Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech.
They told us that we needn't bring anything.

Correct option is C

The correct direct speech is (c) They said, "You needn't bring anything."
Explanation (detailed):
· Reported sentence: They told us that we needn't bring anything. The content is a general instruction/assurance.
· Converting to direct speech, the reporting verb told us → said, "..." (speaker can omit “to us” when context is clear).
· Pronoun shift: we (in reported clause, referring to the listeners) becomes you in the quotation.
· Modal needn't (need not) usually doesn’t backshift when the situation is still valid or stated as a general rule; it remains needn't in direct speech.
· Hence: They said, "You needn't bring anything."
· Grammatical rules used (Direct ↔ Indirect Speech):
· Reporting verb changes: told + object + that-clause ↔ said (to + object), "...".
· Pronoun shift according to speaker–listener perspective (we → you).
· Tense/modals: Universal truths or general instructions often do not backshift; modals like needn't, must, should may remain unchanged when sense demands.
· Example (rule):
· Indirect: The teacher told us that we must submit the form by Friday.
· Direct: The teacher said, "You must submit the form by Friday."
· Information booster / exceptions:
· When the statement refers to a past, finished necessity, needn't often becomes didn’t need to in indirect; but for a present/ongoing instruction, retaining needn’t is idiomatic.
· Must not expresses prohibition, not absence of necessity, so (d) changes the meaning.