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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 82
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 82
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 82
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 82
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Change into direct speech.

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