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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 50
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 50
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 50
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 50
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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