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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 20
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 20
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 20
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 20
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Change into direct speech.

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