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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 39
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 39
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 39
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 39
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Change into direct speech.

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