一般过去时用动词的过去式构成,即在动词原形后加ed
■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
■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
■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
■用在状语从句中表示过去将来
如:He said he would wait until they came back
■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
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, rushe