CBSE Class 8 English Reported Speech Worksheet

1. Read the following sentences and choose the correct option to transform into Reported Speech:-

Question. Sonia said, "You help my sister".
a. Sonia said that I helps her sister.
b. Sonia said to me that I helped her sister.
c. Sonia said that I helped her sister.
d. Sonia says that I helped her sister.
Answer. C

Question. They said, "We cannot live without oxygen'
a. They said that we cannot live without oxygen
b. They said that they cannot live without oxygen.
c. They said that they would not live without oxygen.
d. They says that they cannot live without oxygen
Answer. B

Question. John says, "I will go there".
a .John said that he went there.
b John says that he will go there.
c John says that he went there.
d John said that I will go there.
Answer. B

Question. He said. "Honesty is the best policy."
a. He said that Honesty is the best policy.
b. He said that Honesty was the best policy
c. He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
d. He said that Honesty will be the best policy.
Answer. A

Question. Deepak said to me, "I had finished the coffee."
a. Deepak told me that he had finished the coffee.
b. Deepak told me that he had been finished the coffee.
c. Deepak told me that he had finish the coffee.
d. Deepak told me that he finished the coffee.
Answer. A

Question. He said to us, "Are you going to market today?"
a. He asked us if we were going to market that day.
b. He asked us if you are going to market that day.
c. He asked us if we went to market that day.
d. He asked us if we had gone to market that day
Answer. A

Question. He said to me, "You are rich, aren't you ?"
a. He asked me if I had rich.
b. He asked me if I had been rich.
c. He asked me if I was rich.
d. He asked me if I was rich, wasn't me.
Answer. C

Question. He said to me, "Do read the newspaper daily."
a. He asked to me to read the newspaper daily.
b. He asked me to do read the newspaper daily.
c. He asked me to read the newspaper daily.
d. He requested me to read the newspaper daily.
Answer. C

Question. Sahil said to his friends, "Let’s go to the park."
a. Sahil suggested to his friends that they should go to the park.
b. Sahil requested to his friends that we should go to the park.
c. Sahil suggested to his friends that we would go to the park.
d. Sahil suggested to his friends that we have to go to the park.
Answer. A

Question. She said, "Madam, I have done homework."
a. She said respectfully that she had been done homework.
b. She said respectfully that she has done homework.
c. She said respectfully that she had done homework.
d. She said respectfully to her teacher that she had done homework.
Answer. D

Question. Captain said, "Bravo ! We have won the match."
a. Captain exclaimed with joy that they have won the match.
b. Captain exclaimed that they had won the match.
c. Captain exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
d. Captain exclaimed with surprise that they had won the match.
Answer. C

Question. Shakshi said, "How clever I am!"
a. Shakshi exclaimed that she was very clever.
b. Shakshi exclaimed with joy that she was very clever.
c. Shakshi exclaimed that she is very clever.
d. Shakshi said that she was very clever.
Answer. A

Question. Bhaskar said to Kapil, "Please do come some time."
a. Bhaskar requested Kapil to do come sometime.
b. Bhaskar requested Kapil to come sometime.
c. Bhaskar asked Kapil to come sometime.
d. Bhaskar requested Kapil to please come sometime.
Answer. B

Question. Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"
a. Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the previous night.
b. Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the previous night.
c Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night.
d. Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.
Answer. B

Question. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow."
a. David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
b. David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day
c. David told Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.
d. David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.
Answer. D

Question. He said to her, "What a cold day!"
a. He told her that it is a cold day.
b. He said that it is a cold day.
c. He exclaimed that it is a cold day.
d. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
Answer. D

Question. The tailor said to him, "Will you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening?
a. The tailor asked him that he will have the suit ready by the next evening.
b. The tailor asked him that he would had the suit ready by the next evening.
c. The tailor asked him if he would have the suit ready by the next evening.
d. The tailor asked him if he will like to the suit ready by the next evening.
Answer. C

Question. Sushant said to him, "I have been helping your son for years".
a. Sushant told him that he has helped his son for years.
b. Sushant told him that he have been helping his son for years.
c. Sushant told him that he had been helping his son for years.
d. Sushant told him that he has been helping his son for years.
Answer. C

Question. Rahul said to me, " I had gone through it."
a. Rahul told me that he have went through it.
b. Rahul told me that he have gone through it.
c. Rahul told me that he had went through it.
d. Rahul told me that he had gone through it.
Answer. D

Question. Sheela said, "I must go."
a. Sheela said that she had to go.
b. Sheela said that I must go.
c. Sheela said that she need to go.
d. Sheela said that she must went.
Answer. A

Question. The children said, "Let us complete homework together."
a. The children told that let them complete homework together.
b. The children told that they should complete homeworktogether.
c. The children suggested that they should complete homework together.
d. The children asked that they should complete homework together.
Answer. C

Question. They said to me, "May you live long."
a. They prayed for me that I might live long.
b. They blessed me that I might live long.
c. They blessed me that I may live long.
d. They blessed me that may I live long.
Answer. B

Question. He said, "May God bless you."
a. He prayed that God bless him.
b. He prayed that may God bless him.
c. He told that may God bless him.
d. He prayed that might God bless him.
Answer. D

Question. She said, " Ugh! I have hated him."
a. She exclaimed with disgust that she had been hated him.
b. She exclaimed with disgust that she had hated him.
c. She exclaimed with sorrow that she had hated him.
d. She exclaimed with disgust that I had hated him.
Answer. A

Question. I said her, "Could you please help me ?"
a. I requested her to help me.
b. I asked her to help me.
c. I told her if she can help me.
d. I asked her if she can help me.
Answer. A

1. Choose the correct word to complete statements in indirect speech given below :

Write words in the blanks given :

(a) “Where do you come from?”
I ________ (said/asked) him where ________ (he/you) came from.

(b) “What is your name?”
He asked me what ________ (my/his) name ________ (is/was).

(c) “Are you happy?”
I asked him ________ (if/whether) he ________ (is/was) happy.

(d) “Do you live here?”
He asked me ________ (whether/if) I ________ (live/lived) ________ (here/there).

(e) “Why are your crying?”
The teacher asked the child ________ (if/why) he ________ (is/was/were) crying