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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 49
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 49
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 49
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 49
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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