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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 19
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 19
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 19
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  2. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  3. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  4. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  5. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  6. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  7. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  8. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  9. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  10. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 19
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Change into direct speech.

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