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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 38
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 38
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 38
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 38
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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