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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 65
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 65
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 65
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 65
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Mother told me not to go out.
  2. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  3. Riya asked me where I lived.
  4. She asked him what he wanted.
  5. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  6. The boy said that he could not swim.
  7. He told me that he would come.
  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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