是过去时，从句（即间接引语部分）的谓语动词在时态方面要作相应的变化，变成过去时范畴的各种时态（实际也是宾语从句的时态要求），变化如下：直接引语间接引语一般现在时一般过去时一般过去时过去完成时现在进行时过去进行时过去完成时过去完成时现在完成时过去完成时过去进行时过去进行时一般将来时过去将来时例如：“Iamverygladtovisityourschool”shesaidShesaidshewasverygladtovisitourschoolTomsaid“Weareliste
i
gtothepopmusic”Tomsaidthattheywereliste
i
gtothepopmusicMotherasked“Haveyoufi
ishedyourhomeworkbeforeyouwatchTV”MotheraskedmewhetherIhadfi
ishedmyhomeworkbeforeIwatchedTVHeaskedtheco
ductor“WhereshallIgetofftocha
getoaNo3bus”Heaskedtheco
ductorwherehewouldgetofftocha
getoaNo3bus“Whydidsherefusetogothere”theteacheraskedTheteacheraskedwhyshehadrefusedtogothereMotheraskedme“Hadyoufi
ishedyourhomeworkbeforeyouwatchedTV”MotheraskedmewhetherIhadfi
ishedmyhomeworkbeforeIwatchedTVTomsaid“Wewerehavi
gafootballmatchthistimeyesterday”Tomsaidthattheywerehavi
gafootballmatchthattimethedaybeforeHesaid，“Ihave
theardfrommypare
tsthesedays”Hesaidthathehad
theardfromhispare
tsthosedays3、直接引语变成间接引语时，从句时态无须改变的情况1）当主句的谓语动词是一般现在时的时候，如：Healwayssays“Iamtiredout”Healwayssaysthatheistiredout2）当主句的谓语动词是将来时的时候，如：Hewillsay“I’lltrymybesttohelpyou”Hewillsaythathewilltryhisbesttohelpme3）当直接引语部分带有具体的过去时间状语时，如：Hesaid“Iwe
ttocollegei
1994”Hetoldusthathewe
ttocollegei
19944）当直接引语中有以whe
while引导的从句，表示过去的时间时，如：Hesaid，“Whe
IwasachildIusuallyplayedfootballafterschool”
7
fHesaidthatwhe
hewasachildheusuallyplayedfootballafterschool5）当直接引语是客观真理或自然现象时，如：Ourteachersaidtous“Lighttravelsfastertha
sou
d”Ourteachertoldusthatlighttravelsfastertha
sou
d6）当引语是谚语、格言时，如：Hesaid，“Practicemakesperfect”Hesaidthatpracticemakesperfect7）当直接引语中有情态动词shouldwouldcouldhadbetterwouldrathermightmustoughttousedto
eed时，如：例如：Thedoctorsaid“Youdbetterdri
kple
tyofwater”ThedoctorsaidIdbetterdri
kple
tyofwaterHesaid“Shemustbeateacher”Hesaidthatshemur