Mother said that you stayed home and that you had to do all housework.

题目

Mother said that you stayed home and that you had to do all housework.
为什么在这里要用you stayed home,是过去式?转告时应该还没有发生啊
you had to do all housework.说话时肯定没有发生呀,为什么也是过去式呢?

答案

首先,mother said后面没有引号,所以从句里面的时态要和said一样,都是过去式,即stay和have都要用过去式.如果不想用过去式,可以加入引号改成Mother said: "you stay hom and have to do all housework".一般转述的时候...