Multiple choice

Directions: Select the alternative that best rephrases the given sentence.

I said to him, ''Good bye! May you succeed!"

  1. I bade him good bye and he might succeed.

  2. I bade him good bye and prayed that he might succeed.

  3. I bade him good bye and prayed that he may succeed.

  4. I bade him good bye and prayed that he will succeed.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

We 'bid' good bye to somebody. Moreover, if the reported verb is in the simple past tense, 'may' in reported speech changes to 'might' in indirect narration. 

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