例如:My mom said:「It's seven o'clock now.媽媽說:「現在7點了。」——My mom said that it was seven o'clock then.媽媽說那時7點了。
(冉老師有話說:直接引語的now變成間接引語的then.)
Jim said:「I haven't seen you today」.吉米說:「今天我沒有看見你」。——Jim said that he hadn't seen me that day.吉米說那天他沒有見到我。
(冉老師有話說:直接引語的today變成間接引語的that day.)
Amy said:「I came back home yesterday.」艾米說:「我昨天回的家」。——Amy said that she had come back home the day before.艾米說前天她回家的。
(冉老師有話說:直接引語的yesterday變成間接引語的the day before.)
四目相對。