Module Six Unit 2 What is happiness
Grammar and usage Past and future tensesPast tensesThe simple past tense一般过去时The past continuous tense过去进行时The past perfect tense过去完成时The simple past tense1)在确定的过去时间里所发生的动作或存在的状态
时间状语有:yesterday, last week, an hour ago, the other day, in 1980 等
I saw Tom in the street yesterday
I bought this TV set in Beijing last year
2)表示在过去一段时间内,经常性或习惯性的动作
When I was a child, I often played football in the street
He always went to work by bus
3)用过去时表示现在,表示语气委婉礼貌
)动词 want, hope, wonder, think, intend 等
Did you want anything else
I wondered if you could help me
)情态动词 could, would,Eg
Could you lend me your bike
4)用在条件句中表示与现在或将来事实不符的虚拟语气
If I were a bird, I would fly to Beijing
If he were here now, we could turn to him for help
注意下列句型:◎ It i