Reported Speech

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MISTAKE!!! When it reads There's no change in word order (00:30), that's wrong. 

The structure of the sentence changes from an interrogative to a statement in the reported speech.

REPORTING VERBS

You can check the pattern of any verb in a monolingual dictionary such as the Cambridge dictionary online but below are the most common ones.

Verb+(that): add, admit, agree, explain, state, claim, suggest

      She admitted that she had made a mistake.

Verb+object+(that): inform, remind, tell

         She told me that she was going to set up a business.

Verb+to: agree, offer, promise, refuse, threaten

      She agreed to invite her for a meal.

Verb+object+to: ask, beg, promise, request, tell, warn

         The teacher asked the students to sit down.

Verb+ing: admit, deny, apologise for, recommend, suggest

      She denied breaking the door handle.

The verbs suggest, demand, recommend and insist are followed by should (informal BrE) or the bare infinitive (AmE and formal BrE)

         The employees demanded that the CEO should resign.

         The employees demanded that the CEO resign.