Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
The culprit said to the judge, "I am innocent as I did not commit the crime at all."
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
To convert the direct speech "The culprit said to the judge, 'I am innocent as I did not commit the crime at all'" into indirect speech, we must apply the following rules:
Change the reporting verb "said to" to "told".
Change the pronoun "I" to "he" to refer to the culprit.
Change the tense of the verbs from present ("am") and simple past ("did not commit") to past ("was") and past perfect ("had not committed") because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Option ‘D’ implements all these changes.