在语法里，时或时态表示行为发生的时间和说话时的关系。在英语考试中经常会遇到时态题。下面是小编收集整理的英语时态例题讲解，大家一起来看看吧!
英语时态例题讲解:
1. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people ________ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.
A. begin B. began
C. have begun D. had begun
2. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ________ advertisements showing happy families.
A. will often see B. often see
C. are often seeing D. have often seen
3. —I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.
—Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ________?
A. was leaving B. had left
C. has left D. left
4. —What were you doing when Tony phoned you?
—I had just finished my work and________ to take a shower.
A. had started B. started
C. have started D. was starting
5. I ________ you not to move my dictionary—now I can’t find it.
A. asked B. ask
C. was asking D. had asked
6. —Has Sam finished his homework today?
—I have no idea. He ________ it this morning.
A. did B. has done
C. was doing D. had done
7. —What’s that terrible noise?
—The neighbors ________ for a party.
A. have prepared B. are preparing
C. prepare D. will prepare
8. Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.
A. had considered B. has been considering
C. considered D. is going to consider
9. The teacher, with 6 girls and 8 boys of her class, ________ visiting a museum when the earthquake struck.
A. was B. were
C. had been D. would be
10. The discussion ________ alive when an interesting topic was brought in.
A. was coming B. had come
C. has come D. came
11. Because the shop ________ , all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A. has closed down B. closed down
C. is closing down D. had closed down
12. Let’s keep to the point or we ________ any decisions.
A. will never reach B. have never reached
C. never reach D. never reached
13. My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I ________ half of it.
A. was missing B. had missed
C. will miss D. missed
14. It is said in the book that Thomas Edison (1847—1931) ________ the world-leading inventor for sixty years.
A. would be B. has been
C. had been D. was
15. —You were out when I dropped in at your house.
—Oh, I ________ for a friend from England at the airport.
A. was waiting B. had waited
C. am waiting D. has waited
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答案详解:
1. B. when引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，when指20世纪90年代初，当然用一般过去时。
2. A. 这是“祈使句+and +陈述句”句型，祈使句相当于一个条件状语从句，and后的陈述句的谓语用一般将来时，这是一个较为固定的句型。
3. D. 因为Jane已经度假去了，“离开”此地就当然是在此之前的过去某个时间了，所以用一般过去时，选D。另外，when通常都不与完成时连用，排除B和C，A也与语境不符。
4. D. 过去进行时在此表示过去准备要做的事。句意为:(Tony给我打电话时)我刚好做完工作，准备去冲凉。
5. A. 由now可知前句的意思是:我曾经叫你不要搬动我的词典的 (你偏不听)。“叫”是在过去发生的动作，用一般过去时。
6. C. 根据句意“我不知道Sam现在是否已经做完了作业，(但是我知道)他今天早上一直在做作业”，可知要用过去进行时。
