1、 一般现在时
(1) 表示经常发生的动作或现在存在的状态,常与 sometimes, always, often, every day 等时间状语连用.如：Sometimes, we go swimming after school.
(2) 表示客观真理、科学事实等.如：The earth goes round the sun.
2、 现在进行时
(1) 表示说话时或现阶段正在进行的动作,常与 now, at present 等时间状语连用.如：
What are you doing now?
(2) 和 always, continually 等连用,表一种经常反复的动作,常含有某种情感.如：
He is always doing good deeds.
3、 现在完成时
主要表示动作发生在过去,对现在仍有影响,或动作一直延续到现在,或可能还要继续下去,常与just, already, so far, once, never 等词连用.如：Have you ever been to Beijing?
4、一般将来时
表示将来某一时间要发生的动作或存在的状态,常与 tomorrow, next year 等连用.如：
I'll meet you at the school gate tomorrow morning.
We're going to see a film next Monday.
5、一般过去时
表示在过去某一时间或某一阶段内发生的动作或存在的状态,常与 yesterday, last year, in 1998, a moment ago 等词连用.如：It happened many years ago.
6、过去进行时
表示过去某一时刻或某一时期正在发生的动作.如：
What were you doing this time yesterday?
7、过去完成时
表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作.如：
The train had already left before we arrived.
8、一般过去将来时
表示说话人从过去的角度来看将来发生的动作.如：
He said he would come, but he didn't.
9、被动语态 被动语态的时态,以 give 为例.
时／式 一般 进行 完成
现在 am is given are am is being are has been given have
过去 was given were was being given were had been given
将来 shall be given will shall have been given will
过去将来 should be given would should have been given would