A book about a girl who got a necklace from her passed grandmother
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The format, structure and timeline of the story
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Not to be rude, but this question shouldn't be in the English section because it's a word problem. Please post in the mathematics section. :) Good luck!!!
        
             
        
        
        
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.
Explanation: