一般过去时基本用法

一般过去时基本用法

动词过去式变化规则：
1．一般在动词末尾加-ed，如：pull-pulled, cook-cooked
2．结尾是e加d，如：taste-tasted
3．末尾只有一个元音字母和一个辅音字母的重读闭音节，应双写末尾的辅音字母，再加- ed，如：stop-st
opped
4．以“辅音字母+y”结尾的，变y为i，再加- ed，如：study-studied
5．不规则动词过去式：
am,is- was are-were, do-did, see-saw, say-said
give-gave, get- got, go-went, come-came, have-had,
eat-ate, take-took, run-ran, sing-sang, put-put,
make-made, read-read, write-wrote, draw-drew, drink-drank,
fly-flew, ride-rode, speak-spoke, sweep- swept, buy-bought
swim-swam, sit- sat bring--brought can-could cut-cut
become-became begin-began draw-drew feel-felt find-found
forget-forgot hear-heard keep-kept know-knew
learn-learnt （learned） leave-left let-let lose-lost
meet-met read-read sleep-slept speak-spoke take-took
teach-taught tell-told write-wrote wake-woke think-though
过去时练习：写出下列动词的过去式
isam_________ fly_______ plant________ are ________ drink_________
play_______ go________ make ________ does_________ dance________
worry________ ask _____ taste_________ eat__________ draw________
put ______ throw________ kick_________ pass_______ do ________

一般过去时的构成如下：
肯定式 疑问式 否定式 疑问否定式
I worked Did i work? I didn't work Did i not work?
He(she it) Did he (she it) He(she it) Did he(she it)

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worked work? didn't work not work?
We worked Did we work? We didn't work Did we not work?
You worked Did you work? You din't work Did you not work?
They worked Did they work? They didn't work Did they not work?
1.一般过去时常表示过去 某一时间所发生的动作或存在的状态。一般过去时常和表示过去的
状语连用，如a minute ago, yesterday,last week,in1900,during the night,in those days等。用一般
过去时的时候，要表示“过多少时间之后”一般用after,不用in
如： Tom suddenly fel ill yesterday
Tom 昨天突然生病了。
She didn't look well when i lat saw her
我上次看见她的时候，她脸色不好
2.一般过去时也可与 today,this week,this month ,this year 等时间状语连用。但是这些时间状语
必须指过去，决不包括“现在”在内
如： Did you see him today?
今天你见过他了吗？
（today实际上指的是今天的过去某一时刻）
3.一般过去时虽不可以与now连用 ，但却可以和just now（刚才）连用。
如：He went out just now
他刚出去了
4.一般过去时表示过去的时候还有以下一些情况
①：用 于since从句，主句的谓语动词如果用现在完成时。其后接的since引导的从句一般须
用一般过 去时
如：It's been over a year since i came back from the countryside
我从乡下回来已经一年了
（主句的谓语动词 has been 也可以改为 is 但美国英语多用现在完成时）
② ：时间状语可以省略，前面说过一般过去时常与表过去的时间状语连用，但下面一些情况
下，时间状语可 以省略---从上文可以清楚地看出来时间状语
如：Did you sleep well?
---前文如有现在完成时所引导时
如：I have been within an inch of life ,and didn't know it!
---和现在时态对比时候
如： He is no longer the man he was
---有表示过去习惯的used to 时候
如:I used to play football in the street
③:所表的动作已经完成
如：I read a book last week
上星期我读了一本书
④： 表示死者的动作和状态。在英语中。说道死去的人的时候，一般用过去时表示
如： Who is the man in the picture? 照片上的人是谁？
He was my father. 他是我父亲
⑤： 有感情色彩的时候如：You asked for it!
你这是自找！

