Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The doctor asked her what medicine she had taken then.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The doctor said to her, “What medicine have you taken now?”
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will be used.
- The reporting verb is in simple past tense i.e. 'said', will be used.
- In the reporting speech, change the past perfect tense form i.e. 'had + V3 form' into present perfect tense form i.e. 'have + V3' and the past perfect tense, when converting into direct speech.
- Next, the pronoun 'she' will be changed to pronoun 'you' in direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: The doctor said to her, “What medicine have you taken now?”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The doctor said to her, “What medicine have you taken now?”