动词的时态是高考试题的重头戏，是必考点。它不仅占了单项填空、改错题的大头，而且在完形填空题、写作题中也有体现。但由于汉语中并没有所谓的时态概念，而且其相关试题出的很活，要仔细体会上下文才能正确答出，是名副其实的难题。
●难点磁场
1.(★★★★)—How are you today?
—Oh,I________ as ill as I do now for a very long time.
A.didn’t feel B.wasn’t feeling C.don’t feel D.haven’t felt
2.(★★★★★)The price________,but I doubt whether it will remain so.
A.went down B.will go down C.has gone down D.was going down
3.(★★★★★)—Hey,look where you are going!
—Oh,I’m terribly sorry,________.
A.I’m not noticing B.I wasn’t noticing C.I haven’t noticed D.I don’t notice
4.(★★★★★)Robert is said________ abroad,but I don’t know what country he studied in.
A.to have studied B.to study C.to be studying D.to have been studying
5.(★★★★★)—Alice,why didn’t you come yesterday?
—I________,but I had an unexpected visitor.
A.had B.would C.was going to D.did
6.(★★★★★)—Do you like the material?
—Yes,it________ very soft.
A.is feeling B.fel t C.feels D.is felt
7.(★★★★)I don’t really work here.I________ until the new secretary arrives.
A.just help out B.have just helped out C.am just helping out D.will just help out
8.(★★★★★)—I________ to be here on time.
—But you________ late again.
A.had meant;were B.meant;were C.have meant;are D.meant;had been
●案例探究
1.—You’ve left the light on.
—Oh,so I have.________ and turn it off. (NMET 2000)
A.I’ll go B.I’ve go C.I go D.I’m going to
命题意图：考查一般将来时不同表示方法之间的区别。本题属四星级题。
知识依托：be going to 表示计划、安排，常为事先确定好了的事情。will除可表示上述用法外，还可表示暂时的打算，且含有主语的主观倾向。故答案为A。
错解分析：本题易误选D，其错因就在于没有掌握好几种表示将来意义的结构的不同含义。
解题方法与技巧：在英语中，要表示将来发生的动作或状态常用到以下几种构成：
（1）be going to+动词原形
表示说话的人明确的打算或计划以及确信会发生的事。
eg.We’re going to hold a meeting to discuss the problem.
It looks as if it is going to rain.
（2）will/shall+动词原形
常用以表示一种倾向性或习惯性的动作或表示单纯的将来。
eg.I’ll be 20 years old next year.
（3）be+doing
该结构所用的动词一般仅限于非延续性动词。用来表示计划安排要发生的事。
eg.I’m leaving for Shanghai tomorrow.
（4）be+to do
该结构表示命令、约定、计划、安排中注定会发生的事。
eg.The meeting is to be held next Tuesday.
I’m to meet Mr Li this afternoon.
（5）be about to do
该结构表示即将马上发生的动作，这时通常不能和表示该动作发生时间的状语连用。
eg.I was about to go to the cinema when he came.
答案：A
2.I ________ ping-pang quite well,but I haven’t had time to play since the new year. (2001年高考)
A.will play B.have played C.played D.play
命题意图：考查语境下的时态。本题要求较高，不仅要掌握各种时态，更要注意上下文。本题属五星级题。
知识依托：一般过去时表示过去发生的某一动作，而一般现在时表示现在的状况。
错解分析：本题易错选C，一般的认为既然新年以来就没有再打过球，那么说打球好与不好，则应是过去的事了。而实际上，后半句为现在完成时，强调新年以来再没打过，即谈的仍是现在的打球水平，前后句子时态相互应和，故答案为D。
解题方法与技巧：一般现在时的应用较多，这里总结如下：
（1）经常性的习惯或动作，常用的时间状语为always、often、usually、every day等
eg.She likes music very much.
(2)表示客观事实或真理
eg.Light goes faster than sound.
答案：D
3.—Bob,what are you doing?
—Oh,I’m sorry I________,Mr.Li.
A.haven’t noticed B.wasn’t noticing C.am not noticing D.couldn’t have noticed
命题意图：本题考查时态间的区分。本题属四星级题。
知识依托：过去进行时表示过去某一时间点正发生某一动作。
错解分析：本题易误选A，如果选完成时，则强调对现在造成的影响和结果，而实际上“notice”这一动作应发生在犯错的同时，即在错事发生时，注意这一动作应正在进行，故选B。
解题方法与技巧：过去进行时通常用于表示：
（1）过去某一时刻或某一时间段内正在发生的动作，常与表过去某一具体时间的时间状语连用。
eg.We were having lunch at seven o’clock last night.
