新编英语语法教程Tenses概要1.pptVIP

The children Watch TV Use different tenses and aspects to make sentences. “Tense” and “Aspect” 1. The children watch TV every evening. (Simple Present) 2. The children watched TV last evening. (Simple Past) 3. The children will watch TV this evening. (Simple Future) 4. The children are watching TV now. (Present Progressive) 5. The children were watching TV at 10 last night. (Past Progressive) 6. The children will be watching TV at 12 at noon. (Future Progressive) 7. The children have watched TV so far. (Present Perfective) 8. The children had watched TV before we got home. (Past Perfective) 9. The children told us they would watch TV next evening. (Past Future) 10. The children have been watching TV for the whole evening. (Present Perfective Progressive) 11. The children will have watched TV when you come back. (Future Perfective) 12. The children had been watching TV before we got home. (Past Perfective Progressive) Tenses 1. “Tense” and “Aspect” Tense refers to the absolute location of an event or action in time, either the present or the past. It is marked by an inflection of the verb. eg. David walks to school (present tense) David walked to school (past tense)? Note: Reference to other times -- the future, for instance -- can be made in a number of ways, by using the modal auxiliary will, or the semi-auxiliary be going to. Since the expression of future time does not involve any inflection of the verb, we do not refer to a future tense. Strictly speaking, there are only two tenses in English: present and past. Aspect indicates whether an action or state at a given time is viewed as complete or incomplete. English verbs have two aspects: progressive aspect; perfective aspect. eg. David has fallen in love. David is falling in love.? David fell in love last month. 2. the Simple