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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 68
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  2. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  3. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  4. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  5. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  6. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  7. She said, “I may come late.”
  8. He said, “I live here.”
  9. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  10. The boy said, “I can swim.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 68
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  2. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  3. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  4. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  5. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  6. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  7. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  8. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  9. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  10. The teacher said, “Who broke the window?”

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 68
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 68
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Change into direct speech.

  1. She asked him what he wanted.
  2. She said that she was happy.
  3. The boy said that he could not swim.
  4. He told me that he would come.
  5. Riya asked me where I lived.
  6. He asked me if I was ready.
  7. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  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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