练习一：
一、用be动词的适当形式填空。

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1. I ______ an English teacher now.
2. She _______ happy yesterday.
3. They _______ glad to see each other last month.
4. Helen and Nancy ________ good friends.
5. The little dog _____ two years old this year.
6. Look, there ________ lots of grapes here.
7. There ________ a sign on the chair on Monday.
8. Today _____ the second of June. Yesterday ______ the first of June. It _____ Children’s Day.
All the students ______ very excited.
二、句型转换。
There was a car in front of the house just now.
否定句：__________________________ ____________________
一般疑问句：___________ 肯定回答：___________否定回答：__________
2 They played football in the playground.
否定句：______________ __________________________________
一般疑问句：___________ 肯定回答：___________否定回答：__________
三、用所给动词的适当形式填空。
1. I ______ (watch) a cartoon on Saturday.
2. Her father _______ (read) a newspaper last night.
3. We _________ to zoo yesterday, we _____ to the park. (go)
4. ______ you _______ (visit) your relatives last Spring Festival?
5. ______ he _______ (fly) a kite on Sunday? Yes, he ______.
6. Gao Shan _______ (pull) up carrots last National Day holiday.
7. I ____________ (sweep) the floor yesterday, but my mother ______.
8. What _____ she _____ (find) in the garden last morning?
She ____ (find) a beautiful butterfly.
9. It ____ (be) Ben’s birthday last Friday
10. We all ___ (have) a good time last night.
11. He _____ (jump) high on last Sports Day. 12. Helen ____ (milk) a cow on Friday.

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13. She likes ______ newspapers, but she ______ a book yesterday. (read)
14. He _______ football now, but they _______ basketball just now. (play)
15. Jim’s mother _________ (plant) trees just now.
16. _______ they ________ (sweep) the floor on Sunday? No, they _____.
17. I _______ (watch) a cartoon on Monday.
18 We ____ (go) to school on Sunday.
19. It ____ (be) the 2nd of November yesterday. Mr White ___ (go) to his office by car.
20. Gao Shan ________ (put) the book on his head a moment ago.
21. Don’t ______ the house. Mum _______ it yesterday. (clean)
22. What ____ you ______ just now? I _______ some housework. (do)
23. They _________ (make) a kite a week ago.
24. I want to ______ apples. But my dad _______ all of them last month. (pick)
25. _______ he ______ the flowers this morning? Yes, he _____. (water)
26. She ____ (be) a pretty girl. Look, she _____ (do) Chinese dances.
27. The students often _________ (draw) some pictures in the art room.
______ Mike do on the farm? He ________ cows. (milk)

参考答案
一、1 am 2 was 3 were 4 are 5 is 6 are 7 was 8 is was was were
二、1 略
2 They didn’t play football in the playground.
Did they play football in the playground?
Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
三、1 watch 2 read 3 went didn’t go 4 Did visit 5 Did fly did
6 pulled 7 swept didn’t 8 did find found 9 was 10 had 11 jumped
12 milked 13 reading read 14 is playing played 15 planted 16 Did sweep didn’t
17 watched 18 went 19 was went 20 put 21 clean cleaned 22 did do did
23 made 24 pick picked 25 Did water did 26 is is doing 27 draw 28 does milks
练习二：

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（一）选择
1 She lived there before he____to China.
A. came B. comes C. come D. coming
2 I _____but_____nothing.
A . was listened;was hearing B. listened;heard
C . have listened; heard D. listened; heard of
3 When did you ____here?
A. got to B. reached C. arrive in D. reach
4 I____my homework at 7:00 yesterday evening.
A. finished B. would finish C. was finishing D. finish
5 -He didn't go shopping with you yesterday afternoon, did he?
- _______.
A. No, he doesn't B. Yes, he didn't C. No, he did D. Yes, he did.
6 -I have had supper.
- When ____you____it?
A. have; had B. do, have C. did,have D. will have
答案: 1 A 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 D 6 C
（二） 填空
1 They____(be) on the farm a moment ago.
2 There____(be)a shop not long ago.
3 Jenny____(not go)to bed until 11:00 o'clock last night.
4 Danny _____(read )English five minutes ago.
5 I _____(see)Li Lei ____(go) out just now.
6 He ____(do)his homework every day. But he __(not do)it yesterday.
7 When I was young, I _____(play)games with my friends.
8 When ____you_____(write)this book?
I _____it last year.
9 Did he____(have) lunch at home?
答案:1 were 2 was 3 didn't go 4 read 5 saw go
6 does didn't do 7 played 8 did write wrote 9 have
用括号内动词的正确形式填空
(A)
Last year Mr. Smith _____ (go ) to China and Japan. He _____ (have) a wonderful time. He _____
(do) a lot of different things and _____ (talk) to a great number of different people. He _____ (eat)
Chinese and Japanese food and _____ (visit) a lot of interesting places. When he _____ (go) back to
England, he _____ (be) very tired.

