I was seeing a car passing by our house. (誤)

　　I saw a car passing by our house. (正)

　　3) 表示擁有的動詞，如have, own, possess, belong, contain, hold等。

　　He is owning a luxurious car. (誤)

　　He owns a luxurious car. (正)

　　The book is belonging to her. (誤)

　　The book belongs to her.(正)

　　4) 表示思想狀況、態度的動詞，如believe, think, know, understand, agree, approve, consider, expect, forget, guess, hesitate, hope, imagine, mean, realize, remember, suppose, trust, want, wish等。

　　I’m thinking that he is right. (誤)

　　I think that he is right. (正)

　　I’m understanding your feelings. (誤)

　　I understand your feelings. (正)

　　5) 表示情感、愿望的動詞，如admire, appreciate, care, enjoy, like, love, hate, detest, regret等。

　　He is loving his daughter very much. (誤)

　　He loves his daughter very much. (正)

　　I’m regretting to say we cannot come. (誤)

　　I regret to say we cannot come. (正)

　　3. 時態的呼應

　　時態的呼應又稱時態一致(Sequence of Tenses)，指的是某些從句里的動詞謂語時態必須和主句里的時態保持一致。

　　如果主句里的謂語動詞是過去時態(過去時或過去完成時)，那么從句的謂語動詞時態也相應地要用過去時。時態的呼應主要發生在間接引語和賓語從句中，但其他從句有時也存在時態一致的問題。

　　--He explained that he had learned Chinese for many years.(現在完成時變為過去完成時)

　　--He said he had been collecting materials on that subject for a long time.(過去進行時變為過去完成進行時)

　　--He told me that they would have completed that project by the end of the year.(將來完成時變為過去將來完成時)

　　雖然主句用了過去時等，如果從句表示的是科學真理、客觀事實或某人(物)的經常性特點時，其時態可以不必遵守時態呼應的規則而仍用一般現在時。

　　--Galileo proved that the earth revolves round the sun.

　　--The teacher told the students that knowledge is power.

　　如果從句中有一個表示絕對過去時間的狀語，就不必把一般過去時變為過去完成時。

　　--He said that he joined the Red Army in 1933.