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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 56
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 56
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 56
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 56
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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