Pick the appropriate option (in Direct Speech) from the following for…

The correct answer is Option (1) → She said, "My rose flowers wilted due to lack of water".

Indirect speech into direct speech:

Change	Indirect	Direct	Why
Joining word	that	, “ ... ” (comma and inverted commas)	“That” is removed and the spoken words go inside inverted commas after a comma.
Pronoun change	her	My	The speaker's own flowers, “her rose flowers”, become “My rose flowers”.
Tense change	had wilted	wilted	The past perfect “had wilted” goes back to the tense the speaker used, the simple past “wilted” (to wilt is to droop and lose freshness).
Full sentence	She said to me that her rose flowers had wilted due to lack of water.	She said, “My rose flowers wilted due to lack of water”.

Reporting verb: "said" stays.

Example: He said that he had lost his pen. → He said, “I lost my pen.”

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 2: She said, "My rose flowers are wilted due to lack of water". — Incorrect. "Are wilted" would be reported as "were wilted", not "had wilted". The tense does not match.

Option 3: She said, "My rose flowers were wilted due to lack of water". — Incorrect. "Were wilted" describes a state and would be reported as "had been wilted". It does not go back to "had wilted".

Option 4: She said. "My rose flowers will wilt due to lack of water". — Incorrect.

• "will wilt" speaks of the future, while the flowers had already wilted.
• A full stop after "said" cannot introduce the spoken words. A comma is needed.