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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 12
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 12
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 12
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  2. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  3. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  4. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  5. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  6. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  7. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  8. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  9. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  10. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 12
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Change into direct speech.

  1. He asked me if I was ready.
  2. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  3. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  4. She asked him what he wanted.
  5. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  6. She said that she was happy.
  7. He told me that he would come.
  8. The boy said that he could not swim.

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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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