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Class 5 English: Direct and Indirect Speech

This worksheet helps Class 5 students practice converting sentences between direct and indirect speech, and identifying reporting verbs.

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  1. Q1. Which of these sentences is in direct speech?
    • She said that she was happy.
    • He asked me if I could help him.
    • They shouted, "We won the match!"
    • The teacher told us to open our books.
  2. Q2. Choose the correct indirect speech for: 'Mother said, "I am cooking dinner."'
    • Mother said that I was cooking dinner.
    • Mother said that she is cooking dinner.
    • Mother said that she was cooking dinner.
    • Mother says that she was cooking dinner.
  3. Q3. The boy said, "I am going to school." In indirect speech, this becomes: The boy said that he ____ going to school.
  4. Q4. Convert to indirect speech: 'He said, "I can swim."'
    • He said that he can swim.
    • He said that he could swim.
    • He said that I can swim.
    • He says that he could swim.
  5. Q5. Why do we change pronouns when converting from direct to indirect speech?

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