直接引語在改為間接引語時、時態(tài)需要做相應(yīng)的調(diào)整.
現(xiàn)在時它需改為過去時態(tài)；過去時態(tài)改為完成時；過去完成時則保留原來的時態(tài).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.
但要注意在以下幾種情況下.在直接引語變?yōu)殚g接引語時,時態(tài)一般不變化.
①直接引語是客觀真理.
"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直接引語是過去進(jìn)行時,時態(tài)不變.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直接引語中有具體的過去某年、某月、某日作狀語,變?yōu)殚g接引語時,時態(tài)不變.如：
Xiao Wang said."I was born on April 2l,1980." →Xiao Wang said he was born on April 20,1980.
④直接引語如果是一般現(xiàn)在時.表示一種反復(fù)出現(xiàn)或習(xí)慣性的動作,變間接引語,時態(tài)不變.如：
He said,"I get up at six every morning." →He said he gets up at six every morning.
⑤如果直接引語中的情態(tài)動詞沒有過去時的形式（例：ought to,had better,used to)和已經(jīng)是過去時的形式時,（例：could,should,would,might）不再變.如：
Peter said."You had better come have today." →Peter said I had better go there that day.
如何變狀語：
直接引語變間接引語,狀語變化有其內(nèi)在規(guī)津,時間狀語由“現(xiàn)在”改為“原來”（例：now變?yōu)閠hen,yesterday.變?yōu)?the day before）地點(diǎn)狀語,尤其表示方向性的,或用指示代詞修飾的狀語,由“此”改為“彼”（例：this 改為that),如：
He said,"These books are mine." →He said those books were his.