（2）表示过去一段时间内持续进行的动作。（中间可以有停顿）
eg.We were discussing the plan the whole morning yesterday.
（3）过去反复发生的动作，常带有说话人的主观感情色彩。
eg.He was always asking that silly question.
答案：B
4.Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology________ so rapidly. (NMET 2001)
A.is changing B.has changed C.will have changed D.will change
命题意图：本题重在区分一般将来时，现在完成时和现在进行时之间的区别。本题属四星级题。
知识依托：现在进行时表示现阶段一直发生的动作。现在完成时是一般过去时和一般现在时的合成，强调对现在造成的影响或结果。
错解分析：B项是一个极易误选的项，不少同学认为，正是由于科技“已经变化”才造成选手机成为难事，而如果仔细分析该题句意和语境就会发现，之所以手机难选，是因为科技在不断变化，而且变化快，这一变化不仅没有结束，而且仍在不断的变化中，正是这一事实，造成了前半句中的结果。故答案选A。
解题方法与技巧：理解现在进行时的关键就在于理解“现在”和“进行”二词。
答案：A
●锦囊妙计
在高考题中，对于时态的考查往往以对话的形式出现，一般都没有具体的时间状语，所有的时间都是通过对事情发生时的情景暗示而出的。为此做题时就必须把握全句语意，分清句子中涉及到的几个动作间的时间关系，然后根据各个时态的不同含义及用法，选出最佳答案。在这里掌握每种时态（有时也包括语态）的基本形式及用法是至为重要的。
●歼灭难点训练
1.(★★★★)The reporter said that the UFO________ east to west when he saw it.
A.was travelling B.travelled C.had been travelling D.was to travel
2.(★★★★★)I’ve won a holiday for two to Florida.I________ my mum. (春季2001)
A.am taking B.have taken C.take D.will have taken
3.(★★★★★)A thief ________ into his house when no one________.
A.slipped;was looking B.had slipped;looked
C.slipped;had looked D.was slipping;looked
4.(★★★★★)If Mr Wu doesn’t go________.
A.we don’t go,too B.we also don’t go C.neither shall we D.neither do we
5.(★★★★★)It’ll be the first time he________ the Great Wall.
A.has visited B.will visit C.would visit D.visits
6.(★★★★★)—Can I help you,sir?
—Yes.I bought this radio here yesterday,but it________.
A.didn’t work B.won’t work C.can’t work D.doesn’t work
7.(★★★★★)We were all surprised when he made it clear that he________ office soon.
A.leaves B.would leave C.left D.had left
8.(★★★★)I don’t think Jim saw me,he________ into space.
A.just started B.was just starting C.had just started D.has just started
9.(★★★★★)I thought you________ in town.When________ you________ back?
A.are;have;got B.were;did;get C.are;did;get D.were;have;got
10.(★★★★★)It is said that he________ sent to Australia to improve his English.
A.would be B.was to be C.has been D.had been
11.(★★★★★)Tom was said to________ Mary for 40 years.
A.have been married to B.have married with
C.has been married D.had married with
12.(★★★★★)In front of the wall color flags were________.
A.hanged B.hunged C.hang D.hanging
13.(★★★★★)I don’t like her.She________ with her neighbours.
A.always quarrels B.quarelled
C.is always quarelling D.enjoy quarrelling
14.(★★★★★)That tree looked as if it________ for a long time.
A.hasn’t watered B.didn’t water
C.hadn’t been watered D.wasn’t watered
15.(★★★★★)I should have written to you earlier,but ________ rather busy recently.
A.I’ve been B.I’d been C.I’m being D.I were
16.(★★★★★)—He promised to come on time.
—What do you imagine________ to him then?
A.has happened B.was happening C.happening D.was happened
17.(★★★★★)He paid no attention to my advice that he________ all the studying he had missed.
A.would make up for B.made for
C.make up for D.make his mark for
18.(★★★★★)—Look!Someone has broken a glass.
—Well,it________ me I________ that.
A.wasn’t;didn’t do B.isn’t;haven’t done C.wasn’t;hadn’t done D.isn’t;didn’t 
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