Funny 4 Rhetorical Questions

September 19, 2022

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What are Rhetorical Questions ?

Rhetorical questions have no answers. The answer is hidden in the question itself. The question is an emphatic statement. Such questions are used in speech and arguments.

Funny Rhetorical Questions

Do fish get thirsty?
Can you cry under water?
Who has seen the wind?
Who doesn’t know Sachin Tendulkar?

How to to frame Rhetorical Questions?

अलंकारीक प्रश्ना चे उत्तर नसते तर तो प्रश्न हा विधानच असतो. हे प्रश्न युक्तिवाद करताना वापरतात. विधानाचे रुपांतर अलंकारीक प्रश्नात करतांना सहयकारि क्रियापद प्रथम वापरावे नंतर कर्ता वापरावा विधान नकारात्मक असल्यास प्रश्न होकारात्मक करावा व विधान होकारात्मक असल्यास प्रश्न नकारात्मक करावा शेवटी प्रश्नार्थक चिन्ह द्यावे. अलंकारीक प्रश्नाचे विधानात रुपांतर करतांना या उलट प्रक्रिया करावी.

Assertive sentence begins with subject /doer of the action followed by helping verb/main verb.
If the rhetorical question is negative, assertive sentence should be affirmative (remove negative word such as – not, no, never .nothing .nobody. no one etc.)

If the rhetorical question is affirmative ,assertive sentence should be negative. (Add negative word such as – not, no, never, nothing , nobody, no-one, etc.)
Put the remaining words and replace question mark with full stop.

Rewrite as rhetorical questions.

1. We love our motherland.
Ans: Do we not love our motherland?
2. There is no room for secrecy under Bapuji’s leadership.
Ans: Is there any room for secrecy under Bapuji’s leadership?
3. Everyone knows Sachin Tendulkar.
Ans: Who doesn’t know Sachin Tendulkar?

4. No one has seen the wind.
Ans: Who has seen the wind?

5. A letter can not contain all this.
Ans: Can a letter contain all this?
How can a letter contain all this?

6. There is nothing wrong in being grateful to a great man.

Ans : Is there anything wrong in being grateful to a great man?

7. Liberty can not be divorced from equality.

Ans : How can liberty be divorced from equality?

Difference between Interrogative and Rhetorical Questions

Rhetorical Questions are different from interrogative sentences. Interrogative sentences require answers whereas rhetorical questions need no answer. Rhetorical questions are to be taken in opposite sense.

Read the following questions and pick out the rhetorical questions and make statements of them.

How long shall we continue to live this life of contradiction?

How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life?

What does fraternity mean?

How can people divided into several thousands of castes be a nation.
Is it wrong to love animal and plant?

Won’t our cricketers come back as winners?

Corruption is getting rooted in social life. Is it fair?

Why do students bunk classes?

Excessive violence is being shown in modern cinema. When will the government take notice of it?

What challenges did the mountaineers face?

Aren’t children wiser than men?

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1. No longer we shall continue to live this life of contradiction.
2. No longer we shall continue to deny equality in our social and economic life.
3. What does fraternity mean?(It needs answer. So it is interrogative sentence.
4. People divided into several thousands of castes can not be a nation?
5. It is not wrong to love animal and plant.

6. Our cricketers will come back as winners.
7. Corruption is getting rooted in social life. It is not fair.
8. Students should not bunk classes.
9. Excessive violence is being shown in modern cinema. The government will never take notice of it.
10. What challenges did the mountaineers face? Interrogative ( wh-question)
11. Children are wiser than men.

Do as Directed

While interchanging assertive into interrogative and vice versa

1. Interchange the place of subject and verb
2. Make negative by adding negation( not, no, no one, nobody , never, none etc.)if the given sentence is affirmative
3. Make affirmative by removing negation
4. Use punctuation mark at the end accordingly.

Do the following and check the answers.

1. Is this the way you should come dressed to school ?
2. Does anything succeed like success ?
3. We are not going to submit to them so easily.
4. Can anyone bear such an insult ?
5. None is greater than the country?

