一、时间状语的变化直接引语变间接引语时，有些时间状语根据情况也要相应的改动。如：如将now改为then，将today 改为that day，将tonight改为that night改为，将yesterday改为the day before，将this month改为that month，将last week改为the week before，将three years ago改为three years before，将tomorrow改为the next day，将next year改为the next year，等等。如：He said, “I’m very busy now.” 他说。如：“我现在很忙。”→He said that he was very busy then. 他说他当时很忙。He said, “I want to leave today.” 他说。如：“他想今天离开。”→He said that he wanted to leave that day. 他说他想那天就离开。He said, “She left yesterday.” 他说。如：“她昨天离开了。”→He said that she had left the day before. 他说她前一天就离开了。She said, “I’ll tell you tomorrow.” 她说。如：“我明天告诉你。”→She said that she would tell me the next day. 她说她第二天告诉我。
　　
以上变化有时应视情况而定，若在当时转述，now不必改为then；若在当天转述，today, yesterday, tomorrow等不必改为that day, the day before, the next day等；若在当周转述，this week, last week 不必改为that week, the last week；若在当年转述，this year, last year 不必改为that year, the last year等。
　　
二、地点状语的变化主要涉及的地点状语是here，它在间接引语中通常要变为there。如：“I live here now.” he said. 他说。如：“我现在住在这里。”→He said that he lived there then. 他说他当时住在那儿。若在当地转述，则here也可不必改为there。