16個時態(tài)：
一般現(xiàn)在時
I am a student.
我是一個學(xué)生.
現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時
She is eating.
她在吃東西.
現(xiàn)在完成時
I have studied English hard.
我努力學(xué)習(xí)英語.（造成的影響是“我現(xiàn)在英語好”）
現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時
My mother has been doing some reading for an hour.
我的媽媽已經(jīng)讀了一個小時的書了.（現(xiàn)在還在讀）
一般過去時
Li Ming was a teacher in 2002.
李明在2002年是一個老師.
過去進(jìn)行時
I was watching TV last night.
昨晚我在看電視.
過去完成時
By the time I got up,my mother had been away from home.
我起床時我媽媽已經(jīng)離開家.（我起床的動作發(fā)生在過去,已經(jīng)過了,我媽在我起床之前就離開家,即離開的動作是在過去的過去）
過去完成進(jìn)行時
I had been doing homework for an hour when my mother went home that day.
那天當(dāng)我媽回家時我已經(jīng)做了一小時的作業(yè).（表示那天我從一個小時之前開始做,一直做到那天我媽回家時,可能還要繼續(xù)做）
一般將來時
You will be my housewife.
你將成為我的妻子.
將來進(jìn)行時
I shall(will) be cooking for you this time tomorrow.
明天的這時我將在為你做飯.
將來完成時
My boss will have arrived this time tomorrow.
我的老板在明天這時將已經(jīng)到達(dá)了.
將來完成進(jìn)行時
By the time you will get to my home in four hours, shall have been working for three hours.
你四個小時后到我家時,我將已經(jīng)工作了三個小時.
過去將來時態(tài)都由將來完成時的基礎(chǔ)上加上一句“從過去的角度看”或者“從過去的角度推斷”,翻譯上大體和將來時態(tài)一致.
（一般）過去將來時
By the time you arrived the next day, she would have been typing for hours.
過去將來進(jìn)行時
They said they would be coming.
過去將來完成時
When we goton the railway station, the train would probably have left.
過去將來完成進(jìn)行時
Mr. Jackson decided to return to London next month. By that time he would have been working with us here for six years.