（个人笔记）英语语法之动词时态

对动词加上完成元素

Present perfect tense

The time of the action is before now but not specified, and we are often more interested in the result than in the action itself.

我主要把握以下5点它的使用场景：

• An action or situation that started in the past and continues in the present. I have lived in Bristol since 1984 (= and I still do.)
• An action performed during a period that has not yet finished. She has been to the cinema twice this week (= and the week isn’t over yet.)
• A repeated action in an unspecified period between the past and now. We have visited Portugal several times.
• An action that was completed in the very recent past, expressed by ‘just’. I have just finished my work.
• An action when the time is not important. He has read ‘War and Peace’. (= the result of his reading is important)

现在完成时态是写作中常用的时态，我要重点把握住它。

Past perfect tense

这个时态的主要作用就是来描述2个过去发生动作的先后。It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

例句：I had saved my document, before the computer crashed.

我们假设保存文档是事件A，电脑崩溃是事件B，上面的时态已经清晰地表明了事件A发生在事件B之