一般过去时
测验您的知识一般过去时的作用
一般过去时用来谈论以前完成的动作。持续多久并不重要，动作的发生时间可能是不久之前或很久以前。
举例
- John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.
- My father died last year.
- He lived in Fiji in 1976.
- We crossed the Channel yesterday.
每当谈到某事发生的时间，一律要用一般过去时；因此它和过去特定的时间词有关。
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频率：often, sometimes, always
I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.
I often brought my lunch to school. -
明确的时间点：last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago
We saw a good film last week.
Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.
She finished her work atseven o'clock
I went to the theatre last night - 不明确的时间点：the other day, ages ago, a long time ago People lived in caves a long time ago.
- She played the piano when she was a child.
注：「ago」这个字非常好用，可以表达现在到过去的时间有多长。ago 一律放在一段时间之后：a week ago、three years ago、a minute ago 等。
要注意：也许在您的母语中，也有与英语中的一般过去时类似的时态；但意思上不见得相同。
一般过去时的构成
规则动词在一般过去时的型态
| 肯定句 | ||
| 主词 | + 动词原型 + ed | |
| I | skipped. | |
| 否定句 | ||
| 主词 | + did not | + 不带有 to 的不定词 |
| They | didn't | go. |
| 疑问句 | ||
| Did | + 主词 | + 不带有 to 的不定词 |
| Did | she | arrive? |
| 否定疑问句 | ||
| Did not | + 主词 | + 不带有 to 的不定词 |
| Didn't | you | play? |
To Walk
| 肯定句 | 否定句 | 疑问句 |
|---|---|---|
| I walked | I didn't walk | Did I walk? |
| You walked | You didn't walk | Did you walk? |
| He walked | He didn't walk | Did he walk? |
| We walked | We didn't walk | Did we walk? |
| They walked | They didn't walk | Did they walk? |
to be丶to have丶to do 的一般过去时
| 主词 | 动词 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Be | Have | Do | |
| I | was | had | did |
| You | were | had | did |
| He/She/It | was | had | did |
| We | were | had | did |
| You | were | had | did |
| They | were | had | did |
肯定句丶否定句和疑问句的额外补充
肯定句
一般过去时的肯定句非常简单。
- I was in Japan last year
- She had a headache yesterday.
- We did our homework last night.
否定句和疑问句
「do」为一般动词，在一般过去时上，否定句和疑问句会用到助动词「do」。例如：We didn't do our homework last night.
在一般过去时的「have」否定型态，通常以助动词「do」构成，但有时候只要加「not」或缩写「n't」即可。
在一般过去时的「have」疑问型态，一般会使用助动词「do」。
举例
- They weren't in Rio last summer.
- We didn't have any money.
- We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
- We didn't do our exercises this morning.
- Were they in Iceland last January?
- Did you have a bicycle when you were young?
- Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?
注：对于所有一般过去时的动词，在否定型态和疑问型态上，一律用助动词「did」。
一般过去时的不规则动词
一般过去时有几个不规则动词，以下是几个最常用的不规则动词。
to go
- He went to a club last night.
- Did he go to the cinema last night?
- He didn't go to bed early last night.
to give
- We gave her a doll for her birthday.
- They didn't give John their new address.
- Did Barry give you my passport?
to come
- My parents came to visit me last July.
- We didn't come because it was raining.
- Did he come to your party last week?