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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 26
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 26
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 26
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  2. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  3. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  4. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  5. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  6. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  7. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  8. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  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 26
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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