Select the option that correctly expresses the following sentence in direct speech.
She told me that she had already finished the project.

Correct option is D

The correct direct speech for the given sentence is (d) “She said to me, ‘I have already finished the project.’”
· The given sentence is in indirect speech (reported speech) in past perfect tense.
· To convert it into direct speech, we reverse the changes:
· "She told me" → "She said to me" (since "told" is used when specifying the listener, "said to" is used when reporting speech).
· "had already finished" → changes to "have already finished", as per the backshifting rule (past perfect changes back to present perfect when returning to direct speech).
· Hence, the correct transformation is: She said to me, "I have already finished the project."
Explanation of other options:
· (a) Incorrect: Changes tense incorrectly to future perfect.
· (b) Incorrect: Wrong pronoun "He" instead of "I".
· (c) Incorrect: Incorrect pronoun shift and reporting verb.