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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 13
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 13
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 13
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 13
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Change into direct speech.

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