Direct Indirect Worksheet 2

INDIRECT SPEECH - PRACTICE WORKSHEET

Name: ________________________ Date: ____________ Roll No: ______

Instruction: Read the dialogue and complete the Indirect Speech by selecting the correct options from the brackets.

(1) Dialogue

Riya : What are you reading now?

Diya : I am reading Blackbuck at this time.

Riya : Let's visit the Crossword library.

Riya asked Diya what ________ (they / she / her) was reading then. Riya ________ (said / told / replied) that she was reading Blackbuck at that time. Riya ________ (said / suggested / ordered) that ________ (they should / he should / we should) visit the Crossword library.

(2) Dialogue

The Angel : "It's too soft."

The Lord : "No, it's very tough. You cannot imagine what this mother can do and endure."

The Angel : "Can it think?"

The angel touched the model of the mother and said that it ________ (is / was / has been) too soft. Disagreeing, the Lord said that it was very tough and added that he (the angel) ________ (cannot / should not / could not) imagine what ________ (that / this / these) mother could do and endure. The angel ________ (requested / asked / told) the Lord if it could think.

(3) Dialogue

Krupa : What are you going to do tomorrow?

Vinod : I will visit the seashore.

Krupa : With whom will you go?

Vinod : With my cousin.

Krupa asked Vinod what he was going to do ________ (that day / the previous day / the next day). Vinod ________ (asked / answered / said) that he would visit the seashore. Krupa then asked ________ (her / him / he) with whom he ________ (should / must / would) go. Vinod replied that he would go with his cousin.

(4) Dialogue

Sharad : Let's go for a walk.

Maitri : Where shall we go?

Sharad : We shall go to the seashore.

Maitri : Wow! That's a good idea!

Sharad suggested Maitri that ________ (they should / he would / she would) go for a walk. Maitri ________ (told / said / asked) him where they would go. Sharad replied ________ (that / to / not to) they would go to the seashore. Maitri exclaimed with joy that ________ (that will be / that is / that was) a good idea.

ANSWER KEY

(1) Answer

Riya asked Diya what she was reading then. Riya replied that she was reading Blackbuck at that time. Riya suggested that they should visit the Crossword library.

(2) Answer

The angel touched the model of the mother and said that it was too soft. Disagreeing, the Lord said that it was very tough and added that he (the angel) could not imagine what that mother could do and endure. The angel asked the Lord if it could think.

(3) Answer

Krupa asked Vinod what he was going to do the next day. Vinod answered that he would visit the seashore. Krupa then asked him with whom he would go. Vinod replied that he would go with his cousin.

(4) Answer

Sharad suggested Maitri that they should go for a walk. Maitri asked him where they would go. Sharad replied that they would go to the seashore. Maitri exclaimed with joy that that was a good idea.