賓語從句的否定轉移

主句的謂語動詞是think, believe, imagine, suppose, consider, expect, fancy, guess等，并且主句的主語是第一人稱而且為一般現在時，從句的否定詞一般要轉移到主句上來，其反義疑問句一般與賓語從句一致。
I don't think (that) he will come to my party. （對）
而不能說成I think he won't come to my party. （錯）
我認為他不會來我的舞會。
I don't believe that man is killed by Jim, is he?
我認為那個人不是Jim所殺的，是不是？
如果賓語從句中有某個含有否定意義的形容詞或副詞，其反義疑問句要用肯定形式。
We find that he never listens to the teacher carefully, does he?
我們發現他從來不仔細聽老師講課，是不是？

賓語從句的時態和語序

當主句為現在時或將來時，賓語從句的時態一般不受主句的時態所影響。當主句為過去時，從句就會出現三種可能。
1. 主句過去時+從句一般過去時或過去進行時表示與主句謂語動詞動作同時發生
I only knew that he was studying in a western country, but I didn't know what country he was in.
我只知道他當時在西方的一個國家讀書，可不知道是哪個國家。
He asked me if I was reading the story The Old Man and the Sea when he was in.
他問我他進來的時候我是否正在讀《老人與海》。
2. 主句過去時+從句過去完成表示該動作發生在主句謂語動作之前
He told me that he had told Mary about the meeting already.
他告訴我他已經把有關會議的事情告訴了Mary。
3. 主句過去時+從句謂語過去將來時表示該動作發生在主句謂語動作之后
The reporter asked if the government would take necessary measures to put down the to-do.
記者問政府是否會采取必要的措施鎮壓騷亂。
4. 特殊
若從句敘述的是客觀真理、自然現象或永恒不變的規律時，則不受主句時態的限制，仍用一般現在時
The teacher said that the moon goes around the earth yesterday.
老師昨天說月亮圍著地球轉。
Our teacher told us light travels much faster than sound.
老師告訴我們光傳播的速度比聲音快得多。
They knew the sun is much bigger than the earth then.
他們那時就知道太陽比地球大得多。
He said that one and one makes two.
他說一加一等于二。

賓語從句的間接引語

概念：當直接引語是特殊疑問句，改為間接引語時，用原句中的疑問詞做連接詞，疑問語序改為陳述語序。
“What do you want?” he asked me.
→He asked me what I wanted.
“你想要什么？”他問我。
→他問我想要什么。
He asked her, “Where are you going?”
→He asked her where she was going.
他問她：“你去哪兒”
→他問她她去哪兒。
“How much have we spent on petrol this year?” Susan asked her husband.
→Susan asked her husband how much they had spent on petrol that year.
蘇姍問她丈夫那一年在汽油上花了多少錢。
The secretary said: “I haven't received the letter today.”
→The secretary said that she hadn't received the letter that day.
秘書說她那天沒有收到那封信。