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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 6
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 6
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 6
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 6
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Change into direct speech.

  1. He asked me if I was ready.
  2. He told me that he would come.
  3. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  4. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  5. She said that she was happy.
  6. Mother told me not to go out.
  7. The boy said that he could not swim.
  8. She asked him what he wanted.

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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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