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She said to her father, “May you live long!” Change into Indirect Speech

She said to her father, “May you live long!” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: She prayed that his father 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.

    And 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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