一、一般过去时的结构

 

动词的过去式

 

二、一般过去时用法、定义详细讲解

 

1、表示过去某个特定时间或某一段时间发生的动作或情况。这种用法的过去时间可以是指明的，也可以是不指明的。

 

例句：

He never smoked.他以前从不吸烟。

The skies cleared after lunch.午饭后天放晴了。

 

2、在表示时间或条件等的状语从句中代替过去将来时。

 

例句：

We would not leave until he came back.他回来我们才会离开。

I didn't go to the party that evening as I started the next day.那天晚上我没有去参加聚会，因为我第二天就要出发。

 

3、表示现在时间。这种用法使句子在语气上较为婉转客气，能这样用的动词为数不多，如：hope, wish, want, wonder, think, intend等。

 

例句：

I hoped you would come and have dinner with us.我希望你能来和我们一起吃饭。

I thought I might come and see you later this evening.我想我可以在今晚晚些时候来见你吧。

Did you want to see me now?你现在想见我吗？

 

4、表示将来发生的事或过去将来发生的事。

 

例句：

He said that the investigation started the next day.他说调查次日开始。

She told me that school opened on the following day.她告诉我学校将在次日开学。

 

5、表示过去的习惯动作。

 

例句：

When he was in the city,he often went to the Central Supermarket.他在这座城市期间常去中央商场。

wherever he travelled in those years,he wrote down what he saw and heard.那些年里，他每到一个地方旅行总会把所见所闻记下来。

 

6、表示某种感情色彩。

 

例句：

 

You asked for it!你这是自找！

Did you ever hear of such a thing?你听见过这种事吗？