一、一般过去时的定义一般过去时表示过去某一时候或某一段时间所发生了的事情或存在的状态。
常与过去时间yesterday, this morning, just now, a moment ago, in May, last night / year / week, once upon a time, the other day, before …, when – clause, in the past连用。
如：What did you do yesterday? 昨天你干了什么？I met Lin Tao this morning. 今天上午我会到了林涛。
I was there a moment ago. 刚才我在那儿二、用法说明1表示在过去某个时间所发生的动作或所处的状态。
常与yesterday, last week, in 1989, just now, a moment ago, the other day等连用。
如：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？2在过去一段时间内的经常性或习惯性动作。
如：We often played together when we were children. 我们小时候常在一起玩。
注：表示过去经常发生的动作还可用used to 和would。
如：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。
3表示主语过去的特征或性格。
如：At that time she was very good at English. 那时她英语学得很好。
4用在状语从句中表示过去将来。
如：He said he would wait until they came back.5一般过去时有时可以表示现在，多与want, hope, wonder, think, intend 等动词连用，使语气更委婉。
如：I wondered if you could help me. 不知你能不能帮我一下。
有时用一般过去时也是时态一致的需要。
如：I didn’t know you were here. 没想到你在这里。
注意：1. 表示一系列的动作，尽管有先后，都用一般过去时，最后两个动词之间用and连结。
如：He opened the door, rushed out and then disappeared. 他打开门，冲了出去，然后就消失了。
2. 注意在语境中理解“我刚才/原来还不……”。
如：—Your phone number again? I didn’t quite catch it. —It’s 2566666.请再说一次你的电话号码，好吗？我刚才没听清楚。
是2566666。
三、一般过去时对谓语动词的要求一般过去时用动词的过去式构成。
即一般过去时的谓语动词要用动词的过去式。
动词过去式的构成分规则变化和不规则变化两种形式，不规则变化通常需要逐个记忆，规则变化则遵循以下原则：(1) 一般在动词后加-ed。
如：play—played, offer—offered, weigh—weighed, destroy— destroyed, sign—signed.(2) 在以字母e结尾的动词后，只加-d。
如：like—liked, provide—provided, hate — hated, date—dated。
(3) 在以“辅音字母+y”结尾的动词后，则改y为i，再加—ed。
如：supply—supplied, study— studied.(4) 在以单短元音的重读闭音节结尾且，末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词后，双写最后一个辅音字母，再加-ed。
如：plan—planned, refer—referred, regret—regretted, ban—banned. stop--stopped初中英语一般过去时知识讲解与训练第一部分：知识讲解1．一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，常和表示过去的时间状语连用。
一般过去时也表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。
2．Be动词在一般过去时中的变化：⑴am 和is在一般过去时中变为was。
（was not=wasn’t）⑵are在一般过去时中变为were。
（were not=weren’t）⑶带有was或were的句子，其否定、疑问的变化和is, am, are一样，即否定句在was或were后加not，一般疑问句把was或were放到句首。
3．句中没有be动词的一般过去时的句子否定句：didn’t +动词原形，如：Jim didn’t go home yesterday.一般疑问句：在句首加did，句子中的动词过去式变回原形。
如：Did Jim go home yesterday?特殊疑问句：⑴疑问词+did+主语+动词原形？如：What did Jim do yesterday?⑵疑问词当主语时：疑问词+动词过去式？如：Who went to home yesterday? 动词过去式变化规则：1．一般在动词末尾加-ed，如：pull-pulled, cook-cooked2．结尾是e加d，如：taste-tasted3．末尾只有一个元音字母和一个辅音字母的重读闭音节，应双写末尾的辅音字母，再加-ed，如：stop-stopped4．以“辅音字母+y”结尾的，变y为i，再加-ed，如：study-studied5．不规则动词过去式：am,is-was are-were, do-did, see-saw, say-saidgive-gave, get- got, go-went, come-came, have-had,eat-ate, take-took, run-ran, sing-sang, put-put,make-made, read-read, write-wrote, draw-drew, drink-drank,fly-flew, ride-rode, speak-spoke, sweep-swept, buy-boughtswim-swam, sit-sat bring--brought can-could cut-cutbecome-became begin-began draw-drew feel-felt find-foundforget-forgot hear-heard keep-kept know-knewlearn-learnt （learned） leave-left let-let lose-lostmeet-met read-read sleep-slept speak-spoke take-tookteach-taught tell-told write-wrote wake-woke think-though第二部分：练习过去时练习：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 ________一、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.二、句型变换。
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：__________ 三、用所给动词的适当形式填满空白。
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 Friday10. We all ___ (have) a good time last night.11. He _____ (jump) high on last Sports Day.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. (pic k)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)参考答案一、1 am 2 was 3 were 4 are 5 is 6 are 7 was 8 is was was were二、1 略2 They didn’t play football in the playground.Did they play football in the playground?Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.三、1 watch 2 read 3 went didn’t go 4 Did visit 5 Did fly did6 pulled7 swept didn’t8 did find found9 was 10 had 11 jumped12 milked 13 reading read 14 is playing played 15 planted 16 Did swee p didn’t17 watched 18 went 19 was went 20 put 21 clean cleaned 22 did do di d23 made 24 pick picked 25 Did water did 26 is is doing 27 draw 28 does milks一般过去时练习题一、单项选择：从下列各题后所给的四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。