Question

the judge said to the accused,"have you anything to say in justification of your own action change the narration​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Question:-

The judge said to the accused," Do you have anything to say in justification of your own action ?" (Change the narration)

Answer:-

The judge asked the accused if he have anything to say in justification of his own action.

Reason:-

There are some changes like:-

• Asked is used here as a reported verb and it denotes the feeling of the speaker while he/she is telling the sentence.

• If is used here to connect the before and after sentences of inverted commas.

• He is used here to refer to the "accused".

• Him is also used here to refer to the "accused".

★ More to know

There are two types of speech/narration in English.

They are:-

1. Direct speech : In direct speech,the actual words said by the speaker is written with lines quoted in inverted commas.

The formation is :-

Subject + Verb + Object

For example:-

• Shail said to Tarun,"Do you have a plan today?"

• Firoz said,"Go to the classroom."

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2. Indirect speech : In indirect speech,the actual event happened between speaker and the second person is said by the third person,including some reported words and some pronouns and conjunctions.

The formation is :-

Subject + that/if + verb + object

For example:-

• Shail asked Tarun if he had a plan that day.

• Firoz ordered to go to the classroom.

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