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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 81
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 81
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 81
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 81
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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