獨立子句的時態 |
附屬子句的目的/附屬子句的時態 |
例句 |
簡單現在式 |
表示同一時間的動作/簡單現在式 |
I am eager to go to the concert
because I love the Wallflowers. |
表示較早的動作/過去式 |
I know that I made the right choice. |
表示從過去某一時間點持續到現在的一段時間/現在完成式 |
They believe that they have elected the right candidate. |
表示即將來臨的動作/未來式 |
The President says that he will veto the bill. |
簡單過去式 |
表示另一完成的動作/過去式 |
I wanted to go home because I
missed my parents. |
表示較早的動作/過去完成式 |
She knew she had made the right choice. |
敘述普遍的事實和真理/現在式 |
The Deists believed that the universe is like a giant clock. |
現在完成式或過去完成式 |
無論何種目的/過去式 |
She has grown 30cm since she
turned nine.
The crowd had turned nasty before the sheriff returned. |
未來式 |
表示同時發生的動作/現在式 |
I will be so happy if they fix my car today. |
表示較早的動作/過去式 |
You will surely pass this exam if you studied hard. |
表示比獨立子句的動作還要早的未來動作/現在完成式 |
The college will probably close its doors next summer if enrollments have not increased. |
未來完成式 |
無論何種目的/現在式或現在完成式 |
Most students will have taken sixty credits by the time they graduate.
Most students will have taken sixty credits by the time they have graduated. |