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He said, “Long live the queen.” Change into Indirect Speech

He said, “Long live the queen.” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: He prayed that the queen might live long.

    Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.

    When the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, may changes to might, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.

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