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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 · set 10
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  2. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  3. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  4. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  5. She said, “I may come late.”
  6. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  7. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  8. He said, “I live here.”
  9. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  10. They said, “We have finished the work.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 10
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  2. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  3. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  4. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  5. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  6. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  7. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  8. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  9. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  10. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

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

  1. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  2. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  3. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  4. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  5. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  6. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  7. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  8. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  9. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  10. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”

Indirect to direct

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

  1. Mother told me not to go out.
  2. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  3. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  4. Riya asked me where I lived.
  5. He told me that he would come.
  6. She said that she was happy.
  7. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  8. He asked me if I was ready.

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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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