Direction: In this section direct speech sentences are given and you are required to find the correct indirect speech sentence of the same. Choose the correct response 1), 2), 3) or 4) and indicate on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The grandfather said to the baby, "May you live long with all good things of life."

The correct answer is "The grandfather blessed the baby with long life and all good things of life."Key Points

• The given sentence is an Optative sentence.
• In an optative sentence Reporting verb is changed into ‘wish’, ‘pray’ , 'bless'.
• In this case, the grandfather is blessing the baby with long life and all the good things of life. So, 'Blessed' becomes the apt main verb.
• Notice how the whole sentence a blessing/hope that the grandfather is expressing and not something that he is actually saying to the baby.
• This means that the reported speech can just be that the grandfather blessed the baby with long life and all good things thereof.

• From the above-mentioned rules, it is clear that the correct sentence is "The grandfather blessed the baby with long life and all good things of life"

Hence, the correct answer is "Option 1".