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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 5
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 5
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 5
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 5
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Riya asked me where I lived.
  2. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  3. The boy said that he could not swim.
  4. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  5. She asked him what he wanted.
  6. He asked me if I was ready.
  7. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  8. He told me that he would come.

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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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