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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 45
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 45
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 45
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 45
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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