(1) since句型:主句用完成时
例:My aunt has worked in a clinic since 1949.
从1949年,我婶婶就一直在一家诊所工作。
(2) since when +完成时
例:Since when have you planted so many young trees?
从什么时候你种植了这么多小树的?
(3) This/it is the first (third...) time sb have done sth
例:This is the first time I have been here.这是我第一次到这儿。
(4) by…(到……为止)到过去某个时候为止用过去完成时,到现在为止
用现在完成时,到将来某个时候为止用将来完成时。
例:She will have finished the book by my next birthday.
到我下一个生日为止,我将完成那本书。
By eleven o'clock yesterday, we had arrived at the airport.
到昨天十一点止我们就已经到达机场了。
但比较:By the time the speaker entered the hall, all the listeners were seated.
就在主讲者进入大厅的时候,所有的听众都坐好了。
(5) in the past time( two days/years...) +完成时
例:In the past 10 years, there have been great changes in our family life.
在过去的十年里,我们的家庭生活发生了很大的变化。
(6) hardly ... when....(no sooner ... than)句型用过去完成时
例:Hardly had I reached the school when the bell rang.
我一到学校,铃子就响了。
No sooner had we sat down at the table than the phone rang.
我们刚坐到桌子旁边电话就响了。
(7) 未实现的愿望打算等等用过去完成时
例:I had thought I could pass the final examination but I failed.