一般过去时的用法一、概念表示在的过去某个时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态。
通常在句子里找到表示过去时间的词或词组。
如：yesterday，yesterday morning，yesterday afternoon，yesterday evening，the day before yesterday（前天），last night，last week，last month，last year，a moment ago（刚才），just now（刚才），two days ago，a week ago，in 1990等。
如：I went to bed at eleven last night. 昨晚我11：00睡觉。
四、动词过去式的构成规律(一)规则动词的过去式1．一般情况下，在动词原形后面加-ed；look→looked play→played start→started visit→visited2．以不发音e结尾的动词，在词尾直接加-d；live→lived use→used3．以“辅音字母+ y”结尾的动词，先将y 改为i ,再加–ed；study→studied, t ry→tried fly→flied4．以重读闭音节（即辅音＋元音＋辅音）或r音节结尾，末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词，要先双写这个辅音字母后，再加–ed。
stop→stopped plan→planned, prefer→preferred(二)不规则动词的过去式1．改变动词中的元音；begin→began drink→drank come→came eat→ate grow→grew run→ran know→knew win→won speak→spoke take→too k write→wrote get→got2．变词尾的–d 为–t ；build→built lend→lent send→sent spend→spent bend→bent3．与动词原形一样；cut→cut put→put cost→cost hurt→hurt shut→shut4．变-ay 为-aid (少数动词)；say→said pay→paid lay→laid5．采用不同词根；sell→sold teach→taught buy→bought6．其他。
am/is→was are→were have/has→had do→did五、加“-ed”后的读音方法1.ed加在清辅音后面读/t/。
finished /-t/ help /-t/ asked /-t/2.ed加在浊辅音或元音结尾的，读/d/。
played /-d/ lived /-d/ enjoyed /-d/3.ed加在/t/或/d/后面，读/id/。
wanted /-tid/ needed /-did/ visited /-tid/六、句式变化（一）一般过去时的一般疑问句1．把was, were放在句首，其余位置不变。
由Was…？引导的一般疑问句，肯定答为：Yes，… was. 否定回答为：No，…. wasn’t. 由Were…？引导的一般疑问句，肯定回答为：Yes，… were. 否定回答为：No，… weren’t.如：（1）I was born in Shanghai. →Were you born in Shanghai?→Yes, I was. (肯定回答) →No, I wasn’t. (否定回答)（2）They were in Li Yan’s home last night. →Were they in Li Yan’s home last night?→Yes, they were. (肯定回答) →No, they weren’t. (否定回答)2．在行为动词的句子中，要用助动词词did来引导，其余的语序不变。
要注意的是，要把行为动词的过去式改为原形。
肯定回答为：Yes, …did. 否定回答：No, …didn’t.如：John played computer games last night.→Did John play computer games last night?→Yes, he did. (肯定回答) →No, he didn’t. (否定回答)（二）一般过去时的否定句1．在表示过去存在的状态的句子中，相接在was, were的后面加上not。
如：（1）He was in the park the day before yesterday.→He was not in the park the day before yesterday.(2)We were busy last week.→We were not busy last week.2．在表示过去的时间发生的动作的句子中，要在行为动词的前面加助动词didn’t.然后把过去式的行为动词改为动词原形。
即：didn’t + 动词原形。
如：（1）She played the violin last night.→She didn’t play the violin last night.(2)They swam in the lake yesterday.→They didn’t swim in the lake yesterday.(三)、一般过去式的特殊疑问句1.What did …?（主要是询问过去发生了什么事情，注意要把过去式改为动词原形。
）We ate Chinese food last night.→What did we eat last night?2.Where did ?( 主要是询问过去事情发生的地方。
)They sang and dance in the music room yesterday morning.→Where did they sing and dance yesterday morning?3.Who + 动词过去式…?( 主要是询问过去事情发生的人物。
)Mike and Tom climbed mountains last weekend.→Who climbed mountains last weekend?二、句子结构1．在表示某个时间里存在的状态的句子，系动词用过式was，were构成。
如：（1）I was at home yesterday.昨天我在家。
（2）We were in the gym just now. 刚才我们在体育馆。
2．在表示过去某个时间里发生的动作，用动词的过去式构成。
如：I visited my uncle yesterday. 昨天我拜访了我的叔叔。
3．各种句式（1）一般过去时的肯定陈述句：主语＋动词过去式＋宾语或表语。
He worked in Shanghai ten years ago.（2）一般过去时的否定句：a．主语＋didn’t ＋动词原形＋宾语。
(did + not = didn't)He didn't do morning exercises yesterday.b．主语＋wasn’t/weren’t ＋表语。
(was + not = wasn't were + not = weren't) He wasn't an English teacher ten years ago.（3）一般过去时的一般疑问句：a．Did ＋主语＋动词原形＋宾语？Did you study English in 1990 ?b．Was/Were + 主语＋表语？Was he a pupil five years ago ?（4）一般过去时的特殊疑问句：a．特殊疑问词＋did + 主语＋动词原形＋宾语？Where did your parents live five years ago？What did you do last Sunday？b．特殊疑问词＋were/was ＋表语？Who was at the zoo yesterday?过去时练习：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 ________练习：一．用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. We ______ (live) in Japan last year.2. Susan_______ (stop) the car on the street yesterday.3. My mother_______ (clean) my room and ______(study) for the English test last Sunday.4. What ______ you ______(do) last night?5. On Saturday morning I _____(play) football.二．用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
