Choose the correct sentence.
He suggested that I take rest.
The task is to pick the grammatically correct sentence, so the key is the verb pattern that 'suggest' allows.
Unlike 'advise' or 'tell', the verb 'suggest' cannot take an object plus a to-infinitive; forms like 'suggested me to take' are ungrammatical.
The standard pattern is 'suggest that + subject + base verb', where the base (subjunctive) verb is used, for example 'suggest that he go' or here 'suggest that I take'.
This makes 'He suggested that I take rest' correct, with 'take' in its base form after the subject 'I'.
'He suggested me to take rest' and 'He suggested for me to take rest' both misuse the verb by inserting 'me' or 'for me' after 'suggested'.
'He suggested me that I take rest' wrongly adds an indirect object 'me' before the 'that' clause, which 'suggest' does not permit.
The only sentence following the valid pattern is He suggested that I take rest.
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