6. Who can forget his sacrifice ?
7. When will you learn to obey your teachers?
8. A wise man is honoured everywhere.
9. Is drinking not bad for health ?
10. Does anyone like to be called a fool ?

11. Money does not grow on trees.
12. Can there be success without hard work?
13. Joys and sorrows go together.
14. Why should we lament any loss ?
15. Do the brave not deserve honour?

16. Can there be smoke without fire ?
17. Was Rustom not a great warrior ?
18. Who has seen the wind ?
19.When will a wicked man prosper ?
20. Are books not our best friends ?
21. When can their glory fade?
22. How can I repay your kindness?

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1. This is not the way you should come dressed to school.
2. Nothing succeeds like success.
3.Are we going to submit to them easily?
4. No one can bear such an insult .
5.Who is greater than the country?
6.No one can forget his sacrifice.
7. You will never learn to obey your teachers.
8. Where isn’t a wise man honoured?
9. Drinking is bad for health.
10. No one likes to be called a fool.
11. Does money grow on tree?
12. There can not be success without hard work.
13. Do joys and sorrows not go (live) together?
14 .We should not lament any loss.
15. The brave deserves honour.
16.There can be smoke without fire.
17.Rustom was a great warrior.
18. No one has seen the wind.
19. A wicked man will never prosper.
20. Books are our best friends.
21.Their glory can never fade.
22.I can not repay your kindness.

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Guide for Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Direct Speech And Indirect Speech

Direct Speech चे Indirect Speech मध्ये रुपांतर करतांना Reporting Verb, Reported Speech मध्ये बदल करावा लागतो. तसेच conjunction वापरावे लागते.

Reporting Verb वाक्याच्या प्रकारानुसार बदलते.

conjunction सुद‍धा वाक्याच्या प्रकारानुसार वापरतात.

Reported Speech मधील वाक्यांश Indirect speech मध्ये बदलतांना प्रश्नार्थक(Interrogative), आज्ञार्थी (Imperative) , उदगारवाचक(Exclamatory) वाक्याचे विधानार्थी वाक्यात रुपांतर करावे.

Direct Speech: 1. He said to me, “I am writing a letter.”

वरील वाक्यात Reported speech : I am writing a letter. आहेत.

Reporting verb : said to

Speaker : He

Listener : me

2. “Oracle” said he “chose me as the wisest Athenian”

वरील वाक्यात Reported speech :Oracle chose me as the wisest Athenian. आहेत.

Reporting verb : said

Speaker : he

Basic Rules to Change Direct Speech into Inidrect Speech

Sentence Type	Change in Reporting Verb	Use of Conjunction	वाक्याचि ओळख Identity
Assertive	said चा said, said to चा told	that	शेवटी (.) सुरवातीस नाम/सर्वनाम
Imperative	said (to) चा asked, requested advised, ordered etc.	to	शेवटी (.) सुरवातीस क्रीयापद
Verbal Question	said चा asked, inquired	if/ whether	शेवटी (?) सुरवातीस स. क्रीयापद
Wh-Question	said चा asked	wh-word	शेवटी (?) wh-word
Exclamatory	said चा exclaimed	that	शेवटी (!) सुरवातीसWhat,How

Reported Speech मधील Pronoun मध्ये बदल करावा लागतो. तो Direct Speech च्या Speaker व Listener नुसार असतो.

1. First Person Pronouns are changed according to Speaker. प्रथम पुरुषी सर्वनामाचा बदल Speaker नुसार होतो.

Changes in First Person Pronoun

Pronoun forms in Reported Speech	If the speaker is ‘He’ किंवा ए.व.पुरुष नाम	If the speaker is ‘She’ किंवा ए.व. स्त्री नाम
I changes into	he	she
me	him	her
my	his	her
myself	himself	herself

2. प्रथम पुरुषी अनेकवचनी सर्वनामाचा बदल त्रुतीय पुरुषी सर्वनामात होतो. We- they; us-them; our-their.

