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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 14
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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. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  4. She said, “I may come late.”
  5. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  6. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  7. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  8. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  9. He said, “I live here.”
  10. Riya said, “I am tired.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 14
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 14
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 14
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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