Pick the most appropriate option to convert the following statement i…

The correct answer is Option (1) → The children said to their mother, "We will go to the fair with our uncle."

Indirect to direct speech:

Change	Indirect	Direct	Why
Reporting verb	told	said to	“Told” becomes “said to”, still in the past tense.
Joining word	that	“ ” (inverted commas)	“That” is removed and inverted commas are added.
Pronoun change	they, their uncle	We, our uncle	The speakers' own words use the first person: “they” becomes “we”, “their uncle” becomes “our uncle”.
Tense change	would	will	The backshifted “would” returns to the speakers' original “will”.
Full sentence	The children told their mother that they would go to the fair with their uncle.	The children said to their mother, “We will go to the fair with our uncle.”

Example: She told me that she was tired. → She said to me, “I am tired.”

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 2: The children will say to their mother, "We will go to the fair with our uncle." — Incorrect. The reporting verb is changed to the future. The children have already spoken, so it stays in the past.

Option 3: The children will said to their mother, "We going to the fair with our uncle." — Incorrect.

• "will said" is ungrammatical. "Will" takes the base form.
• "We going" has no helping verb.

Option 4: The children would say to their mother, "We would go to their fair with our uncle." — Incorrect.

• "would say" and "would go" keep the reported forms instead of returning to the direct ones.
• "their fair" adds a wrong pronoun.