Direct And Indirect Speech Worksheet For Class 10

by Manjusha · September 30, 2022

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

1. ‘What are you doing there?’ the cop said to the man.

2. ‘I can’t find my glasses,’ said grandpa.

3. ‘Your glasses are on your nose,’ grandma said to grandpa.

4. ‘I would like to apply for that job,’ Nancy told her mother.

5. ‘If you miss another deadline, you will be fired,’ the manager said to me.

6. ‘Don’t be so silly,’ mother said to the boy.

7. ‘I want a bicycle for my birthday,’ Sam said to his father.

8. ‘I want to be an architect,’ the boy said to his teacher.

9. ‘Did you lock the door?’ the cops asked the lady.

10. ‘Don’t mess with me,’ he said to me.

11. ‘Will you do me a favour?’ the little boy asked me.

12. ‘This is not what I expected,’ the woman said to the shopkeeper.

Answers

1. The cop asked the man what he was doing there.

2. Grandpa said that he couldn’t find his glasses.

3. Grandma told grandpa that his glasses were on his nose.

4. Nancy told her mother that she would like to apply for that job.

5. The manager told me that if I missed another deadline, I would be fired.

6. Mother told the boy not to be so silly.

7. Sam told his father that he wanted a bicycle for his birthday.

8. The boy told his teacher that he wanted to be an architect.

9. The cops asked the lady if/ whether she had locked the door.

10. He told me not to mess with him. / He warned me not to mess with him.

11. The little boy asked me if / whether I would do him a favour.

12. The woman told the shopkeeper that that was not what she had expected.