An imperative sentence is changed to an infinitive The Table of Rules

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Rules

General / Yes; No questions

She asked him, "Do you want to dance?"

He asked me, "Are you tired?"

"Do you like coffee?" he asked.

She asked him if he Wanted to dance.

he asked me if I was tired.

He asked whether I liked coffee.

Remove do or did. Add if.

Change present verbs to past.

Change order of subject and auxiliary. Change personal pronouns.

Special / Information questions

Tom asked Joan, "When do you go to the College?"

He asked / required Joan when she went to the College.

Remove do or did. Change present verb to past. Change personal pronouns.

Positive Commands

"Eat slowly," he said to me.

He told / ordered / recommended me to eat slowly.

Use told + person spoken to + infinitive verb. Change personal pronouns.

Negative commands

Jane said to her friend, "Don't drop out of school."

Jane told her friend not to drop out of school.

Use not before infinitive verb.

Please, do it!

"Please, please, don't go", he said to me.

He begged me not to go.

Change personal pronouns. Use beg.

Suggestions

‘How about going to the cinema?’ I said to them.

I suggested going to the cinema.

Use suggest – V-ing.

Conversational formulas

She said to them, "How do you do?" She said to them, "Happy to see you at my place."

He said to them, "Good-bye!"

She said to them, "Good night!"

She greeted them. She welcomed them. He bade them.

She wished them good night.

Use the verb 'greet'. Use the verb 'welcome'. Use the verb 'bid'. Use the verb 'wish'.

Statements

He said, "I will teach you how to skate."

He said / offered (that) he would teach me how to skate.

Change personal pronouns. Add that. Change present v. to past.