Worksheet: Direct / Indirect
Worksheet: Direct / Indirect
Worksheet: Direct / Indirect
Direct / Indirect
Subject: English
Turn the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. John said, ‘I am very busy now.’
2. He said, ‘The horse has been fed.’
3. ‘I know her name and address,’ said John.
4. ‘German is easy to learn,’ she said.
5. He said, ‘I am writing letters.’
6. ‘It is too late to go out,’ Alice said.
7. He said to me, ‘I don’t believe you.’
8. He says, ‘I am glad to be here this evening.’
9. He said to me, ‘What are you doing?’
10. ‘Where is the post office?’ asked the stranger.
11. He said, ‘Will you listen to me?’
12. John said to Peter, ‘Go away.’
13. She said to me, ‘Please wait here till I return.’
14. ‘Call the witness,’ said the judge.
15. The speaker said, ‘Be quiet and listen to my words.’
Q.1. The designer said to her, ‘will you have the dress ready by tomorrow evening?’
Q.2. They said, ‘Let us come in’.
Q.3. Reshma said to Priya, ‘Why are you sketching on the wall?’
Q.4. ‘Jacob fell as he’d have wished’, the father said.
Q.5. Arya said to Tara, ‘David will leave for his mother’s place tomorrow’.
Q.6. The Professor said that nobody could solve the problem.
Q.7. She said, ‘Why didn’t you send a friend request to me?’
Q.8. The judge commanded them to call the accused in the court.
Q.9. The instructor asked Ronny if he was ready for the race.
Q.10. Manager said to Shekher, ‘Why didn’t you attend the meeting yesterday?’
Q.11. I asked my sister if she had returned the mobile phone to her friend.
Q.12. She requested the interviewer to repeat the question.
Q.13. ‘Be calm and listen to my speech’, She said.
Q.14. Oreo said, ‘Alright, yes, you were right and I was wrong.’
Q.15. ‘Stand at ease’, The soldier said to his men.
Q.16. The teacher told us that all the girls were playing in the garden.
Q.17. The guest said to them, ‘please give me a cup of coffee’
Q.18. ‘You shall go to see the royal palace in the moonlit night’, the guide said.
Q.19. The traffic police asked the man not to park his vehicle there.
Q.20. ‘Where will you be tomorrow’, She said, ‘In case I have to call you?’