In indirect speech, we use ask, tell and advise like this to report requests and advice:
The secretary askedus to fill in the form.
Mr Mills told the children to stand up.
The doctor advised Mr Preston to exercise.
When the request, order or piece of advice is negative, we add notbefore to:
Mr Mills told the children not to stand up.
We can use these verbs to explain what people say, but we don't necessarily use their exact words. Other common verbs in this structure are:
advise forbid invite order persuade
remind warn
“Please come to my party!” – “Ok, I will” ----à I invited her to come to my party.
“Don’t go near the water!” --à She warned them not to go near the water”.