Question

The police said, “We have not caught the robber.”

Answer 1

The police claimed they hadn't caught the robber

Answer 2

Answer:

• The given sentence is an example of direct speech, so we have to write its indirect speech.

• It is : The police said that they had not caught the robber.

• The given direct speech is an example of Assertive Sentence. The given repoted speech is an example of Present Perfect Tense.

• When direct speech turns into indirect speech, Present Perfect Tense turns into Past Perfect Tense and 'that' is used as an Introductory Conjunction. Here 'they' has been used to mean 'we'. They are mentioned above.