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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 24
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 24
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  2. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  3. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  4. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  5. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  6. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  7. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  8. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  9. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  10. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 24
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 24
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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