(1) May__________ (finish) her homework very late yesterday evening.(2) Han Mei __________ (bring) her pet to the park that day.(3) His father __________ (buy) a new computer for him last week.(4) Miss Du__________ (walk) to work every day last term.(5) We __________ (move) to Shenyang 8 years ago.(6) __________ you __________ (have) bread for breakfast this morning?(7) She __________ (give) me a nice present last night.(8) The police __________ (stop) the car and __________ (catch) the thief (小偷) just now.(9) Tom __________ (carry) water for the old man last Saturday.(10)Uncle Wang _____________ ( come )into the room and __________ ( find ) something to eat.(11).Lily ______________ ( study ) in the classroom for two hours and then _________ ( leave ).(12).Jimmy __________ ( do ) a lot today. He _________ ( go ) shopping and ________ ( cook ) supper.(13).We _________ ( go ) to the cinema last night. The film ___________ ( be ) very good.(14).What time _________ you __________ ( get ) to school this morning?过去时练习一1. 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.二、用动词的适当形式填空1. It ______ (be) Ben’s birthday last Friday.2. We all ______ (have) a good time last night.3. He ________ (jump) high on last Sports Day.4. Helen ________ (milk) a cow on Friday.5. She likes ______ newspapers, but she ______ a book yesterday. (read)6. He _______ football now, but they _______ basketball just now. (play)7. Jim’s mother _________ (plant) trees just now.8. _______ they ________ (sweep) the floor on Sunday? No, they _____.9. I _______ (watch) a cartoon on Monday.10. We ___________ (go) to school on Sunday.一、用行为动词的适当形式填空1. He _________ (live) in Wuxi two years ago.2. The cat ________ (eat) a bird last night.3. We _______ (have) a party last Halloween.4. Nancy ________ (pick) up oranges on the farm last week.5. I ________ (make) a model ship with Mike yesterday.6. They ________ (play) chess in the classroom last PE lesson.7. My mother _______ (cook) a nice food last Spring Festival.8. The girls ________ (sing) and _______ (dance) at the party.三、用动词的适当形式填空1. It ______ (be) Ben’s birthday last Friday.2. We all ______ (have) a good time last night.3. He ________ (jump) high on last Sports Day.4. Helen ________ (milk) a cow on Friday.5. She likes ______ newspapers, but she ______ a book yesterday. (read)6. He _______ football now, but they _______ basketball just now. (play)7. Jim’s mother _________ (plant) trees just now.8. _______ they ________ (sweep) the floor on Sunday? No, they _____.9. I _______ (watch) a cartoon on Monday.10. We ___________ (go) to school on Sunday.四、用动词的适当形式填空1. It _____ (be) the 2nd of November yesterday.Mr White ________ (go) to his office by car.2. Gao Shan ________ (put) the book on his head a moment ago.3. Don’t ______ the house. Mum _______ i t yesterday. (clean)4. What ____ you ______ just now? I _______ some housework. (do)5. They _________ (make) a kite a week ago.6. I want to ______ apples. But my dad _______ all of them last month. (pick)7. _______ he ______ the flowers this morning? Yes, he _____. (water)8. She ____ (be) a pretty girl. Look, she _____ (do) Chinese dances.9. The students often ______ (draw) some pictures in the art room.10.What ______ Mike do on the farm? He ________ cows. (milk)五．用一般过去时填空1、I ________(go) to the cinema last Saturday.2、He______ (is ) ill yesterday.3、We _______ (have ) a lesson yesterday.4、What ___your uncle ____(do) yesterday morning? He _(read ) English.5、She ______ (clean) our classroom yesterday afternoon.。