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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 53
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 53
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 53
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  2. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  3. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  4. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  5. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  6. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  7. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  8. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  9. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  10. He said to me, “How clever you are!”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 53
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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