Rewrite the sentence in Direct Speech. You asked

Solution

told is used when two people are mentioned in the reporting speech told is converted to said in the direct speech. In the indirect speech of Wh-question “Wh” is followed by the subject and then verb but in the direct speech the verb follows the Wh question. I is converted to you Indirect speech  always undergoes a reverse backshift in tense and so was doing    which is in past continuous  tense will be converted into are doing  which is in the   present Continuous tense.