(1)直接引语是客观真理、谚语和格言时,其时态不变。
"The earth moves around the sun and the moon moves around the earth," the teacher told me.
→The teacher told me the earth moves around the sun and the moon moves around the earth.
(2)直接引语中有具体的过去时间状语,变为间接引语时,时态不变。
Tom said,"I was born on April 21,1980."
→Tom said he was born on April 21,1980.
3.直接引语是一般疑问句或特殊疑问句,变为间接引语时要把疑问句的语序变为陈述句的语序。
He asked me,"Do you really understand the meaning of the sentence?"
→He asked me if I really understood the meaning of the sentence.
4.时间状语、地点状语、指示代词及方向性动词的变化。
引语
用词 直接引语 间接引语 指示代词 this that these those 时间状语 now then today that day this morning that morning tomorrow the next/following day yesterday the day before last night the night before next week the next/following week ago before 地点状语 here there 方向性动词 bring take come go
如果转述时是在原来的地方或说话的当天,就不必改变指示代词、时间状语、地点状语等。
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Sarah has been told/was told(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel,earning a million dollars in the next year.(2017·全国Ⅲ)