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一般过去时语法知识
一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生的动作或状态；过去习惯性、经常性的动作、行为；主语在过去时间段所具备的能力和性格。一般过去时句子最明显的现象就是常由表达过去时间的副词、副词短语或从句来界定。
“过去”的概念并不仅指如“yesterday, last week, ……”等，实际上“与现在对立的过去”，亦即“非现在．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．的以前”，哪怕是“过了说话时间的几分钟之前”，只要所要表达的时间与说话时的“现在”形成对立，就必．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．须使用一般过去时来表达。例如： ．．．．．．．．．．．．
He was here only a few minutes ago. I came home just now.
仅仅几分钟前他还在这里。 我刚回到家。
“this + 时间，today”等时间副词常用于修饰一般现在时，但是只要句子的本意是“与说话时的现在”对立，．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．即使句子中有“this + today”等时间副词，也必须使用一般过去时。例如： ．．．．．．．．．．．．时间，．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
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I got up very early this morning. He was late for school again today.
今天早晨我起床很早。 今天他又迟到了。
强化理解：
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一般过去时表示在过去某个特定时刻或时期所发生的事情，也可以表示过去习惯性、经常性的动作。
一般过去时只说明过去的事情，不强调动作对现在的影响。 ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
I had a word with Julia this morning.
今天早晨，我跟朱丽亚说了几句话。 他没有戒烟的那阵子，抽烟抽得可凶了。
He smoked many cigarettes a day until he gave up. 2.
表示过去一段时间里经常或反复的动作，常与always，never等连用。
Mrs. Peter always carried an umbrella.
彼得太太过去老是带着一把伞。
(只是说明她过去的动作，不表明她现在是否常带着伞)
I never drank wine.
我以前从不喝酒。
(不涉及到现在，不说明现在是否喝酒)
3. 表示过去连续发生的动作时要用一般过去时。这种情况下句子中往往没有表示过去的时间状语，通过
上下文来表示。
The boy opened his eyes for a moment, looked at the captain, and then died. 那男孩把眼睛张开了一会儿，看看船长，然后就去世了。 4.
有些句子虽然没有表示过去的时间状语，但实际上发生的动作或存在的状态是指过去，也要用一般过
去时。这一点我们中国学生往往出错，要特别注意！ ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．
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I didn’t know you were in Paris. 我不知道你在巴黎。
(因为在说话时，我已经知道你在巴黎了。这句话指的是说话之前，所以只能 用过去时表示。实际上，这句话暗指：But now I know you were here.)
I thought you were ill. 5.
我以为你病了呢。
(这句话应是在说话之前我以为你病了，但是现在我知道你没病)
在谈到已死去的人的情况时多用过去时。
雷锋是个好战士。
Lei Feng was a good soldier. 6.
一般过去时常与表示过去的时间状语连用。大体可分为如下几类：
⑴ yesterday、the day before yesterday (前天)、the other day (前几天)、in the old days (在过去的日子里) ⑵ just now (刚才)、this morning/afternoon/evening
⑶ ago (a while ago—方才、刚才two days ago—前两天、a few days ago—前几天、long long ago—很久很久以前) ⑷ last night / week / Sunday / weekend / month / winter / year / century(上个世纪) ⑸ once upon a time (很久以前)、before(在……之前，如：before liberation在解放前) ⑹ at + 一个时间点 (at the age of 10——在10岁是时候)、then (= at that time) (当时) ⑺ When引导的时间状语从句(When I was 8 years old，当我八岁的时候)
表达方法：
一般过去时的表达方法可以细分为以下三种情况：
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(一) 连系动词(简称为系动词)be的一般过去时
系动词be的一般过去时属于不规则变化，第一、第三人称单数用was，其他情况用were。基本用法见表一。
表一 人称和数 肯定句(肯定陈述句) 否定句(否定陈述句) I wasn’t late yesterday. 一般疑问句 Were you late yesterday? 肯定、否定回答 单 数 第一 I was late yesterday. 人称 第二 You were late yesterday. 人称 第三 He was late yesterday. 人称 属于 单数 第三 人称 复 数 所有复数人称和 所有复数 形式 Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. Yes, I was. You weren’t late yesterday. Were you late yesterday? No, I wasn’t. Yes, he was. He wasn’t late yesterday. Was he late yesterday r? No, he wasn’t. Yes, it was. Her car was a Toyota. Her car wasn’t a Toyota. Was her car a Toyota? No, it wasn’t. Yes, he was. Tom was ill yesterday. Tom wasn’t ill yesterday. Was Tom ill yesterday? No, he wasn’t. There was an apple on the There wasn’t apple on the Was there apple on the table Yes, there was. table last night. table last night. last night? No, there wasn’t. Yes, we were. We were students. We weren’t students. Were you students? No, we weren’t. You were my employees. Yes, we were. You weren’t my employees. Were you my employees? 你们是我的雇员。 No, we weren’t. Yes, they were. They were doctors. They weren’t doctors. Were they doctors? No, they weren’t. My parents weren’t Yes, they were. My parents were teachers. Were your parents teachers? teachers. No, they weren’t. Yes, they were. These were my books. These weren’t my books. Were these your books? No, they weren’t. 4