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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 30
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  2. He said, “I live here.”
  3. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  4. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  5. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  6. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  7. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  10. They said, “We have finished the work.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 30
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 30
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 30
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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