Change the following sentence from Direct to Indirect Speech: The doctor said to the patient, ‘How do you feel now? Has the pain gone down’?

A. The doctor asked the patient how he was feeling then and if the pain was down.
B. The doctor asked the patient how he felt then and if the pain had gone down.
C. The doctor asked the patient how he had felt then when the pain was gone.
D. The doctor asked the patient how he is feeling now and if the pain has gone down.

Submitted by: Areesha Khan

Answer: B. The doctor asked the patient how he felt then and if the pain had gone down.
Explanation: Present tense (“do you feel”) changes to past tense (“he felt”), and “has gone down” becomes “had gone down.”

Correct Answer: The doctor asked the patient how he felt then and if the pain had gone down. ✔

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