3. व्दितीय पुरुषी सर्वनामाचा बदल Listener नुसार होतो.

4. त्रुतीय पुरुषी सर्वनामात बदल होत नाहि.

Second Person Person in Reported Speech \|	Listener – him	Listener -her	Listener -them	Listener -me	Listener -us
you (subject)	he	she	they	I	we
you(object)	him	her	them	me	us
your(possesive)	his	her	their	my	our
yourself	himself	herself	themselves	myself	ourselves

5.Reporting Verb भुतकाळी असल्यास Reported Speech मधील वाक्याचा काळ बदलतो.

Tenses Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
Simple Present	Simple Past
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Simple Past	Past Perfect Tense
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Future (Shall/will)	would

6. इतर शब्दामध्ये होणारे बदल पुढील प्रमाणे आहेत.

Direct Speech	Indirect Speech
this	that
these	those
now	then
here	there
today	that day
tomorrow	the next day
yesterday	the previous day

Report the following in indirect speech.

Nagesh said to his friends, “We should leave now.”

Ans: Nagesh told his friends that they should leave then.

2 The team members said to their captain, “Do you think we can still win the match?”

Ans: The team members asked their captain if he thought they could still win the match.

3. The teacher said to the class, “Keep the classroom clean.”

Ans: The teacher advised the class to keep the classroom clean.

4. The people said to the minister, “What happened to the promises you made?”

Ans: The people asked the minister what happened to the promises he had made.

5. The doctor said, “Avoid eating raw vegetables when you have a stomach infection.”

The doctor advised to avoid eating raw vegetables when one has a stomach infection.

6. The cops said, “Clear the road for the ambulance.”

Ans: The cops warned to clear the road for the ambulance.

7. The lady said, “I was promised free servicing when I bought the washing machine.”

Ans: The lady said that she had been promised free servicing when she had bought the washing machine.

8. The guide said, “Tomorrow we will explore the island.”

Ans : The guide said that they would explore the island the next day.

9. The zookeeper said to the visitors, “Do not tease or feed the animals.”

Ans: The zookeeper warned the visitors not to tease or feed the animals.

10. Geetha said to me, “I think you and I should participate in the debate.”

Ans: Geetha told me that she thought I and she should participate in the debate.

Observe the following sentences of Direct Speech Indirect Speech.

Assertive Sentences Reported Speech

1. He said, “I am working in my garden.”

He said that he was working in his garden.

2. He said, “They pay me for my work.”

He said that they paid him for his work.

3. She said, “I am working in my garden.”

She said that she was working in her garden.

4. She said, “They pay me for my work.”

She said that they paid her for her work.

5. He said to me, “You are working in your garden.”

He told me that I was working in my garden.

6. He said to us, “You are rewarded for your commendable job.”

He told us that we were rewarded for our commendable job.

7. He said to him, “You have done your job well.”

He told him he had done his job well.

8. She said to him, “I am proud of you.”

She told him that she was proud of him.

9. He said to her, “You tried your best.”

He told her that she had tried her best.

10. He said to her, “I will assist you.”

He told her that he would assist her.

11. He said to them,” You are doing a good job.”

He told them that they were doing a good job.

12. He said to them, “I noticed you when you were helping your people.”

He told them that he had noticed them when they had been helping their people.

Imperative Reported Speech / Direct Speech Indirect Speech.

13. He said, “Open the door.”

He asked to open the door.

14. She said, “Please give me ten rupees.”

She requested to give her ten rupees.

15. The teacher said, “Cut the nails regularly.”

The teacher advised to cut the nails regularly.

Verbal Questions Reported Speech / Direct Speech Indirect Speech.

16. He said to me, “Are you all right?”

He asked me if I was all right.

17. He said to them, “Do you agree with me?”

He asked them if they agreed with him.

Wh-question Reported Speech

18. He said, “What was it?”

He asked what it was(had been).

18. “Whose last rites are you performing?” said the old man.

The old man asked whose last rites they were performing.

