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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 86
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Sita said, “I bought a dress yesterday.”
  2. Mother said, “The food is ready.”
  3. Ravi says, “I am busy.”
  4. He said, “I live here.”
  5. The boy said, “I can swim.”
  6. He said to me, “You are my friend.”
  7. She said, “I may come late.”
  8. They said, “We have finished the work.”
  9. He said, “I like ice cream.”
  10. Riya said, “I am tired.”

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 86
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 86
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 86
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Change into direct speech.

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

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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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