• 直接引述：
  

  He said,"I can speak Japanese."

  他曾說"我能說日語"。
  

  間接引述：

  He said that he could speak Japanese."他曾說他能說日語。

• 直接引述：
  

  Lisa said,"They all arrived safely."

  麗莎曾說"他們都安全抵達了。"
  

  間接引述：

  Lisa said that they had all arrived safely. 

  麗莎曾說他們都平安抵達了。
  

• 主動句：

  They speak Spanish in Mexico.
  在墨西哥說西班牙語。

  被動句：
  

  Spanish is spoken in Mexico.西班牙語在墨西哥流通。
  

• I know that he is a good guy.
  我知道他是個好人。

• 附屬子句為「現在式」：

  I have heard that he works very hard.

  我聽說他工作很努力。
  

  附屬子句為「過去式」：

  I have heard that he worked very hard at the time.

  我聽說當時他工作很努力。

  
  附屬子句為「現在完成式」：

  I have heard that he has worked very hard recently.

  我聽說他最近工作很努力。

I said that he bought a car.

我說過他買了一輛車。

I said that he had bought a car.我說過他已經買了一輛車。

I said that he would buy a car.我說過他將會買一輛車。

• I shall have been married for ten years by then.
  到那時我結婚就有十年了。
  

• By this time tomorrow, You will have been fired.
  明天此時，你就已經被開除了。
  
  

• go without saying，表示不用說、不必說。 
• It goes without saying that home is the warmest place in the world.
  不用說，家是世界上最溫暖的地方。
• of one's own 動名詞，代表「…自己…的」。 
• These are trees of my own planting.
  這是我自己種的樹。
• have a time 加上動名詞，表示費勁、好不容易。
• I have a hard time studying abroad.
  
  我在國外唸書的時期很苦。
• worth + 動名詞，表示值得。
• The book is worth reading.
  
  這本書值得看。
• in + 動名詞，表示有關…的事情。
• Modern artists have difficulty in finding patrons.
  
  現代藝術家很難找到贊助人。
  

• I had been wored in Taipei for two years.
  我曾在台北工作兩年。
  
  

• You had been missed.
  你已經錯過了。
  

• I was surprised at the news.
  這件消息讓我吃驚。

• She is known to everybody.
  她是眾所皆知。