Question

Change the negative sentence into an affirmative sentence without changing the meaning:
There is no smoke without fire.

• A. No smoke, no fire.
• B. Smoke is not always with fire.
• C. Not all smokes are with fire.
• D. Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Answer 1

The correct option is D Where there is smoke, there is fire.

A negative sentence is the opposite of an affirmative (positive sentence) and expresses an opposing idea. It contains a negative word like 'no', 'not', 'never' etc along with the main verb or words like 'nobody', 'no one', etc. An affirmative (or positive) sentence does not contain any such negative word.

Options A, B and C are incorrect as these sentences contain the negative words, 'no' 'not'. Hence these are all negative sentences.

Option D is correct as it does not contain any negative word and communicate the same meaning as the original sentence.