過去式是英語語法的一種，表示過去某個時間里發(fā)生的動作或狀態(tài)。一般過去式的動詞通常用動詞的過去式形式來表示，而動詞的過去式是在動詞原形的基礎上變化的。動詞的過去式可分為規(guī)則動詞和不規(guī)則動詞?！∮梅?/p>

　　一般過去時的用法一.概念：一般過去時是表示在過去的時間里發(fā)生的動作或狀態(tài)，通常與表示過去的時間狀語連用。

　　二.時間狀語：yesterday,the day before yesterday,two days ago,long long ago,a minute ago,lastyear(week,month),just now,at that time,in those days.

　　三.過去時的用法：1.有確定的過去時間狀語時要用過去式。

　　例：We had a good time last week.

　　2.表示過去連續(xù)發(fā)生的動作時，要用過去式。

　　例：The boy closed the door,turned off the window,and then went to bed.

　?、?表示過去一段時間內經(jīng)?；蚍磸偷膭幼?，要用過去式。

　　例：She often came to help me at that time.

　　四.一般過去式的構成形式：☆Be動詞的過去式：⑴肯定句：主語+ be動詞的過去式(was,were)

　　例：He was ill yesterday. She was nine two years ago.They were my students long long ago.

　?、品穸ň洌褐髡Z+ be動詞的過去式(was,were)+ not

　　例：He was not ill yesterday.She was not nine two years ago.They were not my students long long ago.

　?、且话阋蓡柧洌褐苯影裝e動詞提到句首。

　　例：Was he ill yesterday?

　　肯定回答：Yes,he was.

　　否定回答：No,he wasn't.Was she nine two years ago? Yes,she was. / No,she wasn't.Were they your students long long ago? Yes,they were. / No,they weren't.

　　☆實意動詞的過去式：⑴肯定句：主語+動詞的過去式

　　例：He played football last week.She watched TV last night.

　?、品穸ň洌褐髡Z+ did not +動詞原形

　　例：He did not play football last week.She didn’t watch TV last night.

　　⑶一般疑問句：Did +主語+動詞原形 例：Did he play football last week?

　　回答：Yes,he did./ No,he didn't.

　　Did she watch TV last night?

　　回答：Yes,she did. / No,she didn’t.

　　五.動詞變過去式的幾種常用規(guī)則：1.一般動詞直接+ ed;

　　例：look--looked want--wanted listen --listened

　　2.以e結尾的詞直接+ d;例：live--lived phone--phoned

　　3.以輔音字母加y結尾，變y為i加ed;例：try--tried study--studied

　　4.重讀閉音節(jié)結尾的，詞尾只有一個輔音字母，雙寫詞尾輔音字母+ ed;例：stop--stopped plan--planned

　　⒌不規(guī)則動詞： 動詞由原形轉變?yōu)檫^去式時不按詞尾加“-ed”之變化規(guī)則者叫做不規(guī)則動詞。小學常見的動詞不規(guī)則過去式如：是be/is/am/are- was，是are- were，來come-came，去go- went，有have- had，做/干do- did，做make- made 讀read- read，放put- put，切割cut- cut，寫write- wrote，帶走take- took，買buy- bought，帶來bring- brought，想think- thought，看見see- saw，說say- said，說話speak- spoke，打破break- broke，得到get- got，跑run- ran，告訴tell- told，唱sing- sang，喝drink- drank，吃eat- ate，游泳swim- swam，開始begin- began，偷steal- stole，遇見meet- met，賣sell- sold，坐sit- sat，跑run-ran,讀read-read，想要want-want，知道know-known，fall-fell等等。

　　I worked in that factory last year. 我在那一家工廠工作。I went to the Tian Long Mountain yesterday. 昨天我們去了天龍山。I stayed at home,yesterday.昨天，我整日呆在家里.

　　一般過去時態(tài)：表示過去某一時間所發(fā)生的動作或存在的狀態(tài)。謂語動詞要用一般過去式。

　　時間標志：yesterday(昨天)，last weekend(上周)，last month(上個月)，last year，two months ago(兩個月前)，the day before yesterday(前天)，in 1990 (在1990年)，in those days (在那些日子里)等表示過去的時間狀語。