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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 32
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 32
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 32
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 32
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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