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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 83
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 83
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 83
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  2. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  3. She said to him, “Don’t make a noise.”
  4. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  5. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”
  6. Father said to us, “Don’t waste water.”
  7. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  8. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  9. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  10. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 83
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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