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Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into the indirect speech. He said, “I have got a toothache”. Manu said, “I am very busy now”. “Hurry up,” she said to us. “Give me a cup of water,” he told her. She said, “I am going to college.” He said, ‘Let’s wait for her return.’ Alice said, ‘How clever I am!’ ‘Which way did she go?’ asked the young man.

Sentences are given in the direct speech. Change them into the indirect speech.

He said, “I have got a toothache”.
Manu said, “I am very busy now”.
“Hurry up,” she said to us.
“Give me a cup of water,” he told her.
She said, “I am going to college.”
He said, ‘Let’s wait for her return.’
Alice said, ‘How clever I am!’
‘Which way did she go?’ asked the young man.

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<strong>direct</strong> <strong>and</strong> in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong> <strong>exercises</strong><br />

<strong>direct</strong> <strong>and</strong> in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong> <strong>exercises</strong><br />

Sentences are given in the <strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong>. Change them into the in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong>.<br />

1. He said, “I have got a toothache”.<br />

2. Manu said, “I am very busy now”.<br />

3. “Hurry up,” she said to us.<br />

4. “Give me a cup of water,” he told her.<br />

5. She said, “I am going to college.”<br />

6. He said, „Let‟s wait for her return.‟<br />

7. Alice said, „How clever I am!‟<br />

8. „Which way did she go?‟ asked the young man.<br />

9. He said to me, „Where are you going?‟<br />

10. „Please wait here till I return,‟ she told him.<br />

.Answers:<br />

1. He said that he had got a toothache.<br />

2. Manu said that he was very busy then.<br />

3. She told us to hurry up.<br />

4. He asked her to give him a cup of water.<br />

5. She said that she was going to college.<br />

6. He proposed that they should wait for her return.<br />

7. Alice exclaimed how clever she was.<br />

8. The young man asked which way she had gone.<br />

9. He asked me where I was going.<br />

10. She requested them to wait there till she returned<br />

Direct <strong>and</strong> in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong> <strong>exercises</strong><br />

Direct <strong>and</strong> in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong> <strong>exercises</strong><br />

Change the following into in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong>.<br />

1. The girl said, „It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.‟<br />

2. The man said, „I must go as soon as possible.‟<br />

3. She said, „I don‟t want to see any of you; go away.‟<br />

4. The teacher says, „If you work hard, you will pass.‟<br />

5. He said, „I have won.‟ 6. She said to me, “Thank you”<br />

6. Raju said, “Gautam must go tomorrow”.


7. Geetha says, “My father is an Engineer.”<br />

8. He said, “I have passed the physical test.”<br />

9. She said to me, “You are my only friend.”<br />

10. „I love you,‟ he told me.<br />

11. „Where are you going?‟ James asked Mary<br />

Answers<br />

1. The girl said that it gave her great pleasure to be there that evening.<br />

2. The man said that he must go as soon as possible.<br />

3. She said that she did not want to see any of them <strong>and</strong> asked them to go away.<br />

4. The teacher says that if you work hard you will pass.<br />

5. He said that he had won.<br />

6. She thanked me.<br />

7. Raju said that Gautam would have to go the following day.<br />

8. Geetha says that her father is an Engineer.<br />

9. He said that he had passed the physical test.<br />

10. She told me that I was her only friend.<br />

11. He told me that he loved me.<br />

12. James asked Mary where she was going.<br />

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Direct <strong>and</strong> in<strong>direct</strong> <strong>speech</strong> <strong>exercises</strong>

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