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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 48
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 48
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 48
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 48
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Change into direct speech.

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