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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 33
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  2. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  3. She said, “I may come late.”
  4. He said, “I live here.”
  5. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  6. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  7. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  8. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  9. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  10. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 33
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  2. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  3. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  4. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  5. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  6. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  7. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  8. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  9. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  10. She said, “When will the train arrive?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 33
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  2. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  3. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  4. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  5. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  6. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  7. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  8. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  9. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  10. He said to her, “Please help me.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 33
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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