Đặt câu trực tiếp ở các thì và đổi lại:
*Thì hiện tại đơn :
- He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
-> He asked if he had to do it.
* Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn :
- "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
-> He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.
* Hiện tại hoàn thành :
"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
-> My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin.
* Thì quá khứ đơn :
- “ Did Mr Brown send the potatoes to you?” she asked.
-> She asked whether/ if Mr. Brown sent the potatoes to me.
* Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn:
- He said ;'' They were doing homework at 7.pm ''
->He said they had been doing homework at 7 p.m
* Thì tương lai đơn
- “Breakfast will not be served after 9. 30” said the notice.
->The notice said that breakfast would not be served after 9.30.
* Thì tương lai tiếp diễn
- ''I will be having breakfast at 7 a.m tomorrow ;; said Lia
-> LIa said she would be having breakfast at 7 a.m the next day
