BBC英语小测验：间接引语

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　　在英语中，想要照搬一个人的原话时，应该使用直接引语。而如果想要转述他人的语句，那么则应使用间接引语 “indirect speech”，也可被称为 “reported speech”。在将陈述句和疑问句转换成间接引语时，句子的结构、人称、时态、时间都要发生改变。考一考自己对间接引语知识点的掌握，做下面的八道测验题。

　　1. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: I feel amazing.

　　B: He _______ amazing after his operation.

　　a) say he feels

　　b) feels he said

　　c) says he has felt

　　d) said he felt

　　2. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: I am running about 5 kilometres a day.

　　B: Izzy _______ about 5 kilometres a day.

　　a) said she was running

　　b) is running

　　c) says she was running

　　d) said she ran

　　3. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: I was the head waiter at the Ritz Hotel in London.

　　B: He _______ the head waiter at the Ritz Hotel in London.

　　a) said has he been

　　b) says he had been

　　c) said he had been

　　d) said him was

　　4. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: Jesse has recently become a vegan.

　　B: Jesse _______ a vegan.

　　a) has just become

　　b) said she had recently become

　　c) she said had just become

　　d) says she has recently became

　　5. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: We have been thinking of going to Malaysia for the last three years.

　　B: They _______ of going to Malaysia for the last three years.

　　a) had thought

　　b) say they think

　　c) said they had been thinking

　　d) said they has been thinking

　　6. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: I will be hiking through the Amazon rainforest this time next week!

　　B: She _______ through the Amazon rainforest this time next week.

　　a) says she will hiking

　　b) says she would have been hiking

　　c) said she will have been

　　d) said she would be hiking

　　7. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: How long have you been working in the Birmingham office?

　　B: She _______ in the Birmingham office.

　　a) asked me how long had I been working

　　b) asked me how long I had been working

　　c) asked me how long I will been working

　　d) asked me how long I has been working

　　8. Complete sentence B so that it changes sentence A from direct to indirect speech.

　　A: I’ll come over to your house instead of you coming over to mine.

　　B: He _______.

　　a) said he will come over your house instead of us going over to mine.

　　b) said he’s coming over to our house instead of we going over to he.

　　c) said he would come over to our house instead of us going over to his.

　　d) said he had been coming over to our house instead of us going over to his.

　　答案

　　1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d, 7) b, 8) c.

　　实习编辑：姚依明

　　责任编辑：潘程