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Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 1 : She wished that she were a bird.

Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर She wished that she were a bird. है।

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Question:

[188]. Change into indirect speech: She said, "Would that I were a bird!"

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She wished that she were a bird.

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She told that she was a bird.

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She exclaimed that she is a bird.

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She said that she would be a bird.

Correct Answer: She wished that she were a bird.

'Would that' expresses a strong wish. The reporting verb changes to 'wished', and the unreal past subjunctive 'were' remains unchanged.

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