宾语从句的时态选择办法

1、 当主句为一般现在时或一般将来时的时候,从句可以根据需要选择相应的时态,不受主句的影响;主句为一般过去时,从句要用相应的过去时态。例如:

  I want to know what time he ate his breakfast.

  我想知道他今天早晨几点钟吃早饭的。

  They will tell us that they have been able to look after themselves.

  他们将会告诉我们他们已经能照顾自己了。

  I asked what my father was doing then.

  我问那时我爸爸在干什么?

  2、 当宾语从句表述的是客观真理或自然现象是,宾语从句的时态不受主句的时态的影响,仍然用一般现在时。如:

  He said the moon moves round the earth.

  他说月亮围着地球转。

  She asked whether light travels faster than sound.

  她问光速是否比声速快。

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