在语法里，时或时态表示行为发生的时间和说话时的关系。在英语考试中经常会遇到时态题。下面是小编收集整理的英语基本时态填空题，大家一起来看看吧!
英语基本时态填空题:
1. They haven’t arrived yet but we _____ them at any moment.
A. are expected B. have expected
C. are expecting D. will expect
2. I think you must be mistaken about seeing him at the theatre; I’m sure he _____ abroad all week.
A. is B. was
C. has been D. had been
3. The students _______ busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she _______ in the office.
A. had written, left B. were writing, has left
C. had written, had left D. were writing, had left
4. I tried to phone her, but even as I _____ she was leaving the building.
A. phoned B. would phone
C. had phoned D. was phoning
5. “I suppose you _____ that report yet?” “I finished it yesterday, as a matter of fact.”
A. didn’t finish B. haven’t finished
C. hadn’t finished D. wasn’t finishing
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【答案与解析】
1. 选C。用现在进行时表示目前的一种状态。
2. 选C。用现在完成时表示影响或结果，即他整个星期都在国外，所以你说你在剧院见过他，你一定是搞错了。
3. 选D。“把书忘在办公室”发生在“去取书”这一过去的动作之前，因此“忘了书”这一动作发生在过去的过去，用过去完成时。句中when表示的是时间的一点，表示在“同学们正忙于……”这一背景下，when所引导的动作发生。因此前一句应用过去进行时。
4. 选D。注意even as 的意思，它表示“正当……的时候”或“恰当……的时候”。
5. 选B。注意下文语境——事实上，我昨天就做完了。从该回答的语气上推测，填空处应填现在完成时态。
过去进行时的用法:
(1) 表示委婉语气:动词hope, wonder等的过去进行时常用来表示提出要求，虽然表示现在的内容，但语气比一般现在时或过去进行时要委婉。如:
I was hoping you would give me some advice. 我希望你给我出点主意。
Good morning. I was wondering if you had two single rooms. 早上好，我不知道你们是否有两个单人房间。
一般过去时也有类似用法，相比之处，一般过去时通常表示主语的行为是经过认真考虑的，而过去进行时则多表示一种较随便或没有进行仔细考虑的行为。
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(2) 表示重复:过去进行时有时可以与always, constantly, continually, forever,等表示动作屡次发生的副词连用，强调动作的不断重复的。如:
They were always quarrelling. 他们老是吵架。
She was always thinking of others. 她老是想到别人。
She was forever complaining. 她老是抱怨。
注:现在进行时也有类似用法，但过去进行时是表示过去不断重复的动作，而现在进行时是表示现在不断重复的动作。
过去将来时的用法:
1. was / were going to + 动词原形:该结构有两个主要用法，一是表示过去的打算，二是表示在过去看来有迹象表明将要发生某事。如:
I thought it was going to rain. 我想要下雨了。
I was going to leave when he came in. 他进来时我正要离开。
2. was / were to + 动词原形:主要表示过去按计划或安排要做的事情。如:
He asked where he was to put it. 他问他该把它放在哪里。
She said she was to get married next month. 她说她计划在下个月结婚。
现在进行时的用法:
一、如何理解现在进行时
顾名思义，现在进行时就是指说话时正在进行的动作或发生的情况。如汉语说的“我在看书”“他在吃饭”“火车在行驶”“秘书在打字”等，在英语中都要用现在进行进来表达，因为它们所涉及的动作在说话的时刻都正在进行。
二、现在进行时的构成与用法
现在进行时由“am / is / are + 现在分词”构成。如:
She is still sleeping. 她还在睡觉。
We are waiting for the rain to stop. 我们在等雨停。
They are playing quietly now. 他们在安静地玩着。
