Cấu trúc câu tường thuật dạng câu trần thuật:

S + said/ told (+O) + (that) + S + V (lùi 1 thì) + ....

1. My friend said that they had moved into their new flat

(hiện tại hoàn thành -> QKHT)
2. The teacher said that Tokyo was a densely populated city 

(HTD -> QKD)

3 He said that his parents had already seen that film

( hiện tại hoàn thành -> QKHT)

4. He told me that he knew exactly what she had done the day before

(HTD -> QKD, yesterday -> the day before)

5 He said that his sister was working then )

(HTTD -> QKTD, now -> then)

6 Tony said that he would help me with those exercises then

(will -> would, now -> then)

7 She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he had arrived

(QKTT-> QKHTTD, QKD -> QKHT)

8 She said that she hadn't gone to the party

(QKD -> QKHT)

9 They said that they had to see those movies that night

(must/ have to -> had to, these-> those, tonight -> that night)

10 My father told Ben that he was sure he saw Ben there the week before

(HTD-> QKD, here -> there, last week -> the week before)