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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 97
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Questions

Class 7–9 · Worksheet 2 · set 97
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Change into indirect speech.

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

Commands, requests and exclamations

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 3 · set 97
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Change into indirect speech.

  1. He said, “What a beautiful flower!”
  2. Mother said to me, “Close the door.”
  3. They said, “Hurray! We have won the match.”
  4. She said to the waiter, “Please bring me a glass of water.”
  5. He said to me, “How clever you are!”
  6. The doctor said to me, “Take rest.”
  7. He said to her, “Please help me.”
  8. The teacher said to the boy, “Sit down.”
  9. She said, “Alas! I have lost my purse.”
  10. The officer said to the soldiers, “March forward.”

Indirect to direct

Class 8–10 · Worksheet 4 · set 97
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Change into direct speech.

  1. Mother told me not to go out.
  2. She asked him what he wanted.
  3. He asked me if I was ready.
  4. She said that she was happy.
  5. The teacher told us to be quiet.
  6. The boy said that he could not swim.
  7. He told me that he would come.
  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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