Imperative Sentences
Definition:- Such sentences in which command, order or advice is found are called Imperative Sentences.
Model Sentences
| Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
| 1. The teacher said to the students,"Open your note books and revise your lesson." |
The teacher ordered the students to open their notebooks and write their lesson. (Order) |
| 2. He said to the boys,"Don't misbehave with your parents." |
He advised the boys not to misbehave with their parents. (Advise) |
| 3. Principal of our college said to me,"Do not waste your time." |
Principal of our college forbade me to waste my time.
OR
Principal of our college advised me not to waste my time. |
| 4. The teacher said to me,"Please don't elaborate your answers unnecessarily." |
The teacher requested me not to elaborate my answers unnecessarily. (Request) |
| 5. Father said to his son,"Don't quarrel." |
Father advised his son not to quarrel. |
| 6. He said to me,"Wait here till I return." |
He ordered me to wait here till he returned. |
Rules of Conversion:- To convert these sentences into indirect narration following instructions must be observed.
- Change said into ordered, requested, forbade, warned, threatened, urged, begged, implore or advised according to the sense of sentence.
- Write 'to' 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.
- Change 'Do not' into 'not to' in reported speech in negative sentences.
Exercise No.8
Change the voice.
- He said to me,"Don't stay here anymore."
- The poor man said to me,"Please help me."
- The teacher said to the students,"Respect elders"."
- He said to the customer,"Come in please"."
- The superintendent of jail said to the prisoners,"Do not fight in the prison."
- Class Representative(CR) said to the class fellows,"Do not make a noise."
- The teacher said to Ali,"Stand up on the bench."
- She said to her friend,"Please speak truth."
- Seema said to her husband,"Do not tell a lie."
- She said to Arisha,"Please give me a glass of water."
- Faizan said to Neha,"Have a glass of milk."
- Captain said,"Follow me."
- The gardener said to children,"Don't play hockey and football in the garden again."
- Neelam said to her group lead,"Please grant me leave for three days and salary in advance. "
- Dietician said to a patient,"Change your life style, eating habits and follow my diet plan."
Advance exercise No.9
Change the voice.
- Ali said to me,"Take care of yourself and write me off and on."
- Policemen said to the rioters,"Finish your protest otherwise we shall have to enforce law."
- Mother said to him,"Shut the main door as it is raining heavily outside."
- He said to the boy,"Do not lose my leather jacket which I gave you in Murree."
- Teachers said to the boys,"Be there at five because I like punctuality"."
- The doctor wrote for patients in his pamphlet,"Clean your teeth twice a day regularly."
- I said to him,"Please be quiet in the class' "
- Mother said to you,"Please look at the door and feed the beggar."
- Asim said to me,"Please wait for me here as long as I return."
- Teacher said to me,"Make strictly sure at every cost that you have completed your classwork."
- The invigilator instructed the students,"Please write fast, do not cheat and finish your paper on time."
- The saint said to the poeple,"Please be cruel to the dishonest, be good to honest, be gentle to the children and be kind to the old."
- The principal said to the student,"Complete your summer vacation task by 20th July otherwise you will have to pay fine."
- My beautician said to me,"Wear your gold bracelet, earrings and nose ring with this make up and dress for the party."
- Owner said to the servant,"Stop feeding your puppies from my kitchen and keep them inyour house."