当直接引语是陈述句时
直接引语是陈述句时,间接引语用that引导,但在口语中that可以省去。从句中的人称、时态、指示代词、时间状语和地点状语等要作相应的变化。例如:
She said to me, “I came back an hour ago.”
→She said to/told me that she had come back an hour before.
当直接引语是一般疑问句、选择疑问句、反意疑问句时
1、原句若为一般疑问句时,用whether或if 转述;原句若为选择疑问句时,用whether…or…/…or not;原句若为反意疑问句,则常用whether或if 转述。
2、疑问句语序变为陈述句语序。
3、主句中的谓语动词为said时,要改为asked;没有间接宾语时,可以加一个间接宾语(如me,him等)。
4、句末用句号。
5、从句中的人称、动词时态和状语等也要作相应的变化。
He said, “Are you interested in English?”
→He asked (me) if /whether I was interested in English.
I asked him, “Will you stay at home or go to a film tonight?”
→I asked him whether he would stay at home or go to a film that night.
“You’ve already got well, haven’t you?” she asked.
→She asked (me) whether/if I had already got well.