英语共有十六种时态,初中需要掌握常八种,如下：
1.一般现在时:
例: He is a pupil.
We clean the room every day.
2.一般过去时:
例:He was a pupil.
We cleaned the room just now.
3.现在进行时:am/is/are doing
例:We are cleaning the room now.
4.过去进行时:was/were doing
例:We were cleaning the room at 5:00 yesterday afternoon.
5.现在完成时:have/has done
例:We have already cleaned the room .
6.过去完成时:had done
例:We had cleaned the room before he arrived.
7.一般将来时:will do/be going to do
例:We will clean the room tomorrow.
He is going to visit America.
8.过去将来时:would do
例:He said he would clean the room the next day.
