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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 47
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 47
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  2. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  3. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  4. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  5. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  6. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  7. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  8. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  9. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  10. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 47
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 47
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Change into direct speech.

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