Answer: Reporting statements is relatively easy. The most common verb used to report statements is tell.
As a general rule, the changes in the tense of the reported speech depend upon the tense of the reporting verb in the direct speech. Thus when the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb also changes to past tense.
Example
He said, ‘I want to go.’
He said that he wanted to go.
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Johnny shocks Dally by telling him he wants to go back home and confess to his crime. Dally tries to change Johnny's mind, telling him he never wants to see Johnny hardened the way prison would harden him. ... Acting on instinct, he and Johnny climb into the burning building through a window.
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