Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.
“I’m hungry” said the child to his mother.

Correct option is D

The correct indirect form of the sentence "‘I’m hungry’ said the child to his mother." is "The child told his mother that he was hungry."
Direct speech- Direct speech, also known as quoted speech or direct quotation, is a way of reporting someone's exact words.
Indirect speech- Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect quotation, is a way of reporting someone's words or thoughts indirectly, without using their exact words.
Rules for converting direct speech to indirect speech-
· When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech. 
· Reporting verbs such as ‘said/ said to’ changes to said, told.
· Comma inverted comma will be replaced with conjunction “That”.
· The  first person in direct speech  changes as per the subject of the speech.
· The  second person of direct speech  changes as per the object of reporting speech.
· The  third person of direct speech  doesn’t change.
· This transformation maintains the original message while converting the statement into reported speech, correctly adjusting the pronouns and verb tense.
· Other options:
(a) "The child said his mother that he is hungry," (b) "The child said to his mother that I am hungry," and (c) "The child told his mother that she was hungry" incorrectly phrase the reporting clause or misalign pronouns.