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1). The Judge said to the accused," Were you being caught red handed?"2). The Judge said to the accused,"What have you caught red handed?"3). The Judge asked the accused," If have you been caught red handed?"4). The Judge said to the accused," Have you caught red handed?" |
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Answer» Correct option- 1 Clearly, the sentence is an indirect speech, so it is CHANGED into a direct speech. When a question is being ASKED in indirect speech, then reporting verb asked is REPLACED with said/said to in direct speech. Hence, option 3 is eliminated. Now, wh- words are kept as it is while changing the speech. Since, there is no use of what in the indirect speech. Hence, it will not be used in direct speech. Hence, option 2 is eliminated. Now, according to rules, present perfect tense in direct speech is changed into past perfect tense in indirect speech but not into past perfect continuous tense. So, option 4 is eliminated. THUS, option 1 is correct. Correct sentence- The Judge said to the accused, "Were you being caught red handed?" |
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