二、 间接引语中的词语变化

直接引语变为间接引语时，间接引语中的动词时态、人称代词、物主代词、指示代词、时间和地点状语以及主谓语词序往往要作相应的变化。

A． 时态的变化

1．时态的变化

①现在时间推移到过去时间

直接引语中的时态

一般现在时

现在完成时

现在进行时

现在完成进行时

间接引语中的时态

一般过去时

过去完成时

过去进行时

过去完成进行时

The old man said, I have lived in this street since 1960.

→The old man said that he had lived in that street since 1960. 那老人说他自从196年起就住在那条街上了。

He said, Is it raining

→ He asked if it was raining. 他问是不是正在下雨。

②过去时间推移到过去的过去

直接引语中的时态

一般过去时

过去完成时

过去进行时

间接引语中的时态

过去完成时

过去完成时（不变）

过去完成进行时或不变

She said to me, I wrote a letter to my parents three days ago.

→She told me that she had written a letter to her parents three days before.她告诉我她三天前已给她母亲写了一封信。

What were you doing at seven p.m. yesterday he asked

→ He asked me what I was doing at seven p.m. the day before. 他问我前一天晚上七点在干什么。