A 引导动词如果是一般过去时，直接引语中的现在完成时在间接引语中要变成过去完成时：

　　He said，‘I’ve been in England for ten years.’

　　他说：“我已经在英国住了十年了。”相当于：

　　He said that he had been in England for ten years.

　　他说他在英国已经住了十年。

　　He said，‘When you’ve worked for a year you’ll get a rise.’

　　他说：“你工作一年之后，会加工资。”相当于：

　　He said that when I’d worked for a year I’d get a rise.

　　他说我工作一年之后会加工资。

　　She said，‘I’ll lend you the book as soon as I have read it myself.’

　　她说：“我一看完这本书就借给你。”相当于：

　　She said she’d lend me the book as soon as she’d read it herself.

　　她说她一看完那本书就借给我。

　　B 直接引语中的一般过去时通常也作同样的变化：

　　He said，‘I knew her well.’

　　他说：“我过去很了解她。”相当于：

　　He said that he had known her well.

　　他说他过去很了解她。