Assertive Sentences-Direct & Indirect Speech

An Assertive Sentence is the type of Sentence that defines some declaration. It may support some type of positivity, negativity, or possible or non-possible situation. Assertive Sentences are simple sentences that start with a “subject” and at the end have a full stop (.).

1. Two and two make five.
2. He will not tell a lie.
3. The rose smells sweet.
4. She will return home before sunset.

Assertive Sentences-Direct & Indirect

The Indirect Speech of the Assertive Sentences can be made only by following the following rules:

Positive Assertive Sentences

1. She said to my son,” You are only wasting my time these days.”
   • She said to my son that he was only wasting her time those days.
2. He said to me,” My parents, as well as yours, left for Mecca yesterday.”
   • He said to me that his parents as well as mine had left for Mecca the previous day.
3. They said,” Our neighbor’s house is always full of gamblers because birds of a feather flock together.”
   • They said that their neighbor’s house was full of gamblers because birds of a feather flock together.
4. She said,” I love my country very dearly.”
   • She said that she loved her country very dearly.
5. You said,” My brother has given me this pen.”
   • You said that your brother had given you that pen.
6. She said to us,” Yes, I shall invite you to tea on my birthday.”
   • She said to us that she would invite us to tea on her birthday.
7. Mother said to us,” God helps those, who help themselves.”
   • Mother said to us that God helps those, who help themselves.
8. He said to me,” All right, I forgive you this time.”
   • He said to me that he forgave me that time.
9. They said to him,” Sir, we are sorry for telling a lie to your face today.”
   • They said to him respectfully that they were sorry for telling a lie to his face that day.
10. He said to me,” I slept in this room last night.”
    • He said to me that he had slept in that room last night.
11. The teacher said to the students,” Water keeps its level.”
    • The teacher said to the students that water keeps its level.
12. She said,” I was reading the book.”
    • She said that she had been reading the book.
13. He said,” I obeyed my parents.”
    • He said that he had obeyed his parents.
14. We said to him,” Sir, we are very sorry for what we did.”
    • We said to him respectfully that we were very sorry for what we had done.
15. He said to me,” All right, Sir, I shall see you tomorrow.”
    • He said to me respectfully that he would see me the next day.
16. You said to him,” Yes, I have been taking these medicines for a long.”
    • You said to him respectfully that you had been taking those medicines for a long.
17. He said to us,” I am leaving for your hometown tonight.”
    • He said to us that he is leaving for our hometown that night.
18. “Yes, Sir,” said they,” We have carried out your orders.”
    • They said respectfully that they had carried out his orders.
19. The old man said to his sons,” Man proposes, God, disposes.”
    • The old man said to his sons that man proposes, that God disposes.
20. Father said to his sons,” I shall buy you your books tomorrow.”
    • Father said to his sons that he would buy them their books the next day.
21. The peon said to the headmistress,” Madam, I forgot to post this letter yesterday.”
    • The peon said to the headmistress respectfully that he had forgotten to post that letter the previous day.
22. “Yes, mother,” said Javid,” I slapped the servant on his face, but I am sorry for that now.”
    • Javid said to his mother that he had slapped the servant on his face, but he was sorry for that then.
23. You said to me,” I was learning this poem by heart yesterday.”
    • You said to me that you had been learning that poem by heart the previous day.
24. “My sons,” said she,” Union is strength.”
    • She said to her sons that union is strength.
25. She said to us,” Sir, I did not sleep the whole night, because your dogs were barking at somebody.”
    • She said to us respectfully that she had not slept the whole night, because our dogs had been barking at somebody.
26. “Christmas comes but once a year,” said the teacher to his pupils.
    • The teacher said to his pupils that Christmas comes but once a year.
27. She said to her friends,” I shall take you all to the zoo, tomorrow morning.”
    • She said to her friends that she would take them all to the zoo the next day morning.
28. “She was married last year,” said the mother to her neighbor.
    • The mother said to her neighbor that she had been married last year.
29. He said to me,” You play a double role in this affair.”
    • He said to me that I played a double role in that affair.
30. I said to him,” We have met each other today after a very long time.”
    • I said to him that we had met each other that day after a very long time.
31. “The earth,” said the teacher, “is round.”
    • The teacher said that the earth is round.
32. They said to us,” We respect you very much.”
    • They said to us that they respected us very much.
33. She said to me,” I am your next-door neighbor.”
    • She said to me that she was my next-door neighbor.
34. The teacher said,” Virtue is its reward.”
    • The teacher said that virtue is its reward.
35. She said to me,” Sir, I have been living here in this house since July 23.”
    • She said to me respectfully that she had been living there in that house since July 23.
36. She said,” I love Pakistan.”
    • She said that she loved Pakistan.
37. He said,” He is a native of Iran.”