Exclamatory Sentences Reported Speech

19. She said,” What a beautiful flower!”

She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful.

20. She said, “How lucky I am!”

She exclaimed that she was very lucky.

Mixed Pattern of Direct Speech Indirect Speech.

21. “The neighbours give us little things from time to time and we somehow survive”, said the poor children.

The poor children said that the neighbours gave us little things from time to time and they somehow survived.

22. “Why are we here?” asked a boy to his mother.

A boy asked his mother why they were there.

23. “Did you leave him with your parents? “asked Sadhu to his disciple.

Sadhu asked his disciple if he had left him with his parents.

24. The king said to the soldiers, “Bring the guilty man to my court tomorrow.”

The king ordered the soldiers to bring the guilty man to his court the next day.

25. “Do not forget to take a torch, Mohan”, said Rohan.

Rohan suggested Mohan not to forget to take a torch.

26. “It’s so unfair!” said the boys.

The boys exclaimed that it was very unfair.

27. He says,”I will attend your party.”

He says that he will attend his/her party.

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Rewrite the following in Indirect speech.

(a) “Put the fear out of your heart and you will be able to speak like everyone
else”. Bholi looked up as if to ask, “Really?”
Ans: The teacher advised Bholi to put the fear out of her heart. He further assured that she would be able to speak like everyone else. Bholi looked up as if to ask if she would really speak.

(b) “Yes, certainly,” his wife said, “Bholi will be lucky to get such a well-to-do bridegroom.” Ans: His wife asserted with certainty that Bholi would be lucky to get such a well-to-do bridegroom.

(c) Ramlal’s wife said, “What will that witless one say? She is like a dumb cow.”
“May be you are right.” muttered Ramlal. Ramlal’s wife asserted that that witless one would say nothing. She added that she (Bholi) was like a dumb cow. Ramlal agreed that perhaps she ( his wife) was right.

(d) “Be a little considerate, please. If you go back, I can never show my face in
the village.” “Then out with five thousand.” Ans: Ramlal requested to be a little considerate. He added that if he ( Bishamber )went back, he could never show his face in the village. Bishamber demanded to come out with five thousand.

(e) “Pitaji”, Take back your money, I am not going to marry this man.” “Bholi,
are you crazy?” shouted Ramlal. Ans: Bholi addressed as Pitaji and asked to take back his money. She further said that she was not going to marry that man. Ramlal shouted at Bholi and asked if she was crazy.

(f)”O wise one ! could you give me the answer to my questions ?” the king said to the hermit.(Change into indirect speech)

Ans : The king addressed the hermit as wise man and asked him if he could give him the answer to his question.

Basic Usage and Transformation – As soon as/No sooner —than

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Usage and Transformation

(Structures of ‘as soon as – No sooner— than’ are used to indicate two events occurring one after another. Hardly-when is used when there is no span between two events)

जेव्हा एकापाठोपाठ एक लगेच घडणार्‍या दोन घटनांचे वर्णन केलेले असते, तेव्हा as soon as , No sooner— than या वाक्यरचना वापरतात. अशा दोन घटनांमध्ये किंचितही कालावधी नसल्यास Hardly…when ची रचना वापरतात.ही रचना भुतकाळातिल घटनांसाठी वापरतात.

As soon as + प्रथम घडलेली क्रिया + (,) comma + नंतर घडलेली क्रिया

As soon as + first event+ (,) comma + next event/incident.

As soon as I get up, I brush my teeth.

As soon as I brush teeth, I take tea.

As soon as I take tea, I read newspaper.

No sooner + प्रथम घडलेली क्रिया + than + नंतर घडलेली क्रिया.

No sooner + first event + than + next event.

No sooner do I read newspaper than I take bath.

No sooner do I take bath than I get ready for the class.

No sooner does the teacher enter the class than we greet him.

No sooner did Sachin take retirement than he was announced the Bharat Ratna.

Hardly had the egg fallen when it broke into pieces.

Hardly had he reached the station when the train left the platform.

