2."the conference will be spending a considerable time discussing the world debt crisis " ( the state mẹt said) 3. "The shop's closing in half an hour" (she explained) 4. "He's planning to set up his own business "(gareth tells me) 5. "We're going to have to make quite few cutbacks" (the managing director said)

2. The statemate said that the conference would be spending a considerable time discussing the world debt crisis.

3. She explained that the shop was closing in half an hour.

`->`Explain + that + mệnh đề: giải thích rằng ......

4. Gareth tells me that he was planning to set up his own business.

5. The managing director said that they were going to have to make quite few cutbacks.

`=>`Toàn bộ là câu tường thuật: 

$+)$ S + said + ( that ) + S + V(lùi thì)

$+)$ S + tell/told + O + S + V(lùi thì)