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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 29
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 29
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 29
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  2. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  3. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  4. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  5. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  6. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  7. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  8. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  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 29
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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