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He said, “May his sons scale great heights of glory.” Change into Indirect Speech

He said, “May his sons scale great heights of glory.” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: He prayed that his sons might scale great heights of glory.

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

    If 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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