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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 79
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said, “I may come late.”
  2. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  3. Riya said, “I am tired.”
  4. The teacher said, “The Earth moves round the Sun.”
  5. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  6. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  7. Aman said, “I will go to Delhi tomorrow.”
  8. He said, “I live here.”
  9. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  10. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 79
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  2. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  3. He said to them, “Did you see the match?”
  4. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  5. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  6. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  7. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  8. She said to him, “Are you hungry?”
  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 79
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  2. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  3. I said to my friend, “Let us go for a walk.”
  4. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  5. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  6. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  7. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  8. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  9. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  10. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 79
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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