Question

(iii) “Have you anything to say on behalf of the victim?” said the judge to the lawyer. ( Change it into indirect speech.)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The judge asked the lawyer if he had some thing to say on behalf of victim.

Answer 2

The judge asked the lawyer if he had anything to say on behalf of the victim.

• We are asked to change the direct speech to an Indirect speech
• When we use the exact words of the speaker to report what he or she has, said, we use Direct Speech.
• In direct speech, the words used by the speaker are enclosed within quotation marks. The reported verb is followed by a comma. The first word within the inverted commas begins with a capital letter (Have)
• When we use our own words to report what a person has said, we use Indirect Speech.
• In an indirect speech sentence, the reporting verb is followed by 'that'. In an indirect speech, the reported speech is not placed within inverted commas.
• The reported speech is changed in such a way that its pronouns and tenses are suitable for the reporter.
• Changing Interrogative Sentences in Direct Speech to Indirect Speech
• 1. The reporting verb in the direct speech is replaced by the words ask or enquire in the indirect speech.
• 2. Interrogative sentences in direct speech are changed into assertive sentences in indirect speech.
• 3. If the question in direct speech begins with a wh-question, no conjunction is used in indirect speech.
• 4. If the question in direct speech begins with a verb, the conjunction if is used in indirect speech.
• 5. The tense, pronouns and time and place indicators change according to the rules.

Hence, The judge asked the lawyer if he had anything to say on behalf of the victim.

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