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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 3
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 3
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

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

  1. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  2. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  3. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  4. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  5. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  6. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  7. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  8. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  9. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  10. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 3
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Change into direct speech.

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