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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 89
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 89
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 89
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 89
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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. The boy said that he could not swim.
  4. She said that she was happy.
  5. Riya asked me where I lived.
  6. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  7. Mother told me not to go out.
  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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