“时态”、“语态”的考查在高考试题中无论是单选、完形填空、翻译、改错、单词拼写，还是在写作中都是“重头戏”。但是不像汉语不用变化谓语而直接用时间状语体现时间或主谓宾关系，英语是不断变化谓语形式来体现时间概念及谓语与主语的关系，因此很多学生“谈时态、语态色变”，根据高考命题特点，我们可以从以下六点找到破解它的突破口。
　　
　　一、明确几组易混时态的用法
　　
　　1．一般现在时态和现在进行时态
　　①Light travels much faster than sound. (客观事实)
　　②She is visiting Canada.（现阶段正在做）
　　③-Do you live here? （目前状况）
　　-No. I’m visiting my old friends these days. （现阶段正在做，体现暂时性）
　　④I sometimes work until dawn.（经常会习惯性动作）
　　一般现在时态表示目前经常发生或习惯性的动作，表示客观事实、主语目前的特征、状况、能力等。现在进行时态表示说话人正在进行的动作或现阶段正在进行而说话时不一定正在进行的动作，体现它的暂时性。
　　【经典考例】（下划线为答案）
　　①The house belongs to my aunt but she___________here any more.(2006全国Ⅰ)
　　A. hasn’t lived B. didn’t live
　　C. hadn’t livedD. doesn’t live
　　②-I don’t suppose the police know who did it. (2006江苏)
　　-Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and_________now.
　　A. has been questionedB. is being questioned
　　C. is questioning D. had questioned
　　【即兴练笔】
　　③I________ ping-pang quite well, but I haven’t had time to play since the new year.(NMET2001)
　　A. will playB. have played
　　C. played D. play
　　④I don’t really work here. I_________until the new secretary arrives.(NMET1994)
　　A. just help out B. have just helped out
　　C. am just helping out D. will just help out
　　解析：①和③表明了主语目前的状况和能力，用一般现在时态。②表示此刻正在进行的动作，又因是被动关系，用现在进行时态的被动语态，④表示现阶段正在做而说话时不一定正在进行的动作，体现它的暂时性。
　　2．一般过去时态和过去进行时态
　　① Yesterday I was writing a report and now I’m continuing to write it. （未完成）
　　② Yesterday I wrote a report and now I’m typing it. （完成）
　　③ When you phoned I was talking with my foreign teacher.
　　(一般过去时态表示短暂的某一动作；过去进行时态为前者提供背景、起铺垫作用)
　　一般过去时态侧重于某动作在过去发生的事实，体现动作的完成性；过去进行时态表示动作在过去某时或某阶段正在进行或说话时不一定正在进行的动作，体现它的未完成性和持续性。
　　【经典考例】
　　①-I saw Jane and her boyfriend in the park at 8 yesterday evening.(2007福建)
　　-Impossible. She_________TV with me in my home then.
　　A. watched B. had watched
　　C. would watch D. was watching
　　② I__________you not to move my dictionary——now I can’t find it.(2004全国II)
　　A. asked B. was asking
　　C. ask D. had asked
　　【即兴练笔】
　　③-Has Sam finished his homework today?(NMET2004)
　　-I have no idea. He__________it this morning.
　　A. didB. had done
　　C. was doingD. had done
　　④-Did you see a man in black pass by just now? (2007四川)
　　-No, sir, I__________a newspaper.
　　A. readB. was reading
　　C. would readD. am reading
　　解析：①表示watch这个动作在at yesterday evening正在做，②仅强调过去动作的事实，表示“已经告诉过”；③从“I have no idea”及“this morning”可知“do the homework”并未完成，强调动作的持续过程。④read这个动作在just now（刚才）正在做。
　　3．一般过去时和现在完成时
　　① I learned Java Language at college.(强调过去动作事实)
　　② I have learned Java Language .(强调我学过，现在还掌握着，并有能力胜任某种工作，对现在有影响)
　　一般过去时态侧重于某动作在过去发生的事实，可以和具体的过去时在状语连用；现在完成时态所表示的事情发生的时间可能是过

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