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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 35
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said, “I may come late.”
  2. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  3. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  4. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  5. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  6. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  7. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  8. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  9. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  10. He said, “I live here.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 35
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 35
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 35
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Change into direct speech.

  1. He asked me if I was ready.
  2. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  3. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  4. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  5. Riya asked me where I lived.
  6. He told me that he would come.
  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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