Assertive Sentences
Practice exercise for change of pronouns
Definition:-Such sentences in which a news, some declaration or a fact is stated are called Assertive Sentences.
Model Sentences
| Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
| He says to me,"I am ill." |
He tells me that he is ill. |
| He says,"I was absent yesterday." |
He tells that he was absent previous day. |
| Eman will say to me,"I had been ill." |
Eman will tell me that she had been ill. |
| The student says to me,"We were reading your books." |
The student tells me that they were reading my books. |
| He will say to me,"You have eaten rice." |
He will tell me that I have eaten rice. |
| Zahid says to me,"They are going to your school with my parents." |
Zahid tells me that they are going to my school with his parents. |
Rules of Conversion:- To convert these sentences into indirect narration following instructions must be observed.
- Change say to tell, says to tells and said to told.
- Use conjunction that in the place of inverted commas.
- Change pronouns of reported speech according to rules stated in change of pronouns lesson.
- Do not change tense of reported speech as reporting speech is in present and future tense.
Exercise for the change of pronouns
Change the voice.
- Teacher says to boys,"You do not indulge in bad habits."
- Grandfather will say to them,"We do not look down upon the needy."
- Father says to me,"You will not go to cinema with your friends."
- Principal will say to peon,"We should not leave anything incomplete."
- I shall say to Saleem,"We speak so loudly in our class."
- Scientists say,"The earth revolves around the sun."
- The old man says to the boys,"The eagle is a bird of prey."
- We say to her,"She plays hockey every evening with you"
- Engineer says to me,"I should complete your project on time."
- I say to Ali,"Your friend has gifted you a husky on your birthday."
- Teacher says to the students,"Trees depend on sunlight."
- My brother says to me,"You visit my village and my friends every Friday."
- Principal says to the boys,"I shall write to his father about his failure in exams"
- The farmer says to his servant,"You have cut my tree from my field with your axe without my faher's permission."
- Ahmad says to his teacher,"Your visit will be a great source of pleasure for all of us. We shall look forward to your visit to our village eagerly."