How do I change this direct speech sentence into reported speech?

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Ram says,โ€It will rain tomorrow.โ€

Reported speech always takes a step back in time from direct speech.ย Present and future become past, past becomes past perfect. So the correct basic reported speech version of your sentence is:
ย 

  • Ram said that it would rain tomorrow.

ย 
But, this would only be correct if the speech was reported on the same dayย on which it was actually said. For example, Ram says on Wednesday โ€œIt will rain tomorrowโ€. Then, you tell Sarah on the same day, what Ram said. It becomes: Ram said that it would rain tomorrow. If you told Sarah on a different day, say Thursday, then it would be different. Then you would say:
ย 

  • Ram said that it would rain the next day.ย  orย 
  • Ram said that it would rain the following day.

ย 
As a quick reminder, in reported speech:
Willย becomesย would.
Saysย becomesย said.
Tomorrowย becomesย the following day/the next day.

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