一般过去时用于描述过去某个具体时间或时间段内发生的动作或存在的状态。以下是它的结构和用法:
结构
肯定句
主语 + 动词过去式 + 其他
例如:She went to the park yesterday.
否定句
主语 + wasn't/weren't + 其他
例如:He wasn't at home last night.
主语 + didn't + 动词原形 + 其他
例如:I didn't finish my work.
一般疑问句
Did + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他?
例如:Did you visit your grandparents last weekend?
特殊疑问句
疑问词(如what, where, when) + Did + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他?
例如:Where did you go last summer?
用法
描述过去某个具体时间发生的动作或状态
例如:The sun rose in the east yesterday morning.
表示过去习惯性、经常性的动作
例如:When I was a child, I often played football in the street.
用于虚拟语气中,表示对现在或将来的假设
例如:If I were you, I would take the job.
在时间、条件状语从句中表示过去将来的动作或状态
例如:She said she would come to the party last night.
注意事项
动词be的过去式有was和were,was用于第一和第三人称单数,were用于其他人称。
不规则动词的过去式需要特别记忆。
时间状语如yesterday, last week, last night等常与一般过去时连用