add, admit, agree, answer, believe, claim, complain, confess,  confirm, decide, deny, doubt, explain, feel, hope, insist, mention, promise, repeat, reply, say, suggest etc.

Employee: …and I would also like to say that so far I haven’t had a negative response to my work.
The employee added that up to that point he hadn’t had a negative response to his work.

Geoffrey: Yes, I broke the window.
Geoffrey admitted that he had broken the window.

Chris: Yes, the film was really good, indeed.
Chris agreed that the film had been really good.

I: Do you feel like coming to the cinema with me?
She: Sorry, but you’re not my type.
When I asked her out, she answered that I was not her type.

Rev. johansson: I think that all humans are born equal.
Reverend Johansson believes that all humans are born equal.

Julie to her neighbour’s wife: You may not believe me, but I saw your husband with a blonde girl in the disco on Saturday.
Julie claimed that she had seen her neighbour with a blonde girl in the disco on Saturday.

Student to his friend: I hate having to write two essays every week.
The student complained that he had to write two essays every week.

Julie to her neighbour: Yes, it was me who started that ugly rumour about you. Can you forgive me?
Julie confessed that she had started an ugly rumour about her neighbour.

Secretary to a colleague: Yes, that’s right, the meeting is on Tuesday.
The secretary confirmed that the meeting was on Tuesday.

Customer: Well, I think I’d rather not buy this car.
The customer decided that he wouldn’t buy that car.

Geoffrey: No, I didn’t break the window.
Geoffrey denied that he had broken the window.

Student: I don’t think that we could convince the professor that this is not plagiarism.
The student doubted that they could convince the professor that it was not plagiarism.

Jill: I could make fire with an eraser, because my father taught me how, when I was seven.
Jill explained that her father had taught her how to make fire with an eraser when she was seven.

Johnny: Well, I think we should back her up in this terrible situation.
Johnny felt that they should back her up in that terrible situation.

Chef: I hope nobody will notice that this is not turkey, but pork.
The chef was hoping that nobody would notice that it was not turkey, but pork.

Secretary to boss: No, sir. I’m absolutely sure that I shredded those documents.
The secretary insisted that she had shredded the documents.

President to friend: Anyway, I may resign next year.
The President casually mentioned that he might resign the next year.

Jill: I will be on time, I promise.
Jill promised that she would be on time.

Wife to husband: As I’ve told you before, I do want to invite the Joneses as well.
The wife repeated that she insisted on inviting the Joneses as well.

I: Do you feel like coming to the cinema with me?
She: Sorry, but you’re not my type.
When I asked her out, she replied that I was not her type.

I: Do you feel like coming to the cinema with me?
She: Sorry, but you’re not my type.
When I asked her out, she said that I was not her type.

Julie: Maybe it was Geoffrey who broke the window.
Julie suggested that it might have been Geoffrey who had broken the window.

Reporting verb + somebody + TO + infinitive
Common reporting verbs Reporting verb + THAT-clause with SHOULD + infinitive