Assertive Sentence Narration

এখন পর্যন্ত তুমি শিখেছ:

Pronoun change

Tense change

Special case

Time/place change

এখন আমরা সব rule একসাথে ব্যবহার করব।

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Assertive Sentence কী

Assertive sentence হলো simple statement।

এটা না:

question

command

exclamation

Example:

I am happy

She likes tea

He will come

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Main Idea

Assertive sentence change করতে হলে সব rule step by step apply করতে হবে।

Structure:

Reporting part + that + sentence

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Basic Rule

Quotation mark বাদ দাও

that যোগ করো

Pronoun change করো

Tense backshift করো

Time/place change করো

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Example 1

Direct:

Rafi said, “I am happy.”

Step 1

Quotation remove

Step 2

that যোগ

Step 3

I → he

Step 4

is → was

Final:

Rafi said that he was happy

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Example 2

Direct:

Mina said, “I like mangoes.”

Step 1

Quotation remove

Step 2

that যোগ

Step 3

I → she

Step 4

like → liked

Final:

Mina said that she liked mangoes

Example 3

Direct:

The boy said to me, “I will help you.”

Step 1

Quotation remove

Step 2

said to → told

Step 3

that যোগ

Step 4

I → he

you → me

Step 5

will → would

Final:

The boy told me that he would help me

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Example 4

Direct:

She said, “I have finished my work.”

Step 1

Quotation remove

Step 2

that যোগ

Step 3

I → she

Step 4

have finished → had finished

Final:

She said that she had finished her work

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Step by Step Example

Sentence:

He said, “I went home yesterday.”

Step 1

Quotation remove

Step 2

that যোগ

Step 3

I → he

Step 4

went → had gone

Step 5

yesterday → previous day

Final:

He said that he had gone home the previous day

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Common Mistakes

that না দেওয়া

Pronoun change না করা

Tense change না করা

Time change না করা

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Quick Revision

Assertive = statement

Steps:

Quotation remove

that যোগ

Pronoun change

Tense backshift

Time/place change

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Practice

A. Change করো

1. Rafi said, “I am tired.”

2. Mina said, “I like tea.”

3. The boy said to me, “I will come.”

4. She said, “I have finished my homework.”

5. He said, “I went to school yesterday.”

6. The girl said, “I am here now.”

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Answers

1. Rafi said that he was tired.

2. Mina said that she liked tea.

3. The boy told me that he would come.

4. She said that she had finished her homework.

5. He said that he had gone to school the previous day.

6. The girl said that she was there then.

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Self Check

আমি কি assertive sentence চিনতে পারি

আমি কি step follow করতে পারি

আমি কি pronoun change করতে পারি

আমি কি tense change করতে পারি

Homework

৫টি assertive sentence লিখো (direct speech)।

তারপর indirect speech-এ change করো।