Question

The judge said to the culprit, " Is it true that you were caught red handed?"​

Answer 1

Direct : The judge said to the culprit, " Is it true that you were caught red handed?"

Indirect : The judge asked the culprit wether it was true that he had been caught red handed .

More to know :

• While changing the speech some words would change :

Now -- then

Here -- there

Ago -- before

Thus -- so

Today -- that day

Tomorrow -- the next day

This -- that

• Indirect Speech is also referred to as reported speech
• Direct speech involves the actual words of the speaker enclosed within quotation marks.

Answer 2

Given sentence

The judge said to the culprit, " Is it true that you were caught red handed?"​

Indirect sentence

The judge asked the culprit if it was true that he had been caught red handed.

SOME RULES TO FOLLOW

• Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks.
• If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.