Assertive Sentence – Direct and Indirect Narration

Assertive Sentence – Reported Speech में यदि कोई साधारण कथन होता है तो Direct narration से इIndirect narration बनाने का नियम निम्नलिखित प्रकार से है-

Reporting Speech की Verb का परिवर्तन – Assertive Sentence

Say, Says, will say or Shall say	No Change
Say to	tell
Says to	tells
Shall say to	Shall tell
Will say to	Will tell

Some Example of Assetive Sentence

1. Ram says, “She is ill.”

Ram says that she is ill.

2. He says to me, “He will bring some milk.”

He tells me that he will bring some milk.

Exercise 1 of Assertive Sentence

Some Rules of Assertive Sentence

यदि Reporting Speech की Verb में Past tense हो तो Reported Speech की Verb भी Past tense में हो जाती है।

Said	No Changa
Said to	told
,” ( Comma Inverted)	That

Basic Changes

From	to
Present Indefinite	Past Indefinite
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Present Perfect	Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
Past Indefinite	Past Perfect
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous

Examples.

1. He said, "The Peon is ringing the bell."
   He said that the peon was ringing the bell.

2. He said, "The girls goes to school daily."
   He said that the girls went to school daily.

3. He said, "He spoke sweet words."
   He said that he had spoken sweet words.

Exercise – 2