Direct indirect (Assertive Sentences)

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1. Presented By: Syed Ibrahim Shams D IRECT & I NDIRECT (ASSERTIVE SENTENCES) 13 Jan, 2014 1 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

2. Kinds of Sentence Assertive Sentence Direct & Indirect Sentences Rules Examples C ONTENT 13 Jan, 2014 2 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

3. K INDS O F S ENTENCES 13 Jan, 2014 3 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

4. A simple statement can be called an Assertive Sentence. It is also known as Declarative, Statement or Affirmative Sentence. An assertive sentences denotes statements, declarations and facts. Example: The Earth is round. Fehmida is not our teacher Clue: These sentences ends with full stop (.) A SSERTIVE S ENTENCES 13 Jan, 2014 4 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

5. There are two ways of making a report. If it consists of the actual words of the speaker it is in the Direct Speech , But if it does not consist of the actual words of the speaker – and only conveys the full sense of what he said – it is in the Indirect Speech . Example: The doctor said to me, “I am too busy to test your eyes just now.” :Direct Sentence: The doctor said to me that he was too busy to test my eyes just then. :Indirect Sentence: D IRECT & I NDIRECT S PEECH 13 Jan, 2014 5 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

6. ‘This’ is changed into ‘That’ ‘These’ into ‘Those’ ‘Here’ into ‘There’ ‘Now’ into ‘Then’ ‘Today’ into ‘That Day’ ‘Tonight’ into ‘That Night’ ‘Yesterday’ into ‘The Previous Day’ ‘Tomorrow’ into ‘The Next Day’ ‘Sir/Madam’ into ‘Respectfully’ ‘Respectfully/Good Morning/Good Evening’ into ‘Greeted’ etc R ULES (DIRECT & INDIRECT ASSERTIVE SENTENCES) 13 Jan, 2014 6 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

7. I said to him, “These books are mine.” I said to him that those books were mine. He said to her, “I live here.” He said to her that he lived here.” She said to her teacher, “Sir, it is hot.” She said to her teacher respectfully that it was hot. The teacher said, “You are again late today, Yahya .” The teacher said to Yahya that he was again late that day. E XAMPLES (DIRECT & INDIRECT ASSERTIVE SENTENCES) 13 Jan, 2014 7 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)

8. T HANK Y OU F OR Y OUR T IME 13 Jan, 2014 8 Direct & Indirect (Assertive Sentences)