Direct and Indirect Examples and Exercises PDF

Direct and Indirect Examples and Exercise PDF! Direct and indirect speech is very important to learn english fluently. Here are some common examples of direct and indirect speech. Direct and Indirect Speech exercises are also given at the next.

Direct and Indirect Examples

Below are examples of direct and indirect speech:

Direct Indirect Exercises

1. He said to her, “Will you lend me your camera?”
2. She said to me, “Where have you lost my pen?”
3. “I have seen many English movies.” [Supply the reporting speech: He said … She says … ]
4. “Do you know what you are writing?”
5. He said, “It is cold here. Is the window open?” [He said it was cold there and asked if the window was open.]
6. Rehana said, “I shall try to be in time today. I am sorry I forgot to come yesterday.”
7. Shakir said, “Mother, are you feeling ill? What do you want me to do for you?” [Shakir asked his mother if she was feeling ill and what she wanted him to do for her.]
8. “We must wait for him here,” said the Captain, “and when he comes nearer, we’ll hide behind one of the big rocks.”
9. “Do you suppose you know better than your own father?” jeered (remarked bitingly) his angry mother.
10. “Always be polite to people as you pass them on the way up,” the old politician advised the young diplomat, “and in case you pass them again on your way down, you may be impolite.”
11. “Ugh! There is a slug (a small creature) in my lettuce (a small plant), waiter,” he cried.
12. “You pressed the wrong button,” said the mechanic, “Don’t do it again. You might get into serious trouble.”
13. “Come in and look round. There is no obligation (compulsion) to buy,” said the shopkeeper.
14. “It’s up to you to decide, but don’t ask me for help if you get into difficulties.”
15. “Don’t forget to take your passport with you.” [The officer advised the passenger not to … ]
16. “Let the people decide about the future of the country,” said the scholar.
17. The father admonished (warned) his son, “Do as I tell you or you will be punished. I’ll teach you who the master in this house is!”
18. The teacher asked me, “Do you understand it now? I’ll explain if you don’t.”
19. They said, “It may rain tomorrow.” The teacher said to me, “I am always asking you not to put off till tomorrow what you can do today”
20. He said to me, “You look smart.”
21. I said to him, “Why are you so lazy?”
22. I said to him, “You are in trouble about which you have not thought.”
23. He said to me, “I am not feeling well. Take me to hospital.”
24. You said to him, “I have finished my work.”
25. The teacher said to the students, “The First World War was fought from 1914 to 1918.”
26. I said to the bearer, “Bring a glass of water or some juice of you can.”
27. “Let the smugglers offer themselves for arrest,” said the army officer.
28. He said to me, “Can you solve this problem now?”
29. He said, “I saw him yesterday. I am desirous of seeing him now.”
30. I said to the leader, “What have you done for the nation that you are so proud?”
31. He replied. “Don’t you see how rich I am and how many people depend upon me for so many things?”
32. “Who is calling us to the meeting?” said the officers to each other, “Are we not ready to answer the questions there?”
33. “Can’t we produce enough cheap electric energy? Can’t we live comfortably?” said the student.
34. “There is nothing like true friendship,” one passenger said to the other, “and if we cannot trust a true friend, we are most unfortunate.”
35. “The dry season has spoilt our crops and dried our wells,” said the Balochis.
36. “I took the Matriculation exam when I was a young girl, and I passed it well,” “Sahira said to me. [Sahira told me that she had taken … ]
37. They said in trouble, “No one but man himself is responsible for most of his problems.”
38. X said to the guests, “Do you have anything to eat? We have just finished our dinner.” [Mr. X asked the guests if they had anything to act and said that they had just finished their dinner.”]
39. He often says to me, “I was in Africa when I was a child.”
40. Shesays,”I cannot walk as I am dead tired.”
41. They said to the teacher, “Let our class take part in the national debates.”
42. They said to me, “Please help us in our difficulty.”
43. Why are you so late?” said the teacher, “Do you not know that it is a special class? [Answer: The teacher asked why he was so late and if (or whether) he did not know that it was a special class.]
44. She said, “Oh! I have lost my books. How can I get them again when most of the bookshops have turned into shoe and cloth stores?”
45. Akram said to his brother, “Bring tea for the guests and anything you can find for eating.”
46. Salma said to her sister, “Why do you not learn to cook? Why did you not learn it earlier?”
47. “It is very hot today,” cried the boys, “We cannot play our game.”
48. They said, “Let us stand here under the tree till he arrives.” [Ans. They suggested that they stand there under the tree till he arrived.]
49. “If you start destroying education, you are going to destroy the nation,” said the teacher to the ministers. [The teacher warned the ministers that if they started destroying education, they were going to … ]
50. The officer said to him, “Why are you always in trouble? I often find you complaining about your children.”
51. He said, “She has eaten all the food. Nothing is left. Where can we buy eatables at this hour?”
52. She said, “I shall do my homework now.”
53. “You have stolen my books,” Waqas said to Ayesha.