Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Rama said to me, "I need your help for my new assignment."

Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: OPTION 4

Rama told me that she needed my help for her new assignment.

Explanation:

• In the original sentence, "Rama said to me, 'I need your help for my new assignment,'" the reporting verb is "said."
• In indirect speech, when reporting a past statement, the tense often changes from present to past. So, "need" becomes "needed."
• The pronouns also change to reflect the shift in perspective. "I" becomes "she," and "your" becomes "my."
• The correct option maintains the integrity of the original statement, adjusting the verb tense and pronouns appropriately for indirect speech.

The other options are incorrect:

• "Rama says that she needs my help for the new assignment." This is incorrect because the reporting verb is "says", which is in the present tense. This means that the reported statement is describing an action that is happening in the present, but the speaker is talking about the past.
• "Rama said to me I need your help for my new assignment." This is incorrect because the reporting verb is "said to me", which is not a complete verb. We need to use a complete verb, such as "told", to report what someone said.
• "Rama said that she was needing my help for her new assignment." This is incorrect because the verb "needing" is in the present participle tense. This means that the reported statement is describing an action that is happening at the same time as the reporting verb. However, the reported statement is describing an action that happened in the past.