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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 9
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

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

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 9
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 9
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Change into direct speech.

  1. The boy said that he could not swim.
  2. He asked me if I was ready.
  3. Riya asked me where I lived.
  4. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  5. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  6. Mother told me not to go out.
  7. He told me that he would come.
  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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