一、构成
一般现在时除主语是第三人称单数时谓语动词要加s外,一律用动词原形。
二、用法
■一般现在时表示经常性或习惯性的动作,常与表示频度的时间状语every day, usually, always, often, sometimes, on Sunday等连用。如:
I go to school at 6 every morning. 每天早上我七点去上学。
■一般现在时表示客观存在及普遍真理。如:
Summer follows spring. 春天之后是夏天。
The sun rises in the east. 太阳从东方升起。
注意:此种用法即使出现在过去的语境中,仍用一般现在时。如:
I learned that the earth goes around the sun when I was in primary school. 我在小学就学过地球是围绕太阳转的。
■一般现在时表示格言或警句。如:
Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败。
■一般现在时表示目前的情况或状态。如:
I am a teacher. 我是教师。
Peter writes good Chinese but does not speak well. 彼得汉语写得不错,讲的可不行。
■以here, there等开始的倒装句,表示动作正在进行。如:
Here comes the bus. = The bus is coming. 车来了。
There goes the bell. = The bell is ringing. 铃响了。
■在下列情况下表示将来:
1. 在状语从句中用一般现在时代替一般将来时。如:
I will give it to him as soon as I see him. 我一看见他就交给他。
He will come if you invite him. 如果你请他,他会来的。
Suppose he doesn’t agree,what shall we do?假如他不同意,那怎么办?
I shall do as I please. 我高兴怎么做就怎么做。
He will continue the work no matter what happens. 不管发生什么情况他都要继续这项工作。