初中阶段，要求学生掌握动词6种时态的基本结构(一般现在时，一般过去时，现在进行时，过去进行时，现在完成时，和一般将来时态)及它们的主要用法和区别。了解过去将来、过去完成时态的基本用法，解题时注意找出关键词，正确判断出时态，按时态结构正确变化动词。注意句子时态的一致性，注意对特殊时态的处理。
1、一般现在时：
●用法:
1)现阶段经常性，习惯性的动作。例如：
I get up at six every morning.
He plays tennis once a week.
2)现在的状态。例如：
My mother is a teacher. She teaches English in a school.
3）客观真理。例如：
The earth goes around the sun.
4）常用于一般现在时态的时间状语：
often ，usually ，sometimes ，always ，every day ，never ，in the morning 等连用时。
●构成：主语是I, we, you, they和名词复数时作谓语的行为动词用原形。主语是he, she , it和名词单数时，动
主语为第三人称和名词单数时：
肯定式:S+V/动词的第三人称单数
否定式:S+ don't/doesn't +V+其他
疑问式:Do/Does+S+V+其他
简略回答:(肯)Yes,S+do/does
(否)No,S+do/does not
●当主语是第一、二人称和第三人称复数以及名词复数时：
肯定式: S + be +···
否定式: S+ be +not + ···
疑问式: Am /Is /Are + S+ ···?
简略回答: (肯) Yes,S + be.
(否) No,S + be.
练习题：
1.--- May I help you, sir?
--- Yes, I bought the TV the day before yesterday, but it ______.
A. didn’t work
B. doesn’t work
C. won’t work
D. can’t work
2．______ the bus until it ______..
A. Get off, stops
B. Get off, will stop
C. Don’t get off, stops
D. Don’t get off, will stop 3．The 70-year-old man ______ exercises in the morning.
A. takes
B. are taking
C. took
D. will take
2. 现在进行时
●用法：
1）说话时正在进行或发生的动作（动作是在说话时正在进行）。例如：
She is having a bath now.
2）现阶段正在进行或发生的动作（但是动作并不是必须在说话时正在进行）。例如：
You are working hard today.
Kate wants to work in Italy, so she is learning Italian.
The population of the world is growing very fast.
3）频度副词always, forever等词连用时，表示某种强烈的感情。如：
He is always trying out new ideas. (表示欣赏，表扬)
4）表示按计划即将发生的动作（仅限于go, come, arrive, leave, start, fly, begin, stay 等动词）。如：The party is beginning at 8:00 o’clock..
5) 常用于现在进行时态的时间状语：now ,look,listen等。
●构成：
be+ v-ing
2)肯定句、否定句、疑问句形式：
肯定句：S+be +V-ing
否定句：S+be+not + V-ing
一般疑问句：Is(Are)+S+V-ing？
特殊疑问：wh_+ be + S + V-ing?
练习题：
1．I don’t think that it’s true. She’s ______ lies.
A. tell
B. tells
C. telling
D. told
2.How ______ you ______ with the new job?
A. do, do
B. do, get along
C. are, doing
D. are, getting on 3．--- Are these socks yours?
--- No. Mine ______ outside on the clothes line.
A. are hanging
B. have hung
C. hang
D. hung
3．一般将来时
●用法：
1．将要发生的动作。例如：
I will leave for Beijing tomorrow.
2．将要存在的状态。例如：
This time next year I will be in Japan. Where will you be?
3．打算要做的事。例如：
Are you going to watch the film on television tonight?
3) 常用于一般将来时的时间状语：
tomorrow next week in 2008 等。
●构成：
1. 助动词will(shall)+v
2. be +going to +v
练习题：
1. I______ for Hong Kong on Saturday. Will you go to see me off at the airport？
A. am leaving
B. am left
C. am going to leaving
D. left
2.I______ to see grandma and help her with some housework every week.
A. came
B. am going come
C. come
D. will come
3.We Chinese ______ the Olympic Games in 2008.
A. held
B. shall holding
C. are holding
D. are going to hold 4．一般过去时
●用法：
1．过去发生的动作。例如：
The police stopped me on my way home last night.
