CONVERSION OF NARRATION
Rules:
1. Optative sentences express wish or prayer. So Reporting Verbs in such sentences are changed into ‘wish’, pray’, desire’, ‘long for’, ‘yearn for’ etc. moreover, the Optative form is changed into Assertive form with the linker that in the indirect speech.
2. Change the Reporting Verb said into wished or prayed.
3. Use that to introduce the Reported Speech.
4. Change the Optative Sentence into the Assertive Sentence and replace the sign of Exclamation (!) by a full stop (.)
Examples:
Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
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I wished that he might be happy. |
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Mother prayed that God might (would) bless me. |
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He prayed that his soul might rest in peace. |
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The girl wished that she could have the wings of a dove. |
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He prayed that I might live long. |
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The beggar prayed that God might bless me. |
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He prayed that God might reward me for my kindness. |
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He prayed that I might succeed. |
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He wished that she might get through the examination. |
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My mother wished that they had been rich. |
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They wished that their team had won the match. |
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He wished that he might catch the train. |
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He cursed that I might die. |
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She wished that her father had been alive. |
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He prayed that God might help him do his duty. |