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Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, "I am writing a letter."

1. She said that she has been writing a letter.
2. She said that she had been writing a letter.
3. She said that she is writing a letter.
4. She said that she was writing a letter.

Correct answer: She said that she was writing a letter.

Solution

In indirect speech, the present continuous tense generally changes to the past continuous when the reporting verb is in the past tense. So "I am writing" becomes "she was writing." Therefore, the correct option is the past continuous form.

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