時態一直以來都是中考的重中之重，就以最新的中考題來說，單選部分一共10道題，而時態考察佔了7道，也就是說，攻克時態題是中考的重點之一。
那麼時態題到底難不難？的確，要將分數都拿到手不容易，不過對於學過新概念二冊的學生來說，可能難度會小很多。因為二冊對於語法，尤其是時態的學習可謂非常全面而系統，再加之一些課外的學習和課文的背誦，將會對時態的掌握提升一個臺階。
下面我們就以中考真題為例來逐個分析一下這些考題：
28. Paul and I tennis yesterday. He did much better than I.
A. play B. will play C. played D. are playing
基於時間為yesterday，此題考察一般過去式，選C。新概念二冊中第三課Please send me a card就對一般過去式進行了系統的講解， 這個小故事中講到了作者去意大利給朋友們寫明信片的事情，從第二句last summer起，都是在講述過去的事情，所以作者用的全部是過去式，通過閱讀這篇文章可以對一般過去式有更好的掌握。
29.Where’s Tom ?His mother him now.
A.is looking for B. will look for C. has looked for D. looks for
此題時間狀語為now， 考察現在進行時。二冊第二課Breakfast or lunch中講到作者的姑母去看她時，有這樣一段話： 'What are you doing?' she asked. 'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated. 當時已經下午一點了，作者的姑母表示很吃驚，問他正在做什麼，作者說正在吃早飯，兩句話均用be doing表示正在進行，同樣，此題說Tom的媽媽正在找他，選A。
31. My aunt is a writer. She more than ten books since 1980.
A. writes B. wrote C. has written D. will write
此題出現一個重要的單詞since，看一下新概念課文中的句子：Ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.(Lesson 28) Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places. (Lesson 29) Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.(Lesson 53)在此不一一列舉，其他句子詳見第59課，第 72課，第 76課，第93課。不難看出，since要與完成時連用，因此，此題選C。
32.----What were you doing this time yesterday?
-----I on the grass and drawing a picture.
A. sit B. sat C. am sitting D. was sitting
提問中問道過去某一時間具體做什麼，因此選D。第七課Too late中，有四處都是過去進行時，The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. 分別用到了表示過去具體時間的all morning，when， while，這裡面也可看出過去進行時的構成was/were doing。
33.I will send you an e-mail as soon as I in Canada.
A, arrive B. arrived C.am arriving D. will arrive
As soon as與什麼時態搭配呢？as soon as後面的從句要用一般現在時，主句中用一般將來時，與if的用法一樣，除此之外還有when， until。十六課中第一句話If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it.可以總結為“主將從現”，新概念中還出現了這幾個詞的另一種用法，第二十七課As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire.可總結為“主過從過”。此題選A.
34. Many accidents by careless drivers last year.
A. are caused B. were caused C. have caused D. will cause
這道題參見前面的28題，同樣，時間為last year，因此選B。本題唯一的難點在於詞彙上的難度較之於28題更難些，accident，cause，careless都在新概念五十三課裡面了，只是稍加變化，課文中出現的為accidentally，cause，carelessly，在課堂上都會講到詞彙的構成，去掉ly副詞後綴，再去掉al形容詞後綴，單詞本意即可得出。
35.-----Do you know tomorrow?
------At 8 o’clock.
A. when did she come B. when she came
C. when will she come D. when she will come
此題考查賓語從句，詳見新概念二冊第二十六課。賓語從句中，主句為現在時態時，從句可用任何時態。這裡她還沒有回來，表達將來時間，因此選D。
