英语共有十六种时态,初中需要掌握常八种,如下：

1.一般现在时:

例: He is a pupil.

We clean the room every day.

2.一般过去时:

例:He was a pupil.

We cleaned the room just now.

3.现在进行时:am/is/are doing

例:We are cleaning the room now.

4.过去进行时:was/were doing

例:We were cleaning the room at 5:00 yesterday afternoon.

5.现在完成时:have/has done

例:We have already cleaned the room .

6.过去完成时:had done

例:We had cleaned the room before he arrived.

7.一般将来时:will do/be going to do

例:We will clean the room tomorrow.

He is going to visit America.

8.过去将来时:would do

例:He said he would clean the room the next day.