Question

Frame interrogative sentence from the given assertive sentence:
     Rama lives in a small town.
A) Hasn't Rama lived in a small town?
B) Isn't Rama lived in a small town?
C) Doesn't Rama live in a small town?
D) Won't Rama live in a small town?

Answer 1

Hint: In this question you have to change the form of sentence from assertive to interrogative. Make sure that if the given sentence is in positive form then you have to change it in negative form. It must also have the same verb and tense as in the answer.

Complete answer:
A sentence whose grammatical form shows that it is a question is called an “interrogative sentence.”
A sentence that makes a statement is called an “assertive sentence.”
When we change an assertive sentence to an interrogative, we change its form from a positive sentence to a negative sentence and a negative sentence into a positive sentence. The given sentence is in the positive form: Rama (does) live in a small town. therefore the question must be in the negative form: Rama (does not) live in a small town.
When we ask the question for confirmation, the question is asked in a sense opposite to that of the answer. It must also have the same verb and tense as mentioned in the answer. Here the answer is in positive form, therefore the question must be in negative form.

Option A) This is not the correct option because this interrogative sentence is grammatically incorrect as Hasn't is usually put in place when referring to someone else (single entity) other than yourself. Hence,this is an incorrect option to be opted.
Option B) This is not the correct option because this interrogative sentence is grammatically incorrect as "is not" is more formal than "isn't", but "isn't" is by far more common in use and wouldn’t be considered incorrect, even in a formal situation. Hence, this is an incorrect option to be opted.
Option C) This is the correct option because it is in the correct form and changes the sentence from positive form to negative form. Hence, this is the correct option to be opted.
Option D) This is not the correct answer because this interrogative sentence is grammatically incorrect here. Hence,this is an incorrect option to be opted.

Hence the correct answer is option ’C’.

Note: When we change an assertive sentence to an interrogative, we change its form from a positive sentence to a negative sentence and a negative sentence into a positive sentence. An interrogative question always ends up with the question mark sign(?).