Reported Speech Worksheet for Class 9

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

1. Sheela said, ‘I am trying to catch these butterflies.’

2. Rahul said, ‘I am going to win the first prize.’

3. ‘You are my best friend,’ she said to me.

4. ‘Have you done your homework?’ mother said to me.

5. ‘Those who haven’t done their homework should raise their hand,’ the teacher said.

6. ‘I have been waiting here for two hours,’ she said.

7. ‘Why are you shouting at me?’ he asked.

9. ‘Did you enjoy your stay here?’ the hotel manager said to me.

10. ‘Those who win will get a cash prize,’ said the teacher.

Answers

1. Sheela said that she was trying to catch those butterflies.

2. Rahul said that he was going to win the first prize.

3. She told me that I was her best friend.

4. Mother asked me if / whether I had done my homework.

5. The teacher said that those who hadn’t done their homework should raise their hand.

6. She said that she had been waiting there for two hours.

7. He asked me why I was shouting at him.

9. The hotel manager asked me if / whether I enjoyed my stay there.

10. The teacher said that those who won would get a cash prize.