Question

The doctor said to the patient, "I hope you can read." (Change it into Indirect Speech)​

Answer 1

Answer:

The doctor said that he hope that I could read

Explanation:

Answer 2

The doctor said to the patient that he hoped he could read. -This is the answer.

Explanation:

• The sentence that is given in direct speech must be changed into indirect speech.  
• When a sentence is changed into indirect speech, the comma and quotation marks must be removed.
• We must use 'that' after 'said to the patient' while changing into indirect speech.
• The person within the quotation marks must be changed in reported form accordingly. 'I' in direct speech becomes 'he' (doctor' in reported form and 'you' in direct speech becomes 'he' (patient) in indirect form.
• The entire sentence is converted into past tense. That is the verbs take the past tense form.
• The verb 'hope' becomes 'hoped' and 'can' becomes 'could' in indirect speech.
• Therefore the answer is: The doctor said to the patient that he hoped he could read.