一、如何变人称：

学生在将直接引语变为间接引语时，常常弄不清人称变化。下面有一句顺口溜“一随主，二随宾，第三人称不更新”。“一随主”是指在直接引语变间接引语时，如果直接引语中是第一人称或被第一人称所修饰，变为间接引语时的人称要按照主句中主语的人称变化。如：

She said， “My brother wants to go with me.”

→She said her brother wanted to go with her.

“二随宾”是指直接引语变间接引语时，若直接引语中的主语是第二人称，或被第二人称所修饰，变为间接引语时人称要跟引号外的主句的宾语一致。如果主句没有宾语，也可以用第一人称。如：

He said to Kate, “How is your sister now?”

→He asked Kate how her sister was then.

“第三人称不更新”是指直接引语变间接引语时。如果直接引语的主语及宾语是第三人称或被第三人称所修饰，变为间接引语时的人称一般不需要变化。如：

Mr Smith said, “Jack is a good worker.”→Mr Smith said Jack was a good worker.

二、如何变时态：

直接引语在改为间接引语时，时态需要做相应的调整。现在时态需改为过去时态；过去时态改为过去完成时；过去完成时则保留原来的时态。如：

1)She said, “I have lost a pen.”→She said she had lost a pen.

2)She said, “We hope so.”→She said they hoped so.

3)She said, “He will go to see his friend.” →She said he would go to see his friend.

但要注意在以下几种情况下，直接引语变为间接引语时，时态一般不变。

①直接引语是客观真理。如：

“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直接引语是过去进行时，时态不变。如：

Jack said, “John, where were you going when I met you in the street?”→Jack asked John where he was going when he met him in the street.

③直接引语中有具体的过去某年、某月、某日作状语，变为间接引语时，时态不变。如：

Xiao Wang said, “I was born on April 20, 1980.” →Xiao Wang said he was born on April 20, 1980.

④直接引语如果是一般现在时，表示一种反复出现或习惯性的动作，变 为间接引语时，时态不变。如：

He said, “I get up at six every morning.”

→He said he gets up at six every morning.

⑤如果直接引语中的情态动词没有过去时的形式（例：ought to， had better, used to)和已经是过去时的形式时，（例：could, should, would, might）时态不再变。如：

Peter said, “You had better come here today.”

→Peter said I had better go there that day.

三、如何变状语：

直接引语变间接引语，状语变化有其内在规律，时间状语由“现在”改为“原来”（例：now变为then, yesterday.变为 the day before）；地点状语，尤其表示方向性的，或用指示代词修饰的状语，由“此”改为“彼”（例：this 改为that)。如：

He said, “These books are mine.” →He said those books were his.

[附] 直接引语和间接引语正误例析

1.“Speak English more often in and out of class，” our English teacher said to us.

Our English teacher suggested us to speak English more often in and out of class. （误）

Our English teacher told/asked us to speak English more often in and out of class. （正）

Our English teacher suggested that we （should） speak English more often in and out of class. （正）

解析：直接引语是祈使句，变为间接引语时，要将祈使句的动词原形变为带to的不定式，并在不定式的前面根据语气需要使用ask，tell，order等动词，其句型是：ask/tell/order someone to do sth.，但是suggest不能接不定式作宾补，只能接-ing形式或从句（从句用虚拟语气）作宾语。

2.“Dont play football on the street，little boys，” the policeman said.

The policeman told the little boys did not play football on the street. （误）

The policeman told the little boys not to play football on the street. （正）

解析：如果直接引语是祈使句的否定式，变为间接引语时，要将其改为不定式的否定形式作宾补，不定式的否定形式是在不定式前面加not，而不是加do not， does not， did not等。

3.“Would you please do me the favor to carry the box upstairs？”the young woman said to me.

The young woman ordered me to carry the box upstairs for her. （误）

The young woman asked me to carry the box upstairs for her. （正）

解析：直接引语是表示请求、建议的疑问句，变为间接引语时， 也变为不定式作宾语补足语。需要注意的是应根据原句的语气选用恰当的动词。因为此处原来的疑问句用的是很客气的语气，改写后不宜用order。

4.“You clean the classroom after class today， Tom，” said the monitor.

The monitor said that Tom cleaned the classroom after class that day.（误）

The monitor told Tom to clean the classroom after class that day. （正）

解析：一般而言，祈使句是以动词原形开头的，但是如果说话人有意强调动作执行者，也可以在句首加上主语。我们在将其变为间接引语时不能将带有主语的祈使句与陈述句混淆起来。

5.“Its a fine day. Lets go to the country for a picnic，” Peter said to me.

Peter told me that it was a fine day and let us go to the country for a picnic. （误）

Peter said that it was a fine day and asked me to go to the country for a picnic with him. （正）

解析：当直接引语中有多种句子形式如陈述句、祈使句、疑问句等时，我们就要用不同的方式将各种句子进行转述。因为原句中直接引语前面部分是陈述句，故变为由that引导的宾语从句，后面部分是祈使句所以变为不定式作宾补。

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