Choose the most appropriate Direct Speech for the following sentence:…

The correct answer is Option (2) → He said, "Bravo ! You have done well".

Exclamation: indirect to direct speech:

Change	Indirect	Direct	Why
Reporting verb	applauded him, saying	said, “Bravo!	A reporting verb of feeling such as “applauded” (praised) stands for an interjection in direct speech: “applauded” becomes “Bravo!”. The reporting verb becomes the plain “said”, and the spoken words go inside quotation marks.
Tense change	had done	have done	The past perfect goes back to what was actually said: “had done” becomes “have done”.
Pronoun change	he	You	The person praised is spoken to directly, so “he” becomes “you”.
Full sentence	He applauded him, saying that he had done well.	He said, “Bravo ! You have done well”.

Example: She applauded me, saying that I had sung well. → She said, “Bravo! You have sung well.”

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: He said, "You have done well". — Incorrect. The words are right, but the applause is lost: there is no "Bravo!".

Option 3: He told, "You did well". — Incorrect.

• "told" needs an object (told him) and is not used to introduce quoted words this way.
• The applause ("Bravo!") is missing, and "did" should be "have done".

Option 4: He said, "You had done well". — Incorrect. "had done" keeps the reported tense inside the quotation. The speaker's own words are "have done". The applause is also missing.