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9. He was asked to leave the class after his outburst. (Use stay)

10. They never fail to remember my birthday. (Use remember)

5. By changing the type of sentence according to its function

Since the bulk of sentences are assertive, we will be looking at the interchanging
of assertive sentences with the other three types of sentences.

i. Assertive ↔ Imperative

For example,
• I request you to help me. (assertive)
Help me, please! (imperative)
• Post this letter immediately! (imperative)
You are to post this letter immediately. (assertive)

ii. Assertive ↔ Exclamatory
For example,
• This noise is dreadful. (assertive)
What a dreadful noise! (exclamatory)

• If only it were warmer today! (exclamatory)
I wish it were warmer today. (assertive)

iii. Assertive ↔ Interrogative

Interchange is possible here only in the case of rhetorical questions, i.e., sentences
which are merely interrogative in form, but assertive in substance. For example,
• What is the use of crying over spilt milk? (positive interrogative sentence)
There is no use crying over spilt milk. (negative assertive sentence)

• I can’t believe it! Why didn’t they come to her rescue?
(negative interrogative sentence)
I can’t believe it! They should have come to her rescue.
(positive assertive sentence)

C. Transform these sentences into an appropriate form. Some have more than

one possible transformation.

1. Don’t pluck the flowers!

2. Why did you pluck those flowers?

3. If only people would read the notice!

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