1一般现在时 ( Present Simple)
2. 现在进行时 (Present Continuous)
3. 将来的安排和打算( Future Arrangements and Intentions)
一、一般现在时、现在进行时
(一)、辨"个性"
一般现在时表示经常性或习惯性的动作，以及主语的特征或状态。
1.表示主语现在的状态或特征。例如:
I am a teacher.
We have a very good relationship with our parents.
2.表示经常性或习惯性动作。例如:
My father goes to work by bike every day.
I always leave home for school at 6:30
3 .表示自然现象，普遍真理，客观存在或科学事实。例如:
Shanghai lies in the east of China.
The earth moves around the sun.
现在进行时表示现在或现阶段正在进行的动作。例如:
1. 表示现在(指说话人说话时)正在发生的事情
We are waiting for you at the moment.
2. 表示现阶段正在进行或发生的动作
President Xi  is visiting in the USA these days.
(二)、辨结构
一般现在时的结构是:  主 + 动词原形或动词的第三人称单数形式 +......
现在进行时的结构是:  主 + be(are/ is/am)，动词的-ing形式+......。
(三)、辨"信息词"
一般现在时常和以下这些时间状语连用:
always, often, usually=normally, sometimes=at times, regularly, seldom, never, hardly ever, from time to time, once a month, every day, on Sundays.
现在进行时的时间状语通常为:now=at the moment=at present, these weeks等。也可以和look, listen等提示性的动词连用。试比较:
Sometimes they have lunch at home. 他们有时在家吃午饭。
They are having lunch at home now. 他们现在正在家吃午饭。
二、将来时的表达方法:表示将来发生的动作或存在的状态。
1. will/shall + 动词的原形:是将来时最普通的表达法, 表示单纯的将来
I will be sixteen years old next month.
2. be going to + 动词的原形, 表达打算或预测
1) 表示打算，计划, 主语的意图，即将做某事
What are you going to be when you grow up?
I am going to buy a mobile phone.
2) 表示预测
It looks as if it is going to rain.
Look at the sky, it is going to  be very nice.
3. 一般现在时表示将来:表示时间表上已经确定好或安排好的事情
表示在规定的时间里会发生的事情，常用来表示生日, 日历, 课时安排,交通时刻表(车次、航班何时出发或到达)、电视节目何时开始等。
The train leaves at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.
The bus starts in ten minutes.
The summer term begins on the 15th of February.
The planes arrives early in the evening.
1)下列动词:come, go, arrive, leave, start, begin, return的一般现在时表将来。
这主要用来表示在时间上已确定或安排好的事情。
The train leaves at six tomorrow morning.
When does the bus start?
It starts in ten minutes.
2)在时间或条件句中, 用一般现在时表示将来的动作
When Bill comes , ask him to wait for me.
I’ll write to you as soon as I arrive there.
4. 现在进行时表示将来:常有"意图"、"安排"或"打算"的含义
这种用法比较生动,给人一种期待感。它常表示最近或较近的将来,所使用的动词多是短暂动词，常用词为 come, go, start, arrive, leave, stay
I’m going. 我就要走了。
We’re leaving for Beijing tomorrow. 我们明天就去北京。
When are you starting? 你们什么时候动身?
They are coming here this afternoon. 他们今天下午来这儿。
5. be to do sth. 表示按计划或正式安排将要发生的事 ―定于……
表示 ― 将要 ‖ ― 计划 ‖ ― 安排 ‖ ( 意思接近于 be going to)
Their daughter is to get married soon.
After dinner they were to go to a movie
6. be about to do sth. 即将(马上)要做某事.比起be going to来说时间上更为迫切.
注意:be about to do sth. 不能与tomorrow, next week 等明确将来时的时间状语连用。
He is about to leave for Beijing.
练习题
填空（一）
1. We often___________(play) in the playground.
2. He _________(get) up at six o’clock.
3. __________you _________(brush) your teeth every morning?
4. What________ (do) he usually________(do) after school?
5. Danny__________(study) English, Chinese, Maths, Science and Art at school.
6. Mike sometimes __________(go) to the park with his sister.
7. ________ Mike________(read) English every day?
8. How many lessons_________your classmate________(have) on Monday?
9. What time_________his mother_________(do) the housework?
10. Lucy often ________(help) me with my English. She________(help) me now.
11. Mr. Green________(teach) in a middle school.
12. The twins________(work) on a farm these days.
填空（二）
1. What are you _________(do) now? I ___________(eat) bread.
2. It’s nine o’clock. My father_______________(work) in the office.
3. Look, the boy____________(put) the rubbish into the bin.
4. __________he__________(clean) the classroom? No, he isn’t. He____________(play).
regularly什么意思
5. Where is Mark? He___________(run) on the grass.
6. Listen, who____________(sing) in the music room? Oh, Mary_____________(sing) there.
选择题
(     ) 1. Ladies and gentleman, please fasten your seat belts. The plane ____.
A. takes off B. is taking off C. has taken off D. took off
(    ) 2. ---What is that terrible noise? ---The neighbors _____for a party.
A. have prepared B. are preparing C. prepare D. will prepare
(    ) 3. Next year my little sister _______ten years old.
A. is to be B. is going to be C. is about to D. will be
(     ) 4. There ______ an English evening next Saturday.
A. will have B. is to have C. is going to have D. is going to be
(    ) 5. ---What are you going to do this afternoon?
---I am going to the cinema with some friends. The film ______quite early, so we _____ to the bookstore after that.