1. If 引导的条件句---第一条件句
形式:
If I am better tomorrow, I will get up.
If I have a headache, I will take an aspirin.
If she finishes early, she will go home.
用法:
第一类条件句从句中的动词用一般现在时,主句中的动词用will/shall 动词原形。用来表示询问或谈论十分可能的事情。如果我们认为将来的事件可能会发生,就可以用第一条件句去描述将会发生什么事或不会发生什么事。
2. 过去进行时
形式:
过去进行时由was/were -ing 分词构成。
I was writing.
We were writing.
用法:
①表示过去某时正在进行的动作。
What were you doing last night at seven o’clock?
Workers were building a dam last summer.
②与always 连用表示过去经常重复的动作。
He was always changing his mind.
She was always coming back late.
3. 现在完成时
形式:
现在完成时是have/has ed分词构成的。
I have (I’ve) played.
He has (He’s) worked.
用法:
①表示动作或过程发生在说话之前某个没有明确说出的过去时间,现在已经完成了,并与现在的情况有联系。
现在完成时可以不带时间状语。
She’s turned off the light.(灯在一个过去时间被关了,说话时刻仍然关着。)
现在完成时可以表示最近发生的动作。
She’s already gone.
It’s rained quite recently.
现在完成时可以表示反复性和习惯性动作。
We have often been there.
I’ve seen the film three times a month.
②表示开始于过去并持续到现在(也许还会持续下去)的动作。
现在完成时和“直到现在”的状语连用。
Up till now we have planted over 24,000 fruit trees.
So far everything has been successful.
现在完成时与since 和 for 连用。
I’ve known him since 1950.
I haven’t smoked a cigarette for a year