Q Direct and Indirect Speech Worksheets
1. Turn the following sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. ‘What do you want?’ she asked him.
2. ‘Are you coming with us?’ he asked me.
3. He asked, ‘When do you intend to make the payment?’
4. ‘Do you come from China?’ said the prince to the girl.
5. The poor man exclaimed, ‘Will none of you help me?’
6. ‘Which way should I go?’ asked the little girl.
7. Alladin said to the magician, ‘What have I done to deserve so severe a
punishment?’
8. ‘Don’t you know the way home?’ I said to her.
9. ‘Do you write a good hand?’ the teacher said to the student.
10. ‘Have you anything to say on behalf of the accused?’ said the judge finally.
11. ‘Have you anything to tell me, little bird?’ asked Ulysses.
12. ‘Who are you, sir, and what do you want?’ they asked.
13. The king was impressed with the magician and asked, ‘What can I do for you?’
14. She asked, ‘What is it that makes you stronger and braver than other men?’
15. ‘Can you solve this problem?’ he asked me.
Q Complete the sentences in reported speech.
1. John said, “I love this town.”
John said ____________
2. “Do you like soccer ?” He asked me.
He asked me ____________
3. “I can’t drive a lorry,” he said.
He said ____________
4. “Be nice to your brother,” he said.
He asked me ____________
5. “Don’t be nasty,” he said.
He urged me ____________
6. “Don’t waste your money” she said to the boys.
She told the boys ____________
7. “What have you decided to do?” she asked him.
She asked him ____________
8. “I always wake up early,” he said.
He said ___________9. “You should revise your lessons,” he said.
He advised the students ____________
10. “Where were you born?” he asked me.
He wanted to know ___________
Answers
Answer:
1.she asked him what he wanted.
2)He asked me if I was coming with them.
3)He asked me when I intended to make the payment.
4)The prince asked the girl if she came from China.
5)The poor man asked if none of us would help him.
6)The little girl asked which way she should go.
7)Aladin asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a punishment.
8)I asked her if she did not know the way home.
9)The teacher asked the student if he wrote a good hand.
10.The judge asked finally if he had anything to say on behalf of the accused.
11)Ulysses asked the little bird if it had anything to say him.
12)They asked sir who he was and what he wanted.
13)The king was impressed and asked what he could do for him.
14)She asked what it was that made me stronger and braver than other men.
15)He asked me if I could solve the problem.
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1) he loved that town.
2)if I liked the soccer.
3)that he could not drive the lorry.
4)to be nice to my brother.
5)not to be nasty.
6)not to waste their money.
7)what he had decided to do.
8)that he always wakes up early.
9)that they should revise their lessons.
10)where I was born.