英語中有16種時態，其中分為四個時間節點，分別是“現在、過去、將來、過去將來”，而每個時間節點又分為四種狀態“一般、完成、進行、完成進行”，這就構成了英語中的16種時態。
一般現在時：We have eight classes every day.
現在進行時：Look！He is flyinga kite.
一般過去時：You didn’t doyour best to do it。
一般將來時：She will havea daughter.
現在完成時：l have playedthe piano.
過去完成時：He said he had workedin that factory since 1949.
過去進行時：It was rainingwhen they left the station.
過去將來時：He said he would cometo see me.
現在完成進行時：The Chinese have been makingpaper for two thousand years.
過去完成進行時：I had been lookingfor it for days before I found it.
將來完成時：I will have eaten up my meal before she comes back.
將來進行時：I will be doing homework this time tomorrow.
將來完成進行時：I will have been workinghere in this factory for twenty years by the end of the year.
過去將來完成時：Tom said he would have arrivedby one o’clock.
過去將來進行時：The new book he would be readingwas Pilgrimage to the West.
過去將來完成進行時：She toldme she would have been teaching in that university for 20 years by that summer.
英語中有16種時態，其中分為四個時間節點，分別是“現在、過去、將來、過去將來”，而每個時間節點又分為四種狀態“一般、完成、進行、完成進行”，這就構成了英語中的16種時態。
一般現在時：We have eight classes every day.
現在進行時：Look！He is flyinga kite.
一般過去時：You didn’t doyour best to do it。
一般將來時：She will havea daughter.
現在完成時：l have playedthe piano.
過去完成時：He said he had workedin that factory since 1949.
過去進行時：It was rainingwhen they left the station.
過去將來時：He said he would cometo see me.
現在完成進行時：The Chinese have been makingpaper for two thousand years.
過去完成進行時：I had been lookingfor it for days before I found it.
將來完成時：I will have eaten up my meal before she comes back.
將來進行時：I will be doing homework this time tomorrow.
將來完成進行時：I will have been workinghere in this factory for twenty years by the end of the year.
過去將來完成時：Tom said he would have arrivedby one o’clock.
過去將來進行時：The new book he would be readingwas Pilgrimage to the West.
過去將來完成進行時：She toldme she would have been teaching in that university for 20 years by that summer.