Question

Rewrite the following dialogue in reported speech (direct to indirect)

Judge: Are you the one who stole the jewels?
The accused: No, My lord,Not I.​

Answer 1

The judge enquired the accused if he was the one who had stolen the jewels, to which the terrified accused replied that he did not.

To convert direct speech to indirect, we write it in the form of declarative statements. Use words like "enquired" and "terrified" to describe the situation that can be interpreted from the direct speech.

Answer 2

Answer:

A

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

It is a question in present tense in direct speech; we have to change it to statement in past tense in reported speech.

'have you' is changed to 'he/she had' because we do not know the gender of the person this was spoken to.

Rest of the statement remains the same

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