Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
The thief said to the judge, “Pardon me.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e The thief begged the judge to pardon him.
Given sentence: The thief said to the judge, “Pardon me.”
The reporting verb said to is changed to begged to.
"To infinitive" is placed in place of comma and inverted followed by the first form of the verb.
The personal pronouns will bechanged according to the subject and the object of the reporting verb
So, the final sentence is:
The thief begged the judge to pardon him.