CBSE Class 8 English Direct Indirect Speech Worksheet

Q1 Identify the parts of speech of the underlined words.

1) You should practise for the competition as practice makes a man perfect.
2) Are you doing anything tomorrow evening?

Q2 Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs.

1) I found the keys ______. That is why I am worried. (place)
2) She is _______ late. (frequency)

Q3 Underline the pronouns and state their kinds.

1) She is the girl who acted as Seeta.
2) All were listening to the speech of Mr. Modi attentively.

Q4 Change the sentences into indirect speech.

1) The old man said to her, "Obey your elders."
2) The teacher said, "What are you writing?"
3) Rakesh said, " Will you accompany me?"
4) He said, "Ouch! you are standing on my toe."

Q1 There is an error in each line related to tenses. Underline the incorrect word and write the correct one in the space given:

We who lives in present day world _______
is proud to call ourselves civilized. _______
We live and dresses better than our _______
forefathers. We has the inventions of _______
science which our ancestors have _______
never known.

Q2 Change into passive voice:

1) Inform the police.
2) What do you need?
3) Did he not learn any lesson from this experience?

Q3 Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs:

1) We should _______ disobey the rules.
2) The teacher spoke loud ________ to be heard by everybody.

Q4 Fill in the blanks with suitable determiners:

A weary traveller stopped at a tent and asked for shelter for the night. Without (a) _____ delay, the man killed (b)_____ chicken and handed it to (c)______ wife for (d) _____ guest's dinner.

Q5 Identify the verbs as transitive or intransitive. In case of transitive verb, underline the direct object and encircle the indirect object:

1) We raised our hands in prayer.
2) The old lady hung her coat on a peg.

Q6 Frame sentences with the given expressions:

1) let the cat out of the bag
2) raining cats and dogs
3) on cloud nine
4) to show one's true colours

Q7 Add an affix and identify the part of speech of the new word:

a) extreme (add suffix) b) logical (add prefix)

I) Report the following dialoges in the indirect form of narration :

(A) Mother : I have washed the car for you today.
Daughter : Thank you, Mom.
Mother : Now, do not drive fast, dear
Daughter : I need to, as I have to blow dry the car.
The mother told the daugter that (a) __________
The daughter (b)__________
The mother(c) __________
But the daughter contradicted it by saying that(d)__________

(B) Customer : Waiter ! Waiter! Come here at once.
Waiter : At your service, Sir. What's the matter, Sir?
Customer : There's a fly in my soup.
Waiter : Sir, did you expect an elephant in a soup bowl?
A customer impatiently ordered the waiter (a) __________. The waiter politely said that he was at his(customer‟s) service and asked(b)__________. The customer complained (c) __________. The waiter wittily but politely enquired of him(d)__________.

II) Given below are two sets of instructions. Read them carefully and complete the paragraph in the Passive Voice :

(A) How to Prepare Noodles
- Take one cup of water and boil it.
- Break the noodles and add to the boiling water.
- Add the spices given in the noodles packet.
- Stir it gently and cook for one minute.
- Delicious noodles are ready.

To prepare Maggie noodles, one (a)__________ and it is boiled in a pan. Now the noodles (b) __________and added to the boiling water. The spices given in the packet (c) __________to the noodles. It is now stirred gently and (d)__________one minute. A delecious dish is ready in just a short time.

(B) How to fill a pen
- Remove the cap of the pen and hold it in the left hand.
- Dip it into the ink pot.
- Catch the inkfiller pen in the right hand and pull it.
- Leave it to move back to its original position.
- Take the pen out of the ink pot.

To fill the ink pen, first of all the cap of the pen is removed and pen is held in the left hand. Now (a) __________
The inkfiller pen (b)__________
And it is pulled. Now it (c)__________
__________ Finally the pen (d)__________
__________to check if the ink has been filled.

III) In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.(PREPOSITIONS)

Fish live in water, man land and the                man    on    land
Eagle flies the air. The types of habitat
vary from organism organism. Those that
live and breed water are called
aquatic, the word aqua Latin means
water. Those that live and propagate
land are called terrestrial. Those that
use the sky for their activities
are called aerial animals.

IV) The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank number. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied. (CONJUNCTIONS)

                                                                                  Incorrect      Correct
EQ, that is Emotional Quotient might seem                  and             but
impractical to most of us and it has its obvious
benefits especially with respect to the workplace.
These people are able to work beyond personal
Gains as organisation politics. They possess
a strong character but the ability to stand
up to adversity, a tendency to retain selflessness
but wisdom. They are as successful as
people with high IQ levels. They work for
the betterment of the organisation that
a whole but have a long term perspective
to growth.

V) In the passage given below, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word that comes after it. Ensure that the word that forms your answer is underlined.
The ravine was ten yards                     was   about    ten
wide five feet deep. As I
stepped down into, a bird
fluttered a rock. On looking
at the spot from the bird
had risen I saw eggs. These
were of a unusual shape.
one was long very pointed
while the other was round as
a marble.

VI The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline each error and write your correction in the space provided. The first correction has ben done for an example :

                                                                                                Error       Correction                                                                                          
Pollution is one of a most serious problems                             a               the
facing humanity today .This problem was fairly
complicated ,for much of the pollution is caused of objects
and activities that benefit mankind. Two-thirds in
Delhi‟s appalling atmospheric pollution is caused on
vehicles. For end and even greatly reduce pollution
would call for a total re-assessment in what are
consider to be necessities of life.
Is we prepared to do it?

VII) Fill in the blanks with a Gerund (- ing form of the verb)
1. The ____________(make) of the plan is in hand.
2. The time of the ______________ of the birds has come.(sing)
3. We were prevented from_____________ the prisoners. (see)
4. He is fond of _________________ cricket. (play)
5. ________________ tigers is a favourite sport in this country.(hunt)

VIII. Fill in the blanks with suitable Prepositions.
1. Banaras is famous _____________________ its sarees.
2. He complained __________ the Principal_____________ me.
3. We took pity ___________ the poor beggar.
4. Are you not ashamed ___________________ your conduct?
5. The house has been restored ________________ its rightful owner.

IX. Join each of the following pairs of sentences by means of a Conjunction.
1. I cannot help you.
You have never stood by me.

2. Run fast.
You will miss the train.

3. Pratap has not done his homework.
Sandeep has not done his homework.

4. I shall come.
It depends upon my getting a bus.

5. Walk carefully.
You may fall.