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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 42
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  2. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  3. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  4. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  5. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  6. She said, “I may come late.”
  7. He said, “I live here.”
  8. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  9. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  10. She said, “I am reading a book.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 42
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 42
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 42
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Change into direct speech.

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