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tom said, “we were having a football match this time yesterday.” →
tom said that they were having a football match that time the day before.
he said，“i haven't heard from my parents these days.” →
he said that he hadn't heard from his parents those days.
3. 直接引語變成間接引語時，從句時態無須改變的情況
（1）當主句的謂語動詞是一般現在時的時候，如：
he always says, “i am tired out.” →he always says that he is tired out.
（2）當主句的謂語動詞是將來時的時候，如：
he will say, “i’ll try my best to help you.” →he will say that he will try his best to help me.
（3）當直接引語部分帶有具體的過去時間狀語時，如：
he said, “i went to college in 1994.” →he told us that he went to college in 1994.
（4）當直接引語中有以when, while引導的從句，表示過去的時間時，如：
he said，“when i was a child, i usually played football after school.” →
he said that when he was a child, he usually played football after school.
（5）當直接引語是客觀真理或自然現象時，如：
our teacher said to us, “light travels faster than sound.” →
our teacher told us that light travels faster than sound.
（6）當引語是諺語、格言時，如：
he said，“practice makes perfect.” →he said that practice makes perfect.
（7）當直接引語中有情態動詞should, would, could, had better, would rather, might, must, ought to, used to, need時，如：
例如：
the doctor said, “you'd better drink plenty of water.” →
the doctor said i'd better drink plenty of water.
he said, “she must be a teacher.”→ he said that she must be a teacher.
he said, “she ought to have arrived her office by now.”→
he said that she ought to have arrived her office by then.
the teacher said, “you needn't hand in your compositions today.”→
the teacher said we needn't/didn't need to/didn't have to hand in our compositions.
she asked, “must i take the medicine?”→ she asked if she had to take the medicine.
［注］：此處用had to代替must更好
（8）此外轉述中的變化要因實際情況而定，不能機械照搬，如果當地轉述，here不必改為there, 動詞come不必改為go，如果當天轉述yesterday, tomorrow, this afternoon等均不必改變。如：
teacher: you may have the ball game this afternoon.
student : what did the teacher say, monitor?
monitor: he said we might have the ball game this afternoon.
4. 時間狀語、地點狀語及某些對比性的指示代詞和動詞變化
（1）時間狀語：
直接引語 間接引語 直接引語 間接引語
now then tomorrow the next（following）day
today that day next week the next（following）week（month, year）
yesterday the day before two days ago two days before
last week （month, year） the week（month, year）before this week that week（month, year）