初中英语时态详解.doc

初中英语时态汇总
一、什么叫时态?
英语中不同时间发生的动作要用动词的不同形式来表示,这种动词的不同形式叫做时态。
二、时态的种类
常见的英语时态有16种,但初中阶段一般要求掌握9种。
请见下表:
(以动词work为例)
时态名称
例句
主语
谓语
时间状语
一般现在时
He
works
every day
一般过去时
He
worked
yesterday
一般将来时
He
will work
to morrow
过去将来时
He
said he would work
the next day
现在进行时
He
is working
now
过去进行时
He
was working
at that time
现在完成时
He
has worked
for two hours
过去完成时
He
had worked
for two hours by then
现在完成进行时
He
has been working here
since 10 years ago
时态往往和其时间状语有着密切的联系。现就常用9种时态及其常用时间状语等问题分别简介于下:

一般现在时用来表示:
客观事实和普遍真理;
习惯性的、反复出现的动作或状态;
主语现有的特征。
常与下列时间状语连用:
(1)always, often, usually, sometimes, seldom, ever, never等。如:
It never snows in Australia in 。
(2)once a year, twice a day, every day, every month, every other day(每隔一天),every two days(每隔两天)等。如:
I hear from her every other 。
(3)有时可与表示未来的时间状语连用,表达按一定规定、计划或安排要发生的情况,此类状语有:at 11:30, tomorrow, tonight, now等。如:
Where do we go now?我们现在到哪儿去?

现在进行时表示说话时或目前阶段正在进行的动作。常与下列时间状语连用:now, this month, today, at 7:30 等。如:
It’s raining 。
He’s looking after his brother 。
现在进行时多数情况下没有具体的时间状语,一般通过上下文显示动作正在进行。如:
Who are you waiting for?你在等谁?
They are listening to an English 。

一般过去时表示过去发生的动作或状态。用于一般过去时的时间状语有:
(1)then, at that time, at that moment, just now, just then, recently等。如:
Tom was here j