Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said to him, "May God shower His choicest blessings on you!
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
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."