Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that converts the given statement into indirect speech.

He said, ''May the king live long!''

  1. He prayed that the king might live long.

  2. He asked that the king might live long.

  3. He told that king may live long.

  4. He said that the king might live long.
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Explanation

When we seek something from God for someone, we use the word 'pray'. If the reported verb is in the past tense and the reported speech is in the present tense, reported speech (in indirect form) will be in past tense, and the past tense of 'may' is 'might'.

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