Question

The doctor asked the patient, "Did you eat anything this morning?" (Report)

• A. The doctor asked the patient whether he ate anything this morning
• B. The doctor asked the patient that he had eaten anything this morning
• C. The doctor asked the patient whether he had eaten anything that morning
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The doctor asked the patient whether he had eaten anything that morning

• The doctor asked the patient whether he had eaten anything that morning.

• In reported speech, when the direct speech is in the past tense (like "Did you eat anything this morning?"), we generally change the tense in the reported speech to past perfect tense ("had eaten").

• Also, "this morning" changes to "that morning" to match the past context.

• Option A is incorrect because "whether he ate" doesn't reflect the necessary change in tense.

• Option B is incorrect because "that he had eaten" is not the proper structure for a question in reported speech.