白話:時態就是「動作發生在什麼時候」。看句子裡的時間線索字(now, yesterday, since, next week…)就能決定用哪種動詞形式。這是會考最愛考的第一名,六大時態一定要分清楚。
🔹 現在進行式:現在正在做
be(am/is/are)+ 動詞-ing 常跟 Listen! / Look! / now
115-19No, I am watching TV. It's the most important game.不行,我正在看電視。(此刻正在進行)
110-2Listen! The baby is crying in the bedroom.聽!寶寶正在房間裡哭。
🔹 過去進行式:過去某個時間點正在做
was/were + 動詞-ing 常跟 at the time / when…(過去)
112-6Rex didn't feel the earthquake. He was jogging in the park at the time.地震當下他正在公園慢跑,所以沒感覺到。
115-16Mr. Olson went to the doctor when he found he was losing his hair.他發現自己正在掉髮時去看了醫生。
🔹 過去簡單式:過去做完的事
動詞過去式(V-ed / 不規則) 常跟 yesterday, ago, last…, before
115-17Before becoming a movie star, she mopped the floors at the supermarket.成為影星前,她(以前)在超市拖地。
111-19Ariel studied every night for a week before her Chinese test.考試前她每晚都讀書。
🔹 現在完成式:從過去到現在(+ since / for / yet / already)
have/has + 過去分詞(p.p.) ★看到 since / for 幾乎就是它
110-5Paul misses his parents. He hasn't seen them since he came to Taiwan a year ago.自從一年前來台灣,他就沒見過父母。(since → 完成式)
112-22The new medicine has saved thousands of lives.這款新藥已經救了數千條人命。
🔹 未來式:還沒發生(will / be going to)
will + 原形 或 be going to + 原形 常跟 tomorrow, next…, this weekend
110-7My sister is coming today. She will stay with me for a week.她會待一週。
114-10Christmas is coming and I want to visit my aunt abroad.聖誕節快到了。(現在進行式表「即將發生」)
🔹 ★超愛考陷阱:when / until / before / if 後面用「現在式」代替未來
主句用 will,時間/條件子句(when, until, before, if…)要用現在式
113-11John will stay with his sister until he finds an apartment.在他「找到」公寓前都住姊姊家。(until 後不可用 will find)
114-18Before she asks about it, you should tell Daphne you broke her cup.在她問起之前先告訴她。
🔹 used to:過去的習慣(現在已經沒有了)
used to + 原形動詞 = 以前經常…(現在不再)
112-23When I read in my room, he used to come and sit quietly beside me.(我的狗)以前常過來安靜坐在我旁邊。
時態題先找「時間字」再決定!since/for→完成式;now/Listen→現在進行;when/until/if子句→現在式。