Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.

My mother said, "May Heaven bless you."

• A. My mother said that Heaven might bless you.
• B. My mother wished that Heaven may bless you.
• C. My mother wished that Heaven might bless him.
• D. My mother told that Haven might bless him.

Answer 1

The correct option is C My mother wished that Heaven might bless him.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

In case of request, the pattern for converting direct speech to reported speech is verb + object.

The indirect object is the person spoken to. Verbs in case of request can be ask, wish, etc. 'May' is changed to might.

Thus, the sentence would be - My mother wished that Heaven might bless him.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.