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Direct and indirect (reported) speech worksheets

Free direct and indirect speech exercises with answers: statements, questions, commands and requests, exclamations, and indirect to direct — reported speech worksheets for Class 6 to 10.

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Statements (Class 6–8)Questions (Class 7–9)Commands, requests and exclamations (Class 8–10)Indirect to direct (Class 8–10)

Statements

Class 6–8 · Worksheet 1
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  2. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  3. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  4. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  5. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  6. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  7. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  8. She said, “I may come late.”
  9. He said, “I live here.”
  10. He said, “I like ice cream.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  2. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  3. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  4. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  5. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  6. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  7. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  8. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  9. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  10. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  2. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  3. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  4. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  5. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  6. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  7. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  8. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  9. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  10. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Mother told me not to go out.
  2. She said that she was happy.
  3. Riya asked me where I lived.
  4. She asked him what he wanted.
  5. He told me that he would come.
  6. The boy said that he could not swim.
  7. He asked me if I was ready.
  8. The teacher told us to be quiet.

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Questions

What changes in reported speech?

Usually the tense (one step back), the pronouns, and time and place words (now → then, here → there), and the reporting verb (said to → told / asked).

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