day before yesterday ,tomorrow ,next month(then, that day,that week,the day before ,the week before,four days before ,two days before ,the next day,the next month)

5. 注意地点的变化 here( there)

6. 注意个别趋向动词的变化 come, bring (go, take)

三、谓语动词时态变化需要注意几点：

1.直接引语表述的是客观真理，变为间接引语时，时态不变

The geography teacher said, "The sun rises in the east and sets in the west."

The geography teacher told us that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

2. 如果直接引语所表述的内容在目前和说话时同样有效，变间接引语时，时态可不变

The children said, "We love this game."

They told us that they love that game.

3.主句谓语动词的时态是现在时态，在引述时，时态不变。

She says, "I'll never forget the days in the country."

She says that she'll never forget the days in the country.

从句时态无须改变的还有以下情况:

1. 当主句的谓语动词是将来时的时候

2. 当直接引语部分带有具体的过去时间状语时

3. 当直接引语中有以when, while引导的从句，表示过去的时间时

4. 当引语是谚语、格言时

5. 当直接引语中有情态动词should, would, could, had better, would rather, might, must, ought to, used to, need时

Step 4 Practice

For Ex 1, get the students to look at the sentences carefully in pairs in order to find out the difference between direct speech and indirect speech. Guide the students to find out the changes in pronoun forms, word order, adverbials and so on, especially the verb tenses, the underline parts. Ask the students to pay attention to the reporting clause.

For Ex 2, ask the students to do it by themselves, then check.

Exercises:

1. He said , "I m afraid I can't finish this work."

2.He said , "I haven't heard from him since May."

3.Tom said "I will see you next week."

4. "Why were you late again?" The teacher said to me.

5. "I don't like swimming," said Sarah.

6. His friends asked him if he would go to Dalian.

7. "Have you been to Paris?" My classmate asked me.

高考链接

1.Readers can ________ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

A. get over B. get in

C. get along D. get through

2.It's hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I ______ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.

A. wouldn't have fallen B. had not fallen