Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The teacher said, “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”

The teacher said that too many cooks spoil the broth.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is The teacher said that too many cooks spoil the broth.

The other options are incorrect:

• The teacher told too many cooks had spoilt the broth. This is incorrect because the reported speech is a general statement, not a specific statement about something that happened in the past.
• The teacher said too many cooks spoils the broth. This is incorrect because the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, so the reported speech should also be in the past tense.
• The teacher said that too many cooks spoiled the broth. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb is in the past tense.