直接引语和间接引语之间的转换

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直接引语和间接引语之间的转换

一、把下列句子变成间接引语：

1. Mary often says, “I want to be a doctor when I grow up.”

→Mary often says that she wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

2. Mr Smith said, “John is a good student.”

→Mr Smith said that John was a good student.

3. “We will come here again tonight,” the students said to the teacher.

→The students told the teacher that they would go there again that night.

4. He said,“I repaired the watch yesterday.”

→He said that he had repaired the watch the day before.”

5. “I haven’t heard from my parents these days,” he said.

→He said that he hadn’t heard from his parents those days.

6. The children said,“We’ll be back tomorrow.”

→The children said that they would be back the next day.”

7. Bob said to Mary,“I saw the film two days ago.”

→Bob told Mary that he had seen the film two days before.

8. The teacher said,“Can you hear me, children?”

→The teacher asked the children if they could hear him.

9.“We’re going to study in the USA next month,”they said.

→They said that they were going to study in the USA the next month.

10. “I’m checking your homework now,”his mother said.

→His mother said that she was checking his homework then. 2

11. “The earth goes around the sun,” the teacher said.

→The teacher said (that) the earth goes around the sun.

12.“I can finish it in half an hour,” the worker said to me.

→The worker told me he could finish it in half an hour.

13.“Will you go to the station with me to meet a friend of mine this afternoon?” he asked me.

→He asked me if I would go to the station with him to meet a friend of his that afternoon.

14.“Do you remember what your uncle told you last night?” Li Ping’s father asked him.

→Li Ping’s father asked him if he remembered what his uncle told him the night before.

15.“Why did she refuse to go there?” the teacher asked.

→The teacher asked why she had refused to go there.

16.“Please wait for me at the gate of the Summer Palace at two tomorrow afternoon,” Kate said

to her friend.

→Kate asked her friend to wait for her at the gate of the Summer Palace at two the next

afternoon.

17.“Are you feeling better today?” the doctor asked my sister.

→The doctor asked my sister if she was feeling better that day.

18. He said to me,“Where did you go last week?”

→He asked me where had I had gone the week before.

19. He said,“I joined the English Club in 2007.”

→He said that he joined the English Club in 2007.

20. John said to me,“Where will you go this Sunday?”

→John asked me where I would go that Sunday.

21.She said,“I will come this evening.” 3

→She said that she would go that evening.

22.“Had you finished your homework before you watched TV?” Kate’s mother asked her.

→Kate’s mother asked her if she had finished her homework before she watched TV.

二、把下列句子变成直接引语：

1. He said he knew nothing about Tom.

→He said,“I know nothing about Tom.”

2. Tom asked Mary if she would watch his CD-ROMs that day.

→Tom said to Mary,“Will you watch my CD-ROMs today?”

3. Tom’s mother asked him why he has made so many mistakes in his homework that time.

→Tom’s mother said to him,“Why have you made so many mistakes in your homework this time?”

→Tom’s mother asked,“Tom, Why have you made so many mistakes in your homework this time?”

4. They said they had studied English for three years.

→They said,“We have studied English for three years.”

5. He told me there would be a basketball match that afternoon.

→He said to me,“There will be a basketball match this afternoon.”

6. Uncle Wang asked me where my father had been and what he had been doing all those days.

→Uncle Wang asked me,“Where has your father been and what has he been doing all these days?”

7. He said he had seen the film that day.

→He said,“I saw the film yesterday.”

8. He said he had finished the work that day.

→ He said,“I have finished the work today.”

9. He told his little son to go inside and not come out until the rain had stopped.