一、定义
一般现在时表示经常性、习惯性的动作,或普遍真理,以及当前的状态。 它不动作发生的具体时间,而是描述稳定、重复或永恒的情况。 例1:She teaches math at a middle school.习惯性动作 例2:Water boils at 100°C.客观真理 例3:My parents live in Beijing.当前状态二、构成
1. 肯定句
- 主语为第一人称I/we、第二人称you及第三人称复数they/名词复数时,谓语动词用原形。 例:I play tennis every Sunday. / They work in a hospital.
- 主语为第三人称单数he/she/it/单数名词时,谓语动词需加-s或-es。 - 一般动词加-s:work→works,like→likes; - 以s/x/ch/sh/o的动词加-es:pass→passes,watch→watches,go→goes; - 以辅音母+y的动词,变y为i加-es:study→studies,carry→carries; - 不规则变化:be→is,have→has。
- 实义动词借助助动词do/does + not构成否定,第三人称单数用does not (doesn't),其他人称用do not (don't)。 例:He doesn't eat meat. / We don't study Japanese.
- be动词直接加not:She is not happy. / They are not here.
- 实义动词借助助动词Do/Does置于句首,第三人称单数用Does,其他人称用Do,动词用原形。 例:Do you like coffee? / Does she live in Shanghai?
- be动词置于句首:Is this your book? / Are they students?
- 时间状语:often, usually, always, every day, sometimes等常与一般现在时搭配。
- 描述固定日程:The train leaves at 8:00 a.m.
- 引用:The sun rises in the east.
