Direct and indirect speech worksheet Change into indirect speech The boy said, ‘I am very busy now.’ The mother said to the girl, ‘Where are you going?’ The teacher asked the student, ‘Have you done your homework?’ She said, ‘I have finished my job.’ He said, ‘My father is working in the garage.’ I said, ‘I have passed the examination.’ The man said, ‘The horse died in the night.’ He said to me, ‘I don’t believe you.’ I said to him, ‘I don’t believe you.’ 10 He says, ‘I’m glad to be here in this evening.’ 11 The teacher says, ‘The earth moves round the sun.’ 12 The report says, ‘Global temperatures are rising.’ Answers The boy said that he was very busy then The mother asked the girl where she was going The teacher asked the student if they had done their homework She said that she had finished her job He said that his father was working in the garage I said that I had passed the examination The man said that the horse had died in the night He told me that he didn’t believe me I told him that I didn’t believe him 10 He says that he is glad to be here in this evening 11 The teacher says that the earth moves round the sun 12 The report says that global temperatures are rising Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)