Rewrite the following sentences in the interrogative form 1. Someone was knocking the door. 2. A lot of people were queuing outside the stadium for the match 3. The servant was washing the dishes
Answers
1. Was someone not knocking on the door?
2. Were a lot of people not queueing up outside the stadium for the match?
3. Was the servant not washing the dishes?
The sentences given in the question are known as affirmative sentences i.e., sentences that express truth, validity, or any type of assertion.
To convert an affirmative sentence to an interrogative sentence, you must change the sentence to a negative sentence and then convert it to interrogative as such:
1. Someone was not knocking on the door.
1. Was someone not knocking on the door?
2. A lot of people were not queuing outside the stadium for the match.
2. Were a lot of people not queueing up outside the stadium for the match?
3. The servant was not washing the dishes.
3. Was the servent not washing the dishes?
Finally, keep in mind that the interrogative sentence must always be directly answerable by both, the negative and affirmative sentence.