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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 57
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 57
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  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. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  6. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  7. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  8. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  9. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  10. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 57
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 57
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Change into direct speech.

  1. He told me that he would come.
  2. Riya asked me where I lived.
  3. Mother told me not to go out.
  4. He asked me if I was ready.
  5. She said that she was happy.
  6. The boy said that he could not swim.
  7. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  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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