Question

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentence.
The priest said, "May you win the match$!$"

• A. The priest prayed that I should win the match.
• B. The priest wished that I might win the match.
• C. The priest said that I would win the match.
• D. The priest said that might I win the match.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The priest wished that I might win the match.

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.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.