直接引语改为间接引语人称要相应地变化。口诀如下：一随主，二随宾，第三人称不更新。“一随主”即把直接引语中的第一人称(如：I，me，my，mine，we，us，our，ours)变为与主句的主语相一致的人称。“二随宾”即把直接引语中的第二人称(you，your，yours)变为和主句的间接宾语(即听话人，如无听话人，可根据上下文确定一个人称)相一致的人称。“第三人称不更新”即直接引语中的第三人称(he，him，his，she，hers，it，its，they，their，theirs，them)变为间接引语时，人称不变。
一随主：He said，“I like it very much.”
→He said that he liked it very much.(I改为he，it不变)
二随宾：He said，“You told me this story.”
→He said that I had told him that story.(You改为I，me改为him，told改为had told)
第三人称不更新：He said to me，“She's left her book in your room.”
→He told me that she had left her book in my room.(She's改为she had，her不变，your改为my)
[即时演练1] 句型转换
①The workers said，“The leaders often make the workers work extra hours.”
→The workers said that the leaders often made the workers work extra hours.
②Mary said，“I want to have a computer of my own.”
→Mary said that she wanted to have a computer of her own.
③Her colleague said to her，“Who did you ask for a leave？”
→Her colleague asked her who she had asked for a leave.
