Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.

Veena informed me that there would be an online art class for the children at 4 o’clock that day.

Veena said to me, “There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o’clock today.”

The most appropriate direct form of the given sentence is Veena said to me, "There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock today."

The other options are incorrect:

• Veena said to me, "There was an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock today." This is incorrect because the reported speech is about something that will happen in the future, not something that happened in the past.
• Veena said to me, "There is an online art class for the children at 4 o'clock today." This is incorrect because the reported speech is about something that will happen in the future, not something that is happening now.