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英语中共有十六种时态，但是最常用的只有七种，即：一般现在时、一般过去时、一般将来时、现在进行时、过去进行时、现在完成时、过去完成时。这七种时态也是PET写作考试中最常用的时态。
常用时态
一般现在时 一般过去时 一般将来时 现在进行时
过去进行时 现在完成时 过去完成时
我们以PET写作考试的Part 1为例，看看剑桥官方样题所提供的高分范文到底长什么样，看看它都用到了哪些时态。
请看一篇Part 1的18分范文：
Dear Mrs Lake,
I think it 's a great idea to have a party to celebrate the end of the school year. I prefer to do the party at school, in the classroom, because we 've spend a lot of time there, and I think it would be better, so that we can remember all the good things that have made this year so special. I think we could bring some games like domino, or one of us can bring his Play Station and we can play together. If you want , I will buy some pizza, and also something to drink like coca-cola or water. The other students will bring some potatoes, and the girls will make a cake. Do you like the idea?
See you!
这篇范文主要用到了三种时态：
一般现在时（e.g. I think it’s a great idea to have a party to celebrate the end of the school year.）
现在完成时（e.g. 。。。 so that we can remember all the good things that have made this year so special.）
一般将来时（e.g. The other students will bring some potatoes, 。。。）
我们再来看一篇Part 2的文章写作题的满分范文：
I love to watch comedies a lot because it makes me laugh. The comedy I love the most is the Chinese Running Man. I enjoy watching and laughing it with my family. In the show, famous actors and actresses must overcome some challenging quests, such as trading a coffee bean with someone else for something more expensive and racing in the mud to capture the flag. The storylines are very interesting and they always tickles my funny bone. Laughing out loud is great! Laughing can help us to release stress and make us feel better. It may also make us more attractive too!
在这篇文章写作题中，整篇范文主要用了一种时态，即一般现在时，这一点我们可以从范文中标示的彩色字体部分判断出来，它们都是一般现在时态的动词形式。
接下来，我们来看一篇Part 2的故事写作题的学生作文，这篇作文考官给了13分。“内容”维度5分，“沟通效果”维度3分，“组织结构”维度2分，“语言”维度3分。
Jo looked at the map and decided to go left. He wanted to go to the Karpats on foot. Jo liked to go to the rivers, forests and mountains on foot. He always took map with he. But one day he lost ! Jo was very worried and scared. He was in the forest one week. He was could at night, he was very hot in the afternoon. He ate mushroomes and berries. But he found a way from the forest. And from that day he never came to the forest on foot. He always go to the rivers, forests and mountains on ships, by trains, by plantes. But he never go to the unknows places on foot.
这篇学生作文虽然分数不太高，但该考生对故事写作题应该使用何种时态还是比较了解的。在描述一个故事时，通常情况下都是在讲过去发生的事情，就需要使用一般过去时，所以我们在这篇学生作文中看到了大量的动词过去式。
鉴于PET写作题型的特点，在Part 1邮件写作题和Part 2的文章写作题中，一般现在时、现在完成时、现在进行时，以及一般将来时，都是使用频率较高的时态；而在Part 2的故事写作题中，则会更多地使用一般过去时、过去进行时和过去完成时。如下表所示：
在这一章里，我们会复习一下这七个时态的用法，给大家热热身，为后面写句子和写作文打下一个坚实的基础。