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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 41
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 41
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 41
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 41
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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