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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 16
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said, “I may come late.”
  2. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  3. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  4. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  5. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  6. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  7. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. He said, “I live here.”
  10. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 16
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  2. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  3. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  4. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  5. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  6. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  7. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  8. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  9. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  10. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 16
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 16
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Change into direct speech.

  1. She asked him what he wanted.
  2. The boy said that he could not swim.
  3. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  4. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  5. Riya asked me where I lived.
  6. She said that she was happy.
  7. Mother told me not to go out.
  8. He told me that he would come.

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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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