    • He said that he was a native of Iran.
38. He said to them,” You are cheating me.”
    • He said to them that they were cheating him.
39. You said to me,” You have been very kind to me.”
    • You said to me that I had been very kind to you.
40. She said to us,” I have been teaching your sister since yesterday.”
    • She said to us that she had been teaching our sister since the previous day.
41. You said to him,” She will be here today.”
    • You said to him that she would be there that day.
42. You said to her,” I have returned from Quetta to this place yesterday.”
    • You said to her that you had returned from Quetta to that place the previous day.
43. He said to her,” Madam, I have served you in this house for six years.”
    • He said to her respectfully that he had served her in that house for six years.
44. He said to them,” These boys have called me names today.”
    • He said to them that those boys had called him names that day.
45. The old man said,” History repeats itself.”
    • The old man said that history repeats itself.
46. She said to us,” I have beaten six eggs for you.”
    • She said to us that she had beaten six eggs for us.
47. You said to him,” Sir, I have paid the rent of this house.”
    • You said to him respectfully that you had paid the rent of that house.
48. She said to him,” I have been learning these verses from the Holy Quran by heart.”
    • She said to him that she had been learning those verses from the Holy Quran by heart.
49. The teacher said to the students,” I shall give you a test in English tomorrow.”
    • The teacher said to the students that he would give them a test in English the next day.
50. She said to me,” Every cockfight is best on its dung-hill.”
    • She said to me that every cockfight is best on its dunghill.
51. She said to the doctor,” I shall be going Murree tomorrow.”
    • She said to the doctor that she would be going to Murree the next day.
52. We said to him,” Sir, we are sorry for what we did.”
    • We said to him respectfully that we were sorry for what we had done.
53. She said,” I have spoken the truth to you now.”
    • She said that she had spoken the truth to me then.
54. You said to us,” I have been waiting for you since yesterday.”
    • You said to us that you had been waiting for us the previous day.
55. The villagers said,” Wolves may lose their teeth, but not their nature.”
    • The villagers said that wolves may lose their teeth, but not their nature.
56. We said,” The earth moves around the sun.”
    • We said that the earth moves around the sun.
57. Mother said to us,” Those who dig a pit for others, fall into it themselves.”
    • Mother said to us that those who dig a pit for others fall into it themselves.
58. She said to me,” I shall write a letter to your mother tomorrow.”
    • She said to me that she would write a letter to my mother the next day.
59. He said to us,” I planted these trees here in this garden yesterday.”
    • He said to us that he had planted those trees there in that garden the previous day.
60. “Nasim,” said Jamillah,” you stole these earrings from my purse yesterday.”
    • Jamillah said to Nasim that she had stolen those earrings from her purse the previous day.
61. “Well, Javid,” said she,” you were knocking at my door this morning.”
    • She said to Javid that he had been knocking at her door that morning.
62. The policeman said to them,” All right, I shall take you to the police station tonight for knocking me down with your car.”
    • The policeman said to them that he would take them to the police station that night for knocking him down with their car.
63. She said to him,” Sir, I left my pen here on this table yesterday.”
    • She said to him respectfully that she had left her pen there on that table the previous day.
64. She said to me,” Well, I shall return you, your book tomorrow.”
    • She said to me that she would return my book the next day.
65. You said to him,” All is well that ends well.”
    • You said to him that all is well that ends well.
66. She said,” God is one.”
    • She said that God is one.
67. She said to them,” Virtue is its reward.”
    • She said to them that virtue is its reward.
68. He said to me,” You sent a telegram to me only yesterday.”
    • He said to me that I had sent a telegram to him only the previous day.
69. They said to us,” The evil that men do lives after them.”
    • They said to us that the evil that men do lives after them.
70. “Yes,” said the teacher to the students,” you can play this match tomorrow.”
    • The teacher said to the students that they could play that match the next day.
71. “Well,” said the landlord to me,” You will have to pay me rent for six months in advance.”
    • The landlord said to me that I would have to pay him rent six months in advance.
72. The doctor said to him,” I am too busy these days to pay a visit to your house.”
    • The doctor said to him that he was too busy those days to pay a visit to his house.
73. The visitor said to the manager,” Sir, my son is ill today and he cannot come to work in the factory.”
    • The visitor told the manager respectfully that his son was ill that day and he could not come to work in the factory.
74. They said to the S.H.O.,” Our lives are in danger and we have come to you for help.”
    • They said to the S.H.O. that their lives were in danger and they had come to him for help.
75. She said to him,” I have every sympathy with you in your grief.”
    • She said to him that she had every sympathy with him in his grief.

