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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 63
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 63
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 63
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  2. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  3. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  4. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  5. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  6. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  7. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  8. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  9. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  10. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 63
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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. She said that she was happy.
  4. Mother told me not to go out.
  5. The boy said that he could not swim.
  6. Riya asked me where I lived.
  7. He asked me if I was ready.
  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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