1、直接引语如果是陈述句,变为间接引语时应注意以下各点:
①不用引号,而用连接词that,但有时可省略。
②人称作相应变化;
③主句里的动词如果是过去时,间接引语中的时态一般应作相应改变: 一般现在时变一般过去时;一般将来时变过去将来时;现在进行时变过去进行时;现在完成时变成过去完成时;一般过去时变成过去完成时;但一般过去时如与一个具体的过去时间连用,则时态不变。
如:He
says,"I am not from the USA.”→He says that he is not from the USA.
Mr Smith said to his girl friend,“ I
haven’ t seen you for a long time.”
→Mr Smith said to his girl friend that he
had not seen her for a long time.