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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 74
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 74
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 74
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  2. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  3. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  4. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  5. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  6. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  7. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  8. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  9. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  10. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 74
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Change into direct speech.

  1. She said that she was happy.
  2. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  3. He asked me if I was ready.
  4. She asked him what he wanted.
  5. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  6. Riya asked me where I lived.
  7. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  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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