1、主句动词为一般现在时的,宾语从句用“直陈语气或时态”:就是“什么时候发生的,就用这个时态:
a. I know (that) he is kind.
b. I know that he works in a company.
c. I know that he will go(= is going) to study in the US next year.
d. I know that he has worked here for ten years.
e. I know that Dad is working in his office at the moment.
f. I know that the Earth goes around the Sun.
2、为一般过去时,除一般的科学规律、自然、永恒的现象”仍然用一般现在时“外,其他情况都受到主句过去时的影响,简而言之,就是把在上面的主句一般现在时的从句中的时态”后移一个时态,如,一般现在时变为一般过去时,现在完成时:过去完成时;现在将来时:过去将来时,等等。
a. I knew (that) he was kind.
b. I knew that he worked in a company.
c. I knew that he would go(= was going) to study in the US next year.
d. I knew that he had worked here for ten years.
e. I knew that Dad was working in his office at the moment.
But we still say,
f. I knew that the Earth goes around the Sun.