一般现在时,是一种英语语法形式。表示通常性、规律性、习惯性、真理性(即事实)的动作或状态,或者动作有时间规律发生的事件的一种时间状态。在英语语法中,"时"指动作发生的时间,"态"指动作的样子和状态。
一般现在时(simple present)拆开来讲就是:
时间:指动作发生在"现在"的时间段内。
状态:一般现在时最容易迷惑的一个问题,就是拿不准什么叫"经常发生的动作或存在的状态"?
这个问题要分两层来讲:
肯定式 |
疑问式 |
否定式 |
疑问否定式 |
---|---|---|---|
I work. |
Do I work? |
I don't work. |
Don't I work? |
You work. |
Do you work? |
You don't work. |
Don't you work? |
We work. |
Do we work? |
We don't work. |
Don't we work? |
They work. |
Do they work? |
They don't work. |
Don't they work? |
He(She, It) works. |
Does he(she, it) work? |
He(She, It) doesn't work. |
Doesn't he(she, it) work? |