• General Rules for Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
• Pronouns Changing Rules
• Other Words Changing Rules
• Rule # 1, Rule # 2, and Rule # 3 of Changes in the Tenses

Negative Assertive Sentences

1. “No, Zahid,” said they,” You did not lose the game, yesterday.”
   • They said to Zahid that he had not lost the game the previous day.
2. They said,” We do not say anything against our friends.”
   • They said that they did not say anything against their friends.
3. We said to him,” You have not told us the truth in this case.”
   • We said to him that he had not told us the truth in that case.
4. He said to me,” No, sir, I did not quarrel with your servant yesterday.”
   • He said to me respectfully that he had not quarreled with my servant the previous day.
5. The doctor said to her,” I did not ask you to wait for me here in my clinic till 11’O clock.”
   • The doctor said to her that he had not asked her to wait for him there in his clinic till 11’O clock.
6. She said to us,” Now, I am not going to teach you everything.”
   • She said to us that she was not then going to teach us everything.
7. You said,” This book is not mine.”
   • You said that that book was not yours.
8. They said,” No, we do not live in this house.”
   • They said that they did not live in that house.
9. “Life,” said he,” is not a bed of roses.”
   • He said that life is not a bed of roses.
10. “No,” said she to me,” You cannot sleep here in this room without my permission.”
    • She said to me that I could not sleep there in that room without her permission.
11. “Things are not, what they seem,” said the wise old man.
    • The wise old man said that things are not, what they seem.
12. He said,” Life is not an empty dream.”
    • He said that life is not an empty dream.
13. You said,” I am not feeling well today.”
    • You said that you were not feeling well that day.
14. He said to me,” I have not received your telegram yesterday.”
    • He said to me that he had not received my telegram the previous day.
15. They said to us,” It is not our fault.”
    • They said to us that it was not their fault.
16. He said,” I shall not go here today.”
    • He said that he would not go there that day.
17. “My daughter,” said the mother,” you have not spoken the truth in this matter.”
    • The mother said to her daughter that she had not spoken the truth in that matter.
18. Father said to me,” I am not satisfied with the work of this servant.”
    • Father said to me that he was not satisfied with the work of that servant.
19. “Now it is not my turn,” said he to them,” to sit here behind this chair.”
    • He said to them that it was not his turn to sit there behind that chair then.
20. She said to him,” Well, sir,” my brother has not come to school today, because he is suffering from fever.”
    • She said to him respectfully that her brother had not come to school that day, because he was suffering from fever.
21. He said,” I am not going to the post office.”
    • He said that he was not going to the post office.
22. He said to them,” I shall not return these books to you tomorrow.”
    • He said to them that he would not return those books to them the next day.
23. My friend said to me,” I did not return from Quetta last evening.”
    • My friend said to me that he had not returned from Quetta the previous evening.
24. He said to us,” I have not done my duty and it is not your turn now to do yours.”
    • He said to us that he had not done his duty and it was not our turn then to do ours.
25. He said to me,” Sir, I have not lost the purse on my way to the market.”
    • He said to me respectfully that he had not lost the purse on his way to the market.