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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 55
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 55
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  2. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  3. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  4. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  5. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  6. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”
  7. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  8. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  9. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  10. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 55
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 55
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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