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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 95
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 95
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. Riya said to Aman, “Can you help me?”
  2. I said to her, “Why are you crying?”
  3. He said to me, “What is your name?”
  4. Mother said to me, “Have you done your homework?”
  5. The doctor said to the patient, “How do you feel now?”
  6. The man said to the boy, “Do you know the way?”
  7. He said to me, “Where do you live?”
  8. She said, “When will the train arrive?”
  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 95
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 95
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Riya asked me where I lived.
  2. The boy said that he could not swim.
  3. Aman said that he had lost his book.
  4. He requested me to lend him a pen.
  5. Mother told me not to go out.
  6. She said that she was happy.
  7. She asked him what he wanted.
  8. He asked me if I was ready.

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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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