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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 54
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 54
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 54
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 54
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Change into direct speech.

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