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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 11
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  2. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  3. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  4. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  5. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  6. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  7. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  10. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 11
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 11
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 11
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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