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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 4
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said, “I live here.”
  2. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  3. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  4. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  5. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  6. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  7. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. She said, “I may come late.”
  10. They said, “We have finished the work.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 4
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 4
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  2. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  3. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  4. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  5. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  6. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  7. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  8. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  9. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  10. He said to her, “Please help me.”

Indirect to direct

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

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

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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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