Question

I said to him ," may you die right now, you rascal ." Please convert it Into indirect speech

Answer 1

Direct Speech :-

☛ I said to him, "May you die right now, you Rascal."

Indirect Speech :-

☛ I cursed him that he might die right then.

We used the following steps to generate our answer correctly.

1. Find out the subjects and objects in the sentence, Here Subject = I and Object = He

2. What's in there, wish, curse, blessings.

It is clear that I cursed him. (not real me)

3. For converting this, we use the following rule:-

Sub + RV + Obj + that + ...

• RV = Reporting verb
• We use past form of may which is might

Some Examples :-

Direct :-

- I said to her, "May you live long!"

Indirect :-

- I wished that she might live long.

Direct :-

- He said to them, "May you all die soon!"

Indirect :-

- He cursed them that they might die soon.

Direct :-

- They said to me, "May god bless you!"

Indirect :-

- They wished that god might bless me.

Answer 2

Question :-

I said to him ," May you die right now, you rascal ." (Convert it Into indirect speech )

Direct Speech :-

• I said to him ," May you die right now, you rascal ."

Indirect Speech :-

• I cursed him that he might die right then.

Other Examples :-

Direct Speech:-

• He said, “ I eat three mangoes ”.

Indirect Speech:

• He said that he ate three mangoes.

Defination :-

❥ Sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marks .This is called direct Speech.

❥ Expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech. .This is called indirect speech.

Rules :-

• Now = Then
• Here =There
• This =That
• These =Those
• Ago =Before
• Thus =So
• Today = That day
• Tonight =That night
• Yesterday = The previous day
• Tomorrow = The next day
• Last week = The week before
• Next week =The week after

For more information :-

▪ Direct Speech :- I said " live in the hostel" . (present Simple )

Indirect Speech :-I said I lived in the hostel.

▪Direct Speech :-He said" I am going outside" (perfect continous )

Indirect Speech :-He said that he was going outside .

▪Direct Speech :- She said "I have written ".(present perfect )

Indirect Speech :-She said that she had written .

▪Direct Speech :- Khushi said "I have been working a lot ".(present perfect continous )

Indirect Speech :-Khushi said that she had been working a lot .

▪Direct Speech :-She said "I written before you "(past Simple )

Indirect Speech :- She said that she had written before you .

▪Direct Speech :- He said " I had already finished "

Indirect Speech :- He said he had already finished (will remains the same )

▪Direct Speech :- He said "I will there at 3 pm "(future simple )

Indirect Speech :- He said he would there at 3 pm .