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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 77
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 77
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 77
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 77
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Change into direct speech.

  1. He asked me if I was ready.
  2. Mother told me not to go out.
  3. The boy said that he could not swim.
  4. She asked him what he wanted.
  5. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  6. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  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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