वरिल उदाहरणासारखे अनेक वाक्य आपल्याला बनवीता येते. as soon as चे वाक्य no sooner— than मध्ये बदलुन लिहीण्यासोबतच स्वताला त्या रचना वापरता आल्या पाहीजेत. तेव्हाच खर्‍या अर्थाने Grammar चा उपयोग भाषा शिकण्यासाठि होइल.

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Transformation Rules

Use No sooner— than
1. As soon as / when च्या जागेवर No sooner ठेवावे

2. त्यासमोर साह्यकारि क्रियापद वापरावे.

3. नसल्यास do/does/did या पैकी एक काळानुसार वापरावे.

4. नंतर कर्ता ठेवुन क्रियापदाचे योग्य रुप वापरावे.

5. उर्वरित शब्द लिहून (,) comma च्या ऐवजी than वापरुन पुढिल वाक्य लीहावे.

6. as soon as वाक्याच्या मध्ये असल्यासNo sooner— than वापरतांना as soon as च्या पुढील वाक्य प्रथम वाक्य समजावे व as soon as च्या अगोदर असणार्‍या वाक्य than नंतर वापरावे.

7. As soon as चे वाक्य होकारार्थी असते तर No sooner …than चे वाक्य नकारार्थी असते.

8. As soon as चे वाक्य Positive Degree असते तर No sooner …than चे वाक्य Comparative Degree असते.

Exclamatory And Assertive Sentences

Transformation Examples

1. As soon as the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, the Franks were trapped.
No sooner did the Nazis invade the Netherlands than the Franks were trapped.
2. As soon as the ground gets dry, the play will start.
No sooner does the ground get dry than the play will start.
3. As soon as I enter the class room, they greet me ‘Good Morning’.
No sooner do I enter the class room than they greet me ‘Good Morning’.
4. As soon as he had finished his work, he set out for home.
No sooner had he finished his work than he set out for home.
5. The thief ran away as soon as he saw the police.
No sooner did the thief see the police than he ran away.
6. When the bell rings, the students rush out of the class.
No sooner does the bell ring than the students rush out of the class.
7. The moment he came home, he switched on the television.
No sooner did he come home than he switched on the television.
8. Authorities planned to seal the mine off as soon as the rescue effort was abandoned.
No sooner was the rescue effort abandoned than authorities planned to seal the mine off.
9. As he drifted off to sleep, he pictured guardian angels hovering over him.
No sooner did he drift off to sleep than he pictured guardian angels hovering over him.
10. She was laughing. He fell on the floor.
As soon as he fell on the floor, she was laughing.
No sooner did he fall on the floor than she was laughing.

11. As soon as he left the house,he met with an accident.

No sooner did he leave the house than he met with an accident.

MCQ Type Test – Transformation

1. As soon as he came, they all gave an applause. ( Choose appropriate sentence with No sooner …than.)

A) No sooner does he come than they all gave an applause.

B) No sooner did he came than they all gave an applause.

C) No sooner did he come than they all gave an applause.

D) No sooner he come than they all gave an applause

2. Complete the sentence: As soon as I wake up, ——————

3. As soon as the bell rings, the School Assembly will start. (Choose an appropriate sentence with No sooner …than)

A) No sooner does the bell rings than the School Assembly will start.

B) No sooner do the bell rings than the School Assembly will start.

C) No sooner does the bell ring than the School Assembly will start.

D) No sooner does the bell ring, the School Assembly will start.

4. When he had finished his work, he sat down on the highest step. (Choose an appropriate sentence with No sooner …than)

A) No sooner had he finished his work than he sat down on the highest step.

B) No sooner did he finished his work than he sat down on the highest step.

C) No sooner he had finished his work than he sat down on the highest step.

D) No sooner had he finish his work than he sat down on the highest step.

5. Complete the sentence by choosing the suitable option

As soon as I reached the station,………

A) the train leaves the platform.

B) the platform left the train.

C) the train arrived at the platform .

D) the train had left the platform .

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Assertive Sentences Reported Speech

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