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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 73
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 73
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 73
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 73
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Change into direct speech.

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