Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech:

Shikha said, “The heavy rain this week has spoiled all my travel plans.”

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech:

Shikha said, “The heavy rain this week has spoiled all my travel plans.”

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**Solution:**

1. The original sentence is in direct speech: _"The heavy rain this week has spoiled all my travel plans."_

2. When converting to reported speech:
   - The reporting verb "said" is followed by "that".
   - The present perfect tense _has spoiled_ changes to past perfect _had spoiled_.
   - The time expression "this week" changes to "that week".
   - The pronoun "my" changes to "her" to refer to Shikha.

3. Option 1 correctly applies all these changes:
   - "Shikha said that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans."

4. Other options are incorrect because:
   - Option 2 uses "told me" which changes the meaning and is not in the original sentence.
   - Option 3 keeps "has spoiled" which is incorrect tense in reported speech.
   - Option 4 keeps "this week" which should change to "that week".

**Answer:** Shikha said that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans.

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