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Indirect Speech for Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences

Indirect Speech for Imperative Sentence:

A sentence that expresses a request, advice, or order is called an imperative sentence. 

Examples:

Please help me.         (request)
Respect the elders.    (advice)
Open the door.           (order)
The imperative sentence expresses a request, advice or order. Therefore, to convert them into indirect speech, some specific verbs (e.g., requested, advised, ordered, forbade, suggested) are used instead of the reporting verbs (e.g., he said, she told).

The word ‘to’ or ‘not to’ is also added before the verb of the reported speech within the sentence. See the following examples. 
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
She said to me, “Please help me”.
She requested me to help her.
He said to me, “Please make some tea for me”.
He requested me to make some tea for him.
She said to them, "Please do not make a noise".
She requested them not to make a noise.
The old man said to him, “Always speak the truth”.
The old man advised him to always speak the truth.
The teacher said to him, “Do not waste your time”.
The teacher advised him not to waste his time.
The doctor said to him, “Avoid unhealthy foods”.
The doctor advised him to avoid unhealthy foods.
The doctor said to him, “Do not smoke”.
The doctor advised him not to smoke.
The police said to the man, “Open the door”. 
The police ordered the man to open the door.
He said to me, “Close the window”.
He ordered me to close the window.
The boss said to the employee, “Get out of the room”.
The boss ordered the employee to get out of the room.
He said to his servant, “Clean the room”.
He ordered his servant to clean the room.
 

Indirect Speech for Exclamatory Sentence:

A sentence that expresses a state of sorrow, joy or wonder, is known as exclamatory sentence.

Examples:

Hurrah! I won the competition.  (state of joy)
Alas! I failed my exam.         (state of sorrow)  
Wow! What a beautiful car. (state of wonder)

The exclamatory sentence expresses state of joy, sorrow or wonder. Therefore, to convert them into indirect speech, some specific words (e.g., exclaimed with joy, exclaimed with sorrow, exclaimed with wonder) are used as the reporting verb. The usage of these words depends on the state of emotion expressed in the exclamatory sentence.

Examples:

Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
They said, “Hurrah! We won the game”.
They exclaimed with joy that they had won the game.
She said, “Hurrah! I passed the exam”.
She exclaimed with joy that she had passed the exam.
He said, “Alas! I failed the exam”.
He exclaimed with sorrow that he had failed the exam.
She said, “Oh! I lost my purse.”
She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her purse.
He said, “Alas! My brother died in a car accident”.
He exclaimed with sorrow that his brother had died in a car accident.
She said, “Wow! What a beautiful flower it is”.
She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful flower it was.
She said, “Wow! What a beautiful shirt it is”.
She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful shirt it was.
He said, “Wow! What an interesting story it is”.
He exclaimed with wonder that what an interesting story it was.
David said to him, “How intelligent you are!”
David exclaimed with wonder that how intelligent he was.