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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 2
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

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

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 2
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 2
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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