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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 72
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 72
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  2. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  3. Sita said to me, “Will you come to my party?”
  4. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  5. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  6. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  7. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  8. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  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 72
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 72
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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