В пособии рассматриваются основные моменты английской грамматики: части речи имя существительное, имя прилагательное и наречие; видо-временные формы глагола; модальные глаголы; неличные формы глагола

2. Statements in reported speech
1. If you want to report a statement, you use a ‘that’-clause after certain verbs.
The most useful are:

Add decide point out
Admit* deny promise
Agree explain* reassure**
Announce* grumble remark
Answer insist remind**
Argue inform** reply
Assure** mention* say*
Boast notify** suggest*
Claim object tell**
Complain* observe warn
Convince** persuade**

With starred verbs you can mention the hearer but only after the preposition

to.
The little girl complained to her mother that nobody talked to her.
The verbs with two stars must have the object:
He informed us that he would be late.
2. say or tell?
Indirect statements are usually introduced by say, or tell + object.
Say + to + object is possible but far less usual than tell + object.
We use tell without an indirect object only in the expressions tell a story,
tell the truth, tell a lie, tell the time, etc.
The boss said they could leave early.
The boss told them they could leave early.

3. Tense changes

Indirect speech is usually introduced by a verb in the past tense. Verbs in the
reported clause have to be changed into a corresponding ‘more past’ tense.

Direct speech Indirect speech
Simple present Simple past
I write home every week. He said that he wrote home every week.

Present continuous Past continuous

I am learning English. He said that he was learning English.

Present perfect Past perfect
I have learned the rule. He said that he had learned the rule.

Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous
I have been playing tennis. He said that he had been playing tennis.

Simple past Past perfect
I finished reading the book. He said that he had finished reading the book.

Future Conditional
I shall see her tomorrow. He said that he would see her tomorrow.

Future continuous Conditional continuous
I shall be seeing her He said that he would be seeing her
tomorrow anyway. tomorrow anyway.