時態(tài)問題要注意的有格式、含義、比較、一統(tǒng)、活用。在實際應(yīng)用中，時態(tài)的基本規(guī)律并不復(fù)雜，只要多慮多用，很快就可以掌握的，至于更多的變動，也足以在之后的學(xué)習(xí)中逐步掌握的。而能用然后我們又會發(fā)現(xiàn)，實則每篇文章里時態(tài)的配搭都可以有多種方案，就像我們每私人的衣著可以有眾多種配搭同樣，我們時態(tài)的用處也可以有多種配搭方案，只要能合乎表現(xiàn)文章的正題的需要，就應(yīng)當(dāng)說是不錯的。至于哪種是最佳的方案，則各人有私人的看法，所謂仁者見仁，智者見智了。

時態(tài)的含義：
1.普通如今時：表達真理性，常常性，習(xí)性性，普遍性。[在口語里常用，在敘事性文章和故事里很少用]
例句：1.The earth is smaller than the sun. [面貌][真理性]
2.Tom gets up early every morning. [動作][常常性和習(xí)性性]
3.Everybody knows him. [普遍性]
2.以往時：表達以往某一時間里發(fā)生的動作或面貌。 [敘事性的文章和故事里最常用的時態(tài)]。
例句：1.Yesterday we went to the park.[動作]
2.The book was there ten minutes ago. [面貌]
3.日后時：表達日后某一時間里發(fā)生的動作或面貌。
例句：1.Tom will help you tomorrow. [動作]
2.We shall be here in time next time. [面貌]
4.以往日后時：表達從以往某一時間看將在之后某一時間里發(fā)生的動作或面貌。[注意不要跟如今結(jié)合起來]
例句：1.Ten years ago, Mary said she would finish the work in a few days. [動作]
2. Yesterday he thought you would be a good player after five years. [面貌]
5.如今完成時：表達在如今之前就已經(jīng)完成的動作或面貌[要加意不涵蓋如今]。
例句：1.We have done our homework. [動作]
2.He has been a doctor now. .[面貌]
6.以往完成時: 表達在以往某時之前就已經(jīng)完成的動作或面貌。
例句：1.Three days ago he had already finished his homework. [動作]
2.When he was a boy, he had already been a head of the boys. [面貌]
7.日后完成時：表達在日后某時之前將完成的動作或面貌。
例句：1.Tomorrow morning, I will have cleaned the windows. [動作]
2.Next Sunday, he will have been a new doctor. [面貌]
8.以往日后完成時:表達在以往某一時間之前本該完成的動作或面貌。[普通用于虛擬語態(tài)]
例句：1.If he had worked hard enough, he would have built a new house. [動作] [實況是因為他不夠黽勉，所以愛巢子連身影都沒有]
2.If he were alive, he would have been a doctor now. .[面貌][實況是他已經(jīng)物故，所以永恒成不了醫(yī)生]
9.如今施行時：在如今之前起始，之后還要傳續(xù)時期的動作。[要注意只有傳續(xù)性動詞可以用施行時]。
例句：Tom is reading a book.
10.以往施行時：在以往某時之前起始，之后還要傳續(xù)時期的動作。[要注意只有傳續(xù)性動詞可以用施行時]。
例句：The dog was eating a bone.
11.日后施行時：在日后某時之前起始，之后還要傳續(xù)時期的動作。[要注意只有傳續(xù)性動詞可以用施行時]。
例句：At ten tomorrow morning, I will be writing the letter for you.
12.以往日后施行時：從以往某時來看將再之后某時之前起始，之后還要傳續(xù)時期的動作。[要注意只有傳續(xù)性動詞可以用施行時]。
例句：Jack told me that he would be working hard the next year.
13.如今完成施行時：在如今之前就已經(jīng)完成而且還要傳續(xù)下去的動作。[較少用]
例句：Tom has been reading this book for over ten hours.
14.以往完成施行時：在以往某時之前就已經(jīng)完成而且還要傳續(xù)下去的動作。{很少用}
例句：The workers had been building the railway then.
15.日后完成施行時：在日后某時之前就已經(jīng)完成而且還要傳續(xù)下去的動作。{很少用}
例句：They will have been making their efforts after that time.
16.以往日后完成施行時：在以往某時之前看來日后某時應(yīng)當(dāng)已經(jīng)完成而且還要傳續(xù)下去的動作。{很少用}
例句：We thought they would have been doing physical training till then.