Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The teacher paused and said, “Those who are tired of listening to me can go. I shall not mind it.”

Correct option is D

"The teacher paused and said that those who were tired of listening to him could go and that he would not mind that" correctly represents the indirect speech form of the given sentence, maintaining the correct tense and structure.
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”.
· While changing direct speech to indirect speech, the modals used in the sentences change like: Can becomes could.
· 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.