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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 44
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  2. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  3. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  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 like ice cream.”
  8. He said, “I live here.”
  9. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  10. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 44
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 44
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 44
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Change into direct speech.

  1. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  2. He asked me if I was ready.
  3. She asked him what he wanted.
  4. He told me that he would come.
  5. The boy said that he could not swim.
  6. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  7. Mother told me not to go out.
  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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