Practice mode Change Of Speech

The doctor said to the patient, “Take this medicine twice a day.” Which option gives its correct indirect speech?

Correct answer D. The doctor advised the patient to take that medicine twice a day.

Explanation

Advice is reported with "advised" + object + to-infinitive. The verb stays in its base form after "to", and "this" normally changes to "that".

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