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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

"Doctor", the patient cried, “please tell me how much time I have."

Options:

The patient pleaded the doctor how much time she will have.

The patient exclaimed to the doctor that how much time she had.

The patient pleaded with the doctor to tell her how much time she had.

The patient cried to the doctor that how much time had she.

Correct Answer:

The patient pleaded with the doctor to tell her how much time she had.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → The patient pleaded with the doctor to tell her how much time she had.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: The patient pleaded with the doctor to tell her how much time she had.

"Pleaded with" correctly conveys the urgency in the original statement.
The verb "tell" is used to indicate the request for information.
The tense shifts from "have" to "had" to match the change from direct to indirect speech.