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Transformation of sentences from Imperative to Assertive Sentence –

1 . When requesting something –
If there is Please / Kindly in any imperative sentence then we use ‘You are requested to’ in the place of Please / Kindly.

Examples –
Imperative – Please give me a glass of water.
Assertive – You are requested to give me a glass of water.

Imperative – Kindly assist him.
Assertive – You are requested to assist him.



2. If there is ‘Do’ in an imperative sentence then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use Subject+ should or must at the beginning of the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Do your job.
Assertive – You should do your job.

Imperative – Do your plan.
Assertive – You must do your plan.



3. If an Imperative sentence starts with a main verb then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use Subject + should or must at the beginning of the Assertive sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Go there.
Assertive   – You should go there.

Imperative – Complete the project in due time.
Assertive – You must complete the project in due time.






4. If there is ‘Do not’ in an imperative sentence then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use Subject + should not or must not at the beginning of the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Do not waste your time.
Assertive – You should not waste your time.

Imperative – Do not disrespect your teachers.
Assertive – You must not disrespect your teachers.




5. If there is ‘never’ in any imperative sentence then to transform this to an assertive one we use Subject + should or must at the beginning of the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Never waste your time.
Assertive – You should never waste your time.



6. If there is ‘Always’ in any imperative sentence then to transform this to an assertive one we use Subject + should at the beginning of the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Always obey the traffic rules.
Assertive – You should always obey the traffic rules.




7. If there is ‘Let’ before a noun or a pronoun in an imperative sentence then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use Subject + might / should in the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Let her play the music.
Assertive – He might play the music.
                         or
                   He should play the music.


Negative Sentence –
Imperative – Let her not play the music now.
Assertive – He should not play the music now.
                   or
                He might not play the music now.


8. If there is ‘Let us’ in an imperative sentence then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use ‘We should’ in the place of ‘Let us’ in the Assertive Sentence.

Example –
Imperative – Let us have a discussion.
Assertive – We should have a discussion.


9. If there is ‘May’ in an imperative sentence then to transform the sentence to an assertive one we use ‘ I hope’ in the place of ‘May’ in the imperative sentence.

Example-
Imperative – May the time is always favourable.
Assertive – I hope the time is always favorable.

Imperative – May God bless you.
Assertive – I hope God bless you.

Imperative – May the boy never fail.
Assertive – I hope the boy never fails.