1、定义:表示过去某个时间里发生的动作或存在的状态。常和表示过去的时间状语连用,如:a moment ago,just now,yesterday,last week,this morning等。
如:My brother often went to school by bike last term.
The watch was beside the diary a moment ago.
I watched the moon and ate the moon cakes last Mid-Autumn Festival.
Jim went to the supermarket yesterday.
2、构成:主语+动词的过去式+其他
3、动词过去式的变化规则:
① 一般在动词原形末尾加ed
如:play-played,listen-listened,look-looked
② 结尾是e的动词,加d
如:live-lived,like-liked,taste-tasted
③ 辅音字母+y结尾的动词,变y为i,再加ed
如:study-studied,carry-carried,cry-cried
④ 末尾只有一个辅音字母的重读闭音节词,双写这个辅音字母,再加ed
如:stop-stopped,plan-planned
⑤ 不规则变化 如:
am/is-was
are-were
have/has-had
do-did
go-went
sit-sat
tell-told
see-saw
get-got
make-made
give-gave
read-read
buy-bought
come-came
draw-drew
eat-ate
fly-flew
meet-met
put-put
run-ran
say-said
sing-sang
swim-swam
take-took
4、一般过去时的句型转换
肯定句 否定句 一般疑问句及回答
He watched TV yesterday. He didn’t watch TV yesterday. —Did he watch TV yesterday?—Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.
They played games just now. They didn’t play games just now. — Did they play games just now?—Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t.