英语中，共有16种时态。其中，基础英语（初中英语）包含8种常见时态：
1. 一般现在时 ： We often watch TV in the evening.
2.一般现在进行时态： We are watching TV now.
3. 一般将来时态： We will watch TV tomorrow morning.
4.一般过去时态： We watchd TV yesterday.
5.一般现在完成时态： We have watched the film on TV.
6. 一般过去进行时态： We were watching TV at this time last night.
7. 过去将来时态： He told me he would watch TV the next day.
6.过去完成时态 ： He had watched the film before he read the novel.
