1, She asked him when he could start.

- Câu tường thuật với Wh-question : S + asked + (O)/ wanted to know/ wondered/... + WH-word + S + V (lùi thì)

- can -> could

2, She asked he what time it was.

- Thì hiện tại đơn -> Quá khứ đơn : was/ were

3, She asked how long I had worked for that company.

- Thì quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành : had + PII

- this -> that

4, She asked why he had been working so hard.

- Thì hiện tại hoàn thành tiếp diễn -> Thì quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn : S + had + been + V-ing + ...

5, She asked me why I had done it when she had told me not to.

- Thì quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành : had + PII

6, She asked why I hadn't come at ten o'clock.

- Thì quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành : had + PII

7, He said he didn't know what had happened.

- Câu tường thuật với câu kể : S + said (that) + S + V (lùi thì)

8, She said the doctor had written her a prescription

- Thì quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành : had + PII

9, She said she had gone to dentist the day before.

- Thì quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành : had + PII

- yesterday -> the day before/ the previous day

1. She asked him when he could start.

2. She asked what time it was.

3. She asked how long he had worked for that company.

4. She asked why he had been working so hard.

5. She told me why I had done it when she had told me not to.

6. She asked why I had not come at ten o’clock.

7. He said that he did not know what had happened.

8. She said that the doctor had written her a prescription.

9. She said that she had gone to the dentist the day before.

+ S + asked(+O)/wanted to know/required/wondered + Wh-words + S + V.

+ S + told/requested/ required + O + not to-infinitive.

+ S + said/told/exclaimed + that + S + V(lùi thì) + O.