1) Определите время исходного предложения в прямой речи.
2) "Смещайте" времена согласно правилу:
все настоящие -> в прошлые (Pr. Simple -> в Past Simple и т. д.)
Past Simple -> Past Perfect
Past Cont -> Past Perfect cont
Will -> would
Shall -> should
can -> could
may -> might
изменяйте слова:
today -> that day
yesterday -> the day before
tomorrow -> the next day
... ago -> ...before
this... --> that...
these... --> those...
here --> there
last year --> the year before
last month -> the month before
last...--> the... before
next... ---> the following...
Пример:
He said, "I haven't seen my cousin today."
He said that he had not seen his cousin that day.
Если вопрос в прямой речи (см фото):
Спец вопрос
Добавляем He asked (me) / He wanted to know / He wondered + вопросительное слово + утверждение со "смещением" времени.
Пример:
"Where do you live?"
He wanted to know where I lived.
Общий вопрос:
Добавляем "He asked (me) / He wanted to know / He wondered" + if / wheather + утверждение со "смещением" времени.
Пример:
"Are you listening to me?"
He wondered if I was listening to him.
Если прямая речь в повелительном наклонении:
Прямая речь: Keep quiet!
Косвенная речь: He told me / He asked me + TO + keep quiet
Прямая речь: Don't make noise!
Косвенная речь: He told me / He asked me + NOT TO + make noise.
