Class 11 Reported Speech worksheet

Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

1. 1.

   Choose the reported speech of: Zoya said, “I will read a book tomorrow.”

   1. Zoya said that she would read a book the next day.
   2. Zoya said that she will read a book tomorrow.
   3. Zoya said that I would read a book the next day.
   4. Zoya said that she would read a book tomorrow.

   Answer

   (a) Zoya said that she would read a book the next day.

   “I” becomes “she”; simple future becomes “would”; “tomorrow” becomes “the next day”

2. 2.

   Choose the reported speech of: Aman said, “I cook the vegetables every day.”

   1. Aman said that he cooked the vegetables every day.
   2. Aman said that he cooks the vegetables every day.
   3. Aman said that I cooked the vegetables every day.
   4. Aman said that he cooked the vegetables yesterday.

   Answer

   (a) Aman said that he cooked the vegetables every day.

   “I” becomes “he”; simple present becomes simple past

3. 3.

   Choose the reported speech of: Kavya said to Neha, “Will you wash the plate tomorrow?”

   1. Kavya asked Neha if she will wash the plate tomorrow.
   2. Kavya asked Neha if she would wash the plate the next day.
   3. Kavya asked Neha if would she wash the plate the next day.
   4. Kavya asked Neha that she would wash the plate the next day.

   Answer

   (b) Kavya asked Neha if she would wash the plate the next day.

   “will” becomes “would”; “tomorrow” becomes “the next day”

Section B · short answer

1. 4.

   Change into reported speech: Meera said to Dev, “I will cook the vegetables next week.”

   Answer

   Meera told Dev that she would cook the vegetables the following week. (or “the next week”)

   “said to” becomes “told”; “I” becomes “she”; simple future becomes “would”; “next week” becomes “the following week”

2. 5.

   Change into reported speech: Neha said, “I catch a fish every morning.”

   Answer

   Neha said that she caught a fish every morning.

   “I” becomes “she”; simple present becomes simple past

Section C · long answer

1. 6.

   Change into reported speech: (1) Isha said to Neha, “I read a poem last week.” (2) Kavya said to Dev, “Why are you flying a kite?” (3) Asha said to Priya, “Please write the story.” (4) Priya said, “I am reading my book today.”

   Answer

   (1) Isha told Neha that she had read a poem the week before. (2) Kavya asked Dev why he was flying a kite. (3) Asha requested Priya to write the story. (4) Priya said that she was reading her book that day.

   “said to” becomes “told”; “I” becomes “she”; simple past becomes past perfect; “last week” becomes “the week before”; a wh- question keeps its question word, and the word order becomes a statement; “please” becomes the reporting verb “requested … to”; “I” becomes “she”; present continuous becomes past continuous; “today” becomes “that day”

Fresh sheets for your child

In the app, every Reported Speech sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.

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