Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The old man said to her, “Good luck to you! May you succeed in your venture!”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The old man wished her good luck and prayed that she might succeed in her venture.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used. Also, the exclamation mark is removed.
- For direct speech to indirect speech, the reporting verb of an optative sentence (expressing desire, prayer, wish) is changed in indirect narration into pray, wish, yearn for, long for, desire, etc. So, the reporting verb will be changed to 'wished' in the first clause and 'prayed' in the second clause.
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The second-person pronoun "you" becomes the third-person pronoun "she" and the second-person pronoun "your" becomes the third-person pronoun "her"in the indirect speech.
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The simple present tense form will be changed into the simple past tense form.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The old man wished her good luck and prayed that she might succeed in her venture.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The old man wished her good luck and prayed that she might succeed in her venture.