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TIME
MARKERS 時間標誌/ 標記
(1)
Present: （現代式）
(A)
Fact 事實
(B)
Universal truth 真理
(C)
Habitual action/ repetition 習慣性動作
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Always, never, usually,
automatically, every month/ year/ week |
eg. I’m always on
time for class.
eg. I play the violin
on Sundays.
主動：I
serve breakfast every morning.
被動：Breakfast
is served every morning.
(2)
Present
Continuous:（現在進行式）
Use this tense to express an action in
progress in the present.
（形容動作在進行中）
eg. The teacher is
talking.
eg. Students are
listening.
(3)
Present Perfect:
（現在完成式）
Use this tense to express an action which
started in the past and continues in the present.
（某動作從過去開始持續到現在）
eg. My father has
served in the army for 30 years.
eg. My mother has
prepared meals for us since 1982.
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since
last year, for 2 years, these 2 years |
(4)
Past: （過去式）
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two days ago, last week, in
1980, yesterday
*used to |
eg. I went to school
yesterday.
eg. I gave the letter
to her two days ago.
(5)
Past Perfect: （過去完成式）
Use
this tense to express the prior action of two actions which
happened in the past.（表達兩件在過去發生的事情的先後順序）
eg. He had studied
for four years before he became a teacher.
eg. By the time the
rescue team found them, the victims had already starved to
death.
(6)
Future: （未來式）
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tomorrow, next year, in 5 minutes |
eg. She will do this
tomorrow.
eg. He will finish
this in 5 minutes.
***If a phrase begins with a
subordinating conjunction
（附屬連接詞）, use the present tense (instead of the future
tense).
After, as soon as, if, unless, when,
until, before
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