Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

Neil Armstrong said, “It’s a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind.”

Neil Armstrong said that it was a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Neil Armstrong said that it was a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind.

The other options are incorrect:

• Neil Armstrong said that a small step for man can be giant leap for mankind. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the present tense, but the speaker is talking about a specific event that happened in the past.
• Neil Armstrong had said that a small step for man is a giant leap for mankind. This is incorrect because the past perfect tense is used for actions that happened before another action in the past. In this case, there is no other action in the past that the reported speech is referring to.
• Neil Armstrong says that was a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the past tense, but the speaker is talking about something that is happening now.