英语“时”、“体”结合使用，构成8种形式：
（1）一般现在时：The boy playsbasketball very well.
（2）一般过去时：The boy played basketball very well when he was 5 years old.
（3）现在进行时：The boy is playing basketball now.
（4）过去进行时：The boy was playing basketball this time yesterday.
（5）现在完成时：The boy has played basketball for an hour.
（6）过去完成时：The boy had played basketball for an hour by lunchtime.
（7）现在完成进行时：The boy has been playing basketball for a long time.
（8）过去完成进行时：The boy had been playing basketball for two hours by 12 o’clock.
3. 态：表示主语和谓语动词之间的的主动或被动关系的动词形式。英语动词有两种语态：主动态和被动态。
同样，被动语态也有不同形式的时、体形式：（假设主语为第三人称单数）
（9）一般现在时：is played
（10）一般过去时：was played
（11）现在进行时：is being played
（12）过去进行时：was being played
（13）现在完成时：has been played
（14）过去完成时：had been played
（15）现在完成进行时：has been playing
（16）过去完成进行时：had been playing
4. 式：区别说话人以何种口气说话的动词形式。英语动词有三种表示不同口气的动词东西形式：陈述式、祈使式和虚拟式。
（17）陈述式：The boy plays basketball every day.
（18）祈使式：Boys, play basketball now.
（19））虚拟式：It is time the boy played basketball
一般现在时 play plays
一般过去式 played
现在进行时be playing
过去进行时 was/were playing
一般将来时 will play be going to play
现在完成时 have has played
过去完成时 had played
