Reported Speech
To report commands, requests, or instructions, use "tell/ask/order/warn/advise + object + to-infinitive". Positive command: "Close the door." → "She told me to close the door." Negative command: "Don't be late." → "He told us not to be late." The structure: reporting verb + object + (not) to + base verb.
To report commands, requests, or instructions, use "tell/ask/order/warn/advise + object + to-infinitive". Positive command: "Close the door." → "She told me to close the door." Negative command: "Don't be late." → "He told us not to be late." The structure: reporting verb + object + (not) to + base verb.
Practice
Direct: "Please sit down." → Reported: "The teacher asked the students ___."
The sign warned visitorstouch the exhibits.
Report: "Don't open that door!" → put in the correct order: