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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 36
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 36
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 36
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 36
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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