时态是英语中一个重要的语法范畴，表示不同时间的动作或存在状态，以及动作发生或存在的方式。这是边肖收藏的初中英语基础时态题目。让我们来看看！
初中英语基础时态题目：
【2011.铜仁】30. Great changes _________ in Tongren in the past five years.
A. have happened B. have taken place
C. have been happened D. have been taken place
答案：B
【解析】动词的用法。Take place和happen的相同点是两者都没有被动语态;两者的不同点是：take place 表示“发生、举行、举办”，一般指非偶然性事件的“发生”，即这种事件的发生一定有某种原因或事先的安排;happen作“发生、碰巧”解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件，故选B。
【2011贵州安顺】29. —Look at the noisy kids!
—Haven’t you heard the saying “When the cat is away, the mice ______?”
A. play B. played C. are playing D. will play
答案：D
【解析】从句的考查。由when引导的时间状语从句用一般现在时态，主句用一般将来时。
【2011贵州安顺】22. Put your hands behind your back. Don’t speak. We’ll _____ in ten minutes.
A. back B. be back C. are back D. are back to you
答案：B
【解析】时态的考查。Will是一般将来时态的标志，它的后面应该接动词原形，故B是正确的。
【2011贵州安顺】23. —What did the teacher say just now? — Sorry. I didn’t catch it. I ____ something else.
A. think B. will think C. was thinking D. had thought
答案：C
【解析】时态的考查。根据句意“刚才老师说什么了?对不起，我不知道。我在想别的事情”。说明当时“我”正在做其他的事情，应该是过去进行时态。
【2011山东】26. Although Bill isn’t rich enough, he often ______ money to the poor.
A. will give B. was giving C. gives D. gave
26. 答案：C
【解析】考查点：本题考查的是时态。解题思路：题中“Although Bill isn’t rich enough”使用的是一般现在时态，所以后半句也使用一般现在时。故本题选C。
一般过去时典型考题：
1. I know a little bit about Italy as my wife and I ______ there several years ago.
A. are going B. had been C. went D. have been
解析：C。根据句末的several years ago可知，此处应用一般过去时。
2. They ______ two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go.
A. had got B. got C. have got D. get
解析：答案选 B。句子前半句讲的是过去的事实，用一般过去时; 后半句讲的是对过去情况的假设，故用了would never have been这样的形式。
现在进行时表示将来与be going to表将来的区别：
(1) 当主要动词为go和come时，最好不用be going to结构，而改用go和come的现在进行时。如：
The engineer is coming to repair our phone tomorrow morning. 修理工明天上午来修我们的电话。
(2) 若用现在进行时表将来会引起误解(如让人误认为是进行时态)，则最好用be going to结构。如：
I don’t think that it’s going to rain, but I’ll bring a raincoat just in case. 我想不会下雨，不过为以防万一，我要带件雨衣。(如用it is raining，则会让人误解为正在下雨)
现在进行时的习题：
1. Listen! Someone ______ in the next room.
A. is crying B. was crying C. has cried D. cried
2. The population of the world ________ still ________ now.
A. has; grown B. is; growing C. will; grow D. is; grown
3. —It’s time for dinner. Where is your father, Emma?
—He ________ his bike in the yard.
A. clean B. cleaned C. is cleaning D. will clean
4. My friend ________ me. I have to leave now.
A. waits for B. waited for C. is waiting for D. was waiting for
5. Mr. Green ________ to the manager now. You’d better call him later.
A. talk B. talked C. is talking D. was talking
【答案与解析】
1. A。根据句中的 listen(听)可知，“隔壁有人正在哭”，故用现在进行时。
2. B。根据句中的still(仍然)和now(现在)可知，句子应用现在进行时。又如：She is still sleeping. 她还在睡觉。
3. C。说话者在找Emma的父亲，而Emma说她父亲在院子里擦自行车，显然动作正在进行，故用现在进行时。
4. C。根据后文的I have to leave now(我得马上走了)可推知，朋友的“等”正在进行，故用现在进行时。
5. C。根据句中的时间副词now(现在)可知，空格处应用现在进行时态。