Question

She said to Ram," I am writing a story"

Answer 1

Answer:

She told Ram that he was writing story.

Answer 2

Answer: She told Ram that she was writing a story.

Explanation:

• When a sentence that is to be turned from direct to indirect speech, and if it has the speaker as well as the listener, 'said to, turns to 'told'.
• The common and double inverted comma get removed.
• When the reporting verb is in past tense (here 'said') the verb inside the inverted commas gets changed accordingly. ( here, present continuous to past continuous).
• The object of the sentence remains as it is.