Question

Change into indirect -

My friends said to me "have a cup of tea." ​

Answer 1

Question -

My friends said to me "Have a cup of tea."

Answer -

My friends insisted me to have a cup of tea.

Explanation -

Indirect speech or reported speech is referred for a dialogue being said to a third person or in telling what happened to the third person.

For example,

He said "Did you complete your homework"? (direct sentence)

He asked if I completed my homework. (indirect sentence)

In the given example, while writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense and according to other rules too.

The rules are as follows -

✔️ Some words are changed when converting it into indirect. For example, 'this' changes to 'that', 'today' changes to 'that day', 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day' etc.

✔️ If the sentence is in form of a question, then the word 'said' is changed to asked.

✔️ The punctuation marks except a full stop (.) isn't used in a sentence with indirect speech.

Answer 2

Question :

My friends said to me, "Have a cup of tea."

Explanation :

Indirect speech or reported speech mainly refers to a dialogue being said to a third person or in reporting what happened to the third person.

He said "Did you complete your homework"? (direct)

He asked if I completed my homework. (indirect)

In the given example, while writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense.

⇒ Words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'today' changes to 'that day', 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day' etc.

⇒ If the sentence is a question, then 'said' is changed to asked.

⇒ The punctuation marks except a full stop (.) can't be used in a indirect speech.

Answer :

My friends insisted me to have a cup of tea.