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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 76
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  2. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  3. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  4. She said, “I may come late.”
  5. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  6. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  7. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  8. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  9. She said, “I am reading a book.”
  10. He said, “I live here.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 76
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 76
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 76
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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