Question

"Have you anything to say on behalf of the accused?" said the judge to the counsel. (report into indirect speech)​

Answer 1

Answer:

have you being anything to say on behalf of the accused

Answer 2

The judge asked the counsel whether he/she had anything to say on behalf of the accused.

• In changing a sentence from direct speech to indirect speech we have to first remove the inverted commas and question mark then after that.
• Then since the tone of the question is in a question format we have to insert ask in our indirect speech and the speaker of the sentence must begin with the indirect speech.
• In place of a question mark, we have to replace it with, whether or if in our indirect speech.
• And the last thing to keep in mind is that the indirect speech here should end with the listener as the norms of speeches.