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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 27
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  2. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  3. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  4. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  5. He said, “I live here.”
  6. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  7. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  10. She said, “I may come late.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 27
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 27
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  2. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  3. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  4. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  5. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  6. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  7. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  8. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  9. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  10. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 27
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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