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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 22
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 22
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 22
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 22
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Change into direct speech.

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