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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 52
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 52
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 52
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 52
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Change into direct speech.

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