In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Q:

Preeti said to her friend, "I am like my mother."

• 1
  Preeti tells her friend that she is like her mother.
• 2
  Preeti tells her friend that that she was like her mother.
• 3
  Preeti told her friend that she was like her mother.
• 4
  Preeti told her friend that I was like her mother.