Question

My father said to me, "Do not laugh at the old beggar " (change into indirect speech)

Answer 1

my father told me not to laugh at the old beggar.


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Answer 2

My father advised me not to laugh at the old beggar. -This is the answer.

Explanation:

• The sentence that is given in direct speech must be changed into indirect speech.  
• When a sentence is changed into indirect speech, the comma and quotation marks must be removed.
• The sentence given within the quotations is an imperative sentence. They could be a request, an order or advice. Here, it is an advice. So it takes the word 'advised' instead of 'said to me'.
• The entire sentence is converted into past tense. That is the verbs take the past tense form. But as this is an imperative sentence, we should introduce the infinitive 'to laugh'.
• The person within the quotation marks must be changed in reported form accordingly. Here there is no person mentioned because it is an imperative sentence. So we need not mention any person in indirect form.
• Therefore the answer is: My father advised me not to laugh at the old beggar.