
.1表过去发生的事情或存在的状态
eg Suddenly,the clouds cleared and the rain stopped.
2.表过去经常发生的事情
eg I was very thin in my childhood.
3.带有确定的过去的时间状语
eg Did you meet yesterday? He left just now.
一般过去时基本结构
一般过去时用动词的过去式构成,即在动词原形后加ed。
例句:
He was here just now. 他刚才还在这里。
What did you do yesterday? 你昨天做了什么事?
We often played together when we were children. 我们小时候常在一起玩。
He used to smoke a lot, but he doesn’t now. 他过去经常抽烟,但现在不抽了。
Whenever we were in trouble, he would help us. 每当我们遇到困难,他都会帮助我们。
At that time she was very good at English. 那时她英语学得很好。
He said he would wait until they came back.
时态详解:一般过去时
主要是用来描述在过去某个时候发生的动作或存在的状态。它也可以用来表示在过去某段时间里经常发生的习惯性动作。这一点在表达意义上与一般现在时相同,只是所在的时间区域不同而已。由于它的主要作用如此,所以在使用一般过去时的句子里常常有一个意义较具体的过去时间状语。这也是它与现在完成时的最大区别之一。
一般过去时由谓语动词的过去式表示,也就是说动词词末要加-ed(除不规则动词外)。常和一般过去时连用的过去时间状语有:last night (week ,
month , year , century , etc.) , yesterday , the day before yesterday , yesterday morning ( afternoon , evening ) , in 1999 , two hours ago ( one week ago , tree years ago , …)等等。
使用一般过去时,在某种意义上说就是要强调动作或状态发生或存在于过去的某个时候。"过去"的时间概念有两层意思:一是指"现在某个时间"以前的时间;二是指"说话、写文章的那个时间点"以前的时间,在这个意义上,"现在的那个时间点"是很小很小的,甚至于小到无法量化的程度。例如:
He got his driving license last month. 他上个月拿到了驾照。
--Where's Jim? 吉姆在哪里?
--He just went out.他刚刚出去。
一般过去时用法之表现在
(1) 在宾语从句中,由于时态呼应的关系,可用一般过去时表示现在:
I didn’t know you were here. 我不知道你在这儿。(were实际上指现在)
I didn’t know you were so busy.我没想到你这么忙。(were实际上指现在)
(2) 表示客气委婉的现在:
I wondered if you were free this evening. 不知您今晚是否有空。
I thought you might like some flowers. 我想您也许想要些花。
【注】能这样有的动词主要限于want, wonder, think, hope, intend等少数动词。
(3) 用于某些特殊结构中表示现在:
It’s time we started. 我们该动身了。
I wish I knew his name. 要是我知道他的名字就好了。
I’d rather you lived closer to us. 我希望你能住得离我们近点。
【注】该用法主要用于 it’s time, I wish, I’d rather, if only, as if, as though 等少数结构后接从句的情形,其中有些结构后面的句子还可用一般过去时表示将来:
I’d rather you came next Monday. 我宁愿你下周星期一来。
另外表主观想法的虚拟条件句也用一般过去时表示现在:
If I had the money now I’d buy a car. 假若我现在有钱,我就买辆小汽车。
一般过去时练习题
一、写出下列动词的过去式
is\\am_________ fly_______ plant________ are ________ drink_________
play_______ go________ make ________ does_________ dance________
worry________ ask _____ taste_________ eat__________ draw________
put ______ throw________ kick_________ pass_______ do ________
二、用be动词的适当形式填空
1. I ______ an English teacher now.
2. She _______ happy yesterday.
3. They _______ glad to see each other last month.
4. Helen and Nancy ________ good friends.
5. The little dog _____ two years old this year.
6. Look, there ________ lots of grapes here.
7. There ________ a sign on the chair on Monday.
8. Today _____ the second of June. Yesterday ______ the first of June. It _____ Children's Day. All the students ______ very excited.
三、句型变换
1 There was a car in front of the house just now.
否定句:__________________________________________________________
一般疑问句:__________________________________________________________
肯定回答:__________________________________________________________
否定回答:__________________________________________________________
2 They played football in the playground.
否定句:__________________________________________________________
一般疑问句:__________________________________________________________
肯定回答:__________________________________________________________
否定回答:__________________________________________________________
四、用所给动词的适当形式填空
1. I ______ (watch) a cartoon on Saturday.
2. Her father _______ (read) a newspaper last night.
3. We _________ to zoo yesterday, we _____ to the park. (go)
4. ______ you _______ (visit) your relatives last Spring Festival?
5. ______ he _______ (fly) a kite on Sunday? Yes, he ______.
6. Gao Shan _______ (pull) up carrots last National Day holiday.
7. I ____________ (sweep) the floor yesterday, but my mother ______.
8. What _________ she _________ (find) in the garden last morning?
She _________ (find) a beautiful butterfly.
9. It _________ (be) Ben's birthday last Friday
10. 10. We all _________ (have) a good time last night.
11. He _________ (jump) high on last Sports Day.
12. 12. Helen _________ (milk) a cow on Friday.
13. She likes _________ newspapers, but she _________ a book yesterday. (read)
14. He _______ football now, but they _______ basketball just now. (play)
15. Jim's mother _________ (plant) trees just now.
16. _______ they ________ (sweep) the floor on Sunday? No, they _________.
17. I _______ (watch) a cartoon on Monday.
18 We ____ (go) to school on Sunday.
19. It ____ (be) the 2nd of November yesterday. Mr White ___ (go) to his office by car.
20. Gao Shan ________ (put) the book on his head a moment ago.
21. Don't ______ the house. Mum _______ it yesterday. (clean)
22. What _________ you ______ just now? I _______ some housework. (do)
23. They _________ (make) a kite a week ago.
24. I want to ______ apples. But my dad _______ all of them last month. (pick)
25. _______ he ______ the flowers this morning? Yes, he _____. (water)
26. She ____ (be) a pretty girl. Look, she _____ (do) Chinese dances.
27. The students often _________ (draw) some pictures in the art room.
28.What ______ Mike do on the farm? He ________ cows. (milk)
五、句型转换
1、Lucy did her homework at home.
(改否定句)Lucy ___________ ___________ her homework at home.
2、He found some meat in the fridge(冰箱).(变一般疑问句)
___________ he __________ ___________ meat in the fridge?
3、She stayed there for a week.(对划线部分提问)
__________ ___________ __________ she __________ there?
4、There was some orange in the cup.(变一般疑问句)
_________ there ___________ orange in the cup?
六、中译英
1.我的故事书刚才还在手表旁边。 ___________________________________________________________
2.他们的外套上个礼拜放在卧室里了。 ___________________________________________________________
3.一会以前花园里有两只小鸟。 ___________________________________________________________
4.. 格林先生去年住在中国。 ________________________________________________________
5. 昨天我们参观了农场。 ________________________________________________________
6. 他刚才在找他的手机。 ________________________________________________________
7. 我过了一个忙碌但却刺激的周末。
I _________ _________ __________ __________ exciting weekend.
8. Jenny喜欢看书。昨晚她看了一本英语书。
Jenny likes _________ __________. She _________ an English book last night.
9. Emma每天都看电视。可是昨天他没有看。
Emma __________ TV every day. But he _________ ___________ yesterday. 10. 上周六他们做什么了?他们做作业和购物了。
What ________ they _________ _________ Saturday?
They _________ __________ homework and _________ __________.
