Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

She said to him, "May God shower His choicest blessings on you!

Options:

She wished that God may shower His choicest blessings on you. 

She wished that may God shower your choicest blessings on Him.

She wished that God might shower His choicest blessings on you. 

She wished that God might shower His choicest blessings on him.

Correct Answer:

She wished that God might shower His choicest blessings on him.

Explanation:

The correct option is:

She wished that God might shower His choicest blessings on him.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

  • She wished that God may shower His choicest blessings on you. - This sentence does not change the modal verb "may" to "might" in indirect speech.
  • She wished that may God shower your choicest blessings on Him. - This sentence changes the object of the verb "bless" from "him" to "your choicest blessings" and the subject of the verb "bless" from "God" to "may God."
  • She wished that God might shower His choicest blessings on you. - This sentence does not change the second person pronoun "you" to the third person pronoun "him."