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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 84
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 84
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 84
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 84
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Change into direct speech.

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