7. B. 由What’s=What is可知，现在在出声音;进而知道“邻居们正在为一个晚会作准备”，所以用现在进行时态。再说，已经准备好了或者将作准备，我们不可能听得到声音，问句也就不成立了，排除A和D。
8. B. 根据but she hasn’t decided yet (尚未决定) 可知，从开始失业时起一直在考虑再去上学，现在还在考虑。表示从过去某一时刻开始一直到现在，并且现在依然在发生的动作，用现在完成进行时，现在完成进行时由“have/has been doing”构成，所以选B。
9. A. 由when the earthquake struck可知，要用一般过去时，排除C和D;又因为主语是单数the teacher，所以只有A正确。
10. D. 由when…was brought in可知，come也是过去发生的事，用一般过去时。句意是:当引入一个有趣的话题时，那场讨论又变得活跃起来。
11. C. 由all the T-shirts are sold at half price可知，这家商店还没有关闭，但准备将要关闭，所以选C，用现在进行时表示最近的打算。
12. A. “祈使句+or+陈述句”句型中，陈述句的谓语用“will+动词原形”，几乎是固定的。句意是:让我们扣住主题吧，否则，我们就作不了决定。
13. D. 因为was saying表明“他说”发生在过去，“没听到”应该是“他说”的时候没听到，所以miss也是发生在过去，而miss作“未听见、未理解”解时，一般没有进行时，因此，只有D正确。句意是:我的注意力当时并没有集中在他所说的内容上，所以恐怕有一半我都没听到。
14. D. 根据括号内的1847—1931可知，此处应填过去时态;另外，由于没有另一个过去的时间或动作与之比较，故不能用过去完成时，即只能选D。
15. A. 句意是:(你来我家时) 我正在机场等候一位从England来的朋友。表示在过去某一时刻或在过去某一段时间内正在发生的事，用过去进行时，所以选A。
一般过去时的应用:
1. 一般过去时表示过去
(1) 表示过去发生的动作或存在的状态:
He bought the computer five years ago. 这电脑是他五年前买的。
It was then a small fishing village.那时它只是一个小渔村。
(2) 表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作:
We often played together when we were children.我们小时候常在一起玩。
注:表过去习惯性的动词，也可用used to或would:
He used to go to work by bus. 他过去常乘公共汽车去上班。
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2. 一般过去时表示现在
(1) 在宾语从句中，由于时态呼应的关系，可用一般过去时表示现在:
I didn’t know you were here. 我不知道你在这儿。(were实际上指现在)
I didn’t know you were so busy.我没想到你这么忙。(were实际上指现在)
(2) 表示客气委婉的现在
I wondered if you were free this evening. 不知您今晚是否有空。
I thought you might like some flowers. 我想您也许想要些花。
注:能这样有的动词主要限于want, wonder, think, hope, intend等少数动词。
(3) 用于某些特殊结构中表示现在
It’s time we started. 我们该动身了。
I wish I knew his him. 要是我知道他的名字就好了。
I’d rather you lived closer to us. 我希望你能住得离我们近点。
注:该用法主要用于it’s time, I wish, I’d rather, if only, as if, as though 等少数结构后接从句的情形，其中有些结构后面的句子还可用一般过去时表示将来:
I’d rather you come next Monday. 我宁愿你下周星期一来。
另外表主观想法的虚拟条件句也用一般过去时表示现在:
If I had the money now I’d buy a car. 假若我现在有钱，我就买辆小汽车。
过去将来时与一般将来时的比较:
一般将来时是表示从现在看来将要发生的情况，而过去将来时则是表示从过去看来将要发生的情况，所以从理论上说，只要把“考察”的时间从现在移到过去，那么一般将来时的用法就变成了过去将来时的用法。
He says that he won’t lend me a penny. 他说他一便士都不愿借给我。
He said that he wouldn’t lend me a penny. 他说过他一便士都不愿借给我。
Tom says that he will never get married. 汤姆说他永远不结婚。
Tom said that he would never get married. 汤姆说过他永远不结婚。
现在进行时的用法:
1. 表示正在进行
现在进行时除表示说话时正在进行的动作之外，还可表示在短期内临时进行的动作或存在的情况，这种情况通常不会长期如此，并且在说话时刻也不一定正在进行。如:
Don’t take that ladder away. Your father’s using it. 别把梯子拿起，你父亲在用哩。
The professor is typing his own letters while his secretary is ill. 秘书生病时，教授自己打他的信。
2. 表示短期内在进行
表示在短期内正在进行的动作或存在的情况，这种情况通常不会长期如此。如:
Her car has broken down. She’s going to work by bike. 她的汽车坏了，骑自行车上班。
The professor is typing his own letters while his secretary is ill. 秘书生病时，教授自己打他的信。
这种情况在说话时不一定在发生。如:
Don’t take that ladder away. Your father’s using it. 别把梯子拿走，你父亲在用哩。(说话时不一定正在用)