一般过去时定义：一般过去时表示在过去的某一时候或某一时间段所发生的事情或存在的状态。
表示过去的时间状语，如yesterday, the day before yesterday, last night, three days ago，just now等等。
构成结构：1一般过去时的肯定陈述句：主语+动词过去式+宾语或表语。
例：I played basketball yesterday. I was 11 years old last year.2 一般过去时的否定陈述句：主语+didn’t+动词原形（行为动词）+宾语。
例：I didn’t play basketball yesterday.主语+wasn’t/weren’t +表语。
例：I wasn’t 11 years old last year.3 一般过去时的一般疑问句：Did+主语+动词原形（行为动词）+宾语？例：Did you play basketball yesterday?（注意在陈述句变成疑问句时，第一人称需变为第二人称,如果是其它人称是不需要变化的）Was/Were +主语+表语？例：Were you 11 years old last year? （注意在陈述句变成疑问句时，第一人称需变为第二人称,如果是其它人称是不需要变化的，而有be动词时，be动词需随主语而变化）4 一般过去时的特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词+did +主语+动词原形（行为动词）+（宾语）？例：What did you do yesterday?特殊疑问词+was/were+主语+（表语）？例：How old were you last year?注意：在一般过去时的句子中，如果使用了助动词did, didn’t等，尽管主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词也无需再变化。
如：He didn’t go to the cinema last night.动词过去式的规则变化：1.一般情况下，在动词原形后直接加ed：work-- worked ,clean--cleaned2.以不发音的e结尾的词，直接加d：live --lived3 以辅音字母+y结尾的词，变y为i加ed：study--studied4以元音字母+y结尾的词，直接加ed：enjoy--enjoyed ,play--played5 以重读闭音节（辅音+元音+辅音）结尾的词，双写最后的辅音字母+ed：stop--stopped不过许多常用的动词的过去式的变化都是不规则的，这就需要大家花时间逐个去记：have/has -- had,eat--ate, see—saw，am/is—was, are—were, go—went, do—did, take--took, run--ran, lend--lent, sleep--slept,get—got, meet—met, bring—brought, buy—bought, think—thought, say—said,give—gave, put—put, speak—spoke, teach—taught,write—wrote, wake—woke, fall—fell, know—knew等等同步测试：一、写出下列动词的过去式。
1.collect___________2.send ___________3.wait ___________4.enjoy ___________5.seem ___________6.play ___________7.carry ___________ 8.reach ___________ 9.follow __________10.turn ___________ 11.save ___________ 12.cry __________13.stop ___________ 14.order ___________ 15.love ___________16.visit ___________ 17.hope ___________ 18.wrap ___________19.drop _________ 20.try ___________ 21.travel __________22.dig ________ 23.fall ___________ 24.eat ___________25.drink _________ 26.feed ___________ 27.fight ___________28.fly ___________ 29.buy ___________ 30.begin__________二、按要求改写下列各句。
1. I was at home this morning. (改为一般疑问句，并作否定回答)___________________at home this morning?__________, ____________.2. He did morning exercises in the morning. (改为否定句)He________________________________________ in the morning.3. They had a big dinner yesterday. (改为一般疑问句，并作肯定回答)________________________ a big dinner yesterday?____________,_______________ .4. Mr. Wang went to America by plane. (对划线部分提问)________________Mr. Wang_______________ to America?5. He practices the guitar every day.(用yesterday作时间状语改写句子)He___________the guitar________________ .6. I came here five years ago. (对划线部分提问)___________ you______________ here?7. They moved to France because their father found a job there.(对划线部分提问)____________they_________________ to France?8. I can't swim. (用last year作时间状语改写句子)I ___________________________________.9. I went to see my uncle last Sunday. (改为否定句)I _______________________to see my uncle last Sunday.10. Tom had an egg this morning. (对划线部分提问)What________________Tom________________this morning?三、用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1 Jim____ (watch) TV last night.2 Lucy ________ (leave) the classroom half an hour ago..3 They ________ (ride) a bike to school yesterday.4 ________ she ________ (fall) down the tree just now?5 I ________ (lose)my watch last week.6 Where ________ you ________ (catch) the fish?-I ________ (catch) it in the river near the house.四、选择下列所给动词并用其适当形式填空。
cook, stay, say, tell, visit, come, think, take, be, eatLast Sunday it was snowy. Maria 1at home. Her cousin Cara 2to visit her. She came back from Beijing. She 3Maria something about her vacation. “It was pretty good," she said. Cara 4the Palace Museum and the Great Wall. She 5 a lot of photos.It was lunch time. Maria's parents 6not at home. They decided to cook by themselves. Maria 7noodles with some tomatoes and pepper (辣椒). After Cara 8up the noodles, she said slowly, “I think it is delicious!” But Maria 9the food was too bad. She 10,“Cara, thank you, but I put too much pepper into it.五、句子转换。
1、she was in the kitchen .否定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句:2、They were in a spaceship.否定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句:3、I visited a friend.否定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句:4、They cleaned the house yesterday.否定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句:5、She had an English class.一般疑问句：6、I was at home.否定句：一般疑问句：7、we went to school last week.否定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句：8、They weren’t at home yesterday.肯定句：一般疑问句：特殊疑问句:9、Did you read a book last night?肯定句：否定句：特殊疑问句：特殊疑问句：。