can climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu? — Incorrect. It is still a question, so it is not an assertive sentence.
Option 4: There was no one in our village who could climb a coconut tree as fast as Raghu. — Incorrect. It changes “is” and “can” to “was” and “could”, so the tense changes.