(B)
A week ago, Kitty and Ben _________ (be) in the countryside. At first, the wind _________ (blow)
lightly. The leaves ___________ (blow) slightly in the wind. They ________ (fly) their kite happily
in the gentle breeze. Suddenly, the wind ________ (become) stronger. The clouds in the sky
_______ (move) quickly. Leaves ________ (fall) from trees. The string on Ben’s kite _________
(break). The sky became dark. Kitty and Ben ________ (go ) home immediately. Kitty and Ben
________ (stay) at home. They __________ (watch) TV. The wind became much stronger. It
_________ (blow) fiercely. It became a typhoon. Trees_____ (fall) down. Ships and boats
__________ (sink) in the big waves. The typhoon _______ (pass) quickly. The wind became gentler.

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The big clean-up ________ (begin) immediately. Kitty and Ben went outside again.
A. went, had, did, talked, ate, visited, went, was
, blew, blew, flew, became, moved, fell, broke, went, stayed, watched, blew, f
ell, sank, passed, began
A．用所给动词的适当形式填空。
parents __________ home very late yesterday. (get)
2. This story __________ a long time ago. (happen)
3. I ________ to bed until I finished my homework. (not go)
4. Mary ________ a book from the library last week. (borrow)
5. “When ______ the visitors _______ in Beijing?” “An hour ago.” (arrive)
6. Mrs Brown __________ to see the film last Sunday. (go)
7. Li Ping didn’t go to the park because he ________ ill. (be)
8. He ___________ shopping with me yesterday. (not go)
9. Where ______ your father ________ five years ago? (work)
10. Her friends _________ this village last week, didn’t they? (visit)
B．选择填空。
1. Last Saturday, Tom went to the supermarket,then ________ some bananas and visited his cousin.
A. buy B. to buy C. buying D. bought
2. David and I ______ our housework just now.
A. finish B. are finishing C. finished D. have finished
3 ---“---so you went to see the film with Kate.”
---“Yes. My brother ______ with us.”
A. won’t go B. doesn’t go C. didn’t go D. isn’t go
4. There ______ an English evening last week.
A. is B. will be C. was D. had
5. She ______ her homework because she was ill.
A. didn’t B. didn’t do C. does D. doesn’t do
6. What time _____ her mother _______ up the day before yesterday ?
A. does ,get B. will, get C. did ,get D. is going,
7. Where _____ you an hour ago?
A. was B. are C. were D. is
8. Mike _____ the army and became a new soldier.
A. joined B. join C. will join D. has joined
二 填空
1 They____(be) on the farm a moment ago.
2 There____(be)a shop not long ago.
3 Jenny____(not go)to bed until 11:00 o'clock last night.
4 Danny _____(read )English five minutes ago.
6 He ____(do)his homework every day. But he __(not do)it yesterday.
7 Did he____(have) lunch at home?
8 I _____(eat) the bread just now, I 'm full now.
9 They____(be) on the farm a moment ago.
10 There____(be)a shop not long ago.
11 Jenny____(not go)to bed until 11:00 o'clock last night.
12 Danny _____(read )English five minutes ago.
13 He ____(do)his homework every day. But he __(not do)it yesterday.

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14When I was young, I _____(play)games with my friends.
19 Did he____(have) lunch at home?
请用正确动词形式填空。
1. I _________ (have) an exciting party last weekend.
2. _________ she _________(practice) her guitar yesterday? No, she _________.
3. What ________ Tom ________ (do) on Saturday evening?
He ________(watch) TV and __________(read) an interesting book.
4. They all _________(go) to the mountains yesterday morning.
5. She _________(not visit) her aunt last weekend.
She ________ (stay) at home and _________(do) some cleaning.
6. When ________ you _________(write) this song? I __________(write) it last year.
7. My friend, Carol, ________(study) for the math test and ________(practice) English last night.
8. ________ Mr. Li __________(do) the project on Monday morning? Yes, he _________.
9. How _________(be) Jim's weekend? It _________(be not) bad.
10. ________ (be) your mother a sales assistant last year? No. she __________.


答案：
practice didn't
do watched read

't visit stayed did
write wrote
d practiced
do did
wasn't
wasn't

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