该时态由“have+过去分词”构成。第三人称单数作主语用“has+过去分词”的形式。
1) 现在完成时表示在说话之前已经完成或刚完成的动作。
I have bought a
ten-speed bicycle. 我买了一辆时速自行车。
They have cleaned the
classroom. 他们已经打扫了教室。
2) 现在完成时表示动作从过去开始持续到现在,或者还有可能持续下去的动作或状态。 现在完
成时常与for 和 since 引导的短语或从句连用。
We have lived here since
1995. 自从1995我就住在这儿。
They have waited for
more than two hours. 他们等了两个多小时。
3)一般过去时与现在完成时区别
(1)一般过去时表示过去某时发生的动作或单纯叙述过去的事情,强调动作;现在完成时为过去发生的,强调过去的事情对现在的影响,强调的是影响。
(2)一般过去时常与具体的时间状语连用,而现在完成时通常与模糊的时间状语连用,或无时间状语。
一般过去时的时间状语:yesterday, last week,…ago, in1980, in October, just now等,皆为具体的时间状语。
现在完成时的时间状语:for, since, so far, ever, never, just, yet,
till/until, up to now, in past years, always等,皆不确定的时间状语。
共同的时间状语:this morning, tonight, this April, now,
already, recently, lately 等。
(3)现在完成时可表示持续到现在的动作或状态,动词一般是延续性的,如live, teach, learn, work, study, know.。
一般过去时常用的非持续性动词有come, go, leave, start, die,
finish, become, get married等。例如:
I saw this film yesterday. (强调看的动作发生过了)
I have seen this film. (强调对现在的影响,电影的内容已经知道了)
Why did you get up so early? (强调起床的动作已发生过了)
Who hasn't handed in his paper? (强调有卷子未交,疑为不公平竞争)
He has been in the League for
three years. (在团内的状态可延续)
He has been a League member for
three years. (是团员的状态可持续)
句子中如有过去时的时间副词(如yesterday, last, week, in 1960)时,不能使用现在完成时,要用过去时。
4)用于现在完成时的句型
1)It
is the first / second time.... that…结构中的从句部分,用现在完成时。例如:
It is the first time that I have
visited the city. 这是我第一次访问这城市。
This is the first time (that)
I've heard him sing. 这是我第一次听他唱歌。
注意:It was the third time that the boy had been
late.
2)This
is +形容词最高级+that…结构,that 从句要用现在完成时。例如:
This is the best film that I've (ever)
seen. 这是我看过的最好的电影。
5)since和for区别
Since 用来说明动作起始时间,for用来说明动作延续时间长度。例如:
I have lived here for
more than twenty years.我住在这儿二十多年了。
I have lived here
since I was born. 我从出生起就住在这儿了。
注意:并非有for 作为时间状语的句子都用现在完成时。
I worked here for more
than twenty years. (我现在已不在这里工作。)
I have worked here for
many years.(现在我仍在这里工作。)
6) 某些瞬间意义动词leave, go,
become, come, stop, buy, join, die, get up, fall asleep, fall ill, .......等,不能用它们的现在(或过去)完成时态+ for+时间累计数来表示行为持续长度。若要表示这方面的意思时,可采用如下方法:
a.将瞬间动词改为“be+ 形容词或副词”的结构,然后用这一结构的现在完成时态+ for+ 具体时间累计数。常见的这类结构:
get up→be up,become→be,stop→be over, die→be dead, join→be in, leave→be away(out),
go→be out,
come →be back, fall
asleep→be asleep,fall ill→be ill.......
b. 瞬间动词的一般过去时+ 时间累计数 + ago ;
c.使用It is + 时间累计数 + since + 主语 + 谓语(用瞬间动词的一般过去时表示)。因此“雨已经停了三小时了” 这句话可分别译作:
It rain has been over
for three hours.
The rain stopped three
hours ago.
It is three hours since
the rain stopped.
It is five years since
she became(瞬间意义动词) my wife.她和我结婚已五年了。