在备考雅思的过程中大家可能会因为听力部分而头疼，其中的时态问题更是让人生畏。但是我们也可以从另一方面考虑，其实雅思听力时态题的考点就在于“过去有的”，“现在已有”，“将来会有”，大家只要把3种时态相关信号词掌握即可。

　　下面举两个例子

　　例1：剑桥真题8，test3, section 1的第9-10题。

　　Which TWO facilities in the district of Devon Close are open to the public at the moment?

　　A. museum

　　B. concert hall

　　C. cinema

　　D. sports centre

　　E. swimming pool

　　当看到这个题干的时候，大家就应该注意到，题目的考点即时态，关键词“at the moment”也就是选择与“现在”相对应的选项。

　　录音原文如下：

　　Man： Why’s that part of town so popular?

　　Woman: Well, there’s a big scheme to improve the district, and it’ll soon have the best facilities formiles around.

　　Man: What sort of thing?

　　Woman: There is a big sports center under construction, which will be very impressive when it’sfinished. In fact the swimming pool’s already opened ahead of schedule, and it’s attracting a lot ofpeople.

　　Man: What about cinemas: are there are any in the area?

　　Woman: The only one closed down last year, and it’s now in the process of being converted into afilm museum. The local people are trying to get a new cinema added to the scheme..

　　Man: I think I hear something about a plan to replace the existing concert hall with a larger one.

　　Woman: Ah, that’s due to start next year.

　　加粗部分就是相关的时间考点词，如果注意到考点词，大家可以很容易地把“过去有的”和“将来会有”的选项排除，选择“现在已有”的B,E选项。

　　例2：剑桥真题8， Test 2, section 3, Question 21

　　Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?

　　A. Queensland

　　B. New South Wales

　　C. Severl states

　　观察题干，大家可以发现时态考点词“in the past”，即所选答案应该是对应“过去有的”。

　　录音原文：

　　Anyway, my current research involves trying to find a particular type of bee, the Asian Honey Bee,and finding out whether there are any of them around in various states of Australia. We discovereda few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them. Now, we’re pretty keen to make sure thatthere aren’t any more getting in, particularly to New South Wales and other states.

　　注意听”once”和 “Now” 这两个信号词，就很容易把正确答案“Queensland”，即A选项听出来。 把混淆信息“New South Wales and other states”即 B,C选项排除

　　通过这个两个例子，大家也应该注意到，不论是第一部分还是第三部分，不论生活场景还是学术场景，时态都作为一重要考点。而区分时态，不需要太过纠结于动词变化上的一些细节，比如到底是did, 还是 had done, 还是has done。因为一个具体动词的词尾变化，或者had, has 这样的助动词，在念的过程都可能弱化，导致听不到答案。大家更应该注意的是将中英文融会贯通，主动去听像我们中文表达中的一些表示时间的状语，比如now, past, future, last, next等，和描述事物存在性的形容词，比如 used, existing等。